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  Congressmen to take special pledge to uphold Nehruvian principles today

  National | November 14, 2014 8:39 IST

  New Delhi: Congress will hold a three-day nationwide rally of party activists to pay “a befitting tribute” to the country's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, on his 125th birth anniversary.Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her

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  'Congress showed small heart by not inviting Modi to Nehru event'

  National | November 13, 2014 19:25 IST

  Gandhinagar: Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said Congress has shown its “small-heartedness” by not inviting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the 125th birth anniversary celebrations of Pt Jawaharlal Nehru.  “Congress showed their small heart.

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  'Congress-free India' not possible till Patel, Gandhi, Nehru remembered: Beni

  National | November 13, 2014 17:31 IST

  Lucknow: Senior Congress leader Beni Prasad Verma today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for a “Congress-free India” would not materialise as long as people continue to remember icons like Sardar Patel, Mahatma Gandhi and

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  Jawaharlal Nehru b'day spl: 10 facts to know about India's first Prime Minister

  National | November 14, 2015 7:04 IST

  Jawaharlal Nehru was born on 14 November 1889 in Allahabad. He was India's first Prime minister. Nehru loved children and they returned that love to him by fondly referring to him as 'chacha Nehru'. His

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  Rare pics of Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister

  National | November 14, 2015 7:05 IST

  Jawaharlal Nehru, fondly called ‘chacha Nehru', was India's first Prime Minister. Nehru's four pillars of domestic policies were democracy, socialism, unity, and secularism.The whole nation is celebrating his 126th birth anniversary today.  He studied law at

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  Those who have launched 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' are spreading poison in society: Rahul Gandhi

  National | November 13, 2014 16:14 IST

  New Delhi: The Congress accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of spreading the “poison” of communalism and asked party men to fight those out to demolish Jawaharlal Nehru's “liberal India”, intensifying the battle over his legacy.While

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  Nehru anniversary: Congress invites 54 world leaders, but no invite for Modi

  National | November 11, 2014 20:24 IST

  New Delhi: The Congress has not invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to an international conference it is organising to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru, joining the battle with Modi, who it accuses

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  Nehru's birth anniversary to be celebrated by govt in big way

  National | November 02, 2014 7:21 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday indicated that the government will celebrate Jawaharlal Nehru's 125th birth anniversary this year in a mega way to increase awareness about 'Chacha Nehru' through a number of

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  Netaji deputy, Nehru aide was Soviet spy: British documents

  India | October 25, 2014 22:35 IST

  London: A deputy of freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, an “old friend” of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and a former Indian ambassador, A C N Nambiar, has been described as a Soviet spy.According to documents

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  Congress frowns at write-up on Nehru in RSS journal

  National | October 25, 2014 13:15 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Congress in Kerala has expressed strong resentment against an article carried by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) journal 'Kesari' allegedly running down India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.On getting a complaint seeking action from

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  JD(U) leader Jagannath Mishra sees Jawaharlal Nehru in Narendra Modi

  National | October 25, 2014 7:35 IST

  Patna: Senior Janata Dal (United) leader and former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving a ‘national identity' to Lok Sabha and assemblies elections through his personality and saw

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  Modi reconstitutes govt panel on Nehru's anniversary without any Gandhi

  National | October 19, 2014 8:43 IST

  New Delhi: In a politically-significant move, Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday reconstituted a government committee on commemoration of the 125th birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru which will be headed by him, replacing his predecessor Manmohan

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  Katju favours uniform civil law

  India | September 30, 2014 21:50 IST

  New Delhi: Press Council of India Chairperson Markandey Katju today favoured a uniform civil law in the country, saying the Muslim personal law is “unjust” as it treats women as “inferior”.“Muslim personal law is an

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  Indian Prime Ministers who visited US before Narendra Modi

  National | January 03, 2015 11:25 IST

  As Narendra Modi embarks on his maiden visit to the US, India hopes that it will be a fruitful one. Expectations are high as after a long time India has given a clear majority to

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  Be cautious in dealing with China: Gujarat Congress tells Modi government

  National | September 16, 2014 22:19 IST

  Ahmedabad: Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Gujarat tomorrow, Congress today said the Narendra Modi government should be cautious in dealing with China considering the “bad experience” in the past.  “We welcome the

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  Nehru to Modi: the riverfront diplomacy

  India | September 15, 2014 16:06 IST

  Nangal (Punjab): As Prime Minister Narendra Modi sits down to host Chinese President Xi Jinping at Ahmedabad's Sabarmati Riverfront this Wednesday, it will not be a first such riverfront interaction between two top leaders of

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  Congress protests for maintaining names of Gandhis in scheme names

  National | September 01, 2014 17:00 IST

  Jaipur: Congress today held a protest demanding that Union government should not drop names of Gandhi family members from names of Central schemes.  Scores of party activists from the Jaipur unit demonstrated at Gandhi Circle

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  In Pics: Prime Ministers who hoisted National flag from Red Fort

  National | September 27, 2014 8:27 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation from the historic Red Fort as the Prime Minister for the first time. The level of expectation was extremely high owing to Modi's excellent oratory skills. And he

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  Natwar Singh attacks 'ruthless' Sonia Gandhi over foreign origin

  National | August 01, 2014 11:41 IST

  New Delhi: Former external affairs minister K. Natwar Singh has raked up the issue of Italian origins of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, stating that no Indian would have treated a loyalist the way he was

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  No proposal to cut short parliament session: Venkaiah Naidu

  National | July 27, 2014 16:29 IST

  Hyderabad: Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu Sunday said there was no proposal to cut short the ongoing parliament session, and added the government has enough business.He said the government would bring important bills in