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Shashi Tharoor explains the idea behind Rahul Gandhi's temple runDefending Rahul's visits to places of worship on his campaign tours, Tharoor said it was wrong to see these visits as "some sort of a cynic...- No pariahs, have a political buffet to choose ally from: Kamal HaasanUnwilling to reveal the name of his political party, or when he will formally launch it, Haasan insisted on letting the matter rest by sayi...
- No fear of failure: Kamal Haasan on joining politicsThe 63-year-old actor said the entire idea of joining politics is only about working for the betterment of his state, Tamil Nadu.
- Despite downstream, India underestimating water crunch threat: Arvind SubramanianReferring to the high degree of pollution around Diwali time in Delhi which also saw the visit of British Prime Minister Theresa May, he sa...
- Jaipur Literature Festival kicks off, Margaret Atwood wows audienceAmid tight security at the Diggi Palace, the Canadian poet and novelist delivered the keynote address.
- Natwar Singh justifies ban on Satanic Verses by Rajiv Gandhi governmentNatwar Singh worked as minister of state for external affairs under Rajiv Gandhi when the Satanic Verses was banned in 1989.
- Chidambaram punctured Congress claim of intolerance: Kiren RijijuRijiju today said Chidambaram's statement that banning 'The Satanic Verses' was a mistake has punctured the Congress stand on the controver...
- Congress distances itself from P Chidambaram's Salman Rushdie book remarkDescribing Chidambaram' remark as his personal view, senior Congress leader Kamal Nath today said, "No question of a single person puncturi...
- AAP will survive as long as the idea is alive: AshutoshAsked what AAP is all about, Ashutosh said it's "nothing but an idea" and that the future of India's politics depends on "the success of th...
- Had Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel been PM, India would be Pakistan: Kancha IlaiahBJP member Sudheendra Kulkarni said the country's first home minister ranked lowest on the list, "the least contemporary, doesn't contribut...
- Could lose Kashmir in 10 years if we don't act: Former J&K interlocutor Radha KumarKumar, who now heads a think-tank, Delhi Policy Group, made the remark while speaking at the opening session -- 'Kashmir Today: Towards an ...
- Closing down of Planning Commission a 'good thing': Arun MairaMaira was appointed by former PM, who recently said that the country's economic policy has "no sense of direction" after the Modi govt scra...
- BJP asks Congress to be tolerant after Chidambaram's remark on Salman Rushdie book ban"I have no hesitation in saying that the ban on Salman Rushdie's book was wrong," Congress leader P Chidambaram had said yesterday.
- Personal law should be subject to fundamental rights: FM Arun JaitleySC asked the government why polygamy in the Muslim community should not be banned and sought the Centre’s response on framing a Uniform Civ...
- Writers are not responsible for riots. Rioters are. Rioters don’t read books: Taslima NasreenThe Bangladeshi writer, who has spent much of her life in exile, battling fundamentalists in her country and ours, was part of a panel disc...
- How many years to correct the mistake, asks Salman RushdieRushdie's remarks was prompted by Chidambaram's admission that the Rajiv Gandhi government's decision to ban the controversial novel was a ...
- Will fight fundamentalists until death: Taslima NasrinBangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin, living in exile in India, today said she will not be silenced by fundamentalists and "continue to fight ...
- Ban on Salman Rushdie's book by Rajiv Gandhi government was wrong: P ChidambaramChidambaram, who was a MoS for Home Affairs under Rajiv Gandhi from 1986-89, also said Indira Gandhi had in 1980 admitted Emergency was a m...
- Rising intolerance in India is alarming: Saad Z HossainHossain said that the more alarming thing is that the government isn't refuting the intolerant views being bandied about.
- Idea of India gets damaged if we fiddle with founding principles: Sunil Khilnani"It's called Incarnations: India in 50 Lives. It will be published by Penguin in February , to coincide with a 50-part BBC radio and podcas...
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