Narasimha Rao

Meet the 'most unsuccessful candidate' with a penchant for polls

Press Trust of India | Sunday April 28, 2013

He has found a slot in the 'Limca Book of Records' as the "Most Unsuccessful Candidate" fielding himself against political bigwigs in the past but this time, his attempt to even enter the fray has failed.

98-year-old former minister ordered to appear before court

Press Trust of India | Friday March 22, 2013

98-year-old former Union minister Sheila Kaul, facing prosecution in a 1996 accommodation allotment scam, has been directed to appear before a Delhi court which refused to give her any further exemption, observing that the case has progressed in 13 m...

Legacy and sanctions made Narasimha Rao decide against nuclear tests say classified American cables

Press Trust of India | Saturday February 23, 2013

The prospect of a crippling economic sanction, "improving" electoral chances and his "desire" to be noted as the architect of India's economic revolution might have prevented the then Prime Minister Narasimha Rao from going for nuclear tests in the w...

Missiles, rockets, bombs used to cover up nuclear test preparations: APJ Abdul Kalam

Reported by Sudhi Ranjan Sen; edited by Mala Das | Friday January 25, 2013

The Congress-led minority government of Narasimha Rao wanted to conduct nuclear tests in 1996 but had not anticipated it would lose the general election that year, revealed former president APJ Abdul Kalam.

Telugu actor Sutti Velu dies at 65

Press Trsut of India | Monday September 17, 2012

Telugu film comedian and character artist K Lakshmi Narasimha Rao, popularly known as Sutti Velu, died in Chennai today. He was 65.

Read: Letter written by former judge in Janardhana Reddy case

NDTV.com | Tuesday July 24, 2012

Dasarath Rami Reddy, a relative of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy, has claimed that former judge Lakshmi Narasimha Rao, who is one of the three judges arrested in the case, had demanded Rs. 100 crore to arrange for the minister's bai...

Bail-for-sale: Inside jail, Janardhana Reddy worked on plot to bribe judge

NDTV Correspondent | Tuesday July 24, 2012

Three judges in Andhra Pradesh have been arrested for allegedly offering - or accepting - bribes in exchange for bail for powerful politician G Janardhana Reddy. Statements from them and witnesses show how brazen the negotiations were.

Manmohan Singh to take charge of Finance Ministry

Wednesday July 18, 2012

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will take additional charge of the Finance Ministry,sources said. An announcement is expected shortly after Pranab Mukherjee tenders his resignation later today. The Prime Minister currently holds the portfolios of space...

Suryachakra Power Corporation appoints CFO

NDTV Correspondent | Friday November 25, 2011

The board of Suryachakra Power Corporation in its meeting on 28 May 2010 has appointed V. L. Narasimha Rao as Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Former Telecom Minister Sukhram slapped, kicked by man in court premises

NDTV Correspondent | Saturday November 19, 2011

Former Telecom Minister Sukhram was today slapped and kicked by a man inside the premises of a Delhi court just moments after he was sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment in connection with a corruption case dating back to 1996.

Former telecom minister Sukhram guilty of corruption, sentencing today

Press Trust of India | Saturday November 19, 2011

Former Telecom Minister Sukhram has been held guilty by a Delhi court of misusing his official position when he was in the P V Narasimha Rao cabinet and giving undue favour to a cable supply company in a 15-year-old case.

Congress ignores Mani Shankar Aiyar's 'circus' comments

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday July 26, 2011

A day after former union minister Mani Shankar Aiyar compared the people coming to the Congress party office to those coming to a "circus" and blamed former prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao for demolition of the Babri Mosque, the Congress chose not to respond to his comments."You are seeing Congres...

Should have dismissed Kalyan govt: Khurshid

NDTV Correspondent | Tuesday November 24, 2009

The Narasimha Rao government should have dismissed the UP government after the Babri Masjid demolition, says Minister of Corporate and Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid.

Report goes easy on Narasimha Rao, then PM

NDTV Correspondent | Monday November 23, 2009

The Liberhan Report gives a clean chit to Narasimha Rao who was Prime Minister when Babri Masjid was demolished.

Hyderabad gets India's longest flyover

Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 20, 2009

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah on Monday formally inaugurated the country's longest flyover, the P V Narasimha Rao Elevated Expressway.