Tag: Indira Gandhi
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Saturday shocks
At the very outset, let me begin by first pointing out that it is strictly ensured in all 26 districts of West UP every Saturday that no lawyer does any work in protest against the Centre not setting up even a single bench of the High Court in any of these districts even though the...
November 22, 2017 -
Sonia slams PM Modi for ‘erasing contributions’ of Nehru, Indira
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday blamed the Narendra Modi government for “erasing contributions” of former Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi to the nation. Addressing the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party’s highest decision-making body, Sonia Gandhi also blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the suffering of millions of people due to GST...
November 20, 2017 -
Congress leaders in Kerala pay tributes to Indira Gandhi
Congress leaders in Kerala on Sunday paid glowing tributes to late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her birth centenary. At a function held at the state Congress headquarters, former two-time Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy described Gandhi as a “leader who led the party from the front and took it to new heights even though...
November 19, 2017 -
Indira was a mother to this nation: Varun Gandhi
BJP MP Varun Gandhi today hailed his grandmother and Congress stalwart Indira Gandhi on her hundredth birth anniversary, calling her “a mother to this nation”. “‘Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently’. To a lady that was a mother to this nation. Miss...
November 19, 2017 -
President Kovind, PM Modi pay tributes to Indira Gandhi on birth centenary
President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tribute to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her birth centenary. “Nation remembers former Prime Minister Smt Indira Gandhi on her birth centenary,” Kovind tweeted. Modi tweeted” “Tributes to former PM Mrs. Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary.” Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi...
November 19, 2017 -
PM Modi pays tributes to Indira Gandhi on birth anniversary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to former prime minister Indira Gandhi on her 100th birth anniversary. In his tweet, Modi said, “Tributes to former PM Mrs Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary.” Tributes to former PM Mrs. Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 19, 2017 Gandhi was...
November 19, 2017 -
Modi pays tribute to Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tribute to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 33rd death anniversary. “Tributes to former PM Mrs Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary,” he tweet. Gandhi was the first female Prime Minister of India and the daughter of the first Prime Minister late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. She was...
October 31, 2017 -
India-Pakistan relations down the decades
Title: The People Next Door The Curious History of India-Pakistan Relations Author: T C A Raghavan Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 361 Price: Rs 699 Shifting from cordial and promising to suspicious and hostile (and back again), regularly overshadowed by history, ideology and perceptions, prone to public posturing but also quiet, behind-the-scenes pragmatism, Indian-Pakistan relations possess...
October 9, 2017 -
When Indira Gandhi desired jalebee, mathri for breakfast
On a visit to Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh after her re-election in 1980, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi stunned the administration by seeking jalebee and mathri for breakfast. Then District Magistrate Prashanta Kumar Mishra, who later became Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary, says in his just released autobiography that Gandhi visited Mirzapur three or four times during...
September 20, 2017 -
L.K Advani praised my work in ‘Indu Sarkar’: Kirti Kulhari
Actress Kirti Kulhari is happy that veteran BJP leader L.K Advani and his daughter appreciated her work in Madhur Bhandarkar’s Indu Sarkar. They praised her for her portrayal of Indu and how she handled a complex character and story so aptly. Kirti said in a statement: “As an actor, it’s always special to have your...
August 29, 2017 -
Indira showed the world what women were capable of: Bhutan’s Queen Mother
Bhutan’s Queen Mother, Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck, showered praise on late Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at a book launch here on Saturday, referring to her as a woman of great courage who had a charismatic character. Wangchuck said she was personally inspired by Gandhi. Titled “India’s Indira”, the book is a collection of essays...
August 26, 2017 -
Story of Tricolour hoisting from Red Fort on August 15
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday will unfurl the Tricolour and address the nation from the ramparts of Red Fort for the fourth time on the 70th anniversary of Independence Day. The tradition started when India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru hoisted the national flag from the 17th century Mughal monument on August 16, 1947,...
August 14, 2017 -
Focus on personality, not her sarkar
How can a dynasty be faulted for perpetuating itself when the intelligentsia insists on keeping alive its memory, myths and all? The reason for this umpteenth biography of Indira Gandhi is said to be the late Prime Minister’s 100th birth anniversary. Somehow, this justification for writing a 300- page tome on a personality on whom...
August 6, 2017 -
Strains appear in PDP-BJP alliance
The BJP appears hurt with J-K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti praising Indira Gandhi and also threatening that any tinkering with the Article 35A that grants J&K legislature powers to define state’s permanent residents would have adverse repercussions in Jammu and Kashmir. The BJP that shares power in J&K with Mehbooba’s PDP on Saturday reacted strongly...
July 29, 2017 -
Mukherjee remembers ‘mentor’ Indira in farewell speech
Outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday remembered his "mentor", former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as a "towering personality" in his farewell speech to parliamentarians. "My career as a parliamentarian was no doubt mentored by Mrs Indira Gandhi. Her steely determination, clarity of thought and decisive actions made her a towering personality. She never hesitated to...
July 23, 2017 -
Pranab Mukherjee: Leaving the Rashtrapati Bhawan on a plume of nostalgia
The late Indira Gandhi and Pranab Mukherjee shared an unspoken bond – not just metaphorically but literally. The story goes that it was difficult, rather impossible, for any outsider to extract any information he did not want to reveal. “Even Mrs Gandhi would say, 'No matter how hard one tries, they can never get a...
July 23, 2017 -
Sanjay Gandhi’s ‘daughter’ moves HC seeking stay on ‘Indu Sarkar’
A woman claiming to be the biological daughter of Sanjay Gandhi, son of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, has approached the Bombay High Court seeking a stay on filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar's upcoming film 'Indu Sarkar'. Priya Paul filed a petition in the high court yesterday seeking a direction to Bhandarkar to explain what was fiction...
July 22, 2017