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Indira Gandhi

Law

Sajjan Kumar enjoyed ‘political patronage’, ‘large scale efforts’ to protect him’: Delhi High Court

OpIndia Staff - 17 December, 2018

Today's judgment reversed the 2013 verdict of the Karkardooma trial court that acquitted Sajjan Kumar but convicted five others in the case

Crime

Congress veteran Sajjan Kumar sentenced to life imprisonment for 1984 Sikh massacre

OpIndia Staff - 17 December, 2018

CBI had appealed against the 2013 trial court verdict that acquitted Sajjan Kumar.

Prime Minister Modi may start his 2019 election campaign from Sonia Gandhi’s bastion Raebareli

Shashank Bharadwaj - 10 December, 2018

Raebareli is one of the most high-profile constituencies in the country, as Congress party has been in power in Raebareli for almost 55 years out of 61 years of parliamentary politics.

Crime

1984 Anti-Sikh riots: A ‘dark chapter’ in history of independent India, said Delhi HC while upholding conviction of 88 people

OpIndia Staff - 28 November, 2018

The court expressed its disappointment over the delay in justice delivery to the victims and the failure to usher judicial reforms.

Crime

1984 Sikh genocide was planned at Sonia Gandhi’s residence, she should be interrogated, says Sukhbir Badal

OpIndia Staff - 22 November, 2018

Sukhbir Singh Badal said the Sikhs were butchered under the supervision of Rajiv Gandhi and he purposely didn’t call the Army for four days.

Crime

1984 Anti-Sikh riots: 34 years later, court awards death penalty to a convict, life term to another

OpIndia Staff - 21 November, 2018

The two convicts, Naresh Sehrawat, and Yashpal Singh were held guilty by the court for killing 24-year-old Hardev Singh and 26-year-old Avtar Singh thirty-four years ago on November 1, 1984, at Mahipalpur village in south Delhi.

Maruti: The extraordinary crony capitalism under Indira Gandhi

Abhishek Banerjee - 19 November, 2018

Indira Gandhi legacy includes the crony capitalism during her regime

News Reports

1984 Anti-Sikh riots: Prosecution witness identifies Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in Patiala House Court

OpIndia Staff - 16 November, 2018

Cham Kaur and others had filed an application seeking police protection as she was approached by a stranger asking her not to depose against Sajjan Kumar.