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1962: A ‘birthday present’ for PM Nehru

India took the position that China immediately “vacate the aggression”, which in effect meant going back in Aksai Chin.

14 Nov 2017 2:11 AM

Nehru’s birthday was unanimously decided to be celebrated as Bal Diwas or children day in India. (Photo: PTI)

Here’s why India celebrates Children’s Day on November 14

While the International Day of Children is listed as June 1, we tell you why India celebrates it on this particular day.

13 Nov 2017 1:42 PM

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said, 'In 1950, Sardar Patel had predicted what would happen in 1965 (India-Pakistan war)...the war that happened with China, even the Dokalam issue, which has come up in the recent times.' (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

In letter to Nehru, Sardar Patel predicted Dokalam: Goa CM

Goa CM said he got an opportunity to read about Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel when he was defence minister.

01 Nov 2017 4:05 PM

Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

Indira’s legacy: A role model for Modi?

Indira Gandhi learnt from her father’s benign shortcomings -- idealism, indecision, romantic internationalism.

31 Oct 2017 12:15 AM

A point to ponder: Do CMs make good PMs?

India’s 12th PM and the first from the BJP, Atal Behari Vajpayee, had a distinguished career as a parliamentarian.

28 Oct 2017 12:12 AM

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. (Photo: PTI)

Dream of union of India, China, Japan, says Dalai Lama

Speaking to journalists at the City Convention Centre in the state capital here, the Dalai Lama reminded them of their responsibilities.

19 Oct 2017 1:23 AM

The circular effectively puts a curb on text or pictorial messages, through social media platforms including Whatsapp, criticising the government. (Photo: Pixabay)

Rajasthan officials to face action for anti-govt posts

This year, controversial IAS officer Sanjay Dixit, caused outrage by posting ‘fake’ news from his twitter handle.

14 Oct 2017 2:44 AM

To curb dynasties, need law to regulate parties

One may fault the BJP and the Left parties for many things, but dynastic politics is not one of them.

04 Oct 2017 12:46 AM

Modi Mandala: Nehru line revisited

Doklam was China’s way of telling India that they might be building ties with the US but really should remember who they are.

08 Sep 2017 2:35 AM

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti (Photo: PTI)

Kashmir suffocated

Regardless of the political impasse, the routes of old should be reopened — at least on humanitarian grounds.

27 Aug 2017 12:56 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacting with the school children after addressing the nation on the occasion of 71st Independence Day in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: Twitter/@PIB_India)

With his fondness for children, Modi reminds us of Pandit Nehru

After concluding his I-Day speech, PM interacted with school children, some of whom were dressed as Krishna on the occasion of Janmashtami.

15 Aug 2017 4:57 PM

Over the last seventy years there have been many writers who have documented India’s struggle to freedom and her eventual Independence

Books on Indian Independence you should read

We list five must reads that deal with India’s struggle for independence from fetters of British Raj.

15 Aug 2017 3:15 PM

The doodle has been created by Mumbai-based artist Sabeena Karnik (Photo: Google)

Google creates beautiful doodle to celebrate India's Independence Day

Creation by Mumbai-based artist Sabeena Karnik depicts parliament house amidst motif of a symbolic wheel for the Ashok Chakra and peacocks.

15 Aug 2017 7:51 AM

Then PM Jawaharlal Nehru pinning the bravery medal to Mehra’s chest.

First bravery award winner recalls how he saved Jawaharlal Nehru

It is a pity that the government gives a celebrity status to the bravery award winner, but after three and four days, nobody cares about him/her.

15 Aug 2017 1:59 AM

Children receive treatment at the state-run Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital where 35 children died in three days in Gorakhpur. (Photo: AP)

Who’ll protect our kids, India’s future?

Despite boastful official statistics, this is a largely illiterate country.

15 Aug 2017 12:43 AM

If China refers to Kalapani, India too can talk of Taklakote (old Hindu mythological name of Purang), which is 20 km downhill of watershed Lipulek Pass of Sino-Indian border.

New China of 21st century is ‘Goebbelsian’

Why has China brazenly and defiantly violated India’s sovereignty and territory in connivance with military rulers of Pakistan?

14 Aug 2017 12:44 AM

It isn’t particularly surprising that many of the comments in the run-up to next week’s 70th anniversary of Indian and Pakistani independence likewise consist of laments.

70-yr itch as 2 nations look back to 1947

Pakistan’s trajectory was delineated long ago. That is not the only example, though, of a lack of foresight.

10 Aug 2017 12:19 AM

Chinese leader Mao Zedong with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in August 1958. (Photo: AFP)

Soviet leader Khrushchev blasted China's Mao for 1959 border skirmish with India

The acrimonious meeting towards the end of September that year a little over a month after the skirmish between Indian and Chinese troops.

05 Aug 2017 3:28 PM

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang (Photo: YouTube)

China dismisses Jaitley's 1962 war remarks, asks India to respect Sikkim treaty

China accused Indian troops of transgressing into the Doklam area of the Sikkim sector, which it claims as a part of its territory.

03 Jul 2017 3:21 PM

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh (Photo: PTI)

The way to a ‘permanent solution’ in J&K

Scrapping Article 370 is a complex matter, which requires legislation at both the state and Central levels.

02 Jun 2017 4:39 AM

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