His term saw the lowest average of 57 hours. IMAGE: Then Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar conducts the proceedings of the House on his last day in office, July 21, 2025. Photograph: Sansad......
When elected on July 18 -- which is almost a certainty, given the NDA's numbers in the electoral college -- Droupadi Murmu will be the first President born after Independence. IMAGE: Droupadi......
A copybook President, R Venkataraman, who passed into the ages on Tuesday, skilfully guided the country through a testing period of coalition politics in its nascent days that saw three prime......
Gianiji had crafted his moves with the meticulous planning of a chess grandmaster.He did not know whether a checkmate was feasible, as his time was running out, but he wanted Rajiv Gandhi to smell......
If somebody wants to do an instant noodle study on contemporary Indian politics, Shobhaji's book, Battlefield India - 25 years of Politricks and Economix, is the one to look into, applauds M R......
An exclusive excerpt from Girish Kuber's The Tatas: How A Family Built A Business And A Nation. IMAGE: J R D Tata, left, with Ratan Tata. Photograph: Kind courtesy Gopal Shetty When you took......
If Nirmala Sitharaman does indeed present a 'never-before' like Budget on February 1, going by her promise, she would create a new benchmark for post-contraction Budgets, observes A K Bhattacharya.......
Exactly a month before he passed away on June 2, 1988, Raj Kapoor was presented the Dadasaheb Phalke Award -- the nation's highest honour for cinematic achievement -- by then President Ramaswamy......
IMAGE: It is highly unlikely that Srinivasan's daughter will face any opposition. Photograph: TNCA/Twitter Former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Narayanaswami Srinivasan will......