It is obvious that the ensuing elections in five states will be an excellent mid-term appraisal of Narendra Modi's tenure....
The Haryana government organized Gita Festival in Kurkshetra with a budget of Rs 100 Crores. ...
He was frank and blunt about his views -- and just last year, he faced the brunt of it when a police complaint was filed against him for his comments that were found to be insulting to Indian soldiers. In 2015, he spoke on the issue of cow slaughter in India. In 2012, he had landed in a bit of a soup after he cal...
His craggy, pockmarked but distinctive face may have kept him from becoming a leading man in films, but Om Puri used the remarkable range of expressions he could convey, from impotent rage to blazing menace to comic exasperation, along with his trademark baritone, to play some immortal roles on the big and small screen...
With assembly elections having been announced in five states -- including politically crucial Uttar Pradesh -- and having lost Assam and Kerala last year, 2017 will be crucial for the Congress as it attempts to regain lost ground. Experts feel the only way out would be for the party to give greater autonomy to its regional lead...
Amitabh Bachchan came to be known as Bollywood's "Angry young man" and gradually worked his way to be tagged its "Shahenshah". After years of stepping into different characters, India's cinematic legend says his evolving on-screen persona is a reflection of the change in roles offered to him in sync with his age. ...
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee feared a coup by a section of his BJP that wanted to have him replaced by his deputy Lal Krishna Advani, a new biography has claimed....
Bharat Ratna awardee and internationally-renowned chemist C.N.R. Rao has said that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was very supportive when it came to science and much was done for science and technology during his tenure, while also hoping that Narendra Modi too will consult good scientists....
The demonetisation drive will retard India's growth but by no more than one percentage point, even as an industrial revival is on the horizon, says Pankaj R. Patel, the new President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci). ...
I remember standing for hours in the queue to withdraw my own cash, and then being told that I would not even get a tenth of what I had been promised. I remember coming away with dignity, saying that my sacrifice was for the greater long-term good of the nation....
