"jawaharlal-nehru"

"On his death anniversary, I pay tributes to our former PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru"

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was India's first Prime Minister after independence in 1947.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that a majestic spectre conceived of by a religious establishment in then Madras province and crafted in Madras city was indeed presented to Nehru in August 1947

Speaking after garlanding the statue of Pandit Nehru on his birth anniversary in Vidhana Soudha here, the chief minister said Nehru loved children and his birth anniversary is celebrated as the children's day.

Born in 1889, Nehru was a leading Congress leader and freedom fighter who served as the country's first prime minister. He died in office in 1964 and remains the longest serving Indian prime minister.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Sonia Gandhi and AICC general secretary in-charge organisation K C Venugopal, among others, offered floral tributes at Nehru's memorial Shanti Van in New Delhi.

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday countered the claims of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the issue of J&K was not resolved by India’s first PM Jawaharlal Nehru. Even though PM Modi did not take the name of Nehru, the Congress said he should check the facts first. The party blamed Maharaja Hari Singh, the […]

The lands and natives of the colonies were imprinted by signs of imperial monarchy so that they recognised they were subjects of the Empire

Thiruvananthapuram: On the 12th day of his Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday appeared to have gone back into history and repeat what his great grandfather did way back in 1952, while on a visit to Alappuzha. Gandhi was discussing the problems faced by the fishing community when he ‘jumped’ into a […]

Along with Nehru, Netaji was the formulator of the concept of national planning, which resulted in the Planning Commission but the Modi government abolished the Planning Commission

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Hyderabad: As a part of the State’s ongoing two-week-long ‘Swatantra Bharata Vajrotsavalu’ campaign, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao paid a grand tribute to India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru at one of his iconic statues in Hyderabad. At 11.30 am on Tuesday, the Chief Minister participated in the mass recital of the National Anthem held […]

Hyderabad: As India celebrated 75 years of Independence Monday, the BBC Archive posted an old interview of the country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on Twitter. In the press conference, Nehru shared his perspectives on India’s stance in a post-independent world, democracy and his thoughts about the development of the country. The show’s anchor William […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will participate in the mass recital of the national anthem to be held at the statue of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru near Abids GPO Circle as part of the two-week Swatantra Bharata Vajrotsavalu programme on Tuesday. The mass recital is being organised at 11.30 am across the State […]

Khammam: BJP government’s move to lock the office of National Herald, which was established by Jawaharlal Nehru to convey the ideas of the freedom movement to the people, was an insult to the freedom struggle, stated CLP leader Bhatti Vikramarka. The CLP leader along with former minister Sambhani Chandrasekhar started the Azadi Ka Gaurav Yatra […]

New Delhi: Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday remembered India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary and described him as an institution-builder who strengthened our democratic roots, but lamented that the BJP has weakened democracy by bulldozing institutions. He said India now needs a “Bharat jodo” more than ever before. His […]

Bengaluru (Karnataka): Stating that Congress is a perennial party and is deeply rooted in the minds of people, senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily on Friday said that that the Congressmen should change their attitude in order to bring it back to power in the country. The statement from Moily came after the dissident leaders […]

Mumbai: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should not call himself a ‘fakir’ now with the addition of a “Rs 12 crore” car in his cavalcade. In his weekly column ‘Rokhthok’ in the Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, Raut also praised former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru for always using an Indian-made […]

Hyderabad: Kairos International School celebrated Children’s Day with pomp both online and offline this year. Speakers at special assembly organised on the day said Children’s Day is a commemorative day in honour of children. The day marks the birth anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of the country. Fondly called Chacha Nehru […]