NEW DELHI: The Bhopal Gas Tragedy of 1984 remains one of the most devastating industrial disasters in history. On the night of December 2-3, 1984, a lethal gas leak occurred at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas escaped from the plant and exposed over 500,000 people to […]
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, and MP Rahul Gandhi paid homage to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 33rd death anniversary at Veer Bhumi.
India observes National Anti-Terrorism Day on May 21 every year to commemorate the death of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
The BJP on Monday demanded the formation of a Truth Commission to disentangle the truth of the 1984 anti-Sikh massacre and probe the role of “high and mighty” in the horrific incident that still continues to haunt us. A demand for immediate declassification of documents related to the period leading up to the 1984 Operation […]
In a bizarre incident in Dudu, about 60 km from Rajasthan’s capital city of Jaipur, Babulal Nagar, an advisor to Chief minister Ashok Gehlot, asked the Congress supporters to raise only two slogans – Rajiv Gandhi Amar Rahein and Ashok Gehlot Zindabad. The former Congressman, who was expelled from the party, allegedly threatened that those […]
At the ambitious launch of its 3,500km Bharat Jodo Yatra on Wednesday, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (Sangh) for dividing India on the lines of religion and language. “This country cannot be divided. This country will always remain united,” the Gandhi scion said at a […]
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioning the indigenously designed and built INS Vikrant (02), India joined the select group of countries capable of building an aircraft carrier on Friday. In his speech during the ceremony, the Prime Minister spoke about India’s immense talent and its potential to build and launch such large vessels. The ceremony […]
Ghulam Nabi Azad's resignation from the party's primary membership and his stinging no holds barred letter to Congress' interim president, Sonia Gandhi, have posed difficult questions to the party leadership.