As per PTI (updated July08,2012,15:08IST) report from New York appearing in NDTV-India on Sunday the 8thJuly 2012, “Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who long been lauded for his pivotal role in liberating the Indian Economy, has been dubbed as an ‘underachiever’ by Time magazine” in its latest issue with his photo on the facing page.

Western magazines, just like their leaders, seem to be proactive in issuing certificates to and passing comments on others ...

Time and again the Congress Party is seen pitted with succession issue to a great extent. Manmohan Singh, who became PM eight years ago, simply turned out by chance as Rahul was not prepared to take the reign in the hands. The latest fiasco over Salman Khurshid’s ‘direction’ comment has clearly indicated that not Singh but it is the Congress itself which can be tagged as the actual ‘underachiever’. If you look at the story some three years ago, Rahul Gandhi was t...

It refers to a highly irresponsible statement from Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, hurting the sentiments of silent majority of middle-income people when he taunted that those spending `20 on a cup of ice-cream or a bottle of mineral water have no right to object for price-hike of `1 per kg of wheat or rice. He forgot that dependence on mineral-water rather than normal tap-water is also due to wrong policies of governance-system. Ice-cream in present era is not a luxury where even people a...