Kamala Harris (File photo) TOI Correspondent from Washington: Harvard has produced eight US Presidents, Yale has given five, and Princeton has produced three. Few expected Howard University, a largely black university in Washington DC — often phonetically mistaken for Harvard and sometimes called Black Harvard much to alumni disapproval — to make the cut anytime…
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday rejected the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) report, calling the body “a biased organisation with political agenda“.Sharing New Delhi’s take on the report, the ministry of external affairs spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, said the USCIRF “continues to misrepresent facts and peddles a motivated narrative about India”. “Our views on…
PM Modi (left) with Dr Manmohan Singh (File photo) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday wished his predecessor Dr Manmohan Singh on his 92nd birthday and prayed for his long and healthy life.Born in 1932 in a region that is now part of Pakistan, the Congress leader served as India’s Prime Minister from…
SRINAGAR:Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led Hurriyat Conference reaffirmed support Monday for dialogue with the Centre, a day after defence minister Rajnath Singh told rallies in Jammu that the Centre had sent a parliamentary delegation in 2016 to initiate talks for peace in J&K but the Hurriyat leaders had “shut their doors on them”.At rallies in Ramban and…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hoisted the tricolor at the Red Fort for the 11th consecutive year, celebrating 78th Independence Day, also marking his first Independence Day in his third term as Prime Minister. With this achievement, he becomes only the third Prime Minister to do so, following Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi.Jawaharlal…
NEW DELHI: With a looming international debt crisis fueled by instable political situation and Gulf crisis at the time, India had foreign exchange reserves that could “suffice to finance imports for a mere fortnight.” Thus, came the 1991 economic reforms, popularly dubbed as the liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation of the Indian economy.“I rise to present…
NEW DELHI: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said on Tuesday that among his students, Manmohan Singh was “least likely” to become the prime minister of India since former felt that the latter “did not seem to take any interest in politics.” He further said that Singh went on “excellent” PM.“If somebody asked me when I was…
NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday appealed to Punjab voters, two days ahead of their vote, to ‘protect democracy and Constitution from repeated assaults’ by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Calling the people of Punjab warriors, the Congress leader said that BJP has been targetting ‘Punjab, Punjabis and Punjabiyat’ over the withdrawal of…
NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, former vice president Mohammad Hamid Ansari, former deputy prime minister LK Advani and former Union minister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi have all exercised their right to vote through the home voting facility.“Former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh and former Union minister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi successfully cast…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday said PM Modi and BJP chief JP Nadda were resorting to polarisation as they were fearful of losing Lok Sabha elections. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said Nadda presented former PM Manmohan Singh’s comments in a wrong context.“Nadda’s allegations are based on lies. It seems that he is following PM…
