Was Narasimha Rao India's Best Prime Minister?

'He told senior journalists a few days after the Babri Masjid demolition, 'Jo hua theek hua. Maine isliye hone diya ki BJP ki rajniti hamesha ke liye khatam ho jaye.' IMAGE: Then prime minister P......

Why Rajiv Gandhi Decided On Nuclear Weapons

The idea of weaponization got a fillip from an unexpected quarter.In the last week of October 1985, Rajiv met US President Ronald Reagan.Reagan told Rajiv, 'Pakistan has already made a bomb.'When......

Sonia Gandhi is back in the driver's seat

In early 2004, when the Congress had been routed in north Indian states, and even Congressmen were prophesying a two-digit tally for the party in the general elections, Sonia determinedly hit the......

What Rahul Gandhi as VP means for the Congress

In all likelihood he is going to rely on senior party leadership for political management, using the Youth Congress and the young brigade to mobilise the ‘aam admi’, which the Congress......

Kochi airport to partly close for seven months

Almost 200 out of 400 weekly domestic and international flights in and out of Kochi will be severely affected with the airport authorities deciding to close the runway from 10 am to 8 pm every day......