Prime Ministers of India

The revivalist

6 Jul 2012

Pranab Mukherjee has been dubbed by his critics as the worst finance minister India ever had.

7:23PM

Geek Nation

24 Apr 2011

Geek Nation
by Angela Saini
Hodder & Stoughton, HK$182

8:36AM

Gandhi in name, not in deed

16 Mar 2008

Rahul Gandhi is out to prove two things to two different groups: to the public, that he is a committed politician rather than just a lucky young man born with a famous last name; to the Congress...

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India's risky nuclear showdown

13 Oct 2007

Manmohan Singh got the job as India's prime minister because of his skills as a technocrat who would reform the economy.

7:47AM

Illusion of Indian purity is fraught with danger

15 Aug 2007

India will mark the moment of colonial liberation today by focusing on an Oxbridge educated prime minister moving through a series of rituals inherited from the British. The spectacle...

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A bridge to the new world order

10 Jan 2007

It was a busy diplomatic year for President Hu Jintao in 2006, and of all the distinguished visitors he received and the places he visited none was more intriguing than his trip to India.

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Opinion

Workers pay the price for our bargains

5:20AM

Howard Winn

Barry Cheung makes waves in Moscow

3:47AM

'Deadline' set for resolving border row with India

Solution expected in two or three more meetings: New Delhi

China and India have for the first time set a tentative deadline to resolve their festering border dispute, which has marred...

11:30AM

Political meddling of India's 'Saint Sonia' draws fire

Is Manmohan Singh the weakest prime minister India has ever had, hobbled by the need to keep Sonia Gandhi happy? It's a view that's spreading outside the opposition parties, where such...

8:35AM

Who's running India - Singh or Sonia?

The PM's government is a year old, but many believe he is merely warming the seat for the next Gandhi generation

10:28PM

PM means well but leadership is lacking

Manmohan Singh has yet to prove he can take control of flailing government

When, during a recent speech to mark Independence Day, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said 'I have no...

1:46PM

India changes leaders and alters course

Yet another act in India's post-election drama appears to have been concluded with Dr Manmohan Singh's appointment as the new prime minister of India and the compilation of his brand new cabinet...

11:44PM

Reluctant substitute targeted by hecklers

Poor Manmohan Singh - the gentlest and most unassuming of men - found himself being heckled by Congress party workers who thumped the bonnet of his car angrily as he drove into Sonia Gandhi's...

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