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TopicChandra Shekhar

Topic: Chandra Shekhar

Late PM Chandra Shekhar gave ‘Baaghi Ballia’ its identity, but BJP candidate son faces headwinds

Chandra Shekhar, Ballia MP for eight terms, is still remembered fondly here, but lagging development and anti-incumbency towards BJP pose a challenge for his son Neeraj.

How Chandra Shekhar govt and RBI hatched a plan to pledge India’s gold in 1991

In 'Forks in the Road: My Days at RBI', former governor C. Rangarajan gives a first-person account of India's economic crisis and history.

Remembering Chandra Shekhar, India’s 8th PM who was in office for just seven months

On Chandra Shekhar's 14th death anniversary, a look at the life and times of the former Prime Minister of India in pictures.

Chandra Shekhar had ‘solved’ Ayodhya issue. But ‘petty’ Rajiv Gandhi brought his govt down

In ‘Chandra Shekhar’, Roderick Matthews writes about how the former PM had threatened to shoot anyone who touched ‘that mosque’, and even if 500 sadhus died, they would go to heaven.

Who should’ve been the weakest, but turned out to be most decisive Indian prime minister?

Think of a man who was prime minister for just seven months, three of which were as the head of a caretaker government.

On Camera

No country built rare earths resilience alone. India must take lessons from Japan, Taiwan

Ventures by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan illustrate how the race for REE security is accelerating, powered by both geopolitical tension and industrial strategy.

Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

What’s expected from Putin’s India visit in December—Defence Secretary explains

ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.