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On today’s (June 18) Mann ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalled the Emergency, calling it “a dark period” in India’s history.“Lakhs of people opposed the Emergency with full might. Supporters of democracy were tortured so much during that time, that even today, it makes the mind tremble,” he ...

Veteran journalist Shekhar Gupta who extensively covered the bloodbath in Punjab in the 1980s – the decade of Khalistani terrorism and interacted frequently with Bhindrawale, recalls the build-up to Operation Blue Star in a piece he wrote in 2018: "By May 1984, it was evident that something catastrophic was going to ...

The Reserve Bank of India will conduct a detailed inquiry into the reported purchase of shares of Escorts by the Swraj Paul companies. On the eve of the controversial meeting of the shareholders of Escorts, it was made known to the Finance Ministry that the government has asked the ...

Pakistan may have nuclear weapons capable of blowing up other countries by the end of this century, according to a secret document of the United States Air Force. The document entitled “Air Force 2000”, was recently circulated within the US Defence Department in an effort to start senior officials ...

Rahul Gandhi, who is leading the over 3,500-km long Kanyakumari to Kashmir "Bharat Jodo Yatra" since September 7, is in the national capital on a nine-day break. Published Date - 09:26 AM, Mon - 26 December 22 Source: PTI. New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Monday paid tribute ...

Initially, India under PM India Gandhi lent economic, military, and diplomatic support to Mukti Bahini. On 3 December 1971, Pakistan launched pre-emptive strikes on 11 Indian Air Force bases. As a result, India formally joined the Bangladesh Liberation War.For the first time, Indian Army, Indian Navy & Indian Air Force fought together. The Indian Navy attacked Karachi port, and blocked reinforcements to East Pakistan. The Indian Army occupied 15,000 Sq ...

https://sputniknews.com/20221119/indian-politicians-of-all-parties-commemorate-first-woman-prime-minister-on-anniversary-of-her-1104419888.htmlIndian Politicians Of All Parties Commemorate First Woman Prime Minister on Anniversary Of Her BirthIndian Politicians Of All Parties Commemorate First Woman Prime Minister on Anniversary Of Her BirthIndia’s first and, to date, only woman Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi was the daughter of the country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday paid tribute to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary. Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, accompanied by party chief Kharge, paid floral tributes to the Iron Lady at Shakti Sthal, the resting place of Indira ...

Indira Gandhi was the only daughter of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and she was born in Allahabad in the year 1917. She was one of the second-longest-serving prime ministers of the country after her father. She was assassinated on 31 October in 1984 by two of her ...

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi paid tribute to his grandmother and former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary. | Twitter/ Congress New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi paid tribute to his grandmother and former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary.He took to ...