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.
25 Nov, 2017, 10.37 PM IST
When Yogi Adityanath survived a murderous attackThe book says that Yogi was on his way to address an anti-terrorism rally in Azamgarh to counter rival parties whose leaders had started ma...
22 Nov, 2017, 10.11 AM IST
AAP govt's reading of Constitution leads to conflicts with Centre: Najeeb JungNajeeb Jung said that he was not bound by the advice of an elected government and takes decisions depending on the overall situation in the...
26 Nov, 2016, 07.38 PM IST
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...
18 Nov, 2016, 07.22 PM IST
Non-state actors have upstaged the superpowersThe era of superpower hegemony is over, and that of non-state actors has arrived.Fourteen years after 911, the US has -let's be blunt -been...
13 Dec, 2015, 12.23 PM IST
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.
03 Dec, 2015, 12.45 PM IST
Disappointed over not enough being done on India-Pakistan ties: Salman KhurshidPakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had "risked elections" to improve ties with India, former External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid to...
01 Dec, 2015, 01.08 AM IST
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...
30 Nov, 2015, 06.53 PM IST
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...
30 Nov, 2015, 03.00 PM IST
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 ...
30 Nov, 2015, 09.54 AM IST
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...
30 Nov, 2015, 01.00 AM IST
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.
29 Nov, 2015, 06.51 PM IST
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 ...
29 Nov, 2015, 12.45 AM IST
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...
28 Nov, 2015, 09.43 PM IST
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...
24 Nov, 2015, 11.44 AM IST
Times Lit Fest: NR Narayana Murthy & Kunal Bahl 'exchange' notes on the changing business ecosystemNew-age entrepreneurs are smarter and younger because of the reduced asymmetry in the business environment, Murthy said at the Saturday ses...
02 Feb, 2015, 12.47 PM IST
Jaipur Literature Festival: India must stop banning booksThat a book banned 33 years ago and its author can still stoke controversy and leave the organisers of a literary festival with their knick...
24 Jan, 2012, 08.30 AM IST