Indira Gandhi
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I don't have the confidence that Emergency cannot happen again: LK Advani
National | Jun 18, 2015, 09:24 AM ISTNew Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Part (BJP) veteran LK Advani said that the political system of India is still vulnerable to the Emergency-like situation and a similar situation can't be ruled out in the future."I don't
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Shah Rukh Khan, Mother Teresa, Indira Gandhi and Hitler among the names expunged from LS records
National | Jun 08, 2015, 03:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: The names of Mother Teresa, Indira Gandhi, Shah Rukh Khan and Hitler have been expunged from the records of Lok Sabha proceedings for different reasons.As many as words and expressions uttered in 16th
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10 facts to know about Operation Blue Star
India | Jun 01, 2015, 02:55 PM ISTOperation Blue Star was launched exactly 31 years ago on 1 June, 1984.Operation Blue Star was the codename used for Army action against the militants who had captured Golden Temple.The operation continued from June 1
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Listening to songs provided pastime during emergency: Advani
National | May 17, 2015, 07:36 AM ISTMumbai: Recalling his nineteen-month stay in jail during the emergency imposed in 1975, BJP patriarch L K Advani today said listening to songs on a transistor was his favourite activity to pass the time.“My real
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Govt drops names of Indira and Rajiv Gandhi from Hindi Diwas awards
National | Apr 21, 2015, 11:26 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has dropped names of Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi from the annual awards given on Hindi Diwas.The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had on March 25 this year, according
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Ensure punctuality of trains by following Emergency pattern: PMO tells Railway Ministry
India | Mar 31, 2015, 01:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be a bitter critic of Indira Gandhi for imposing Emergency in the country but he seems to have appreciation for some of the practices followed during that period.In
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Why no Indian PM dared to visit Jaffna before Modi ?
India | Mar 14, 2015, 07:16 PM ISTNarendra Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister to visit the former war-torn Jaffna, the citadel of Tamils in Sri Lanka, six years after the war between LTTE and Sri Lankan army ended with the
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Additional rehab package of Rs 5 lakh for 1984 riot victims
India | Feb 16, 2015, 08:20 PM ISTLucknow: An additional rehabilitation package of Rs 5 lakh each has been sanctioned for the 1984 Sikh riot victims, an official spokesman said. In pursuance of the recommendations of Nanavati commission, the family of each
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Rahul's rally, roadshow 'remind' people of Indira Gandhi
National | Feb 04, 2015, 10:39 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's election campaign in the national capital today triggered feelings of nostalgia among the elderly people, who said his speech and mannerisms evoked memories of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.With
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Nirmal Singh, who actually towed away Indira Gandhi's car, backs his former boss “ Bedi
National | Feb 02, 2015, 08:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: Everyone knows the story of an idealistic police officer in Delhi who towed away the car of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in August 1982. The woman happened to be India's first female
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Ordinance row: BJP hits back at Congress, asks were Nehru, Indira 'dictators'?
National | Jan 14, 2015, 07:12 PM ISTNew Delhi: BJP today dug up details of ordinances issued by Congress regimes in the past to hit back at it for its attack on Narendra Modi government and wondered if the party will brand
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Noted journalist B G Verghese dead
India | Dec 30, 2014, 10:37 PM ISTGurgaon: Eminent journalist B G Verghese, a Ramon Magsaysay award winner and former editor of leading dailies Hindustan Times and Indian Express, died here today at the age of 87 after brief illness.Verghese was diagnosed
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Congress will emerge stronger again: Sushil Kumar Shinde
National | Dec 29, 2014, 07:38 AM ISTMumbai: Former Union Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde today expressed confidence that Congress would again emerge as the most powerful party in the country and hinted at some organisational changes for “better future prospects”. “Congress has faced
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When Pranab Mukherjee got a 'dressing down' from Indira Gandhi
National | Dec 12, 2014, 05:37 PM ISTNew Delhi: Pranab Mukherjee contested the 1980 Lok Sabha elections much against the wishes of Indira Gandhi who gave him a “vociferous dressing down” for an “interminable span of time” after his defeat but he
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Emergency a misadventure and Indira paid a heavy price for that, says Pranab in his new book
India | Dec 11, 2014, 04:36 PM ISTNew Delhi: The 1975 Emergency was perhaps an “avoidable event” and Congress and Indira Gandhi had to pay a heavy price for this “misadventure” as suspension of fundamental rights and political activity, large scale arrests
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Indira was not aware of Emergency provisions: Pranab
India | Dec 11, 2014, 03:16 PM ISTNew Delhi: The then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was not aware of the Constitutional provisions allowing for declaration of Emergency that was imposed in 1975 and it was Siddartha Shankar Ray who led her into
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Indira didn't know what constitutional provision to use for imposing 1975 Emergency, claims Pranab in his book
National | Jan 06, 2015, 10:40 AM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee, in his upcoming book, has revisited the entire sequence of events that led to imposition of Emergency in the country in 1975 and has disclosed that the then Prime Minister
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Jharkhand Polls: Modi wants to give coal sector in corporate hands: Digvijay
National | Dec 04, 2014, 02:51 PM ISTRanchi: Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh today said the Centre's move to privatise the coal sector would bring back the "bitter memories" of "exploitation" of labour force before it was nationalised by former Prime Minister
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President Pranab Mukherjee's book to be released on Dec 11
India | Dec 04, 2014, 11:49 AM ISTNew Delhi: One of the most awaited books of the year is President Pranab Mukherjee's ‘The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years'. This book will go on sale on the First Citizen's birthday i.e. December
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PM Modi's wife Jashodaben 'unhappy' over security cover, files RTI to seek details from government
National | Nov 25, 2014, 03:47 PM ISTMehsana: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's wife Jashodaben on Monday filed an RTI application with Mehsana police to seek clarity on security cover given to her at present and wanted to know what she is entitled