Nizam had a chance to join Indian Union
Burgula Narsing Rao, 82, has seen the Indian Army marching into a defiant Hyderabad State, the Razakaar mayhem, the Telangana armed struggle and the stirs for separate Telangana.
“For an average Hind
New book reveals Edwina Mountbatten's 'spiritual' affair with Pandit Nehru
Edwina Mountbatten, who rubbed shoulders with royalty, danced the Charleston with Fred Astaire and let young men not only fall at her feet but into her bed as well, fell madly in love with India along
Ex-IAF chief Tipnis blames Nehru for defeat in 1962 China war
A former IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal (retd) A. Y. Tipnis has sought to blame former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for India's defeat in the 1962 war with China, amid a continuing debate on why air p
Nehru, Gandhi among greatest sources of influence: Suu Kyi
Myanmar's pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has described Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru among her ‘greatest sources’ of influence, as she encouraged American students to read the works of Indi
No regret for attacking Indira Gandhi, says Nayantara Sahgal
The Sahithya Akademi winner and the niece of the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Ms Nayantara Sahgal, said that the time had come for people to hurt others’ feelings.
“Let people be upset,”
Nehru remembered on 122nd birth anniversary
The nation today remembered the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his 122nd birth anniversary with President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh paying homage to him.
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Officials in race to fix track
New Delhi, Oct. 2: Come Sunday, the entire nation will soak itself in the grandeur of the opening ceremony of the 19th Commonwealth Games, but there will be a different battle going on elsewhere.
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Divided we stand, united we rule: PM
New Delhi Sept. 6: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday strongly rejected suggestions of a “disconnect” between his government and the Congress made it clear he would not ask his ministers to "s
Manmohan is third longest serving PM
New Delhi, Aug. 11: Dr Manmohan Singh has become the third longest-serving Prime Minister of India after he completed 2,273 days in office on Wednesday.
India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru
Rare Indira pictures to be seen in forthcoming book
The Visva-Bharati University is coming out with a book containing unpublished letters written by Jawaharlal Nehru to Rabindranath Tagore besides rare photographs of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi