Mysore/Mysuru: Marking the 32nd death anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Rajiv Jyothi Yatra that is currently passing through Karnataka, will enter Tamil Nadu on May 21. Speaking after receiving the Rajiv Jyothi Yatra near Kote Anjaneyaswamy temple at the Palace North Gate here yesterday, District Congress President Dr. B.J. Vijaykumar said former PM…
Rename Rajiv Gandhi National Park after Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa
September 3, 2021Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha writes to CM and Forest Minister; cites popular online campaign Mysore/Mysuru: After the Assam Government decided to remove late Rajiv Gandhi’s name from Orang National Park, the same can be expected in Karnataka as well. Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has written to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to rename Rajiv Gandhi National…
Farewell to Tokyo
January 12, 2020By Girija Madhavan A few months into a new diplomatic post, normally of three years, I would settle into a comfort zone, at ease with the local language and customs. As time wore on, a familiar angst would appear, “Where next?” Our stay in Japan, where my husband, A. Madhavan, had been posted as Ambassador…
The joke that is JPC: Congress wants it on Rafael deal !
December 17, 2018The Supreme Court (SC) was perceived as soft towards some senior advocates appearing for Congress or in cases where success of the case would indirectly benefit Congress in the 2019 Parliamentary elections. For example, when an advocate told the Court that the case about Ayodhya Land Dispute be taken up after 2019 Parliamentary election and…
27th death anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi
May 21, 2018The 27th death anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was observed at the City Congress Office near City Railway Station here this morning by offering floral tributes to the portrait of the late PM. City Congress President R. Murthy, District Congress President Dr. B.J. Vijaykumar, former MP C.H. Vijayashankar and other Congress leaders were…
“Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi by a human bomb was unknown then” – 2
March 15, 2018[Continued from yesterday] By N. Niranjan Nikam SOM: You made an interesting observation when talking about LTTE leader Prabhakaran, “He would have got ten times this money by signing an agreement with the Sri Lankan government. Or the Western mediators would have paid him to get the glory of solving the problem since any leader…
“Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi by a human bomb was unknown then”, Says former CBI Chief Dr. D.R. Kaarthikeyan
March 14, 2018The job of the Police usually draws more brickbats than bouquets. Their position is always damned if you do and damned if you don’t. This is truer especially in today’s charged political atmosphere. But there are a few upright officers who irrespective of the pressures and pulls always manage to hold their own and to…
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