By Vishal Gulati, Shimla : Facing the challenge of retaining all the four Lok Sabha seats, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur says he is not being dictated to by the RSS and that he enjoys a free hand to lead the party in the coming elections. For him,...
By Subhash K. Jha, Mumbai : There couldn't have been a better platform than the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) to raise the questions that he did, says veteran actor-director Amol Palekar, who was interrupted at the venue here when he became critical of the...
By Vishav, New Delhi : Terming Congress President Rahul Gandhis promise of a minimum income guarantee to poor unimplementable, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar says it is similar in nature to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhis ‘garibi hatao slogan. He says India...
By Vishav and Manish Gupta, New Delhi : Chief Economic Adviser Krishnamurthy Subramanian is not worried about the upward revision of fiscal deficit target for 2019-20 to 3.4 per cent as he believes it will actually come down to 3.1 per cent after the revised GDP...
By Saket Suman, New Delhi : The popularity graph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has fallen drastically and what seemed a year ago as another wrestling match "with only one boxer in the ring" now seems a Lok Sabha election too close to call, says global investor and...
By Anand Singh and Prashant Sood, New Delhi : Former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha says opposition unity against the BJP in the coming Lok Sabha elections is a "work in progress" but feels that the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party should have included Congress...
Dr. Munnazza Afreen (PhD. M.A., M.Ed., MBA in Edu Mgt.) She has been teaching/mentoring young minds for a decade. She was conferred PhD degree from University of Mumbai in 2017. She has received best paper award in 2015 international Business & Education...
By Sugandha Rawal, New Delhi : R.L. Stine never imagined he'd carve out a successful future for himself by writing a horror book series, which he started by accident. The "Goosebumps" creator says he is proud of spreading chills and thrills among children, and helping...
By Sugandha Rawal, New Delhi : For Sania Mirza, becoming a mother has been "the most eventful thing" in her life, but she is now working on getting herself back on the tennis court. The tennis star says playing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics seems like a realistic goal,...
By Saket Suman, New Delhi : Whatever the state of politics between India and Pakistan may be, the citizens of the neighbouring countries, separated at birth, are naturally drawn to each other and you cannot stop that, says Fatima Bhutto, niece of former Pakistani...