Prince Charles invokes Nehru in CHOGM speech

Last Updated: Friday, November 15, 2013, 18:22

Invoking India`s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru in his speech, Britain`s Prince Charles appealed to the Commonwealth to intensify cooperation to resolve economic, social and environmental challenges at the grouping`s summit here Friday.

Google salutes Indian women with special Children’s Day Doodle

Last Updated: Thursday, November 14, 2013, 09:47

Google India on Thursday celebrated Children`s Day with a colourful doodle designed by a class 10 student from a school in Pune.

Panel to shape Nehru`s birth anniversary year policies

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 13:56

A committee chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will lay down policies and guidelines for commemoration of the 125th birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India, in 2014.

LK Advani adds to the debate, says Nehru opposed Patel`s policies

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 13:38

BJP veteran LK Advani has added fresh fuel to an ongoing debate on the relationship between India`s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel by saying that the former vehemently opposed the latter`s policies.

Nehru had paranoia of military coup: Gen VK Singh

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 22:47

India`s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru was paranoid about a military coup, and the country`s leadership failed to keep the army prepared in the eventuality of the Chinese attack in 1962, former army chief VK Singh has said.

Nehru was reluctant to send troops to Kashmir in 1948: Advani

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 18:34

BJP leader LK Advani on Thursday said Jawaharlal Nehru was reluctant to send army to Kashmir in 1948 even as Pakistani troops approached, but the Home Minister prevailed over him.

Congress raises doubts over Advani`s claim on Nehru

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 14:10

Congress on Thursday raised doubts over L K Advani`s claim based on a book that then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had called his Home Minister Sardar Patel a "total communalist" when the latter suggested that army be sent to take over a defiant Hyderabad after Independence.

Jawaharlal Nehru had called Sardar Patel a `total communalist`: LK Advani

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 12:09

BJP raked controversy over Sardar Patel with LK Advani quoting book to allege that Jawaharlal Nehru called Patel "a total communalist" when he suggested army be sent to take over Hyderabad.

JNU professor to be new CDS director

Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 16:07

Jawaharlal Nehru University professor Amit Shovan Ray will be the new director of Kerala`s premier research institution, Centre for Development Studies.

Doctors warn of epidemic in Muzaffarnagar relief camps

Last Updated: Monday, October 7, 2013, 14:29

There is a possibility of an outbreak of epidemics in relief camps where thousands of riot-hit victims have taken shelter following last month`s communal violence in Muzaffarnagar.

5 B.Tech students arrested for beating up junior

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 23:38

Five students of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University were Wednesday arrested for allegedly assaulting a junior student in the hostel, police said.

Centre to give over 2000 JNNURM buses to Karnataka

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 22:44

The Centre has approved sanctioning of more than 2000 buses to Karnataka under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Renewal Mission (JNNURM) along with 20 buses for Bhatinda in Punjab.