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Amid the BJP’s attempts to reignite the decades-old Katchatheevu issue ahead of the general elections, former Sri Lankan envoy to India Austin Fernando said the party may have invoked a “vote-puller” but it would be difficult for the Indian government to step back after the elections, which is a ...

Last Updated: April 02, 2024, 16:19 ISTThen foreign secretary had briefed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi (right) in 1974 about the in the Indira Gandhi government's compulsions to settle the matter. (File)India did not want to take the case to the International Court of Justice and was worried ...

Prime Minister Indira Gandhi said in Jagdishpur that the opposition parties were collaborating with disruptive, divisive and separatist forces. She cautioned countrymen against their “nefarious” designs. Mrs Gandhi said that the growing communalism, sectarianism, casteism and mounting atrocities on Harijans and women were part of a conspiracy to weaken ...

West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Sunday compared the arrests being made by federal agencies in her state with those made by the Congress government during the Emergency in the 1970’s and said that then prime minister Indira Gandhi had lost the election ...

In the meanwhile, the unrelenting military crackdown in East Pakistan was well underway. Faced with the extraordinary brutality of the Pakistan Army close to 10 million East Pakistanis fled to various parts of India’s northeast and especially the state of West Bengal. Confronted with this unprecedented refugee burden Prime ...

If she were alive today she would be 106 years old. It’s odd I should recall Indira Gandhi because the truth is over the four decades since her assassination, she’s faded from memory. Of course, that’s not true of the enormous crowds that visit her memorial in Safdarjung Road. ...

In a couple of days, it will be Indira Gandhi’s birth anniversary — she was born on November 19, 1917 — and though it’s not a milestone birthday, it is as good a time as any to remember the former prime minister, more so since the many recent OTT ...

https://sputnikglobe.com/20230928/us-canada-seek-to-destabilize-india-through-khalistan-separatist-movement-1113771194.htmlUS, Canada Seek to ‘Destabilize’ India Through Khalistan Separatist MovementUS, Canada Seek to ‘Destabilize’ India Through Khalistan Separatist MovementThe Biden administration is fueling the ongoing Indian-Canada diplomatic crisis as part of longstanding effort to undermine New Delhi’s internal stability, Indian geopolitical analyst Abhijit Chavda told Sputnik's New Rules podcast.2023-09-28T16:08+00002023-09-28T16:08+00002023-09-28T16:27+0000usanalysisamericansjoe ...

One of India’s earliest abstractionists and pioneer of calligraphic modernism in India, Shanti Dave is known for his persistent exploration of the alphabet. Winner of Lalit Kala Akademi’s prestigious National Award for three consecutive years in the ’50s, he also completed several commissions for Air India offices across the ...

Today marks the 120th birth anniversary of Kumaraswami Kamaraj, freedom fighter and politician, known as much for his simplicity and personal integrity as for his astute political mind.As the president of the Indian National Congress, Kamaraj steered the party during testing times post the death of Jawaharlal Nehru. While ...