One nation-one language will never be a reality: Jairam RameshAmid calls that the government should first improve road infrastructure before imposing hefty fines for traffic violations, Karjol had rece...
15 Sep, 2019, 05.24 PM IST
Nehru Memorial says not possible to part with Indira Gandhi’s papers.The NMML website says it has roughly 3,000 files of Indira Gandhi’s papers deposited by Sonia Gandhi for “safe custody.”
26 Sep, 2018, 10.00 AM IST
Govt hits back at Congress over remarks on uniform civil codeRavi Shankar Prasad said Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajendra Prasad, Maulana Azad and B R Ambedkar, were great leaders and Congressmen.
11 Nov, 2016, 07.14 PM IST
Top job at Nehru memorial to go to eminent scholar with proven record on Nehruvian studiesThe NMML was recently in news over debates on its revamp plans that arguably amounted to dilution of Nehru’s legacy at the eponymous instit...
25 Jan, 2016, 05.21 AM IST
Freedom movement and making of constitution a legacy of Congress: Sonia GandhiSonia asserted that "the history of freedom movement led by Mahatma Gandhi and making of the Constitution were inseparable from the legacy ...
27 Nov, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
With BR Ambedkar, hail Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel and Rajendra Prasad too: CongressCongress side would also point out that it was Nehru who moved the Objectives Resolution in the Constituent Assembly on December 13, 1946.
26 Nov, 2015, 05.48 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi being 'dictatorial': say Sonia and Rahul GandhiThe Congress president said,"Simply because someone holds a different view or disagrees they cannot be branded a traitor.
14 Nov, 2015, 07.00 PM IST
Stamping Out Indira, Rajiv: Congress's focus attack on Gandhis shows limits of its identityCongress has made this a casus belli and sent its workers to the streets. Along with plans to reimagine the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library...
19 Sep, 2015, 12.14 PM IST
PM Modi's objective is to 'completely debunk' Jawaharlal Nehru: Jairam RameshRamesh asked the Left parties to join the Congress at a platform to "rediscover" Nehru and use Nehruvian thoughts and approach to check com...
08 Mar, 2015, 01.02 AM IST
Jairam Ramesh defends Plan panel, says it should have had more powersRamesh expressed hope that the panel, which was overhauled by the NDA government, had been vested with more powers.
12 Feb, 2015, 11.24 PM IST
India is more French than British in partisanship over historyIn India, perhaps due to past turbulence, there has been a tendency to emulate the French and construct an idyllic past, unlike the British...
16 Nov, 2014, 01.08 PM IST
Jawaharlal Nehru's 125th birth anniversary nears; Tug of war over history has begunShivaji is the exclusive monopoly of Shiv Sena, and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Bhagat Singh the preferred political symbols for those w...
12 Nov, 2014, 10.59 AM IST
No Congress invite to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Jawaharlal Nehru's birth anniversary eventInterestingly, the party has put out the eulogising remarks about Nehru made by BJP's first Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the webs...
11 Nov, 2014, 06.39 PM IST
Poke Me: Narendra Modi should highlight Golwalkar, not Sardar PatelInstead of harping on Congressmen like Patel, Modi must promote the legacy of his own organisation.
08 Nov, 2013, 02.57 PM IST
Wrong on part of India's right to use Patel: Shyam BenegalRajmohan Gandhi's meticulously researched biography is last word on the subject, says principal advisor of biopic on Patel.
06 Nov, 2013, 08.44 AM IST
Sardar Patel’s legacy: Congress has only itself to blame for letting rivals poach iconsBy being myopic about their own history, and confining it to a few stories, Congress has helped perpetuate the myth of hurt feelings and th...
31 Oct, 2013, 11.08 AM IST
Jinnah and RSS two sides of the same coin: CongCongress on Wednesday advertised its discomfort over the reopening of the debate on Partition.
27 Aug, 2009, 02.48 AM IST