Gianiji had crafted his moves with the meticulous planning of a chess grandmaster.He did not know whether a checkmate was feasible, as his time was running out, but he wanted Rajiv Gandhi to smell......
If somebody wants to do an instant noodle study on contemporary Indian politics, Shobhaji's book, Battlefield India - 25 years of Politricks and Economix, is the one to look into, applauds M R......
Two women candidates; Lok Sabha Speakers; Chief Justices; A Chief Election Commissioner; drafters of the Constitution; the RBI's first Indian governor; a farm leader who unsuccessfully contested......
When elected on July 18 -- which is almost a certainty, given the NDA's numbers in the electoral college -- Droupadi Murmu will be the first President born after Independence. IMAGE: Droupadi......
K P S Menon (Junior) had a quiet humility and playfulness, and was not motivated by money or power, recalls Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: K P S Menon (Junior), served as India's foreign......
An exclusive excerpt from Girish Kuber's The Tatas: How A Family Built A Business And A Nation. IMAGE: J R D Tata, left, with Ratan Tata. Photograph: Kind courtesy Gopal Shetty When you took......
If Nirmala Sitharaman does indeed present a 'never-before' like Budget on February 1, going by her promise, she would create a new benchmark for post-contraction Budgets, observes A K Bhattacharya.......
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday presented his fifth budget in Parliament on Friday but Morarji Desai holds the record of doing so 10 times. Mukherjee, who is holding the......
CORRECT! How does one describe a man like Mr Vijaypat Singhania? An industrialist? An aviator? An adventurer? Well he is all that and much more. Singhania, the chairman emeritus of the Raymond......
IMAGE: It is highly unlikely that Srinivasan's daughter will face any opposition. Photograph: TNCA/Twitter Former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Narayanaswami Srinivasan will......
Wild card Divij Sharan set himself up for a triple crown when he defeated men's top seed Vinod Sridhar in a three-set cliff-hanger while the Bhambri sisters - Ankita and Sanaa - turned the women's......