In 2017, the former Union minister called Modi "neech aadmi" following which he was suspended from the Congress party.
The prime minister said there was a need to cleanse Indian politics of Congress culture.
In an online chat with readers, overseas education consultant NNS Chandra addressed queries related to international admissions.
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last week, in 10 images
He's met the Obamas, calls Britain's Queen Elizabeth II granny and is delightful as one can be. Meet Prince George -- one of the world's most recognisable children. As he turned 5 on Sunday (July 22), we gathered a collection of his cutest moments.
While Mahindra isn't the first person to think that building a social network out of India was a good idea, past attempts have all failed to compete with the multi-billion dollar giants Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp and the like.
According to experts, banks have found better arbitrage opportunities in dollar terms in mature economies with mortgage and leverage rather than take equity exposure on Indian real estate.
'Goa is about community living, but blending in takes time.'
'Over one million people served in various battlefronts during World War I. And yet, even today, we know so very little about them.' 'It is absolutely essential to acknowledge this part of India's colonial history,' Santanu Das tells Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com
It is raining private equity funds in the logistics and warehousing space.
Kolkata-born British author Neel Mukherjee's latest novel The Lives of Others, set in troubled Bengal of the 1960s and centres around a dysfunctional family, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize 2014, in its debut as a global literary award.
In an interview with British GQ Magazine, the Duke of Cambridge shared details on what it's like without his mother today and dealing with grief in the spotlight.
Fernando Alonso passed a final medical examination on Thursday and will be able to participate in the Malaysian Grand Prix this weekend after the Spaniard missed the Formula One season-opener in Australia due to concussion.
The targeted budget for the project was reportedly projected at 750,000.
India's case for NSG membership is also being strongly pushed by the US, which has written to other members to support India's bid at the plenary meeting of the group expected to be held in Seoul on June 24.
Celebrated physicist Stephen Hawking may have solved the 40-year-old information paradox -- which continues to puzzle scientists -- saying one could simply pop up in another universe after being sucked into a black hole, in a new theory about where lost information ends up.
Umpires can eject players, tethered bails approved
India has been assigned the lowest investment grade rating with a high risk profile by various global agencies.
'We are not a dictatorship. If the people do not desire some law, it is impossible for any government to implement it,' says BJP leader Chandra Kumar Bose.
'Political elites need to feel that these are our children dying, that this is a crisis for us, a tragedy for our community, we must take immediate action to save the lives of our people.'
'Surprised and pained that my name has been dragged into Indian domestic politics,' says Pakistan's former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri.
'Nature does not send us a bill, so we ignore them in decision making until we hit a moment of crisis, such as the current shortage of water.'
The country witnessed over 100 incidents of racial abuse and hate crimes, including alleged racist graffiti and cards reading "no more Polish vermin" posted outside a school.
After 10 teachers and a group of students were attacked on Monday in Patiala House court complex where Kanhaiya was produced on Monday, the teachers association decided to join the students in boycotting classes.
India's credit and banking are neither too big nor too small.
'...vis-a-vis state or local elections,' Prannoy Roy and Dorab Sopariwala tell Uttaran Das Gupta.
A winter storm on America's north-east coast has brought near-whiteout conditions to Boston.
Louis van Gaal came under fresh attack on Friday over his style of play at Manchester United and acknowledged he was still struggling to come up with a preferred system.
Manmohan Singh had joined a pre-medical course as his father wanted him to become a doctor but pulled out after a couple of months, losing interest in the subject, according to a book on the former prime minister by his daughter.
The group has been encouraging people to sign a petition calling for the withdrawal of the notes as vegans and vegetarians continued to express outrage at the use of tallow, a substance derived from animal fat.
Kensington Palace also revealed other details from the royal wedding.
American actor and entrepreneur Meghan Markle is more than just a royal heir's girlfriend.
Kartik Sawhney, 21, and Neha Swain, 28 from India are among 60 others who won the Queen's Young Leaders Award 2016.
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This is the royal couple's last event in Mumbai before they head off to Delhi where they will pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and later celebrate the Queen's 90th birthday. Here's a glimpse of all that happened at The Social.
Fashion conscious Kate Middleton will reportedly be packing 12-15 outfits for her six-day visit to India and Bhutan after an advance team completed a recce of locations, including the iconic Taj Mahal.
British Prime Minister Theresa May will be in India tomorrow, but Cyrus Mistry will no longer head the Indo-UK CEO forum.
Take a look at how the runway dazzled when she posed for the cameras with elegance and poise.
The fifth in line to the British throne reveals how counselling helped him through grief issues after his mother's demise when he was 12-years- old.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft which is carrying out a new mission has made its first exoplanet discovery -- a 'super-Earth' located 180 light-years from Earth.
