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Not Manmohan Singh, I was 'Accidental Prime Minister': Deve Gowda
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 1 (ANI): JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda on Tuesday said that he was the "accidental prime minister" and not former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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Anupam Kher cites freedom of expression to defend 'Accidental PM' movie as
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 28 (ANI): Anupam Kher, the lead actor in the upcoming movie 'The Accidental Prime Minister', on Friday cited freedom of expression to defend the film based on former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, even as a controversy raged because of the Congress' objecti
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Rajiv Gandhi's name blackened yet again
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (India), Dec 27, (ANI): Unidentified men defaced the name of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on a college signboard on Thursday, police said.
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Congress, AAP leaders indulge in Twitter war over alliance
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 27 (ANI): The controversial resolution recently passed in Delhi assembly, seeking to strip former Prime Minister late Rajiv Gandhi of Bharat Ratna award might have jeopardized the possibility of an alliance between Congress and AAP, former Union Minister Ajay Maken has
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Least bothered about not being invited for Bogibeel Bridge inauguration: H
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Dec 26 (ANI): Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda said on Wednesday that he was least bothered about not being invited for the inauguration of India's longest rail-road Bogibeel Bridge in Assam, the foundation stone of which was laid by him in 1997.
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Sikh protestors deface Rajiv Chowk signboard in Connaught Place area
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 26 (ANI): A group of Sikh protestors on Wednesday defaced Rajiv Chowk signboard here in Connaught Place area while raising slogans against former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
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One held for vandalising Rajiv Gandhi's statue in Ludhiana
Updated : 7 years, 6 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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SAD demands Rajiv Gandhi's Bharat Ratna to be revoked
Updated : 7 years, 6 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, 6 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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Rajiv Gandhi not mentioned in resolution: AAP's Jarnail Singh
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 22 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Jarnail Singh on Saturday clarified that he had not mentioned former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's name in connection with the latter's alleged involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, but took his name as part of his own o
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Ajay Maken slams AAP over resolution to revoke Rajiv Gandhi's Bharat Ratna
Updated : 7 years, 6 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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Delhi Assembly passes resolution demanding withdrawal of Bharat Ratna to R
Updated : 7 years, 6 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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