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Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Currency Stability Basis Of A Nation’s Economy

India’s first woman PM got deep into an all-round mess of two wars (the 1962 treachery by the Chinese and the aggression...

25 Jun 2026 11:23 PM IST

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indias first PM, is mentioned in the book. The book, Love in the Time of Emergency, is set during the Emergency period (1975-77) imposed by the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi.

A point to ponder: Do CMs make good PMs?

India's 12th PM and the first from the BJP, Atal Behari Vajpayee, had a distinguished career as a parliamentarian.

28 Oct 2017 12:12 AM IST

CM Arvind Kejriwal pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary at Delhi Vidhan Sabha. (Photo: PTI)

Delhi chief secretary asked to explain' absence from Shastri event

The chief minister is miffed over the casualty with which the officials treated a national-level event like this, the...

3 Oct 2017 1:51 AM IST

Former prime minister Indira Gandhi. (Photo: PTI/File)

Indira's mixed legacy: '71 triumph, '75 nadir

Mohammad Yunus was so close to Mrs Gandhi and Sanjay that he was able to appoint himself special envoy.

24 Nov 2017 12:07 AM IST

Indira Gandhi (Photo: Sondeep Shankar)

How her grit and sagacity created the mystique of Indira Gandhi

We briefly examine here the events of 1966 and 1967 relating to her election as leader of the Congress Parliamentary...

17 Nov 2017 12:56 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his 149th birth anniversary at Rajghat in New Delhi. (Photo: Twitter | @narendramodi)

PM Modi, President pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri

Kovind greeted people on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti and urged people to imbibe the values he stood for.

3 Oct 2018 1:23 AM IST

Ex-PM's son falls victim to thak-thak gang

The incident took place on Tuesday evening when Mr. Shastri in his car was heading towards Vinobha Nagar.

25 Jan 2018 3:00 AM IST

L.K. Advani (Photo: PTI)

Ex-PM Shastri was not hostile to RSS, says LK Advani

The article is an extract from Mr Advani's autobiography My Country My Life.

25 Jan 2018 2:53 AM IST

Naseeruddin Shah

Naseeruddin Shah, Mithun Chakraborty in Vivek's next

Naseeruddin Shah and Mithun Chakraborty together for his next, titled The Tashkent Files.

12 Jan 2018 12:28 AM IST

On Jan. 10, with the determined efforts of Kosygin, ably assisted by his dynamic foreign minister Andrei Gromyko, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Ayub Khan, despite strong reservations of his foreign minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, signed the historic declaration.

Of Tashkent Declaration and how Shastri died at the altar of India-Pak...

The talks began in Tashkent on January 3, 1966 with Kosygin meeting Shastri and Ayub, initially, separately before the...

10 Jan 2018 1:35 AM IST

K. Kamaraj (1903-1975)

Kingmaker Kamaraj: A symbol of selflessness and simplicity

Kamaraj's nine years as chief minister saw Madras undergoing tremendous industrial and agricultural progress.

16 July 2018 12:42 AM IST

Vivek Agnihotri

Guides in Tashkent say Shastri was poisoned, says Vivek Agnihotri

The film will expose some uncomfortable truths about the mysterious death of former Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri,...

16 July 2018 12:27 AM IST