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The state that has given 8 of India's 14 prime ministers

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Rajiv Gandhi ... Lal Bahadur Shastri, V P Singh, Charan Singh and Chandra Shekhar -- all drew political life from Uttar Pradesh, the state......

Charan Singh's legacy: The pursuit of power and policy

It has been almost a month since Ajit Singh was sworn in as India's civil aviation minister. Many Indians may be unaware that Ajit Singh owes his political influence to the fact he is his father......

Lucknow airport to be renamed after Charan Singh

With an eye to make the Rashtriya Lok Dal president Ajit Singhhappy, the Union Cabinet in a crucial meeting decided to rename the Lucknow airport after his father Chaudhary Charan Singh. This was......

No space for 'samadhis', VVIPs to share memorial place

There will be no separate samadhis for VVIPs in Delhi as the government on Thursday decided to have a common complex for memorials of departed national leaders like presidents, vice presidents and......

Cong dubs BJP's demand for PM resignation unjustified

Rejecting as "unjustified" and "fancy" Bharatiya Janata Party's renewed demand for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over coal block allocation scam, Congress Saturday launched a counter......

Budget 2013-14: Chidambaram's 8th; India's 82nd

Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday presented his eighth annual budget in Parliament, the second highest by anyone in the country after a record 10 by former Prime Minister Morarji......

How Euro-zone can exit from the present crisis

I have my own Spike Milligan kind of story to tell about a diplomatic brouhaha in Europe over Greece and me! Many moons ago the European Commission (EC) invited me to visit two member countries of......

No big-ticket changes in economic ministries

Without making big-ticket changes in the economic ministries, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday shifted Law Minister M Veerappa Moily to the ministry of corporate affairs and inducted young......

Buffett to get Indian billionaires to open their wallets

When the Oracle of Omaha speaks, India -- from top billionaires to the aam admi (people who buy motor insurance on Berkshire's online portal) -- will get an equal opportunity to listen. Warren......

Premji's dream university from July

Azim Premji University, planned by Wipro's billionaire chairman to cater exclusively to the education and development sectors, is likely to become operational in the coming academic year.......

PIX: Farhan, Dharmendra celebrate Baisakhi

Several Bollywood actors turned up to celebrate Baisakhi with Punjabi Icon Awards held over the weekend at Shanmukhanand Hall in South Mumbai. Farhan Akhtar, whose new film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is......

PIX: Salman Khan, Venkatesh party in Hyderabad

Salman Khan partied with Telugu star Venkatesh and many others, at the Hyatt hotel in Hyderabad over the weekend, to celebrate after the ongoing CCL (Celebrity Cricket League) cricket......

PIX: The Big Fat Filmi Weddings Of 2012

Wedding is a special day in the life of a man and woman. But a celebrity wedding is just as big for those covering or reading about it. The year 2012 saw some of our hottest stars give up their......

The Star Weddings of 2012

What can be a bigger festival than an Indian wedding? All the more if the concerned bride or groom happens to be a star in question. If 2011 saw the likes of Imran Khan and Lara Dutta......

'Dhanush has become an adult with Aadukalam'

Aadukalam starring Dhanush and newcomer Tapasee, is a Pongal release that is running successfully in theatres all across Tamil Nadu. Director Vetrimaran had earlier made the successful......

It's a dream come true to make the World Cup: Hussey

Ecstatic Australian batsman Michael Hussey on Monday said it is a dream come true to make the country's World Cup squad after being initially overlooked due to injury. The 35-year-old left-hander......

India look to seal the series in fourth ODI

Having gained a 2-1 lead after registering back-to-back victories in the last two games against the Proteas, India go into the fourth ODI at Port Elizabeth seeking to clinch their first-ever series......

New Zealand board rules out sacking Vettori

The Test and One-day thrashing at the hands of India has prompted New Zealand Cricket to start a review of the team's performance but the body has ruled out sacking captain Daniel Vettori. NZC......

EPL: Man City join Arsenal at top, Chelsea slip again

Chelsea's poor run continued as Didier Drogba missed a stoppage-time penalty in an exciting but error-strewn 1-1 Premier League draw at Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. Roman Pavlyuchenko shot Spurs......

I-League: Odafe's double strike sinks Bagan

Odafe Okolie struck twice against Mohun bagan to guide Churchill Brothers to their first win in this season's I-League, at the Nehru Stadium in Margao on Sunday.Churchill Brothers' plan to attack......

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Q. Who was the 'first' Indian Prime Minister who had to step down from office after losing a 'vote of no-confidence' ?
Pravin: A. more

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Q. Modi is very calculative; he doesn't need friends'------Rediff headlines. Any guess why?
QNA Watcher: A. Ch Charan Singh more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/modi-is-very-calculative-he-doesnt-need-friends------rediff-/25414073/answers/25618748

Q. mODI WILL MEET THE SAME FATE OF charan singh chandrasekhar Devi lal---Modi has not faced any rival in GUJURAT BUT HERE RIVALS ARE SIMPLY CHAMPIONS WILL KICK OUT HIM LIKE GADKARI?
Readiffff: A. not calculative like congy who knows the actual number required to form ,Modi will be like charan singh,i bet more

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Q. Supremos of regional political parties want their sons as their successor. For example ---Siva Sena, DMK, SP etc.Is this dynastic politics going to be a bane of future Indian politics? Your views?
Good Citizen: A. U r ryt. more

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Craig Gillespie took over Lucknow to shoot

The shooting of Craig Gillespie's 'Million Dollar Arm' began in Lucknow on Tuesday at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport. A crew of... ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-interviews/Craig-Gillespie-took-over-Lucknow-to-shoot/articleshow/20198276.cms

FIR against Paralympic Committee of India treasurer

New Delhi: The Karnataka police have registered an FIR against the treasurer Gursharan Singh for allegedly forging signatures and fabricating... ...

http://zeenews.india.com/sports/others/fir-against-paralympic-committee-of-india-treasurer_761779.html

Poll fever increasingly grips major political parties

Elections fever is increasingly gripping all the three major political parties in the State as was particularly evident from activities in the... ...

http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/poll-fever-increasingly-grips-major-political-parties.html

Ajit Jogi queers the pitch for resurgent Congress

Raipur: Once struggling to find someone among its legislators who could be chief minister, the Congress is suddenly caught in the problem of plenty... ...

http://www.firstpost.com/politics/chhattisgarh-ajit-jogi-queers-the-pitch-for-resurgent-congress-798553.html

Feisty Mamata talks of peace

Photographers in Lucknow never had it so good. The Brahmin Sammelan in Lucknow this week had most of the young brahmin leaders clamouring for space... ...

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130520/commentary-op-ed/commentary/feisty-mamata-talks-peace