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Dhesi renews UK House call for Operation Bluestar inquiry

British Sikh Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (HT File)
Updated on Jan 14, 2025 07:08 AM IST

Elusive character of Indira Gandhi

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Like Caesar, it’s true of Indira Gandhi as well, the good has been interred with her bones and we only remember the worst. (File)
Published on Nov 18, 2023 10:39 PM IST

Trump tie, Thatcher moment: Quirks and surprises from first US election debate

Former biotech executive Vivek Ramaswamy and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley debate each other at the first Republican candidates' debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Published on Aug 24, 2023 09:17 AM IST

Margaret Thatcher's death anniversary: Remembering UK's ‘Iron lady’

File photo of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. 
Published on Apr 08, 2023 09:52 AM IST

Johnson clears no trust vote by rebel MPs but challenges remain: 10 points

Britain's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures after giving a speech outside 10 Downing Street in London.
Updated on Jun 07, 2022 09:34 AM IST

Specatator by Seema Goswami: Royal progress

The sensitive Prince Charles of Season Three becomes a self-pitying figure consumed with jealousy of his young wife, Lady Diana in Season Four  of The Crown
Published on Nov 29, 2020 07:13 AM IST

The Crown season 4 fact-checked: Did the Balmoral test happen, did Diana and Camilla have lunch?

Emma Corrin and Josh O’Connor play Princess Diana and Prince Charles in season four of The Crown.
Updated on Nov 19, 2020 05:21 PM IST

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: Emma Corrin as Princess Diana in a still from the Netflix show.
Updated on Nov 13, 2020 06:07 PM IST

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

The Crown season 4 trailer: Diana and Margaret Thatcher challenge Queen Elizabeth II. Watch

Olivia Colman in a still from The Crown season 4 trailer.
Updated on Oct 30, 2020 10:44 AM IST

Shashi Tharoor’s word of the week: Eponym

Published on Oct 18, 2019 06:35 PM IST

Brexit-scarred Theresa May steps down, leadership race on

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to the media outside 10 Downing Street, in central London.
Updated on Jun 08, 2019 01:53 AM IST

Administrative reforms not possible without support from the top

Various attempts have been made over the years to reform administration. Two Administrative Reforms Commissions have made hundreds of recommendations. A number of committees, task forces and the like have made their own contributions.There have been experiments,too, most of which have flourished over short periods of time and then faded away
Published on Jun 06, 2019 08:51 AM IST

Don’t dismiss geek culture’s new cultural totems as consumerism

A fan dressed as Chewbacca in Sydney, Australia, as part of Star Wars' Force Friday celebration
Published on May 03, 2019 06:17 PM IST

Can 2019 normalise personal lives of women politicians?

It is almost as though a woman politician in India is not permitted to have a normal family life or indeed interests other than her profession. Do we know, barring a very few, what interests our women politicians have?
Updated on Jan 06, 2019 04:41 PM IST

Being left or right is never simple in India, writes Mark Tully

More than 5000 farmers gathered in Maharashtra to put forth their demand for loan waivers and draught compensation, November 21.
Updated on Dec 30, 2018 08:47 AM IST

When Rajiv’s query helped ‘fade away’ UK panel on Kashmir

A ‘Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir’ in London was made to “fade away” after former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi raised concern over its formation.
Published on Dec 29, 2018 09:18 AM IST

When Rajiv Gandhi’s failure to contact Margaret Thatcher during London stopover ‘distressed’ her

Late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi with his wife, Sonia Gandhi, and former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
Updated on Aug 03, 2018 05:54 PM IST

Thatcher govt tried to ban Sikh protests in UK after Operation Blue Star, declassified documents reveal

People shout pro-Khalistan slogans at a demonstration marking the 34th anniversary of the Operation Blue Star, at Golden Temple in Amritsar.
Updated on Jul 12, 2018 05:28 PM IST

Demand for probe into UK’s ‘role’ in Operation Bluestar grows

On June 6, 1984, over 1,000 lives were claimed during Operation Bluestar, the raid on Sikh’s holiest shrine Golden Temple to cow down extremists led by Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale.
Updated on Jun 15, 2018 11:55 AM IST

Has Air India transformed from a Kohinoor into an albatross around the government’s neck?

With 11,214 permanent employees Air India is said to be the most overstaffed airline in the world
Updated on Jun 09, 2018 04:21 PM IST