Lal Bahadur Shastri: News

Kangana's 'country don't have fathers' remark sparks row

Actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut has once again found herself in the midst of controversy.

29 Jan 2021

Indira Gandhi

Kangana Ranaut set to play former PM Indira Gandhi

Actor Kangana Ranaut is all set to play the role of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in an upcoming political drama to be directed by Sai Kabir.

11 Jan 2021

Boris Johnson

No foreign leader as R-Day chief guest this year: Report

India will reportedly not have a chief guest for the Republic Day celebrations this year.

22 Dec 2020

Narendra Modi

PM Modi attends AMU's centenary celebrations, calls university 'mini India'

In his speech during the centenary celebrations of the Aligarh Muslim University, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called the varsity a mini India.

21 Dec 2020

Vivek Oberoi

Mithun Chakraborty collapses on film set due to food poisoning

Actor Mithun Chakraborty on Saturday collapsed on the sets of a movie after suffering from food poisoning.

18 Dec 2020

Narendra Modi

AMU: Students oppose invitation extended to Modi as Chief Guest

The Aligarh Muslim University has turned 100 years old and to mark the occasion, an invitation was sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who accepted it. This development, however, has sparked a tug of war between teachers and students.

06 Jul 2019

Narendra Modi

In Varanasi, PM Modi to launch BJP's membership drive

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit his parliamentary constituency, Varanasi, on Saturday to launch BJP's nationwide membership drive.

28 Apr 2019

Narendra Modi

Unnao: Priyanka shown black flags by Hindu Yuva Vahini workers

On Saturday, Congress' star-campaigner Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was shown black flags by the workers of the Hindu Yuva Vahini, during her roadshow in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh.

28 Mar 2019

India

13 catchy slogans which shaped India's politics over the years

As India readies itself for anticipated general elections, parties have turned to the age-old phenomenon of coining slogans to take on their competitors.

12 Mar 2019

Road Accidents

Family of woman, burnt in car, claims husband murdered her

The family of a 34-year-old woman, who was charred to death in a car on Sunday night, has alleged that her husband murdered her.

10 Feb 2019

Ashok Kumar

When Lal Bahadur Shastri asked 'who is Meena Kumari'!

At a function in a Mumbai film studio where Pakeezah was being shot, the then Home Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri failed to recognize Meena Kumari when she garlanded him and asked journalist Kuldip Nayar sitting near him who the woman was.

17 Nov 2018

Narendra Modi

Chidambaram responds to Modi's statement of a non-Gandhi Congress President

Former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader, P Chidambaram, hit back today at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for targeting the Congress, reminding him of the party's legacy by listing out the names of its Presidents from outside the Nehru-Gandhi family.

02 Oct 2018

Minimum Support Price

#KisanKrantiMarch: What are our farmers demanding?

Thousands of farmers today marched towards Delhi over demands ranging from farm loan waivers to cut in fuel prices.

17 Aug 2018

India

Why Atal ji cried just before becoming PM: Watch video

A poet, a politician, a statesman and an orator. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was all this, and also had an emotional core.

05 Aug 2018

India

Uzbekistan: Swaraj pays floral tributes at Lal Bahadur Shastri memorial

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj paid floral tributes at the bust of India's second Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri at his memorial in the Uzbek capital.

27 Jul 2018

Global Hunger Index

Delhi sisters who starved to death lived in car-sized windowless-room

Days after three little sisters living in a Delhi shanty died of starvation, disturbing details continue to tumble out.

13 May 2018

Uzbekistan

Where are Shastri death-related Raj Narain Committee records, asks CIC

Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Prime Minister's Office and Ministries of External Affairs and Home to make public the records of Raj Narain Committee, constituted in 1977 to look into the then PM Lal Bahadur Shastri's mysterious death on January 11, 1966, in Uzbekistan's Tashkent.

BHU: 3 injured in clashes between 2 groups of students

At least three Banaras Hindu University students were injured after two groups from Birla and Lal Bahadur Shastri hostel clashed against each other during which stones and petrol bombs were also hurled.

14 Mar 2018

Ghaziabad

Four dead after consuming illicit liquor in Ghaziabad

Four persons have died after consuming illicit liquor in Shankar Vihar colony in Ghaziabad.

25 Jul 2017

Padma Vibhushan

Notable Indian scientist, academician Yash Pal dies at 90

Just a day after eminent scientist UR Rao passed away, another renowned scientist Yash Pal, who was popular for explaining scientific concepts in layman's language, died this Tuesday.