Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday withdrew his controversial comments wherein he claimed that former prime minister Indira Gandhi met gangster Karim Lala in Mumbai.
Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena in Mumbai: The respect that I have always shown towards Indira Gandhi, Pandit Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi & the Gandhi family, despite being in opposition, nobody has done it. Whenever people have targeted Indira Gandhi, I have stood up for her.
Senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday claimed that former prime minister Indira Gandhi used to come to meet yesteryear don Karim Lala in Mumbai.
Hitting back at Sonia Gandhi for her remark that the Modi government has "declared war on its own people", Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the Congress president was shedding "crocodile tears" for political gains.
Priyanka Gandhi in a sweet throwback photo has hailed 'Iron Lady' Indira Gandhi as "the bravest woman she has known". Priyanka also invoked William Henley's epic poem 'Invictus' to send a message about 'one's head being bloody but unbowed'.
Salma Sultan had broken into the scene with her regular displays of brilliance on the screen, but there was this one news reportage that established her grace -- Indira Gandhi's assassination in 1984.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, former President Pranab Mukherjee, former Vice President Hamid Ansari, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot were among those who paid floral tributes to the late prime minister at a remembrance ceremony held at Shakti Sthal.
Vidya Balan has agreed to play the role of Indira Gandhi, the first female Prime Minister of India in upcoming web series. According to the reports, Vidya Balan's husband Siddharth Roy Kapur will be producing the web series.
The Shimla Agreement was signed in order to enable good, and neighbourly, relations between India and Pakistan; giving up conflicts and focussing on the establishment of long-lasting friendship, peace and cooperation between them.
Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was the first and only women till now to have presented the Union Budget. In 1970, she presented the Union Budget of India for 1970-71, after she took over the finance portfolio following the resignation of Morarji Desai as finance minister.
The legacy of the Emergency remains controversial -- till date -- and is more often than not referred to as the darkest phase of democracy in India.
For much of the Emergency, most of Gandhi's political opponents were imprisoned and the press was censored. Several other human rights violations were reported from the time.
Lakshminarayanan began his career as an Assistant Superintendent of Police in Madurai and then rose to become the Joint Director of Central Bureau of Investigation.
The incident angered Congress leaders who spilled on to the streets shouting slogans against the district administration and demanding an inquiry into the incident.
"By 1970 she was the undisputed boss of the Congress and I saw the power game being played out before me. She was tough as nails, never backed down from a challenge" Kunwar Natwar Singh talking about Indira Gandhi at an exclusive interview with IANS
The Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor, on Sunday, wrote a letter to the Delhi Commissioner of Police, the Union Home Ministry and the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi demanding withdrawal of the security cover provided to the Chief Minister of national capital.
"The Gujarat model of PM Modi has been unsuccessful in removing the extreme poverty, unemployment and backwardness of the UP's Poorvanchal, which is a gross 'vadaakhilaafi' (non-fulfilment of promise)," Mayawati said.
As India awaits its 17th Lok Sabha, India TV brings to you a rundown of how India has been ruled in 72 years since Independence.
"Thousands of Sikhs were killed mercilessly. The then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi justified it. No one was punished. Manmohan Singh was made (by the Congress) to apologise. What Sam Pitroda has said exposes the Congress' mindset," said BJP president Amit Shah
Eulogising Indira Gandhi, Gadkari on Sunday said that she did not need reservation to prove her mettle and did better than male leaders in the Congress.
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