'Maybe he was wrong, but they believed he genuinely meant what he said.' IMAGE: Then finance minister Dr Manmohan Singh arrives at Parliament March 15, 1996, to present India's 1995-1996 Budget.......
'Theatrics replace analysis. Public spectacle takes the place of public service.' Former judges, retired bureaucrats and veteran armed forces officers lashed out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for......
A Bangladesh court on Monday convicted and sentenced deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina to five years of imprisonment and her niece, British parliamentarian Tulip Siddiq, to a two-year jail term......
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday alleged that the National Democratic Alliance was "preparing to steal" the assembly polls in Bihar, "just like they did in Haryana". IMAGE:......
If Xi Jinping is dethroned in the future, the instrument for that may well be embedded within the PLA, notes former foreign secretary Shyam Saran. IMAGE: Chinese President Xi Jinping during the......
The ambitious proposal by the power ministry to allow network sharing between distribution licensees operating in the same geographical area will face three key challenges, said a former......
Amid the political push and pull, the Centre's decision to allow sugar exports and remove the 50 per cent duty on molasses exports has rekindled hope in the industry that more relief may follow.......
Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday favoured downsizing of the Planning Commission amid reports that Narendra Modi government is likely to dismantle or at least drastically reduce the......
The Prime Minister said there is a need to have a relook at the structure of the Planning Commission and give it a new shape.The government has decided to abolish the Planning Commission, a 64-year......
The Planning Commission needs to be replaced by institutions prescribed under the Constitution for the functions it usurped, feels Indira Rajaraman The Planning Commission was a powerful centre of......
'In a world which is full of categories, hatred and ideologies, there was this basic decency.' IMAGE: Ishaan Khatter and Vishal Jethwa in Homebound. In the summer of 2020, Basharat Peer, who was......
'I was trying to better my first round throw but at the same time I felt sad for Neeraj bhai. It was the first time he was not on podium (since Tokyo Olympics in 2021). In any case, our country was......
Canada had also earlier expressed interest to bid for the 2030 CWG but later withdrew citing budgetary constraints. IMAGE: Gujarat sports minister Harsh Sanghavi poses with Commonwealth Sport......
IMAGE: Former India pacer Prasad had served as a vice-president from 2013 to 2016 when Anil Kumble was the KSCA president. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad is......
The 'Continuous Dialogue' phase involves a feasibility assessment by the IOC of the interested party's preparedness and as of now, the host selection process has been "paused" by new IOC President......
IMAGE: Bahadur Singh Sagoo. Photograph: X Asian Games gold-winning former shot putter Bahadur Singh Sagoo was on Tuesday elected unopposed as the Athletics Federation of India's president,......