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  Sonia, Rahul pay tributes to Rajiv Gandhi on 26th death anniversary

  Politics | May 21, 2017 14:40 IST

  Congress President Sonia Gandhi along with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday paid tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 26th death anniversary.

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  Unlocking of Babri Masjid was a 'balancing act' by Rajiv Gandhi government: Arif Mohammed Khan

  Politics | March 28, 2017 15:45 IST

  Senior politician Arif Mohammad Khan today said that in 1986, the then Congress government headed by Rajiv Gandhi had struck a deal with Muslim leaders for the "shilanyas" (groundbreaking) of the Ram Janambhoomi temple in Ayodhya.

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  Rajiv Gandhi only good human being in the Nehru-Gandhi family, says Subramanian Swamy

  Politics | March 26, 2017 19:32 IST

  Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today said that the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was the only good human being in the (Nehru-Gandhi) family and said he had contributed to the awakening of the Hindus.

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  Congress slams government for removing Rajiv Gandhi's name from Sadbhavna Diwas programmes

  Politics | February 03, 2017 13:42 IST

  The Congress today strongly criticised the Narendra Modi government for removing the name of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi from Sadbhavna Diwas programmes.

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  Many Congress, CPI, CPI-M members were paid by Soviets even during Rajiv Gandhi rule: CIA

  Politics | January 30, 2017 23:27 IST

  Soviets pumped huge amounts of cash in India to influence policies during Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's government as well as under Rajiv Gandhi rule, CIA documents reveal.

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  CIA assessed Rajiv Gandhi assassination 5 years in advance, says report

  India | January 29, 2017 18:29 IST

  The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had prepared a detailed and a thorough “brief” on Rajiv Gandhi assassination five years before it took place in 1991, citing what would happen if he is killed or

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  Sweden called off Bofors probe to spare embarrassment to Rajiv Gandhi: declassified CIA doc

  India | January 25, 2017 11:54 IST

  Sweden inconclusively brought the curtains down on the probe into the Bofors scandal to prevent embarrassment to the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, a confidential CIA assessment which was declassified in December 2016 has revealed.

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  In 1985, Rajiv Gandhi govt was ready with H-bomb to counter Pakistan’s nukes: Report

  India | January 24, 2017 13:54 IST

  Despite his initial reluctance to pursue his mother Indira Gandhi’s push for nuclear programme, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1985 gave his nod for making preparations to test a hydrogen bomb in response to Pakistan’s nuclear programme.

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  Lankan man who attacked Rajiv Gandhi in 1987 accused of predicting President Sirisena’s death

  World | December 21, 2016 12:34 IST

  Vijitha Rohana Wijemuni, the former Sri Lankan sailor, who had attacked visiting Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi with a rifle butt in 1987, has been accused of making an astrological prediction about the death of President Maithripala Sirisena by

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  MJ Akbar persuaded Rajiv Gandhi to override Shah Bano ruling: Former CIC

  Politics | October 19, 2016 11:14 IST

  MJ Akbar, the current MoS for External Affairs in the BJP-led NDA government, had played a key role in the decision of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi’s to oppose the Supreme Court’s Shah Bano judgement in 1985.

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  AG Perarivalan, Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict, attacked in Vellore jail

  India | September 13, 2016 13:22 IST

  AG Perarivalan alias Arivu, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, was on Tuesday attacked by a fellow convict in the Vellore jail.

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  WB Congress commits faux pax by tweeting Rajiv Gandhi’s controversial 1984 riots quote

  Politics | August 20, 2016 13:37 IST

  As the Congress party observed Rajiv Gandhi's 72nd birth anniversary today, the party’s West Bengal unit committed a huge faux pas while tweeting about the day.

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  LTTE chief Prabhakaran’s deputy was a RAW agent, claims new book

  India | August 16, 2016 11:07 IST

  Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Gopalaswamy Mahendrarajah alias Mahattaya, who was once a deputy to the outfit’s supreme leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, was a Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) agent, a new book has claimed.

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  Pro-Khalistan leader had ‘predicted’ Indira Gandhi’s assassination, claim British documents

  World | July 22, 2016 16:45 IST

  A senior member of the separatist Khalistani movement based in Britain had “predicted” the death of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi months before she was gunned down by her bodyguards, newly declassified documents by

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  Rajiv Gandhi case convict undergoes medical examination

  India | June 15, 2016 20:54 IST

  Madurai: Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict Ravichandran underwent medical tests at a government hospital here as per the orders of Madras High Court. Ravichandran, admitted to the Government Rajaji Hospital yesterday, underwent various medical

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  From Nehru, Rajiv, vajpayee to PM Modi: A comparison of speeches of Indian PMs at US Congress

  Politics | June 11, 2016 16:07 IST

  From Nehru to Modi, let's take a look take at the highlights and the context under which all the 6 Indian Prime Ministers addressed the US Congress.

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  Maharashtra govt renames health scheme named after Rajiv Gandhi

  Politics | June 07, 2016 22:17 IST

  BJP-led Maharashtra government today decided to rename the Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana, a scheme for cashless treatment for the poor, after social reformer Mahatma Phule, drawing flak from Congress.

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  When Rajiv Gandhi's chat with in-laws gave officer nervous moments

  Politics | May 26, 2016 7:59 IST

  New Delhi: In the early 1980s, when Indira Gandhi was the prime minister, her son Rajiv Gandhi was once so engrossed in explaining to his parents-in-law the features of a new navy ship that he

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  Neither pro-BJP nor anti-Congress: Rishi Kapoor clarifies why he tweeted against Gandhi family

  Bollywood | May 21, 2016 16:24 IST

  New Delhi: Actor Rishi Kapoor sparked a new controversy earlier this week when he tweeted that national assets which are named after the Gandhi family should be renamed. With a scathing tweet which had words,

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  Insenstivity at its worst! When technology took centrestage at Rajiv Gandhi’s 25th death anniversary

  Politics | May 21, 2016 14:36 IST

  New Delhi: India’s sixth Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, largely credited with bringing a technological wave in India in the form of the computer, would never had realised that its influx and rampant spread would render