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President Arif Alvi administered the oath of office to former senator Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakarin in a brief ceremony in Islamabad.

'A microcosm of India, inclusive and welcoming'. For years, Pragati Maidan was the centre of Delhi's social life.

None of these career extensions seem to have been caused by the indispensability of the selected incumbent or the non-availability of talent down the bureaucratic pyramid. It all may owe to Modi's 'comfort zone', where he can trust individual officers and their judgement, their understanding of working with a do-or-die prime minister, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.

The idea of weaponization got a fillip from an unexpected quarter. In the last week of October 1985, Rajiv met US President Ronald Reagan. Reagan told Rajiv, 'Pakistan has already made a bomb.' When Rajiv started talking about disarmament, the US president cut him short, 'Don't talk theory, think of your own protection.'

'Is this how you plan to run India? Is this how you plan to save India?' 'If this is your plan, then what happened in Manipur will start happening all over the country.'