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Dhesi renews UK House call for Operation Bluestar inquiry
The first demand for an independent inquiry arose a few years ago when it emerged that British military advice was given to Indian forces before Operation Bluestar
Updated on Jan 14, 2025 07:08 AM IST
Press Trust of India, London
Elusive character of Indira Gandhi
After Indira Gandhi, we’ve had other strong rulers. We’ve had many impressively attired prime ministers. So why does Indira Gandhi remain special?
Published on Nov 18, 2023 10:39 PM IST
Trump tie, Thatcher moment: Quirks and surprises from first US election debate
Eight Republican presidential candidates faced off for the first primary debate of the 2024 election cycle Wednesday.
Published on Aug 24, 2023 09:17 AM IST
AFP |
Margaret Thatcher's death anniversary: Remembering UK's ‘Iron lady’
Margaret Thatcher used to emphasise on importance of being an independent thinker and self reliant.
Published on Apr 08, 2023 09:52 AM IST
Johnson clears no trust vote by rebel MPs but challenges remain: 10 points
Criticising Johnson, lawmaker Jesse Norman, a longtime supporter, said the prime minister had “presided over a culture of casual law-breaking” and had left the government “adrift and distracted.”
Updated on Jun 07, 2022 09:34 AM IST
Specatator by Seema Goswami: Royal progress
The latest season of The Crown is more fiction than fact; but great fun nonetheless
Published on Nov 29, 2020 07:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Seema Goswami
The Crown season 4 fact-checked: Did the Balmoral test happen, did Diana and Camilla have lunch?
Many scenes in season four of The Crown seem too unbelievable to be true -- for instance, did Diana and Camilla really have lunch at a restaurant called Ménage à Trois? Here’s a fact-check.
Updated on Nov 19, 2020 05:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Entertainment Desk
The Crown season 4 review: All hail Emma Corrin, scene-stealer as Princess Diana in the finest season of Netflix’s lavish show
The Crown season 4 review: Newcomer Emma Corrin delivers a star-making performance as Princess Diana, in the finest season of Netflix’s most lavish show.
Updated on Nov 13, 2020 06:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rohan Naahar
Biden’s win complicates Brexit matters for UK PM Johnson
Biden had described Johnson as “a physical and emotional clone of Trump”.
Updated on Nov 09, 2020 07:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times, London | Prasun Sonwalkar , edited by Vinod Janardhanan
The Crown season 4 trailer: Diana and Margaret Thatcher challenge Queen Elizabeth II. Watch
The trailer for season four of Netflix’s The Crown introduces Margaret Thatcher and Lady Diana Spencer, as the Queen navigates a changing political and cultural landscape.
Updated on Oct 30, 2020 10:44 AM IST
Asian News International | HT Correspondent
LABOUR LEADERSHIP POLL Front-runner Starmer visits gurdwara in UK
Starmer, who was shadow Brexit secretary in the shadow cabinet of outgoing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, is among three candidates in the fray; the others are Lisa Ray and Rebecca Long-Bailey. The election result will be declared on April 4.
Published on Mar 09, 2020 09:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times, London | Prasun Sonwalkar, London
Shashi Tharoor’s word of the week: Eponym
When a name or a noun is drawn from a famous person
Published on Oct 18, 2019 06:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shashi Tharoor
Brexit-scarred Theresa May steps down, leadership race on
The contest to succeed Theresa May as prime minister will begin on Monday as she stepped down as leader of the Conservative party on Friday, leaving behind a trail of political reverses since she took over from David Cameron in the wake of the 2016 EU referendum.
Updated on Jun 08, 2019 01:53 AM IST
London | Prasun Sonwalkar
Administrative reforms not possible without support from the top
India needs to mainstream the process of administrative reform through a permanent, empowered Good Governance Authority, headed by the Prime Minister himself and serviced by the NITI Aayog or the Department of Administrative Reforms.
Published on Jun 06, 2019 08:51 AM IST
KM Chandrasekhar
Don’t dismiss geek culture’s new cultural totems as consumerism
In the creation of new cultural norms, social media and the viral possibilities it offers now play as big a role as religious institutions once did in establishing festivals
Published on May 03, 2019 06:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
Can 2019 normalise personal lives of women politicians?
I hope it will, and women politicians committing themself to public life does not mean that they give up on their personal life altogether
Updated on Jan 06, 2019 04:41 PM IST
Being left or right is never simple in India, writes Mark Tully
Waiving loans is not a sound economic policy because it goes against the fundamental tenet of banking that money lent will be repaid with interest
Updated on Dec 30, 2018 08:47 AM IST
Mark Tully
When Rajiv’s query helped ‘fade away’ UK panel on Kashmir
Over decades and years, New Delhi has often lodged protests with London against activities of such ‘committees’ that adopt anti-India postures by excluding alternative perspectives; for example, on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir.
Published on Dec 29, 2018 09:18 AM IST
London | Prasun Sonwalkar
When Rajiv Gandhi’s failure to contact Margaret Thatcher during London stopover ‘distressed’ her
A declassified document released by National Archives reveals that Downing Street was “puzzled” by a letter from Congress leader K Natwar Singh seeking to clear a “misunderstanding” about Gandhi’s brief stopover en route to India from Namibia.
Updated on Aug 03, 2018 05:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, London | Prasun Sonwalkar
Thatcher govt tried to ban Sikh protests in UK after Operation Blue Star, declassified documents reveal
The UK government documents reflect a preoccupation with not upsetting the Rajiv Gandhi-led government in order to secure trade deals with India after Operation Blue Star.
Updated on Jul 12, 2018 05:28 PM IST
London | Press Trust of India
Demand for probe into UK’s ‘role’ in Operation Bluestar grows
The issue assumed significance after some papers declassified in January 2014 revealed that the Margaret Thatcher government had extended advice from a special forces officer to the Indira Gandhi government before the operation was launched in June 1984.
Updated on Jun 15, 2018 11:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times, London | Prasun Sonwalkar, London
Has Air India transformed from a Kohinoor into an albatross around the government’s neck?
The solution is to offer all 100% for sale and to do so on simple terms without silly restrictions? Rational as this may seem, will the government act so radically with less than a year left before the next elections? I doubt it
Updated on Jun 09, 2018 04:21 PM IST