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Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the valedictory session of PHD Chamberss 111th annual session in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Manmohan Singh to receive Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace

Singh had played a pivotal role as Reserve Bank of India, Governor, and Finance Minister in PV Narasimha Rao government.

20 Nov 2017 1:58 AM IST

She saw Indians as equal children of motherland: Sonia on Indira...

The Cong prez said Indira Gandhi was 'one of the greatest' as she fought for secularism and against all kinds of...

19 Nov 2017 6:05 PM IST

Union Minister for Water Resources and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharati (Photo: PTI)

Of Congress' inertia & Uma's silence

It is widely believed that even as a former President Dr Mukherjee can play a role in improving Dhaka-New Delhi ties.

19 Nov 2017 5:19 AM IST

Talking about the Operation Bluestar in Golden Temple in 1984, former president Pranab Mukherjee said Indira Gandhi had never compromised with blind religious faiths or with the social force which was at work to split the country into different parts. (Photo: PTI)

Impasse over GST can't be resolved politically: Former President...

Mr Mukherjee, however, said the countries will have to concede some of their sovereign rights to others in order to...

6 Oct 2018 6:38 AM IST

The argument put forward by the leaders of the BJP and others was that India did not depend on exports for its economic growth, and that the huge domestic market and the consumption it entailed was good enough to keep the economy in shape and the global developments were marginal. (Representational image)

India's ostrich club and the global recession

The moral of the market economy is that small disasters trigger bigger ones, potentially.

3 Oct 2018 1:31 AM IST

However, the former President appreciated the countrys achievements in the field of science and technology. (Photo: Twitter)

India should have been USD 5-6 trillion economy by now: Pranab...

'We are only country till today out of 184 members of UN, who succeeded in sending its orbiter to Mars in first...

29 Nov 2018 8:28 AM IST

Pranab Mukherjee (Photo: Biplab Banerjee)

Pranab launches PC's book

This was the second book of Mr Chidambaram that was released after the NDA came to power.

31 Jan 2018 6:19 AM IST

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (Photo: AP)

Mystic Mantra: Let's cleanup our home

She advocated a change of mindset with meditation and a lifestyle embracing vegetarianism.

11 Jan 2018 1:44 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Rajya Sabha. (Photo: PTI/File)

Take lessons on national security from Pranab Mukherjee: Jaitley to...

Arun Jaitley accused Cong of 'seriously compromising' national security by demanding disclosure of details of the Rafale...

9 Feb 2018 11:00 AM IST

Subhas Chandra Bose with his wife Emilie Schenkl

Mystery no more

The enigma surrounding Netaji's death for over seven decades is what Ashis Ray hopes to dispel with his book.

7 Feb 2018 12:18 AM IST

Pranab Mukherjee (Photo: Biplab Banerjee)

The Eyes say it all at IGNCA

Present on the show will be 60 portraits of famous personalities, in charcoal, acrylic as well as water colour.

1 Feb 2018 5:04 AM IST

Outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday advocated freeing public discourse from violence. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Trial court wrongly rejected suit: Delhi HC told

A group of lawyers and a social worker had moved the plea against the book.

10 April 2018 7:02 AM IST