Aug 21, 2024, at 06:41 am
Hyderabad/IBNS: Intellectuals from different sections of the Telangana society have written an open letter to Rahul Gandhi expressing their opposition to the Congress government’s decision to install a Rajiv Gandhi statue in front of the Secretariat, a place meant for Telangana Talli.
Jul 11, 2024, at 03:36 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In reaction to the Supreme Court's order that Muslim women are entitled to seek maintenance from their husbands after divorce, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday referred to the controversial Shah Bano case in their attack on the Congress, saying the Rajiv Gandhi government gave primacy to Sharia over the Constitution.
PM Modi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia-Rahul pay tributes to Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary
May 21, 2024, at 06:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tribute to his predecessor Rajiv Gandhi on his 33rd death anniversary.
PM Modi pays tribute to former PM Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary
Aug 20, 2023, at 05:56 pm
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 79th birth anniversary.
Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi pay homage to Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary
May 21, 2023, at 07:03 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Sonia Gandhi paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary at Vir Bhumi here on Sunday.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan slams Rahul Gandhi over India-China statement
Dec 18, 2022, at 03:10 pm
Katni (MP)/IBNS/UNI: Firing a broadside at erstwhile Congress president Rahul Gandhi vis-à-vis his China-related statement, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Saturday that the former ought to turn the pages of history to the situation in 1962 – when China captured Indian territory – and then make comments.
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC directs to release all six convicts
Nov 11, 2022, at 09:32 pm
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed to set free all the six convicts in former Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case.
May 21, 2022, at 06:23 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Paying homage to his late father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 31st death anniversary, Congress top leader Rahul Gandhi called him a visionary leader, whose policies, he claimed, have helped to shape modern India.
Supreme Court orders release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Perarivalan after 31 years
May 18, 2022, at 06:24 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court Wednesday ordered the release of AG Perarivalan, one of the convicts in the case pertaining to the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, after 31 years, media reports said.
Telecommunication has gone beyond our imagination to build the new world: Sam Pitroda
Nov 17, 2021, at 12:17 am
India's computer and IT revolutioner, former advisor to Prime Ministers late Rajiv Gandhi and Dr. Manmohan Singh, Sam Pitroda, was the guest at Ek Mulakat Vishesh organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation (PKF) and Shree Cement. In a conversation with Ehsaas Woman of Delhi Archana Dalmia, Pitroda, who is also associated with India's oldest political party Congress, spoke about his life, technology and more. IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh brings highlights of the conversation
Sanjay Gandhi was warned by brother Rajiv against flying the plane he crashed in: Rahul
Sep 03, 2021, at 01:55 am
New Delhi/UNI: Sanjay Gandhi, the elder son of Indira Gandhi, was warned by Rajiv Gandhi that he should not fly the plane in which he crashed, leading to his death, Rahul Gandhi said in a video on Thursday.
Rajiv Gandhi's name to be removed from national park in Assam's Orang
Sep 02, 2021, at 05:40 am
Guwahati/IBNS: After the Khel Ratna award, now a national park in Assam will no longer be named after former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Narendra Modi pays tribute to Rajiv Gandhi on birth anniversary
Aug 20, 2021, at 03:21 pm
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid tribute to his predecessor Rajiv Gandhi on the latter's birth anniversary.
Modi govt renames Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award after Hockey legend Dhyan Chand
Aug 06, 2021, at 07:15 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, the highest sporting honour in India, has been renamed after legendary Hockey player late Dhyan Chand.
Pranab Mukherjee: A look back at the political life of India's accidental non-Prime Minister
Sep 01, 2020, at 02:25 am
Former President, Bharat Ratna recipient and Congress stalwart Pranab Mukherjee, who has been at the forefront of Indian politics for several decades, passed away at the age of 84 on Monday. India Blooms goes back in the time to know how Mukherjee became a confidante of Indira Gandhi, lost out to Rajiv Gandhi, and returned to a position of power again in Congress before his ascension to Presidency
Floral tributes paid to former PM Rajiv Gandhi on his 76th birth anniversary
Aug 20, 2020, at 05:59 pm
Puducherry/UNI: Floral tributes were paid to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 76th birth anniversary here on Thursday.
Rajiv assassination case: Supreme Court directs TN govt to report back in 2 weeks
Jan 21, 2020, at 06:02 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the Tamil Nadu Government on the issue of pardon of convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
Dec 05, 2019, at 06:16 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Prime Minsiter Manmohan Singh has claimed that the Sikh massacre of 1984 could have been avoided if former Home Minister Narasimha Rao had heeded IK Gujral's advice to call in the army at the earliest, an NDTV report said.
Aug 20, 2019, at 05:21 pm
New Delhi, Aug 20 (UNI) Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said that the country is witnessing unpleasant trends of growing intolerance, communal polarisation and growing incidences of violent crimes over the past few years.
Rajiv Gandhi case: Life convict Nalini moves HC for one-month parole extension
Aug 20, 2019, at 05:16 pm
Chennai, Aug 20 (UNI) S Nalini (52) one of the seven life convicts in the former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, on Tuesday moved the Madras
Rahul Gandhi pays rich tributes to his father Rajiv Gandhi on birth anniversary
Aug 20, 2019, at 09:47 am
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IBNS): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday paid rich tributes to his father late former PM of India Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary.
Narendra Modi remembers Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary
Aug 20, 2019, at 09:08 am
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday remembered former Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary.
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Convict Nalini released from Vellore prison on parole
Jul 25, 2019, at 02:00 pm
Chennai, July 25 (UNI): S Nalini (52), one of the seven life convicts in the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, was on Thursday released on a month's parole to make arrangements for her daughter's wedding.
Uproar by Congress in RS on comment on Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi
Jun 25, 2019, at 10:08 pm
New Delhi, Jun 25 (UNI) The Congress party created uproar in the Upper House on Tuesday over remarks passed by GVL Narasimha Rao of BJP during the discussion on motion of thanks on President Address.
Mamata Banerjee remembers Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary
May 21, 2019, at 05:15 pm
New Delhi, May 21 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday remembered former Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary.
Sonia Gandhi, other Congress leaders pay tributes to Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary
May 21, 2019, at 08:35 am
New Delhi, May 21 (IBNS): UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra paid homage to late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 28th death anniversary on Tuesday.
Complaint filed against PM Modi over his remarks on Rajiv Gandhi
May 17, 2019, at 09:29 pm
New Delhi, May 17 (UNI): Ajay Agrawal, a Delhi-based Supreme Court lawyer, also a petitioner in the Bofors case, has filed a complaint against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for alleged derogatory remarks against the former Premier late Rajiv Gandhi during his address at different public meetings in Uttar Pradesh earlier this month.
India will never forgive murderer Congress: Amit Shah on Sam Pitroda's 1984 anti-Sikh riot remark
May 10, 2019, at 01:00 pm
New Delhi, May 10 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah has slammed Congress leader Sam Pitroda over his 1984 anti-Sikh riot remark saying the country will never forgive murderer Congress.
Your statements show you are cracking under pressure, nervous about results: Rahul
May 09, 2019, at 11:31 pm
New Delhi, May 9 (UNI): A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged that late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi used INS Virat as a 'personal taxi', Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said Modi 's recent statements, interviews and videos were giving India the distinct feeling that he was cracking under pressure.
Modi has become a symbol of 'untruthfulness': Congress
May 09, 2019, at 10:35 pm
New Delhi, May 9 (UNI): After a group of former Indian Navy officers refuted Narendra Modi's charge that former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi had used INS Viraat warship as "personal taxi" for vacations, the Congress on Thursday hit back at him, terming the current Prime Minister as a symbol of falsehood and untruthfulness.