The man who appointed Manmohan Singh as an economic advisor

February 3, 2023

Myster y surrounding the death of Lalit Narain Mishra, who died in a bomb blast on the platform of the Samastipur railway station on 2 January 1974, remains unsolved to this day. As Railway minister, he was in Samastipur to inaugurate the upgraded broad-gauge SamastipurDarbhanga railway line. A bomb placed...

TARLOCHAN SINGH: THE MOSAIC OF PR MAN

January 27, 2021

Publicity chief of Bhakra Nangal Dam, Delhi Asian Games, setting up of Delhi Haat and Hauz Khas tourist complexes, serving as press advisor in Rashtrapati Bhavan in a turbulent period, member of the core team which strategised the media strategy of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in its nascent year,...

Ultimate grand old man of Indian hockey

May 27, 2020

Aslam Sher Khan, who, along with Ashok Kumar (son of the legendary hockey magician Dhyan Chand), was the hero of the 1975 World Cup finals in Kuala Lumpur, enabling the only Indian victory in this niche tournament, paid tribute to his mentor and coach, Balbir Singh Dosanjh (better known as...

PMO finalises MSME recovery package for immediate implementation

May 6, 2020

After being tasked to do so by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Union Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), together with the PMO, has on anvil a package to hand-hold and bail out this sector, which accounted for 29% of the GDP and provided 11 crore jobs prior...

Rare show of political unity in the time of corona

May 4, 2020

The national mission against coronavirus has provided a new paradigm to Centre-State relations. Barring the jarring notes perennially emanating from Mamata Banerjee’s West Bengal and occasionally from Pinarayi Vijayanled Left regime in Kerala, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statesmanship has been reciprocated by most Chief Ministers including those from non-BJP ruled...