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One held for vandalising Rajiv Gandhi's statue in Ludhiana
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Dec 25 (ANI): One person was arrested in the case of vandalising the statue of former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna recipient Rajiv Gandhi here on Tuesday. He has been identified as Gurdeep Singh Gosha.
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Rajiv Gandhi responsible for Sikh genocide: AAP leader
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 22 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Jarnail Singh on Saturday said that late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was responsible for Sikh Genocide in 1984.
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SAD demands Rajiv Gandhi's Bharat Ratna to be revoked
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Dec 22 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday demanded a special sitting of the Vidhan Sabha to pass a resolution demanding withdrawal of the Bharat Ratna conferred on former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
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AAP hit by storm over Delhi Assembly resolution
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 22 (ANI): The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has been hit by a major controversy over its resolution adopted by the Delhi Assembly considering allegations that it contained a demand for stripping former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi of his Bharat Ratna because of the 19
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AAP not against Rajiv Gandhi's Bharat Ratna: Manish Sisodia
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 22 (ANI): A day after the Delhi Legislative Assembly passed a resolution to revoke Bharat Ratna conferred to late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi over 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia clarified that it was not the stand of the Aam Aadmi
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Ajay Maken slams AAP over resolution to revoke Rajiv Gandhi's Bharat Ratna
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 22 (ANI): Congress Delhi Chief Ajay Maken on Friday slammed AAP for tabling a resolution seeking to strip off of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi of Bharat Ratna.
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AAP seeks Alka Lamba's resignation after differences over resolution to re
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 22 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government on Friday sought MLA Alka Lamba's resignation after she denied support to a resolution in the Assembly that called for revoking late PM Rajiv Gandhi's Bharat Ratna over the 1984 riots.
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Delhi Assembly passes resolution demanding withdrawal of Bharat Ratna to R
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 21 (ANI): The Delhi Legislative Assembly on Friday passed a resolution demanding that the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna awarded to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi be withdrawn over 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
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PM Modi to release commemorative coin to honour Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release a commemorative coin on December 24 in honour of former prime minister and Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee's life-size portrait to be unveiled in Parliament's C
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 18 (ANI): A life-size portrait of former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna will be installed in the Central Hall of Parliament during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, sources told ANI.
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Rajya Sabha pays homage to Vajpayee, calls him epitome of 'politics of gra
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha (RS) on Tuesday paid homage to former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee and called him the epitome of 'politics of grace.' RS chairman and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu read out the obituary, describing Vajpayee as the "e
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Cong should've given Bharat Ratna to Vajpayee: Farooq Abdullah
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 27 (ANI): Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Monday hit out at the Congress party for not conferring former prime minister Atal Bihar Vajpayee with the Bharat Ratna.
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