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Hace 9 horas · The party's current election symbol was used by Indira Gandhi for the first time when she split from the Congress (R) faction following 1977 elections and created the new Congress (I). Based on popular but unconfirmed accounts, an interesting story lies behind how Indira got to choose the symbol.
Hace 8 horas · On June 25, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi imposed a nationwide state emergency which went down as one of the most notorious events in Indian history. The emergency led to the arrests of opposition leaders and the suspension of civil liberties. It was ended in 1977 after widespread protests of different party workers and elections that brought about a change in government.
Hace 20 horas · JUNE 25 marked the anniversary of Indira Gandhi’s 21-month 1975–77 emergency. The 50-year-old event came up for censure in the Lok Sabha speaker and president Draupadi Murmu’s address to the joint sitting of the two houses of the poarliament in the past week. The fuss over the emergency looks clearly designed to frame the resurgent Congress...
Hace 20 horas · The Naxalite–Maoist insurgency is an ongoing conflict between Maoist groups known as Naxalites or Naxals (a group of communists supportive of Maoist political sentiment and ideology) and the Indian government.The influence zone of the Naxalites is called the red corridor, which has been steadily declining in terms of geographical coverage and number of violent incidents, and in 2021 it was ...
The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), operated by a GMR Group-led consortium DIAL has three terminals -- T1, T2 and T3 -- and handles around 1,400 flight movements daily.
Hace 2 horas · Terminal 1 (T1) at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), which was temporarily shut last week after a canopy at the old departure forecourt partially collapsed amid record rain, is likely to reopen only after two to three months, sources said.. A portion of the canopy and several beams collapsed on Friday, killing one person and injuring eight others as Delhi saw the heaviest ...
Hace 4 horas · A wheel of a Lufthansa A380 flight from Munich caught fire during the landing process at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), news agency PTI reported, adding that the plane was carrying around 490 passengers, made a controlled landing at the airport.
