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The martyr who remained free even in death

In the autumn of 1921, Chandra Shekhar Tiwari was a student of Sanskrit at the prestigious Kashi Vidyapeeth in Varanasi. A fervent call by Mahatma Gandhi, urging his countrymen to join......

Parliament adjourned

Parliament on Friday paid tributes to former prime minister Chandra Shekhar. Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day as a mark of respect to the late leader and six other......

Former PM Chandra Shekhar cremated

Amidst chanting of Vedic hymns, the mortal remains of former prime minister Chandra Shekhar were on Monday consigned to flames with full state honours on the banks of the Yamuna in Delhi.The last......

PM expresses sadness at Chandra Shekhar's death

Prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh has called the passing away of former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar a big blow to the nation. Dr Singh called him a truly secular nationalist and he had the......

Former PM Chandra Shekhar is dead

Former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, a socialist who strongly opposed policies of liberalisation and personality politics and headed a minority government at the Centre for a brief while, died in......

Why SAIL chief opposes sharing profits from mines

Last week, Chandra Shekhar Verma did something rather uncharacteristic for a state-owned company chieftain, especially one reputed to be a stickler for rules. The Steel Authority of India (SAIL)......

Careful: Bureaucrats are taking up private jobs

In 1990, B G Deshmukh had approached Chandra Shekhar to ask if he could join the Tatas after he quit government service. Chandra Shekhar was the Prime Minister at that time and Deshmukh his......

Vodafone wants its spectrum immediately

Alleging “undue” delay in spectrum allocation, Vodafone India has asked the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to “immediately allot spectrum” for the 14 telecom zones......

SAIL looking for ventures into analogous sectors

Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) is looking for ventures into analogous sectors. While the state-run company is going for a follow-on public offer (FPO) in early 2011, it is looking at some......

More microfinance IPOs in the offing

It was merely a coincidence that the year after C K Prahalad's bestseller, The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty through Profits (2004), that Vikram Akula returned to SKS......

Review: Patre Loves Padma

Director Chandra Shekhar Srivastava is an expert in photography by working with top technicians like Dinesh Babu, P K H Doss, etc. He has also assisted directors like David and B C Patil in a few......

Review: Andar Bahar is a good watch

Srikanth Srinivasa feels Andar Bahar is a good family entertainer. Debutant director Phaneesh S Ramanathpura has chosen a Hindi title Andar Bahar for his Kannada film to create curiosity among......

Review: Avunu is well-written and crafted

Ravi Babu comes up with a well made supernatural thriller in Telugu film Avunu, writes Radhika RajamaniAvunu has a taut screenplay and excellent re-recording and sound effects which enhance the......

Review: Nuvvila is a youthful film

Radhika Rajamani feels the Telugu film Nuvvila is a youthful film, meant for all ages.Actor-director Ravi Babu has chosen a contemporary subject for his Telugu film Nuvvila. It's about the gen X,......

How Bollywood celebrates Children's Day

The twitter world is quite a busy one, and Bollywood contributes a great deal to it. Here's looking at the best star tweets of the day. Stars celebrated Children's Day on November 14 in their......

Ganguly, Gokhale leap into joint lead

National champion Surya Shekhar Ganguly and International Master Chandra Shekhar Gokhale turned tables on their rivals to catapult India in the lead after the tenth and penultimate round of the......

National billiards: Sitwalla stuns Sethi

Dhruv Sitwalla pulled off a 4-2 upset victory over former World champion Geet Sethi to enter the men's semi-finals, while Maharashtra's Meenal Thakur claimed the women's crown in the National......

Sporting Clube de Goa defeat Mohun Bagan 2-0

A goal in each half helped Sporting Clube de Goa defeat Mohun Bagan 2-0 in the third round of the ONGC I-League, played at Nehru Stadium Fatorda on Saturday.The hosts scored through Man of the......

India win chess silver

India added two silver medals to its tally on day five of the second Asian Indoor Games, with Sandeep Sejwal finishing second in the 100m breaststroke and the chess team securing a podium finish in......

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Congress building ground with new zonal chiefs in Uttar Pradesh

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Eye to polls, juggling intensifies

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re-assignment as In-charge of Manipur & Nagaland States, BJP

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Shake-up in UP Congress by Rahul

Chandra Shekhar Singh, Virendra Chowdhery, Phoolwati Saini and Yogesh Dixit. Of these, Rainee was a Zonal Vice-President in the outgoing setup.... ...

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