Mani Shankar Aiyar's 'Pak atom bomb' remark sparks row

Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's remarks on Pakistan sparked a political row on Friday, with his party quick to dissociate itself from the comments while the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party......

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......

Mani Shankar Aiyar hospitalised

Union Panchayati Raj and Sports Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar was admitted to the Apollo Hospital in Chennai after he developed chest pain on Wednesday morning. "His condition is stable and there is......

Why Pakistan Government Spared Mani Shankar Aiyar

It was only a matter of hours before I would be declared persona non grata; all my work would turn to ashes, and I would be revealed as a typical untrustworthy Indian.I steeled myself for the axe......

Energy security: Mani Shankar Aiyar slams UPA for bowing to US

Paranjoy Guha Thakurta on Mani Shankar Aiyar's belief that India should secure its energy supplies by engaging with neighbours in Asia. In a recent public lecture that was hardly reported by the......

Mani Shankar Aiyar slams Plan panel's poverty estimates

Slamming Planning Commission's poverty estimates, Congress MP and former union minister Mani Shankar Aiyar today said that it is not aware of the ground reality of the country. "Indeed the......

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......

Aiyar discusses oil PSU merger

Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on Thursday held discussions with chief executives of public sector oil companies to explore the possibility of merging BPCL and HPCL with ONGC and OIL with......

Aiyar hindered CWG work: Maken

Sports Minister Ajay Maken has accused former minister Mani Shankar Aiyar of playing an "irreparable obstructionist role" in the Commonwealth Games projects resulting in cost escalation. These......

Aiyar's statement is anti-national: Kalmadi

Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Tuesday hit back at former Sports Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar for his scathing criticism of the upcoming event, saying the senior......

Aiyar relieved Asian Games bid failed

Sports Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar said he was relieved India failed in its bid to host the 2014 Asian Games last week. "My guess is by not hosting the Asian Games, we probably saved ourselves......

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......

Aiyar heads C'wealth Games apex committee

Sports Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar was on Wednesday appointed chairman of the reconstituted Apex Committee for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.The committee will have the responsibility of overseeing......