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Indira Gandhi considered military strike on Pakistan's nuke sites: CIA Document
National | Aug 31, 2015, 07:19 PM ISTWashington: Returning to power in 1980, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had considered a military strike on Pakistan's nuclear installations to prevent it from acquiring weapons capabilities, a declassified CIA document has claimed.Such a
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Birthday Special: Remembering former PM Rajiv Gandhi
National | Aug 20, 2015, 03:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: As the nation remembers former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary, one must recall the breath of fresh air he injected into Indian politics.His charm and down to earth attitude won
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Exclusive: Government to discontinue postal stamps on Indira and Rajiv Gandhi
National | Aug 01, 2015, 09:08 AM ISTNew Delhi: In a move that is bound create fresh political controversy, the government has decided to discontinue stamps dedicated to Congress party icons like former Prime Ministers Indira and Rajiv Gandhi.The government has instead
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B'day special: Rare pics of APJ Abdul Kalam, former President of India
India | Oct 15, 2015, 11:56 AM ISTAPJ Abdul Kalam was unarguably one of the most loved presidents India has ever seen.His five years in office changed people's notion, post of president was no more considered as a decorative one. He was
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1984 riots: Court to record prosecution evidence on Aug 5
India | Jul 17, 2015, 06:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: A Delhi court would next month record the statements of prosecution witnesses in a 1984 anti -Sikh riots case in which Congress leader Sajjan Kumar is facing trial, along with others.District Judge Kamlesh
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Margaret Thatcher wanted to prosecute Sikh who incited Indira's killing
World | Jul 16, 2015, 06:04 PM ISTLondon: Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher wanted to take legal action against a UK-based Sikh separatist leader accused of inciting Indira Gandhi's assassination but failed to comply with India's request to deport him due to
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Top cops were discouraged from acting against 1984 rioters: Book
India | Jul 06, 2015, 10:31 AM ISTNew Delhi: Top police officers who undertook rare deterrent action against the killings on the streets of Delhi following the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984 ran into a wall
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90 percent of Hindi voters sealed Indira Gandhi's fate
National | Jul 04, 2015, 11:43 AM ISTNew Delhi : “If the majority rule were to apply, the crow should be our national bird, not the peacock”. A quote attributed to the Tamil leader C.N. Annadurai during a protest speech in 1962
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Hansal Mehta to direct Sanjay Gandhi biopic
Bollywood | Jul 03, 2015, 04:16 PM ISTMumbai: National Award-winning filmmaker Hansal Mehta is all set to make a biopic on Indian politician Sanjay Gandhi.The film, which is an adaptation of Vinod Mehta's acclaimed book The Sanjay Story published post the Emergency,
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Plea for declaring Indira Gandhi's murder a suicide rejected after 29 years
India | Jun 30, 2015, 11:46 PM ISTAhmedabad: Pending for nearly 29 years, a petition seeking declaring Indira Gandhi'sassassination a "suicide through arranged murder" to facilitate Rajiv Gandhi's elevation as prime minister was dismissed at its first hearing by the Gujarat High
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B-town divas who played real life characters on silver screen
Bollywood | Jun 28, 2015, 06:33 PM ISTOur world is full of inspiring people and motivating stories and which have been successful in inspiring the script writers too.When a biopic hits the silver screen, most of the time, it succeeds in pulling
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Ananth Kumar asks people to foil Lalu-Nitish's dream
National | Jun 26, 2015, 10:26 PM ISTPatna: Union Minister Ananth Kumar today urged the people ofBihar to foil "designs" of the JD(U)-RJD-Congress alliance during the assembly polls later this year saying the three were "dreaming of ushering in jungle raj -
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Vidya Balan to play Indira Gandhi in a biopic
Bollywood | Jun 26, 2015, 08:26 PM ISTBollywood diva Vidya Balan is likely to play the role of former PM Indira Gandhi, in a biopic on the former PM's life.The movie will be directed by Manish Gupta who has earlier delivered films
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40 Years Of Emergency: Recounting role of media a day before India Gandhi imposed Emergency
India | Jun 25, 2015, 02:27 PM ISTOn 25th June 1975, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi imposed the Emergency in the country.Fundamental Rights were suspended, censorship was imposed on media and prominent political leaders were arrested. Media, the fourth pillar of democracy, suffered
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40 years of emergency: 4 Indian movies that suffered during the period
Bollywood | Jun 25, 2015, 10:51 AM IST40 years ago on this very day, the then prime minister of India, Indira Gandhi imposed emergency after honourable Supreme Court did not allow her to take part in parliament proceedings despite being an MP.Mrs.
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40 Years Of Emergency: When newspaper published poems, remained blank
India | Jun 25, 2015, 09:24 AM ISTOn 25th June 1975, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi imposed an Emergency in the country.Fundamental Rights stood suspended, censorship was imposed on media and prominent political leaders were arrested.Media, the fourth pillar of democracy, suffered immensely
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40YearsofEmergency: Dynastic politics does not go well with democracy, says Kuldip Nayar
National | Jun 24, 2015, 02:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: India is unlikely to see the imposition of another Emergency due to changes made in the Constitution and people being more vigilant, veteran journalist and political commentator Kuldip Nayar has said, noting that
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#40YearsofEmergency: Rajiv, Sonia had no reservations over Emergency, claims Indira's aide
National | Jun 24, 2015, 01:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: Indira Gandhi's private secretary RK Dhawan has said that no one from Gandhi-Nehru family can claim their innocence or ignorance at the time of Emergency in 1975.Dhawan claimed that Rajiv Gandhi and his
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#40YearsOfEmergency: What made Mrs Gandhi take the extreme step
National | Jun 24, 2015, 01:01 PM ISTEmergency was imposed on the country on the fateful night of 25th June, 1975. The nation came to know about it when Mrs Gandhi announced her decision to the nation on All India Radio next
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It was 'yoga' that made Nehru PM instead of Sardar Patel: Swami Ramdev
National | Jun 20, 2015, 01:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: If Baba Ramdev is to be believed then Jawaharlal Nehru managed to become first Prime Minister of India leaving behind Sardar Patel in the PM race because he was a practitioner of Yoga.In