On the fateful morning, the then prime minister was shot at by her two Sikh bodyguards in revenge for Operation Bluestar, when the army had stormed the Golden Temple under orders from Gandhi. Bhargava, 54 at the time, recalls the decision to take Gandhi to the operating theatre even though there was no pulse.
The US consulate in Mumbai has granted visas to the family members of Indian student Neelam Shinde, who suffered serious injuries in a road accident in California and is undergoing treatment. Shinde, who hails from Satara in Maharashtra and is studying in the United States, is still in a coma at a hospital in San Francisco, but her condition has slightly improved. The Ministry of External Affairs had taken up the family's request for an urgent visa with the US authorities.
Vice President V V Giri's resignation in 1969 triggered political upheavals that saw the ruling party defy its own presidential nominee, the expulsion of a sitting prime minister by her party president, and a historic split in the Indian National Congress, recounts Utkarsh Mishra.
Neelam Shinde from Maharashtra's Satara was critically injured in the accident on February 14 and has been in a coma at a hospital since then.
Celebrities are already cooling off in style.
Pahalwan, who won the recent assembly polls from Najafgarh defeating AAP's Tarun Kumar by over 29,000 votes, claimed on the floor of Delhi Assembly that the renaming effort has been in the works for a long time.
Bollywood stars got nostalgic on Mother's Day and shared childhood pictures with their moms.
Neelam Kothari and her husband Samir Soni enjoyed a beautiful weekend in Kashmir, taking in the Gulmarg Winter festival, organised by the Indian Army to promote tourism in the valley.
The court passed the order after noting the consent of the accused, excluding Neelam Azad, to conduct their polygraph test.
While Aamir Khan enjoyed a quiet Eid with his family, Salman Khan preferred to party at his sister Arpita Khan's Eid bash.
Priyanka Chopra's brother Siddharth Chopra's wedding festivities ended with a grand reception over the weekend.
Stars dazzle on the green carpet at the 25th IIFAs in Jaipur.
'Jitni umar likhi hai, utni likhi hai. Bas yahin hai.'
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has expelled a local leader and his son after they were named in a dowry harassment and abetment to suicide case in Pune, India. The victim, Vaishnavi, allegedly hanged herself on May 16 after facing harassment from her in-laws for dowry. The police have arrested her husband, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law, while the father-in-law and brother-in-law are absconding. The case has garnered attention due to the involvement of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who attended the couple's wedding and gifted them an SUV.
Siddharth Chopra's wedding is in full swing, and his didi Priyanka Chopra is keeping the party alive with beautiful pictures from the celebrations.
After the Christian wedding in Goa, Aadar Jain and Alekha Advani got married in a Hindu ceremony in Mumbai on Friday.
Priyanka Chopra is in shaadi-mode, as her younger brother Siddharth gets married to Neelam Upadhyaya in Mumbai.
Film folk stepped out to watch debutants Rasha Thadani and Aaman Devgn's new film, Azaad, which releases on January 17.
Anil Kapoor's wife Sunita Kapoor hosted her annual Karva Chauth party for her friends, and the ladies in well, mostly red, made striking images on social media.
The Congress's second AICC session in Gujarat post-Independence is being held on the 100th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's party presidency and the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Anyone with self-respect would have quit, Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar supremo Sharad Pawar said on Monday amid demands that Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde resign after his close aide was held in a case that has made national headlines.
Film folk celebrated Mahashivratri on Wednesday by visiting temples and performing pooja, and posting pictures online.
Priyanka Chopra looked wow when she attended the wedding celebrations of her brother, Siddharth Chopra, over the weekend in Mumbai.
'Reena stayed in the next building. We fell in love but had to meet secretly because her parents didn't approve of me.' 'I would always be afraid that her parents would get her married off to somebody else.'
Clad in gold, the ever youthful star looked glamorous as always.
He succeeded Fakruddin Ali Ahmed after his death in 1977.
Quite a few ladies attended Sunita and Anil Kapoor's Karva Chauth's party at their home.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, was the third American leader to visit India during which a village in Haryana was named Carterpuri in his honour.
Arjun Tendulkar achieved a feat that even his illustrious father couldn't: A first class century and a five-wicket haul.
Bring me the mundane lives of the working class next. At least, it won't be as embarrassing as this, asserts Mayur Sanap.
The Sena (UBT) chief and his MLA son Aaditya Thackeray on Tuesday met with Fadnavis and assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar at Vidhan Bhavan premises in Nagpur. Aaditya said they extended good wishes to the two and talked about taking a step towards showing political maturity and working together in the interest of the people.
The fun never ends in Priyanka Chopra's home!
The chargesheet, spread over 1,000 pages, was filed before the Patiala House Court in June and the court took its cognisance last month. A supplementary was filed in July.
There is an utter pretentiousness to this world and the supposed hip lives of its characters, which makes it plain awkward to watch, complains Mayur Sanap.
Wing Commander Raveendran and flight steward Sargeant Iyer, though shaken and injured, managed to open the rear door of the aircraft and shouted for Prime Minister Morarji Desai and the passengers in the forward cabin to exit in haste since they suspected that fire would engulf the aircraft.
Nine people were killed in the attack on the vehicle that was carrying pilgrims from the Shiv Khori temple to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Katra. The 53-seater bus veered off the road due to indiscriminate firing by the terrorists and fell into the gorge near Teryath village in the Poni.
Actor Mamta Kulkarni has renounced the worldly life at the Maha Kumbh and will be consecrated as a Hindu nun under the Kinnar Akhara. She performed her own 'Pind Daan' and will be consecrated as 'mahamandaleshwar'.
Film folk showed off their stunning fashion sense when they attended a star-studded Saudi tourism event in Mumbai.
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