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The Prime Minister Born On February 29

Morarji Desai, India's first non Congress prime minister, was born on February 29, 1896. Mr Desai was 81 when he was elected prime minister and ruled India for two years, from March 1977 to July......

Charan Singh opposed Nehru's socialist economy

Chaudhary Charan Singh, who on Friday was conferred with India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, is popularly known as a champion of farmers. IMAGE: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla greets......

BJP hopes to break new ground with Bharat Ratna awards

State awards often convey a message beyond the public contributions made by their recipients and the Modi government's pick of five of them, with three of four politicians in the list firmly......

Bharat Ratna recipients' tally touches 53, maximum awardees in 2024

The decision to award Bharat Ratna to former prime ministers PV Narasimha Rao and Charan Singh and green revolution pioneer MS Swaminathan has taken the number of recipients of the country's......

Nehru to Advani: Full list of Bharat Ratna awardees

The decision to award the Bharat Ratna to Bharatiya Janata Party veteran L K Advani and former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur has taken the number of recipients of the country's highest......

Key highlights of Modi govt's pre-poll budget

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday presented her sixth Budget in a row, equalling the record of former Prime Minister Morarji Desai. Following are the highlights of interim Budget......

Sitharaman to present sixth Budget in a row

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her sixth straight Budget ahead of the Parliamentary elections, matching the record of former Prime Minister Morarji Desai. Photograph: ANI Photo......

On February 1, Sitharaman will equal Morarji Desai's record

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will set a record by presenting the sixth Budget in a row -- 5 annual Budgets and one interim -- a feat achieved so far only by former Prime Minister Morarji......

Did RBI Know About Demonetization?

The RBI was not party to the decision to demonetize 500 and 1,000-rupee notes, which was taken at the highest level of India's political leadership. A fascinating excerpt from Gokul Rathi's......

Sitharaman, 6th FM to present budget 5 times in a row

Other ministers who have presented five straight annual financial statements include Arun Jaitley, P Chidambaram, Yashwant Sinha, Manmohan Singh and Morarji Desai.  IMAGE: Union Finance......

Mission Majnu Review: I Spy Silly

If you want to make your enemy look like a threat, at least make them formidable, sighs Sukanya Verma. We've watched no love lost between India and Pakistan's diplomatic equation through......

'Heroines flocked to him, but...'

'... their love was jinxed.''His celluloid path to his partner's heart was seldom smooth; it had to contend with greedy relatives and indecisive sweethearts, who were more ready to sacrifice than......

Rahul Shakes A Leg At Friend's Wedding!

IMAGE: K L Rahul at the roce ceremony of David Mathias and Kalyani Desai. Photographs and Video: Kind courtesy KL Rahul/Instagram   Having got a few days break at the end of IPL 2022, K L......

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