Gore Vidal: An American author, playwright, essayist and an occasional actor, who also aspired to be the President. Few litterateurs have made their presence felt in public life as Vidal. He was witty and acerbic and his penchant for sharp, incisive statements put him at loggerheads with his contemporaries like Norman Mailer and Truman Capote. ...
04:28 PM, Jan 05, 2013
A look back on the career of former prime minister Inder Kumar Gujral and his famously engaging personality. ...
10:18 PM, Dec 03, 2012
Both houses of parliament will be adjourned for the day on Monday after paying tributes to former prime minister Inder Kumar Gujral, who died on November 30. ...
01:24 PM, Dec 02, 2012
Former Prime Minister IK Gujral was on Saturday cremated here with full state honours in the presence of the country's top leadership, including President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Amid prayers and a 21-gun salute, his body was consigned to flames at Smriti Sthal on the banks of Yamuna where Vice President Hamid Ansari and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi were also present. ...
04:28 PM, Dec 01, 2012
Former prime minister IK Gujral's funeral will take place on Saturday at 3 pm in the national capital. Gujral passed away on Friday evening after a prolonged illness. He was 92. ...
09:44 AM, Dec 01, 2012
The Union Cabinet declared a seven-day state mourning as a mark of respect to former Prime Minister IK Gujral who died on Friday. A Cabinet meeting attended by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Defence Minister AK Antony and New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah among others condoled the death of Gujral. ...
08:57 PM, Nov 30, 2012
Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral died at the age of 92 in New Delhi on Friday. Gujral, who headed the United Front government from 1997 to 1998, had been ailing for a long time. ...
03:51 PM, Nov 30, 2012
The condition of former prime minister Inder Kumar Gujral on Tuesday worsened as he fell unconscious and his urine output was blocked, a doctor said on Tuesday. ...
01:23 AM, Nov 28, 2012
The condition of former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral, who is admitted to the Medanta Medicity Hospital here with a lung infection, is "stable but critical". Gujral, 92, who was admitted to the hospital on November 19, is still on the ventilator. He was on dialysis for over a year now and had suffered a serious chest infection some days ago. ...
01:36 PM, Nov 25, 2012
Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral has been admitted to the Medicity Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon with a lung infection and his condition is said to be "serious". ...
10:24 PM, Nov 24, 2012
What is one to make of Manmohan Singh? Is he a clean politician forced by circumstance to travel with a boatload of crooks? A radical economic reformer trapped in the wrong party at the wrong time? Or is he just plain incompetent and irresponsible? Consider his recent statements and actions (or rather, in-actions). He dismissed A Rajas 2G skullduggery as being the result of coalition politics. Apparently, coalition compulsions are...
02:19 PM, Mar 18, 2011
