Describing late Congress leader Jagjivan Ram's life as a "modern epic", Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal has said he fought battles on his own merit and helped others overcome challenges.
Sharing an anecdote during an event where Shinde was felicitated, Pawar said the former left his job in his insistence to enter politics.
"He was instrumental in the creation of the 'Joint Command' of Bangladesh and Indian Forces for the final assault which led to victory," read the citation conferred on Jagjivan Ram, who was India's defence minister during the 1971 war.
Union Cabinet committee on accommodation has allotted 6 Krishna Menon Marg -- the prestigious type 8 bungalow -- to the Jagjivan Ram Foundation.
A 22-year-old man has been arrested in Jahangir Puri, Delhi, for stabbing a 32-year-old man who intervened in a fight between the accused and the victim's younger brother.
Delhi Police have apprehended four juveniles in connection with the stabbing death of a 17-year-old boy in the Mahindra Park area. The victim was attacked on Tuesday night and succumbed to his injuries in hospital. The investigation is ongoing to determine the motive.
An unidentified man was found dead inside a locked women's washroom at Inderlok Metro Station in northwest Delhi. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding his death.
Delhi Police have arrested a man and his two sons for their alleged involvement in the murder of a 17-year-old boy in Jahangirpuri, northwest Delhi. The accused, wanted in connection with the April 5 stabbing of Hasmat, were apprehended in Loni, Uttar Pradesh.
A 17-year-old boy was allegedly stabbed to death by a group of assailants in the Mahindra Park area of northwest Delhi on Monday night, police said on Tuesday. Police suspect personal enmity as the motive behind the attack.
A 32-year-old woman was stabbed to death and her husband seriously injured in an attack by unidentified assailants in Delhi's Adarsh Nagar area.
A youth was seriously injured in a stabbing attack in Delhi's Bhalswa Dairy area, leading to the apprehension of three juveniles. The attack stemmed from a previous dispute between the victim and the assailants.
Two men were killed in a motorcycle accident near Majlis Park Metro station in Delhi. Police are investigating if a third person was also on the bike.
An 18-year-old was allegedly stabbed to death in Jahangirpuri, Delhi, due to a dispute stemming from his brother's relationship with the wife of one of the accused.
'It is disappointing that a craft, which is protected by the Geographical Indication Tag, Polo Ralph Lauren has turned it into a cheap wrap skirt, that too, printed.'
An 18-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death in northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri by four people over his elder brother's 'friendship' with one of the accused's wife, police said.
A 34-year-old man died in police custody in Delhi after being detained for questioning. Police have launched an inquiry and preliminary reports suggest dehydration as a possible cause of death.
Delhi Police have arrested five juveniles in connection with an attempted murder case in Jahangirpuri, where a man was stabbed multiple times following a prior altercation.
A fish vendor in Delhi foiled a robbery attempt on his handcart, leading to a scuffle and the arrest of one suspect and apprehension of a juvenile.
Delhi Police have arrested a man and apprehended a juvenile in connection with the murder of an 18-year-old in Jahangirpuri, following a violent clash between rival groups.
A Delhi excise department constable and his driver were allegedly kidnapped, thrashed, and threatened at gunpoint by a group of unidentified men while investigating illegal liquor activities.
Prada's Kolhapuri chappals will debut globally in February across 40 Prada stores and on the brand's e-commerce platform.
Aditaynath alleged that the Congress, RJD and SP were "embracing" criminals in Bihar and allowing infiltrators to compromise with the state's security.
Senior BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Choubey has expressed his desire to see Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as the Deputy Prime Minister. However, the JD(U) and the RJD have dismissed Choubey's remarks as inconsequential, with the JD(U) pointing to Amit Shah's recent statement that Nitish Kumar is the coalition's leader for the upcoming assembly polls. The RJD has also ridiculed Choubey's statement, stating that the BJP is looking to get rid of Nitish Kumar and that Tejashwi Yadav will be the next Chief Minister of Bihar.
'We have 38 Dalits who are MLAs and ministers. But that does not mean the Dalits of Bihar are prospering.'
In seniority in the BJP leadership team, V K Malhotra, who passed into the ages this week, was next only to Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L K Advani and Nanaji Deshmukh, notes Sudhir Bisht.
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.
The BSP leader won the Bijnor Lok Sabha seat in 1989, her first electoral triumph.
Both NDA and INDIA are racing to woo marginalised groups with Assembly polls fast approaching.
'The ceaseless process of privatisation is shrinking the space of reservation.' 'Where will reservation go if you keep privatising?'
'JP opened up about all the betrayals, the betrayal of the Jan Sangh and the RSS, how they ganged up with Sanjay Gandhi and pulled down the Morarji Desai government, how they destroyed the Janata Party.'
Morarji Desai was 81 when he was elected prime minister and ruled India for two years, from March 1977 to July 1999.
Only in the event of the RSS managing to force Modi into accepting a consensual candidate, will the party not continue to 'being' the 'next Congress', observes Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay.
Paswan was a minister under six different prime ministers, hardly out of government since he was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1977, observes Virendra Kapoor.
'Should a leader with such an impeccable record of public life, struggles, meritorious performance and heroism in politics like Babu Jagjivan Ram be weighed on caste and not reviewed for his real worth?' asks Tarun Vijay.
Family members of Dalit icons B R Ambedkar, Jagjivan Ram, Kanshi Ram and other 'prominent people' belonging to the scheduled castes are among those invited for the January 22 consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya, according to sources.
'There must be ideological differences but Savarkar is a freedom fighter, then ask Siddaramaiah, whose poster must be put, of Dawood Ibrahim?'
President Droupadi Murmu hosted a dinner for the outgoing Union council of ministers at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
'It does not understand economics. The entire focus of this government is skewed.'
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge accused the BJP-RSS of carrying out a "well-planned conspiracy" against national heroes and said that Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's ideology was contrary to the RSS' ideas. He defended the relationship between Sardar Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru, saying they were "two sides of the same coin". He also criticized the BJP-RSS for their alleged attempts to appropriate the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel.
'Indira Gandhi was a very weak person,' Kangana claimed. 'She had many crutches around and was constantly seeking validation.'
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