In interview with ThePrint, Congress leader says India's foreign policy has become 'transactional', argues that peace with Pakistan cannot be achieved without dialogue.
The hall at the India International Centre, New Delhi, was filled with people on 27 May. Many stood at the back to hear Salman Khurshid and Apoorvanand talk about Jawaharlal Nehru.
Ex-foreign minister Khurshid, picked after Anand Sharma gave up post, was part of Op Sindoor delegations & had irked Congress leadership by defending abrogation of Article 370.
The former external affairs minister’s remarks in Indonesia, where he went as part of a multi-party delegation on Operation Sindoor, had not gone down well with his party.
The former Union minister was speaking at the launch of 'Contesting Democratic Deficit', written by Congress leader Salman Khurshid with Mritunjay Singh Yadav.
At the event, journalists, lawyers and former ministers remembered the late AG Noorani's 'sense of justice', and his talents as a methodical chronicler.
The last 10 years of BJP rule under the Modi government has marked a certain culmination of the minoritisation of the Indian Muslim, said Shashi Tharoor.
Raju Das declared reward for ex Union minister's head over Ram controversy. He was previously in news for call to burn theatres screening Pathaan & has photos with Yogi, Fadnavis etc.
Paper finds male relatives of women getting cash transfers in Maharashtra spend 49% less, save 23% more monthly, while women’s own spending is up 46%. Odisha also shows dip in men's spends.
Ottawa has handed over execution functions of critical defence projects to a CEO-led organisation for reducing procurement timelines and making it solely accountable for outcomes.
The Congress party’s abandonment of nationalism is the most intriguing aspect of its post-2014 politics. The real Congress was never a party of bleeding heart pacifists.
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