Chandraswamy predicted Thatcher would be PM
byLondon, April 8 (IANS) Indian godman Chandraswamy had reportedly told Margaret Thatcher when she was the opposition leader that she would become Britain’s prime…
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Margaret Thatcher, Indira Gandhi’s friend, is dead (Roundup)
byLondon, April 8 (IANS) Margaret Thatcher, a grocer’s daughter who became Britain’s only woman prime minister, died Monday after suffering a stroke, her family…
A gesture that had touched the ‘Iron Lady’ in India
byNew Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Margaret Thatcher did not approve of the state of emergency in force during her visit to India in 1976….
INLD demands probe into Hooda government’s land deals
byChandigarh, April 8 (IANS) The main opposition Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in Haryana Monday demanded a probe by a sitting Supreme Court judge…
The Broken Column of Stavanger brings Kapurthala to mind
byStavanger (Norway) : While back in India one recalls the sculptors that were got commissioned by the then Maharaja of Kapurthala at various places…
Modi’s tryst with business, politics in Bengal Tuesday
byKolkata, April 8 (IANS) When Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee engages with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the national capital seeking financial assistance for debt-stressed…
Three priests self-immolate in Karnataka
byBidar (Karnataka), April 8 (IANS) Three priests were found burnt to death early Monday in an ashram at Chouli near Bidar in the state’s…
MBA students among four held for Gurgaon loot
byGurgaon, April 8 (IANS) Four students, including two pursuing MBA and one studying in the US, were arrested here for looting Rs.1.2 lakh from…
Thatcher admired Indira Gandhi
byNew Delhi, April 8 (IANS) With similar temperaments, Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first woman prime minister, was an undisguised admirer of Indira Gandhi, another woman…
Top 10 finish for Mahindra in Moto3 race
byDoha, April 8 (IANS) Mahindra MGP3O riders Miguel Oliveira (Portugal) and Spain’s Efren Vazquez, riding purpose-built 250cc, four-stroke machines, finished seventh and 10th respectively…