Bangalore: Even as some candidates are out in the battlefield with their nose at the front, the better halves of Nandan Nilekani, Ananth Kumar and Geeta Shivarajkumar, are doing their bit to ensure their respective spouses win in their respective parliamentary constituencies. Compared to Tejaswini Ananth Kumar, Rohini Nilekani is a novice and learning the […]

Bangalore: Stung by attacks on “Aadhar” scheme by BJP’s Ananth Kumar, Congress candidate for Bangalore South Lok Sabha seat Nandan Nilekani has complained to the EC against him, accusing him of being part of “pro-corruption and anti-development forces”. Nilekani, co-founder of Infosys and face of the “Aadhar” programme, charged that Kumar was trying to gain […]

New Delhi: Noted entrepreneur and Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani on Thursday quit as the chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), leaving a question mark on the Centre’s biggest exercise to issue single identity card to every Indian national. It is not yet clear as to you will succeed him in the UIDAI. […]

Bangalore: Log on to YouTube and you are most likely to see Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani making a speech about his “ideas for Bangalore,”  before you get a chance to see any other video. On Facebook, a picture of Bangalore’s congested traffic situation appears on your wall with Nilekani again trying to elicit your opinion […]

Bangalore: Infosys co-founder and Unique Identification Authority of India chairman Nandan Nilekani, who is likely to contest the Lok Sabha elections from the Bangalore South constituency, will join the Congress here on Sunday. Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) sources told The Hindu on Friday that Mr. Nilekani would join the Congress at the party office […]

New Delhi: Days after its political rivals, BJP and AAP, released their candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the Congress too is likely to unveil on Wednesday its first list of candidates for the biggest electoral exercise scheduled to be held in few weeks from now. According to reports, Congress is likely to announce […]

Bangalore: Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India Nandan Nilekani on Monday said he would enrol for primary membership with the Congress in the next two days. Expressing confidence on contesting the general elections from Bangalore South constituency, he said: “The public wants to see new faces. I am clean and capable; a local […]

Bangalore: The only person who has benefitted from Aadhaar scheme is the man heading the project, who got a nomination from the Congress to contest the Lok Sabha polls, senior BJP leader and former Union Finance minister Yashwant Sinha has said. “The parliamentary committee on finances in its report suggested that the government should drop […]