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Colourful clothes, a dance party in school, a sweet in hand: for most of us, Children’s Day always evokes memories of a joyful winter day bringing upon a sweet break from the usual academic grind of the year.

All fun and games

We captured the joy of Children’s Day by speaking to some of the city’s little’uns, who put a smile on our face.

14 Nov 2019 12:17 AM

Mahatma Gandhi with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel shared joint legacy that can never be torn asunder

Sardar Patel, however, became president of the Karachi session of the INC in 1931.

03 Nov 2019 2:57 AM

Nehru, Patel shared joint legacy that can never be torn asunder

The Karachi session also ratified the Gandhi-Irwin pact which had been signed earlier between Gandhiji and Viceroy Lord Irwin.

31 Oct 2019 1:21 AM

The huge void created after Nehru’s death was filled when Lal Bahadur Shastri, a politician from Uttar Pradesh who held home and railway portfolios in Nehru’s Cabinet, took over as India’s second Prime Minister on June 9, 1964.

Lal Bahadur Shastri: In a time of war, the man of peace

Born into a poor family in 1904, Shastri spent the formative years of his life in Ramnagar, near Varanasi.

29 Oct 2019 1:43 AM

Shah stated that if Nehru had taken the matter to the United Nations in 1948 under Article 51 of the UN Charter, instead of Article 35, the outcome would have been different. (Photo: ANI)

Amit Shah renews attack on Nehru for moving UN over Kashmir issue

Shah held Nehru responsible for the existence of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir.

29 Sep 2019 4:55 PM

Tharoor had found himself in a spot of Twitter trouble when he posted a picture of Nehru and Indira Gandhi in what he claimed was the US only to clarify later that it was probably from their visit to the USSR. (Photo: File)

Nehru only Indian PM to be greeted on arrival at airport by US President: Tharoor

Tharoor's statement came after the 'Twitter kerfuffle' over his posting of photographs of the former Indian premier.

25 Sep 2019 2:21 PM

Jawaharlal Nehru to blame for PoK: Amit Shah

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also spoken at length on Kashmir at a rally in Nashik last week.

23 Sep 2019 2:01 AM

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad while addressing a press conference in Gujarat. (Photo: ANI)

Ravi Shankar Prasad claims Nehru wrong, Sardar Patel right on J&K

Last month, Parliament had revoked Article 370 which gave special provisions to Jammu and Kashmir.

12 Sep 2019 8:58 AM

The Mountbattens, by Andrew Lownie HarperCollins, Rs 699.

Platonic or corporeal? What Jawaharlal Nehru shared with Edwina

At first, they had written to each other every day, but within a year it was weekly and by 1954, it was fortnightly.

08 Sep 2019 2:42 AM

The revenge of Sukhi Lala: Congress revival hope lives on

In a monsoon-fed agricultural economy, both symbols represented the productive and political power of the peasant.

28 Aug 2019 1:21 AM

'Nehru did commit a crime and on the demand of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Sheikh Abdullah, he granted special status to the state. The move was also opposed by Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar,' he said. (Photo: File / PTI)

Former MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan reiterates blame on Nehru for Article 370

Chouhan said that Nehru was the 'criminal' who committed the crime of introducing Article 370 in J&K.

18 Aug 2019 11:55 AM

BJP gags own MPs on Nehru; has Sonia lost her authority?

According to the BJP grapevine, the party is expected shift focus to the Kamal Nath government after the Republic Day celebrations.

11 Aug 2019 12:00 AM

Gandhi’s lesson for the Congress: How he took the party to masses

The Non-cooperation Movement opened a new chapter in the history of the Congress.

05 Aug 2019 1:23 AM

Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan said on Saturday that Muslims in the country are being punished for their decision to not go migrate to Pakistan after the partition in 1947. (Photo: File)

Nehru, Sardar Patel, Bapu appealed Muslims to not migrate to Pak: Azam Khan

Khan, an MP from Rampur in Uttar Pradesh, claimed that Muslims have not been able to live a dignified life in the country.

20 Jul 2019 11:21 AM

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: File)

Why Xi is unwise to scrap maps

China has land borders with 14 countries and maritime borders with at least nine other countries.

07 Jul 2019 12:11 AM

A Prime Minister to Remember: Memories of a Military Chief, By Admiral Sushil Kumar, Konark pp 135, Rs 650.

Where Nehru failed, Vajpayee excelled

The admiral reveals how a statesman-like Prime Minister took pains to gain insights into its diverse Armed Forces.

05 Jul 2019 1:20 AM

Endorsing Shah’s opinions – expressed in Lok Sabha on Friday – as a 'historical truth', Madhav told ANI: 'When it was introduced, the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had himself said it was a temporary position, it would erode on its own. Even Nehru wanted it to go.' (Photo: ANI)

Article 370 has to go lock, stock and barrel: Ram Madhav

The national secretary also unleashed an attack on Congress and blamed it for the current situation in Kashmir.

29 Jun 2019 1:34 PM

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday moved the Jammu and Kashmir reservation bill in the Lok Sabha. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

One-third J&K not with us due to Nehru: Amit Shah

Shah alleged that the policies of previous Congress governments widened the wedge between the people of Jammu and Kashmir and the country.

29 Jun 2019 6:32 AM

Who Is Bharat Mata? on history, culture and the idea of India Writings by and on Jawaharlal Nehru, edited by Purushottam Agrawal Speaking Tiger pp 474, Rs 599.

‘In a democracy, know how to win gracefully’

Altogether 4,412 representatives will be chosen for these various Legislatures.

28 Jun 2019 2:00 AM

Liberal & secular India: An idea that misread history?

To turn this unequal society, whose very basis was found on exclusiveness, into an inclusive one was an outlandish ambition.

11 Jun 2019 1:34 AM

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