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  When Jawaharlal Nehru got request to start a new 'era' named after Mahatma Gandhi

  National | April 12, 2015 11:52 IST

  New Delhi:  While numerous streets, places, parks and buildings have been named after him, a few months after Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, a rather unusual request was made to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to name an

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  Netaji snooping: Congress accuses Modi govt of distorting history by selective leaks

  National | April 11, 2015 8:29 IST

  New Delhi: In the wake of de-classified intelligence documents indicating that then prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru ordered intensive surveillance on the family of Subhas Chandra Bose, the Congress on Friday attacked the Narendra Modi government

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  Netaji's family demands judicial probe into snooping case

  India | April 11, 2015 7:14 IST

  Kolkata: Expressing shock over reported revelations that successive Congress governments had snooped on family members of revolutionary leader Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose for 20 years after independence, a prominent member of the clan on Friday

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  Modi's objective is to 'completely debunk' Nehru: Jairam Ramesh

  National | March 07, 2015 22:05 IST

  Thrissur: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh today hit out at Narendra Modi, saying the Prime Minister's one point objective is to “completely debunk” Jawaharlal Nehru.He also asked the Left parties to join the Congress at a

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  'Those talking of Congress-free India neglecting nation's history'

  National | January 22, 2015 17:17 IST

  Pithoragarh: Asking party workers to unite against forces ignoring the contribution of Nehru and Gandhi to the freedom movement, AICC General Secretary Ambika Soni has said a Congressman whose blood “does not boil” at the

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  Ordinance row: BJP hits back at Congress, asks were Nehru, Indira 'dictators'?

  National | January 14, 2015 19:12 IST

  New 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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  Stalin did not kill Netaji, who was in Russia after 1945, says researcher Anuj Dhar

  India | January 13, 2015 17:35 IST

  Bengaluru: Researcher and former journalist Anuj Dhar, who has written a book on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's disappearance, has said, "to say that Soviet dictator Stalin killed Netaji in connivance with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was

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  Soviet leader Joseph Stalin killed Netaji: Subramanian Swamy

  National | January 10, 2015 16:20 IST

  Kolkata: Claiming that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose did not die in a plane crash in 1945 but was killed at the instance of Soviet supremo Joseph Stalin, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy Saturday demanded declassification of

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  Nehru and Bose: Tension-fraught and passing friendship

  National | December 09, 2014 15:03 IST

  New Delhi: Subhash Chandra Bose, a revolutionary; Jawaharlal Nehru, the quintessential democrat. Could the twain ever meet? Sadly not says a new book by historian and educationist Rudrangshu Mukherjee on the parallel lives of two

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  Remembering Dr B R Ambedkar, the Messiah of dalits and oppressed

  National | April 14, 2016 8:59 IST

  Dr B R Ambedkar, the messiah of dalits and downtrodden, was a remarkable leader, jurist and politician.He was one of the main architects of the Indian Constitution. Babasaheb Ambedkar, as his followers called him, lovingly,

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  Kashmir's solar potential highest in India

  India | November 19, 2014 12:39 IST

  Bangalore: Which is a better place for locating a solar power plant? Hot and sunny Rajasthan or snow-clad Kashmir? If your answer is Rajasthan, you are wrong.A recent study by Indian researchers has identified the

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  Nehru row: Congress accuses Modi govt of trying to 'erase' his legacy

  National | November 18, 2014 19:54 IST

  New Delhi: The battle over the legacy of Jawaharlal Nehru escalated today with Congress slamming those trying to “rub him out and erase him” from history and accusing Narendra Modi government of “putting obstacles at

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  Jawaharlal Nehru's policies are of enduring relevance: Rahul Gandhi

  National | November 18, 2014 16:24 IST

  New Delhi: In a veiled attack on Narendra Modi-led dispensation, Rahul Gandhi today slammed those who were trying to "rub out" Jawaharlal Nehru from history as an international conference on the country's first Prime Minister

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  Nehru against supporting struggle against Kerala Communist Ministry: Iyer

  National | November 18, 2014 13:17 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appeared to have reservations about the Congress support to the 'liberation struggle' against Kerala's first Communist ministry led by E M S Namboodiripad, which was dismissed in 1959

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  Secularism a compelling necessity for country: Sonia Gandhi

  National | November 17, 2014 16:28 IST

  New Delhi: Seeking to reassert Jawaharlal Nehru's legacy, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today said secularism is a compelling necessity for a country as diverse as India.She also said that there can be no India without

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  Sonia Gandhi refuses to make Nehru's personal papers public

  National | November 17, 2014 11:23 IST

  New Delhi: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has refused to make public personal papers of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.The Congress chief has refused hand over of Nehru's papers to Nehru Memorial Museum and Library

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  Congress to hold 2-day global conference to highlight Nehru's legacy today

  National | November 17, 2014 9:42 IST

  New Delhi: After its debacle in the recently held Lok Sabha elections, the Congress apparently intends to enthuse its cadre by revoking Nehruvian spirit besides appropriating Jawaharlal Nehru's legacy in his 125th birth anniversary year

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  Chidambaram predicts bleak future for ex-colleague Vasan

  National | November 15, 2014 10:55 IST

  Chennai: Predicting a bleak future for former party colleague G K Vasan, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today said the 'fallen branch' of a tree cannot flourish, and batted for more youth power in his

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  Leaders should not have animosity for political opponents: Rajnath

  National | November 14, 2014 14:44 IST

  New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today hit back at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, saying no leader should have animosity towards the political opponents and parties should not try to create a sense of

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  Manmohan, Sonia, Rahul pay tribute to Nehru

  National | November 14, 2014 12:34 IST

  New Delhi: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi Friday paid floral tributes to India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his 125th birth anniversary."Our tributes to the