British judge orders Operation Blue Star related files to be made publicJudge Murray Shanks, who presided over a three-day hearing of the First Tier Tribunal, ruled yesterday that a majority of the files relatin...
12 Jun, 2018, 07.29 PM IST
Theresa May to meet Donald Trump next week: ReportMay is likely to hold her talks with the new US President in the Oval Office on Thursday on what is likely to be a two-day visit to Washing...
21 Jan, 2017, 05.23 PM IST
Hunger strikes great for dramatic effect, but rarely bring desired resultUnlike immolation, where the horror is instant, with a hunger strike the protest is prolonged, over agonizing days, weeks, years.
13 Aug, 2016, 06.46 AM IST
Pro-Khalistan leader had predicted Indira's killing: Documents"The Indian authorities have repeatedly complained about statements made in the UK by a Sikh, Dr Jagjit Singh Chauhan, self-styled 'Preside...
21 Jul, 2016, 10.54 PM IST
Donald Trump an outcome of the George W Bush world disorderGeorge W Bush is a product of the chaotic world order left behind by Bush and which Barack Obama failed to contain.
29 May, 2016, 12.47 AM IST
Anti-UK feeling hampered India's purchase of Westland choppersDocuments declassified by the National Archives in London yesterday disclose considerable fear within the Margaret Thatcher Cabinet that In...
20 Feb, 2016, 11.56 AM IST
Lord Swraj Paul was seen as alternative High Commissioner' in 1980s: UK govt documentsLord Swraj Paul, a close confidant of late premier Indira Gandhi, was described as an "alternative Indian High Commissioner in London" in 1...
19 Jul, 2015, 12.01 PM IST
Margaret Thatcher ignored death threats to attend Indira Gandhi's funeral: Newly-declassified docsThatcher, who described the former Indian Prime Minister as a "member of my own family", flew down to New Delhi to attend her funeral on No...
17 Jul, 2015, 10.02 PM IST
Margaret Thatcher wanted to prosecute Sikh who incited Indira Gandhi's killingJagjit Singh Chauhan, the founder of the Khalistan movement, had moved to Britain in 1971 to carry on his campaign for an independent Sikh ...
16 Jul, 2015, 07.24 PM IST
Queen Elizabeth II used to mimic Margaret Thatcher, mock her accent: StudyQueen Elizabeth II used to do impersonations of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, mocked her accent and referred to her as "...
15 Jun, 2015, 09.00 PM IST
- No question of Britain's help in Operation Bluestar: ex-BSF DG
The ex-DG said Indian forces and the Army were capable of undertaking the operation by themselves and it was totally "their" operation.
15 Jan, 2014, 07.11 PM IST
India seeks info from UK govt on claims about Operation BluestarIndia said it has sought information from the UK on the claims Thatcher's govt may have helped Indira Gandhi plan Operation Bluestar in 198...
14 Jan, 2014, 09.17 PM IST
David Cameron orders urgent probe into Margaret Thatcher link to Operation BluestarCameron today ordered an urgent investigation into a decision by Margaret Thatcher's government to send an SAS officer to India in 1984 to ...
14 Jan, 2014, 08.54 PM IST
British PM orders probe into Thatcher link to Operation BluestarSome of the documents have been reproduced claim Thatcher sent SAS officials to advise Mrs Gandhi on the operation.
14 Jan, 2014, 03.02 PM IST
BJP in search of its Margaret Thatcher; Congress aggressively paralysedBoth government and opposition have disappeared, the first replaced by aggressive paralysis, the second by rampant turmoil.
16 Jun, 2013, 11.30 AM IST
Mrs Margaret Thatcher & the political economy of courageCommentators who disliked Margaret Thatcher’s policies would often say she was a “polarising figure”.
09 Apr, 2013, 08.08 AM IST
Mrs Margaret Thatcher gets a biopic, so why not Mrs Sonia Gandhi?The Margaret Thatcher biopic, to be released soon, is in a long Western tradition of intelligent filmic scrutiny of public figures. Can Ind...
25 Dec, 2011, 12.41 AM IST