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Rahul lauds Nehru on death anniversary, calls him institution builder

He said India now needs a "Bharat jodo" more than ever before. His reference was towards uniting India in the present atmosphere. Congress is holding a "Bharat jodo" yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir

Modi pays tribute to former PM Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid tributes to the country's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary.In a tweet today, the Prime Minister wrote, "Tributes to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Ji on his death anniversary."The official Twitter handle of the Congress party also paid tributes to India's first Prime Minister, on his death anniversary."A brave freedom fighter, the architect of modern India, a statesman, a visionary, a patriot, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru was a true son of Bharat Mata. A billion salutes and billion tributes to our first Prime Minister, on his death anniversary," tweeted the Congress party today.Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal also took to Twitter and said, "A leader loved by young and old; A leader with an unmatched vision; A leader solely dedicated to building a free & prospering nation; Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru was everything and beyond what India needed in her first Prime Minister. On his death anniversary, my humblest ...

Letter to the Editor: Indira Gandhi dynasty not Nehru/Gandhi

If Shastri had not passed away in Tashkent he may well have been Prime Minister for two terms

Aspects of Nehru, Mountbatten letters can stay redacted, UK tribunal finds

Judge Sophie Buckley presided over the UK First-Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) appeal to determine the fate of some redacted sections of diaries and correspondence

Tibet: Nehru did what he thought was best for India, says Penpa Tsering

Responding to a question, he said Nehru's decisions over Tibet were due to his own world vision and he had "too much faith and confidence in China"

Nehru for the post-truth era

His legacy has been all but drowned out by social media lies and mainstream media forgeries that have replaced his ideas of a pluralistic, diverse and free India

The provincialisation of All India Services

All India Services were to be all India in character for a purpose. Any dilution of this central tenet should worry policymakers

Why govts fail in making the right personnel requirement estimates

Whether it is Markov analysis, or some other method for forecasting personnel requirements, the government is way behind in the use of modern techniques

Why did Nehru internationalise Kashmir issue by taking it to UN: FM in RS

FM Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday accused the country's first PM Jawaharlal Nehru of internationalising the Kashmir issue by taking it to UN and said India's neighbour was still misusing it

Nehru left Goa to fend for itself to protect his global image: PM Modi

The Prime Minister said that Nehru let Satyagrahis in Goa march to their deaths in 1955

Raut hails Vajpayee, says 'Sabka saath, sabka vikas' slogan suits him

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday hailed former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, saying that he was the only leader after Jawaharlal Nehru who was appreciated by people across the country.

BS Views of the week: Consumer sentiment remains subdued; two builders Modi and Nehru

Best of BS Opinion: India's Ramses, a perfect partnership, and more

Here are the best of BS Opinions of the day

Modernisers and revivalists: How Mr Modi compares with Nehru

Both Mr Modi and Nehru have been modernisers, but their records of projects have similarities and contrasts, writes T N Ninan

New book throws light on Nehru's encounters with contemporaries, opponents

"Nehru: The Debates that Defined India" is co-authored by Tripurdaman Singh and Adeel Hussain

Economy's woes began with Nehru's 1947 speech: MP minister on inflation

A BJP minister in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday said the problem of inflation does not arise "in a day or two"

Between history and propaganda

Book review of SIKKIM: A History of Intrigue and Alliance

Bold and new? We had a cooperation ministry for 13 years (1953-66)

Such a ministry was first formed in 1953, and Surendra Kumar Dey was the first and only Union Cabinet minister for Cooperation and Panchyati Raj

Politicians and their meeting dress

Sunanda K Datta-Ray says Xi Jing's choice of Mao suit at the foundation day ceremony of the Chinese Communist party signals the revival of Mao's orthodoxy and the party's supremacy

China's realpolitik lesson to India

Book review of Nehru, Tibet and China