Jaswant Singh would be particularly remembered for reorienting India’s foreign policy at the turn of the 21st century as India became a nuclear power.
Former Union Minister and stalwart BJP Leader Jaswant Singh died at 82 in Delhi this morning after prolonged illness.
Elections in Rajasthan will be held on December 7. Counting of votes will take place on December 11.
Congress leaders believe his joining the party will help bring in Rajput votes in the assembly polls.
The BJP candidate from Amritsar has some advice for Jaswant Singh and also some questions for his opponent from the Congress
Supporters of Amma are thrilled with L.K. Advani's blog about the feasibility of a " non-Congress, non-BJP Prime Minister" after the 2014 general elections
Jaswant Singh's controversial book on Jinnah has nothing new to offer, except some rare photographs. It is significant only because it rudely and perhaps unexpectedly exposed the tussles within the top ranks of the BJP leadership.
Advani drives the car flanked by colleagues, Bhagwat sits silently in the back seat. Whenever any leader turns around and asks: “Bhagwatji, should we turn left or right?” Then, and only then, will Bhagwat proffer advice.
Despite some of the obvious similarities between the BJP and the Republican Party of the USA, the latter at least seems capable of an honest assessment of some of things that went wrong for them...
The party has once again exhibited disturbing tendencies reminiscent of those of Stalin and Indira Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi during the days of the Emergency between 1975 and 1977...
'...both the economy and governmental finances,' charges the BJP. ' The Aam Admi has suffered like never before on account of unbridled price-rise of essential commodities which even today continue to rise in double digits, loss of livelihood, econom
We demand of the Prime Minister to clarify what is more important to him, to the Congress party and to all their supporters from various parties:
"It is unbecoming of the government to hide behind officials, fielding them instead to answer, when the decision is fundamentally political," charges the former external affairs minister.
Full text of the Finance Minister Jaswant Singh's speech in the Lok Sabha while presenting the Interim Budget for 2004-05, that was dubbed by the opposition parties as a euphemism for an election speech.
The British foreign secretary emphasizes the Indo-Pak tensions as a bilateral issue: "There is a crucial imperative upon Pakistan to ensure that there is effective and continuous sealing of the LoC, and ... terrorists..."
It is India's turn to join the war of words and pour derision over the good General's rhetoric.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.