Narasimha Rao
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Manmohan Singh Death: How he became India's 'Accidental Prime Minister'?
News | Dec 27, 2024, 05:06 PM ISTFormer Prime Minister Manmohan Singh passed away on December 26, 2024, at the age of 92 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, after a prolonged period of ill health. While many admired Singh as a man of integrity, some referred to him as the “accidental PM” or the “reluctant leader.
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Bharat Ratna to Narasimha Rao, Charan Singh: How Amit Shah, BJP reacted
India | Feb 09, 2024, 05:26 PM ISTUnion ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath were among the BJP leaders who hailed the decision and called it a 'befitting tribute.'
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Please spare me your sympathy: Ex PM Narasimha Rao after Babri mosque demolition
India | Nov 15, 2021, 08:21 AM ISTThe demolition happened on a Sunday and on the morning of December 7, the Council of Ministers gathered in a crowded ground-floor room at Parliament House, he says.
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PV Narasimha Rao 'father of economic reforms' in India: CJI NV Ramana
India | Aug 21, 2021, 12:22 PM ISTSC judge Justice L Nageswara Rao and former SC Judge justice Raveendran will be the life Trustees of Arbitration Centre and they will co-opt some more members in future, Justice Ramana said.
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Narasimha Rao did not get due recognition: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu
India | Dec 27, 2020, 09:36 PM ISTNaidu said that Narasimha Rao had exceeded the expectations of many political pundits and effectively steered the country through many challenges during his tenure.
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GVL Narasimha Rao is not the first leader to get attacked with a shoe
Sep 28, 2019, 10:13 PM ISTThis is not the first time an Indian politician has faced the wrath of a protestor in the form a precisely aimed shoe. We give you a brief list.
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BJP will win 5-0 in upcoming state polls: Narasimha Rao
National | Jan 30, 2017, 11:59 PM ISTThe BJP will win all five states, which go to polls from February 4, its national spokesperson G.V.L. Narasimha Rao said today. "As polling nears in Goa and elsewhere in the country as election campaign
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From Nehru, Rajiv, vajpayee to PM Modi: A comparison of speeches of Indian PMs at US Congress
National | Jun 11, 2016, 04:07 PM ISTFrom Nehru to Modi, let's take a look take at the highlights and the context under which all the 6 Indian Prime Ministers addressed the US Congress.
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Narasimha Rao didn't respond to my letter on Babri: Tarun Gogoi
National | May 14, 2016, 02:38 PM ISTNew Delhi: P.V. Narasimha Rao instituted several reforms during his tenure as prime minister, but "he did not have a hold over" his Congress party. And when Tarun Gogoi, who was the food minister, wrote
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President blames Narasimha Rao, Rajiv Gandhi for Babri demolition
National | Jan 29, 2016, 11:27 AM ISTNew Delhi: Calling it an act that destroyed India's image as a pluralistic nation, President Pranab Mukherjee, in the second part of his memoirs 'The Turbulent Years, 1980-1996', has written that the 'inability to prevent
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Jairam Ramesh accuses Narasimha Rao of implicating Congress leaders in court cases
National | Dec 25, 2015, 02:56 PM ISTNew Delhi: Senior Congress leader and former union minister, Jairam Ramesh, has said that former prime minister PV Narasimha Rao had embroiled his own party colleagues in court cases. Delivering a lecture on 'PV in Perspective'
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Shiv Sena raps ally BJP for failing to control inflation
National | Oct 08, 2015, 03:55 PM ISTMumbai : Rapping ally BJP, the Shiv Sena today said while former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was easily blamed for inflation during UPA rule, the present governments in the state and at the Centre have
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Former union minister P.K. Thungon convicted for graft
National | Jul 21, 2015, 08:22 PM ISTNew Delhi: A special court here has convicted former union minister P.K. Thungon in a 1998 corruption case and sent him to judicial custody.Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Judge Ajay Kumar Jain on Monday convicted
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Vyapam scam: Congress, BJP spar over bribery charges
India | Jul 15, 2015, 08:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress and BJP traded charges over the Vyapam scam today with the opposition party accusing Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and other BJP and RSS functionaries of "receiving" payments from an accused in the
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Modi takes another jibe at UPA; says it's time to 'Act East'
World | May 18, 2015, 01:19 PM ISTSeoul: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took another jibe at previous governments which practiced ‘Look East' policy, saying India has had enough of it and it's time to ‘Act East'.“Earlier, it was ‘Look East Policy'.
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Bhopal gas accused Anderson was released at behest of Rajiv Gandhi, Narasimha Rao: Report
India | Mar 24, 2015, 02:06 PM ISTBhopal: Prime accused of the Bhopal gas tragedy, Warren Anderson, was allowed to walk out of jail at the behest of the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Home Minister Narasimha Rao.According to a report
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Attempts made by bureaucrat to stop Matang arrest, alleges CBI
National | Feb 01, 2015, 07:35 PM ISTNew Delhi: Some attempts were allegedly made by a senior bureaucrat to stop the arrest of former Union Minister Mantang Sinh who was picked up by the CBI in connection with the multi-crore Shardha scam,
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Subramanian Swamy demands Bharat Ratna for PV Narasimha Rao
National | Dec 24, 2014, 09:25 AM ISTNew Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy has demanded country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna for former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao.Speaking at a function to mark the 10th death anniversary of Rao
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Jharkhand Polls: Lok Sabha results brought revolutionary change claims BJP
National | Dec 05, 2014, 07:18 AM ISTRanchi: The BJP today claimed that results of Lok Sabha elections have triggered a "revolutionary change" infusing national perspective into the assembly elections earlier contested on local issues."People used to vote on (the basis of)
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Narendra Modi all set to create record for becoming most-traveled Indian PM in first 6 months
National | Nov 07, 2014, 04:18 PM ISTNew Delhi: Its now almost six months since Narendra Modi was inaugurated as India's Prime Minister and he has undertaken many foreign trips with heavily packed schedules aftyer taking over the reins of power.This month