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Mani Shankar Aiyar: The Lonely Eternal Maverick

Very few know of his scintillating mind, the outpouring of fresh ideas, the attention to detail in every endeavour, the extraordinary administrative and organisational skills, and a limitless......

Time Has Come For Women's Reservation Bill

Women politicians bring to politics and policy a sensitivity that most of their male counterparts, at least until a generation back, lacked. IMAGE: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi prior to attending......

Does Rahul Want To Be Opposition PM Candidate?

After Rahul's Bharat Jodo Yatra began criss-crossing the Hindi heartland, BJP leaders have revived their attacks on 'dynasty politics' and 'family rule' in the Congress, points out N Sathiya......

Ghulam Nabi Azad, other G-23 leaders to meet Sonia, Rahul soon

Days after a meeting of Congress Working Committee in which the party's abysmal performance in the recently held assembly polls in five states was termed as a 'cause of serious concern,' senior......

G-23 meeting at Azad's house, more Cong leaders join

The leaders of the Congress's "Group of 23" on Wednesday said the only way forward for the grand old party is to adopt a model of collective and inclusive leadership and decision making at all......

Little-known awards attract big names

What do Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Aruna Roy, C Rangarajan, Sam Pitroda, Mani Shankar Aiyar and Vijay Kelkar have in common?They may all be offering conflicting advice to Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan......

Now, Mani Shankar Aiyar blasts govt over rural jobs scheme

Former Union panchayat raj minister Mani Shankar Aiyar, lately in the news for denouncing the Commonwealth Games, is aiming his guns much closer to the United Progressive Alliance government's......

Empowerment can enhance the livelihood of millions

Millions of Indians living with an earning of under Rs.20 per day should be empowered to a better living, through the 250,000 locally elected self governing units, the Minister of Panchayati Raj......

Only 27% of backward region fund spent in 9 months

Only around 27 per cent of the funds allocated to the flagship Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) in the budget has been spent in nine months of the fiscal year. The money is sitting in Delhi and......

Of India, reforms and skewed governance

'Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under Communism, it's just the opposite'-- John Kenneth Galbraith It was the annual meeting of the Confederation of Indian Industry's nothern region in Delhi.......

Hockey defeat matter of shame: Aiyar

Union sports minister Mani Shankar Aiyar lashed out at the Indian Hockey Federation on Monday, saying "it is a matter of shame that a team which has been part of the Olympics for the past 80 years......

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