Narasimha Rao

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday conferred Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, on former prime ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh, agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan and two-time former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur, posthumously at a ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. The awards to Rao, Singh, Thakur and Swaminathan were received by their kin. P V Prabhakar Rao, son of former prime minister Rao, received the award conferred on his father from the president. Jayant Chaudhary, Singh's grandson and the president of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), accepted the honour from Murmu. Swaminathan's daughter Nitya Rao and Thakur's son Ram Nath Thakur received the award from the president. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries were present at the ceremony. The government had announced five Bharat Ratna awards this year, including one to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalwart and former de

Rajya Sabha member G.V.L. Narasimha Rao on Sunday said that the Union Budget laid the foundation to make India a developed nation in the next 25 years

BJP leader GVL Narasimha Rao on Saturday said that the results of the Gujarat Assembly elections are a testimony that Narendra Modi will return as the Prime Minister for the third time in 2024

Gautam Chikarmane's book is a politically intrepid look at India's transformation from an economy 'of the small, by the small, for the small' to one 'of the big, by the big, for the big'

Singh paid glowing tributes to the late Prime Minister on his 100th birth anniversary

Sitting MLC and BJP candidate N Ramachander Rao also submitted his nomination on Monday for the constituency

If Manmohan Singh felt uncomfortable that the Sikh riots happened in 1984, he should have protested and should not have joined the PV Narasimha Rao cabinet as the Finance Minister, he said

Gujral was the 12th Prime Minister of India between April 1997 and March 1998

Sanjaya Baru's account of the people and action behind the 1991 economic policy reform is fascinating, even when it veers towards being biased