Pranab, Opposition leaders attend Rahul's first iftar party

Days after a row erupted over his address at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh headquarters, former president Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday broke bread with Rahul Gandhi at an iftar party hosted by......

Pranab Mukherjee, LK Advani will release book on Biju Patnaik

Naveen Patnaik’s guest list has been prepared with an eye on the forthcoming Lok Sabha and assembly polls, reports Archis Mohan.  In a significant development for Odisha politics,......

Pranab's 5-decade-long political career comes to an end

Pranab Mukherjee -- rewarded as president yet not trusted enough to be prime minister. IMAGE: President Mukherjee's journey has been a long and extensive one. He became India’s youngest......

Modi @3: The view from the foreign office

Diplomats agree that amid stormy relations with China and Pakistan, Modi has posted impressive foreign policy successes, notes Aditi Phadnis.  When veteran diplomat Hardeep Puri retired from......

Congress suggestions on GST preposterous, says Jaitley

A total of 38 Bills, including some finance Bills, are awaiting parliamentary approval. Barely two days before the start of the winter session of Parliament, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the......

E-commerce vs kirana: And the winner is. . .

The growing presence of retail networks is hard to miss, in the (also) growing number of shopping malls and elsewhere, rues T N Ninan A young woman was setting up house in Mumbai recently. About 85......

Employment exchanges to be one-stop shop

Employment exchanges might no longer be just traditional job-seeking centres but a single window to provide career counselling, placement services and apprenticeship to the youth.  ......

Will India shine again under the Modi govt?

Narendra Modi-led government included neither a 100-day agenda nor its five-year programme of action in the speech it had approved for the president to read out at the joint session of Parliament,......

Prez to honour Tomy for circumnavigation feat

It will be a dream come true for Lt Commander Abhilash Tomy when President Pranab Mukherjee felicitates him in Mumbai on Saturday for completing a non-stop solo circumnavigation of the globe under......