When the Supreme Court ordered Amit Shah to stay away from Gujarat , Narendra Modi told him to make his externment an opportunity . Go to UP, he told Shah. Which Shah did and has delivered UP for 'saheb' - and how! TOI caught up with the man who, after Modi, is the biggest winner of this election.
When the Supreme Court ordered Amit Shah to stay away from Gujarat , Narendra Modi told him to make his externment an opportunity . Go to UP, he told Shah. Which Shah did and has delivered UP for 'saheb' - and how! TOI caught up with the man who, after Modi, is the biggest winner of this election.
Narendra Modi will be the second Prime Minister whose path to the corner office in South Block passed through Godhra. The other was Morarji Desai. In 1927, Morarji, an officer of the Bombay Provincial Civil Services, was the deputy collector of Godhra when communal riots broke out in the town. Desai's superiors — British officers — found him to be aiding the Hindus in the communal conflagration and filed a case in court. The trial magistrate passed strictures against Desai and the matter went to the sessions court which, however,
Narendra Modi will be the second Prime Minister whose path to the corner office in South Block passed through Godhra. The other was Morarji Desai. In 1927, Morarji, an officer of the Bombay Provincial Civil Services, was the deputy collector of Godhra when communal riots broke out in the town. Desai's superiors — British officers — found him to be aiding the Hindus in the communal conflagration and filed a case in court. The trial magistrate passed strictures against Desai and the matter went to the sessions court which, however,
NEW DELHI: As a warm autumn sun shone benignly on a Cambridge lawn, the champagne being passed around seemed a perfect toast to the prime minister of India.
NEW DELHI: As a warm autumn sun shone benignly on a Cambridge lawn, the champagne being passed around seemed a perfect toast to the prime minister of India.
CHENNAI: Indicating extension of its winning run since the 2011 assembly elections, ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu on Friday forged ahead in 30 out of 39 Lok Sabha seats leaving way behind its arch-rival DMK, which seems to be heading for yet another electoral loss.
CHENNAI: Indicating extension of its winning run since the 2011 assembly elections, ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu on Friday forged ahead in 30 out of 39 Lok Sabha seats leaving way behind its arch-rival DMK, which seems to be heading for yet another electoral loss.
History will be kind to Manmohan Singh. It will remember him as the finance minister who launched India's economic reforms in 1991, and the Prime Minister who presided over 8.5% GDP growth for most of a decade.
History will be kind to Manmohan Singh. It will remember him as the finance minister who launched India's economic reforms in 1991, and the Prime Minister who presided over 8.5% GDP growth for most of a decade.
CHENNAI: With exit poll results overwhelmingly in favour of the NDA, indications are that the AIADMK and BJD, a staunch Jayalalithaa ally, are warming up to the saffron party. Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, who returned to Chennai from her Kodanad retreat on Wednesday, appeared to keep her options open. To a question whether her party would extend support for NDA government at the Centre, she told reporters, "I am eagerly waiting for the results like anyone else. At this juncture, I have nothing more to say. I will make my comment after results are announced," she said.
CHENNAI: With exit poll results overwhelmingly in favour of the NDA, indications are that the AIADMK and BJD, a staunch Jayalalithaa ally, are warming up to the saffron party. Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, who returned to Chennai from her Kodanad retreat on Wednesday, appeared to keep her options open. To a question whether her party would extend support for NDA government at the Centre, she told reporters, "I am eagerly waiting for the results like anyone else. At this juncture, I have nothing more to say. I will make my comment after results are announced," she said.
NEW DELHI: The former intern, who had allegedly been sexually harassed by ex-Supreme Court judge Swatanter Kumar in 2011, has sought a transfer of his defamation suit from the Delhi high court to Bangalore, where she is currently residing.
NEW DELHI: The former intern, who had allegedly been sexually harassed by ex-Supreme Court judge Swatanter Kumar in 2011, has sought a transfer of his defamation suit from the Delhi high court to Bangalore, where she is currently residing.
The priceless frescos and temperas adorning the sanctum sanctorum of Golden Temple in Amritsar, which date back to 1830, are being restored the way refurbishment is done at Harvard Art Museums in the United States.
The priceless frescos and temperas adorning the sanctum sanctorum of Golden Temple in Amritsar, which date back to 1830, are being restored the way refurbishment is done at Harvard Art Museums in the United States.
KOHIMA: Senior Naga People's Front (NPF) leader and minister T R Zeliang will be the next Nagaland chief minister replacing Neiphiu Rio, a party leader said on Wednesday.
KOHIMA: Senior Naga People's Front (NPF) leader and minister T R Zeliang will be the next Nagaland chief minister replacing Neiphiu Rio, a party leader said on Wednesday.
