Rajiv Gandhi
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Employment, black money key agenda for PM Modi as he attends G20 Summit today
World | Nov 15, 2014, 07:17 AM ISTBrisbane: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today attend the 9th G20 Annual summit, where he intends to push for stepping up global cooperation against the key issue of cross border tax avoidance and evasion.The summit
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India's past in biting satire by cartoonist Sudhir Tailang
India | Nov 04, 2014, 11:59 AM ISTNew Delhi: Artfully chronicling three decades of the country's tumultuous political past, renowned cartoonist Sudhir Tailang's solo exhibition “Here and Now (Rajiv to Modi),” offers a unique look into the events that shaped the destiny
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Congress hits out at BJP for 'no progress in 60-years' barb
National | Oct 11, 2014, 08:33 AM ISTJammu: Responding to the BJP's barb that it had done nothing in the last 60 years in this country, Congress today said that those who say nothing has happened in all these years are doing
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Indian Prime Ministers who visited US before Narendra Modi
National | Jan 03, 2015, 11:25 AM ISTAs Narendra Modi embarks on his maiden visit to the US, India hopes that it will be a fruitful one. Expectations are high as after a long time India has given a clear majority to
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Why BJP lost? No anti Gandhi anger to harvest
National | Sep 20, 2014, 12:46 PM ISTRecent by-election reverses for the BJP are early intimations of mortality for the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah duet. As a senior BJP leader whispered: "They must come down to earth." In other words, a degree of
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Top 10 political assassinations of the World
National | Jan 03, 2015, 11:20 AM ISTPolitical assassinations may be less heard of now, but reverting to history, there have been numerous cases of assassination of eminent politicians and leaders.Assassinations of leaders whom we love or hate may be prompted by
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Congress protests for maintaining names of Gandhis in scheme names
National | Sep 01, 2014, 05:00 PM ISTJaipur: Congress today held a protest demanding that Union government should not drop names of Gandhi family members from names of Central schemes. Scores of party activists from the Jaipur unit demonstrated at Gandhi Circle
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10 facts to know about Congress President Sonia Gandhi
National | Dec 09, 2014, 10:48 AM ISTCongress President Sonia Gandhi is one of the most talked about persons of Indian politics. Ranging from her foreign origin, to her leading a national party, all have been hotly debated upon. She has a
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Rahul Gandhi: People who worship women as 'Devi', molest them in buses
National | Aug 20, 2014, 06:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said that often men who visit temples and worship “devi”; molest women in buses and other public places. Rahul Gandhi made this observation while addressing his party
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Narendra Modi sold fake dreams, alleges Sonia Gandhi
National | Aug 20, 2014, 06:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday accused BJP of selling fake dreams to the people. She also alleged that Modi government had no vision of its own and was just mimicking the UPA regime.
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Rajiv Gandhi- The Prince charming of Indian politics who had so much to live for
National | Oct 01, 2014, 11:36 AM ISTOn the fateful day, May 21, 1991, at Sriperumbudur, Rusy Karanjia, chief editor of the Blitz tabloid, was with Rajiv Gandhi for a few minutes. Gandhi disclosed to Karanjia that he had learnt from the
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When J.R. Jayewardene wanted to hang Prabhakaran
World | Aug 02, 2014, 09:58 AM ISTNew Delhi: Sri Lankan president J.R. Jayewardene asked Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1986 to hand over Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran to him so that he could hang him in Jaffna.Jayewardene made the
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Rajiv Gandhi sent troops to Sri Lanka on his own: Natwar Singh
National | Aug 01, 2014, 11:47 AM ISTNew Delhi: Then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi decided to send Indian troops to Sri Lanka in 1987 without consulting his officials, former external affairs minister Natwar Singh has said.In an interview to Headlines Today over
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No proposal to cut short parliament session: Venkaiah Naidu
National | Jul 27, 2014, 04:29 PM ISTHyderabad: Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu Sunday said there was no proposal to cut short the ongoing parliament session, and added the government has enough business.He said the government would bring important bills in
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Congress should not politicise LOP issue: Venkaiah Naidu
National | Jul 13, 2014, 05:39 PM ISTBangalore: Hitting out at the Congress, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu today said it should not politicise the issue of Leader of Opposition status in Lok Sabha.“Till day before yesterday, they had not asked for
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Ganga cleaning not a Hindutva project: Jairam Ramesh
National | Jul 06, 2014, 02:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh today accused the NDA government of turning the programme to clean Ganga as a “Hindutva project” by attempting to polarise politics through the initiative on the holy river. “Don't
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Rahul 'not PM material', says BJP as Congress plays down Digvijay's remark
National | Jun 30, 2014, 04:34 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress today went into damage control mode over party general secretary Digvijay Singh's purported comment that Rahul Gandhi does not have the temperament of a ruler even as BJP attacked the Congress Vice
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LoP not a must for functioning of Parliament: Sumitra Mahajan
National | Jun 27, 2014, 01:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: Modi government will be presenting its first budget on 7th July. With none of the opposition parties having managed the minimum of 55 MPs needed to stake claim for the post of the
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Prominent politicians who died in tragic accidents
National | Jun 04, 2014, 11:31 AM ISTNew Delhi: Here is a list of some eminent Indian politicians who met with an untimely and unfortunate end. 3rd June 2014: Union Minister of NDA government and veteran leader of Maharashtra, Gopinath Munde died
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Rajiv Gandhi remembered on 23rd death anniversary
India | May 21, 2014, 12:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was today remembered on his 23rd death anniversary with several leaders paying homage at his memorial here. President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari, outgoing Prime Minister Manmohan