Tag: Indira Gandhi
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Local authorities to decide on release of J&K leaders: Government
The issue of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, which has since been accorded the status of a Union Territory through a legislative provision in the wake of the abrogation of Article 370, came up during Question Hour in the Lok Sabha.
December 10, 2019 -
Onions & avocados
This is a seasonal phenomenon but governments never seem to learn from it, nor ensure that warehousing infrastructure matches production.
December 7, 2019 -
1984 riots could have been avoided if Narasimha Rao had heeded to IK Gujral: Manmohan Singh
Singh was speaking at a function on Wednesday to mark the 100th birth anniversary of IK Gujral, who was the 12th Prime Minister of India between April 1997 and March 1998.
December 5, 2019 -
Security breach at Priyanka Gandhi home after losing SPG cover; family of 5 drives in, asks for photo
It is learnt that the family, who claimed to have come all the way from Uttar Pradesh, had not taken an appointment prior to their meeting with the Congress chief's daughter.
December 2, 2019 -
National perspective
The regional leaders would then get their importance and be the pillars for the central dome. They should not be mere branch managers who could be appointed or disappointed at the sweet will of the monarch in New Delhi. Since the time of Nehru, a new problem has developed.
November 22, 2019 -
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra pays tribute to Indira Gandhi with a throwback picture
On Indira Gandhi's 102nd birth anniversary, Priyanka Gandhi quoted a poem from Invictus by William Ernest Henley.
November 19, 2019 -
PM Modi pays tribute to Indira Gandhi on her Birth Anniversary
Born in 1917 in Allahabad, Indira Gandhi was daughter of country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. She was the prime minister between 1966 and 1977 and again from January 1980 until her assassination in 1984.
November 19, 2019 -
‘Journey filled with affection, learning’: Rahul Gandhi thanks SPG after security removed
In a major development on Friday, the Centre withdrew the SPG security given to the Gandhis, who will now get ‘Z plus’ security provided by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
November 9, 2019 -
Highest-level SPG cover withdrawn for Gandhi family, to get CRPF ‘Z plus’ security
In the wake of the latest decision, the top security cover will now be given only to the Prime Minister.
November 8, 2019 -
1984 riots accused Sajjan Kumar moves SC seeking early hearing on bail plea
Sajjan Kumar was convicted in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case by the Delhi High Court and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
November 4, 2019 -
‘Indira Gandhi never sought votes in name of Army but PM Modi did’: Sharad Pawar
Pawar alleged that the plight of the common people has increased on the BJP's watch.
October 10, 2019 -
Sonia Gandhi, Rahul, Priyanka remember Rajiv Gandhi on his 75th birth anniversary; PM pays tribute
Rajiv Gandhi was made the Prime Minister of the country after the assassination of his mother and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984.
August 20, 2019 -
Sushma Swaraj changed the face of Indian film industry forever
Under her ministership, Sushma's most notable decision came in the form of giving film production an "industry status".
August 7, 2019 -
A purr of approval
What causes a need to take the latest figures in context is that there is not much to explain the claim of success ~ there has been no marked increase in the “protected” areas, few signs of an expanding prey base, or evidence of the much-desired tiger corridors having become a tangible reality etc.
August 2, 2019 -
Waterless in Chennai
Rainwater harvesting was made mandatory in Tamil Nadu quite early, but follow-up action was sorely missing.
July 1, 2019 -
On 44th anniversary of Emergency, Mamata terms Modi’s first tenure as ‘Super Emergency’
Earlier in the day, PM Modi and other BJP leaders criticized the 19-month-long period of Emergency in 1975 declared by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
June 25, 2019 -
PM Modi, top BJP leaders term Emergency as ‘darkest chapter’ in Indian history
On the 44th anniversary of the Emergency, PM Modi paid tributes to the 'greats who fiercely and fearlessly resisted' it.
June 25, 2019