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‘Sarfira’: Ashok Gehlot slams Mani Shankar Aiyar for Rajiv Gandhi remark
Ashok Gehlot said with his remark, Aiyar showed the height of frustration.
Published on Mar 06, 2025 08:20 PM IST
Bofors case back under the spotlight after four decades. The story so far...
A new book BoforsGate claims senior Indian bureaucrats “tutored” Bofors officials on “how to absolve then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi of all blame"
Published on Mar 06, 2025 06:14 AM IST
Bofors kickbacks scandal revisited
The ₹64 cr Bofors bribery scandal is back in the news because of Chitra Subramaniam’s new book BoforsGate and CBI’s judicial request to the US for information
Published on Mar 05, 2025 12:54 PM IST
CBI sends judicial request to US for fresh info on Bofors scandal
Private investigator Michael Hershman in 2017 expressed willingness to share fresh information about the alleged ₹64-crore Bofors bribery scandal of the 1980s
Updated on Mar 05, 2025 10:12 AM IST
Madras HC dismisses Seeman’s plea against appearing in court in 2019 hate speech case
Seeman had moved court seeking his discharge from the case currently in a court in Vikravandi and sought exemption from appearing in person.
Published on Feb 07, 2025 08:10 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chennai
Review: ‘A Maverick in Politics’ by Mani Shankar Aiyar
The last volume of Mani Shankar Aiyar’s autobiographical trilogy, that looks at the period from 1991 to 2024, presents a candid account of the various stages of his political life
Published on Jan 31, 2025 10:23 PM IST
Vinod C Khanna
The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: Behind the scenes with India’s most humble PM
The unseen journey of Manmohan Singh from an economist at RBI to the reformer PM who changed India forever, reshaped India’s economy—and paid the price for it.
Updated on Dec 27, 2024 05:06 PM IST
Vir Sanghvi, New Delhi
‘Notification doesn’t exist’: HC closes plea against ban on The Satanic Verses
The book was banned in 1988 by the Congress government claiming that it could give rise to law and order problems.
Updated on Nov 07, 2024 08:07 PM IST
'Mother Teresa came to my house...': Priyanka Gandhi shares heartwarming story
Priyanka Gandhi said she had worked with Mother Teresa's organisation after getting inspired by her.
Updated on Oct 28, 2024 04:46 PM IST
Not allowed to meet PM, peeved Kashi Congmen hand over memorandum to admn
Congress city unit president Raghavendra Chaubey said the party delegation sought permission from the local administration to meet PM Modi to apprise him of five issues. But the administration forcefully and unethically stopped the partymen at Congress Party office in Maidagin. The Congressmen opposed this action and later placed a garland a garland on the statue of former Prime Minister late Rajiv Gandhi at Maidagin intersection .
Updated on Oct 21, 2024 08:02 AM IST
Chhattisgarh renames 2 Rajiv Gandhi schemes after Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay
The Chhattisgarh government has named the two urban administration schemes after Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay, the ideologue of the BJP’s forerunner Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Published on Oct 02, 2024 05:47 PM IST
Revanth unveils Rajiv Gandhi’s statue, BRS protests
BRS has termed the installation of Rajiv Gandhi statues as an insult to the self-respect of Telangana and called for state-wide protests on Tuesday
Updated on Sep 17, 2024 07:34 AM IST
Srinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad
Sam Pitroda's take on how Rahul Gandhi compares with father Rajiv: ‘Strategist’
Gandhi family confidant Sam Pitroda said that Rahul Gandhi is more intellectual and strategist than his father, former PM Rajiv Gandhi.
Published on Sep 04, 2024 09:24 PM IST
BJP a poison, needs to be removed: Kharge
In a veiled attack on the BJP, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday termed the party as “poison” and said that one cannot afford to taste it; it needs to be removed completely. The attack was launched at a party event organised to celebrate the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi
Updated on Aug 21, 2024 08:46 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to former PM Rajiv Gandhi: ‘Father, your dreams…’
Rahul Gandhi, along with Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, paid homage to Rajiv Gandhi at Veer Bhumi.
Published on May 21, 2024 12:53 PM IST
HT News Desk | Written by Lingamgunta Nirmitha Rao
National Anti-Terrorism Day 2024 on May 21; history and signicance of the day
National Anti-Terrorism Day is celebrated in India on May 21 every year to commemorate death anniversary of former Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi.
Published on May 20, 2024 10:13 AM IST
Parmita Uniyal, New Delhi
Priyanka calls upon Amethi to bring back Rajiv Gandhi’s politics
Priyanka Gandhi said her father Rajiv Gandhi had come to the Amethi constituency in 1981 following the death of his younger brother (Sanjay Gandhi).
Updated on May 14, 2024 08:24 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Amethi
‘Brought back father Rajiv Gandhi in pieces…’: Priyanka Gandhi at Gujarat rally
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “targeting” opposition leaders.
Updated on Apr 28, 2024 07:19 AM IST
Modi says Rajiv Gandhi abolished inheritance tax to avoid paying it
Congress leader KK Mishra called Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s inheritance tax claim about Rajiv Gandhi a lie and added the party has no plans to implement it
Published on Apr 25, 2024 04:47 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi says Rajiv Gandhi scrapped inheritance law to save tax
Narendra Modi claimed that the Congress wants to confiscate people's jewellery
Updated on Apr 25, 2024 01:44 PM IST
Review: The Rajiv I Knew by Mani Shankar Aiyar
Mani Shankar Aiyar worked constructively with Rajiv Gandhi over a long period. Consequently, his book reveals several sides to the former prime minister
Published on Apr 19, 2024 09:53 PM IST
Chinmaya R Gharekhan
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: India deports three ex-convicts to Sri Lanka
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: In India, Murugan, Jayakumar and Robert were staying at the Trichy refugee camp.
Published on Apr 03, 2024 06:08 PM IST
How Rajiv and Benazir shaped nuclear restraint
A 1988 Agreement binds India and Pakistan to refrain from causing the destruction of, or damage to, any nuclear installation or facility in the other country
Published on Mar 19, 2024 09:50 PM IST
Rajiv Gandhi assassination: Released convict Santhan dies in hospital
Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Santhan suffered a cardiac arrest. He was diagnosed with cryptogenic cirrhosis.
Updated on Feb 28, 2024 10:06 AM IST
Lord Rama symbol of everyone’s faith, says Hooda as Ayodhya temple inaugurated
Addressing bar association members in Rohtak, Hooda said there was Congress government when the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi opened the doors of Ram temple
Updated on Jan 23, 2024 01:53 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Rohtak
Cong, not Rajiv, responsible for unlocking of Babri Masjid gates, Arun Nehru behind it: Aiyar
Cong, not Rajiv, responsible for unlocking of Babri Masjid gates, Arun Nehru behind it: Aiyar
Published on Jan 20, 2024 10:17 AM IST
PTI |
On Ram temple consecration, Sharad Pawar invokes Rajiv Gandhi. What he said?
The Ayodhya Ram temple's ‘pran pratishtha’ ceremony will take place on January 22.
Updated on Jan 16, 2024 10:11 PM IST
Sam Pitroda says Rajiv Gandhi's palm bled after shaking hands with 5,000 people
Sam Pitroda said Rajiv Gandhi too was very fond of meeting people even after he became the prime minister and once his palms were bleeding from shaking hands.
Updated on Jan 10, 2024 03:35 PM IST
Rajiv Gandhi had taken steps to open the Ram temple , BJP people are liars:Karnataka Minister
Karnataka Minister and Congress leader Ramalinga Reddy on Sunday targeted the BJP for taking credit for the Ram temple, saying "Rajiv Gandhi when he was prime minister, had taken steps to open the Ram temple."
Published on Jan 08, 2024 06:56 AM IST
ANI |
Ram temple inauguration in Ayodhya is a political event: Cong MLC BK Hariprasad
BJP leader Eshwarappa condemns Hariprasad's statements, says Lord Ram will safeguard visitors
Published on Jan 03, 2024 06:01 PM IST