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Ameesha Patel says ‘Indira Gandhi’ fixed her parents’ wedding date, opens up on family’s historic ties to Gandhi family

Ameesha Patel says ‘Indira Gandhi’ fixed her parents’ wedding date, opens up on family’s historic ties to Gandhi family

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Ameesha Patel has revealed that her family shares a deep and long-standing association with the Gandhi family, so much so that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was closely involved in key personal milestones in her family’s life. Ameesha Patel discusses her grandfather’s bond with Indira Gandhi. (Pic credit: Wikipedia) Speaking about her lineage with Bollywood Bubble, Ameesha explained that the connection dates back to her grandfather, noted barrister Rajni Patel, who was a prominent legal and political figure. She shared that he was closely associated with the Nehru-Gandhi family through his political journey and advisory role. (Also read: Ameesha Patel regrets saying no to Tere Naam with Salman Khan: ‘Mujhe kahani bohot pasand aayi thi’ ) Ameesha Patel on her grandfather’s bond with Indira Gandhi Describing the family’s political proximity, she said her grandfather shared a strong bond with Indira Gandhi, with major decisions often being discussed with him. She also noted that he held significant positions within the Congress party and contributed to several public initiatives. Ameesha further revealed that this close relationship extended …

Ameesha Patel says Indira Gandhi fixed her parents’ wedding date, was first to visit her as newborn | Bollywood News

Ameesha Patel says Indira Gandhi fixed her parents’ wedding date, was first to visit her as newborn | Bollywood News

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5 min readNew DelhiApr 25, 2026 08:12 PM IST Actor Ameesha Patel has opened up about her family’s deep-rooted connection with Indira Gandhi, revealing that the former Prime Minister was the first to visit her as a newborn and remained closely linked to her family through both personal and political ties. In a recent conversation with Bollywood Bubble, Ameesha shared that her connection with the family dates back even before her birth. ‘Indira Gandhi was the first person to come and see me’ “When I was born at Breach Candy Hospital, the first person to come and see me was Indira Gandhi.” She went on to speak about her grandfather, noted barrister Rajni Patel, and his influence in political circles. “My grandfather, Barrister Rajni Patel, was a very renowned barrister. Then he stepped into politics. His mentor from childhood was Jawaharlal Nehru. When he entered politics, he first joined the Communist Party and then moved to the Congress. During his time in Congress, his closest associate was Indira Gandhi. He was her chief advisor. He …

‘Bid to take away protections offered by Indira Gandhi, Vajpayee’: Congress on Delimitation Bill | India News

‘Bid to take away protections offered by Indira Gandhi, Vajpayee’: Congress on Delimitation Bill | India News

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3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Apr 16, 2026 12:19 PM IST Congress general secretary K C Venugopal Thursday said that the intention behind introducing the Delimitation Bill is to take away the protection that was offered by Indira Gandhi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee — a tacit reference to the 1976 and 2001 freeze on delimitation. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, as the three-day Parliament session convened on Thursday, Venugopal asserted the party’s demand to withdraw the Bill on delimitation of constituencies. Venugopal said, “I object to the bill introduced by Union Ministers Arjun Ram Meghwal and Amit Shah. This bill is a fundamental attack on the Indian federal structure. What exactly is the intention of this bill? The parliament passed the bill in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, ensuring 33 per cent reservation of women… Why did the government not implement women’s reservation in 2024?” He said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre had itself introduced the Bill in 2023, and now it is saying it cannot happen as per it. Responding to Venugopal …

Man behind NZ’s biggest drug haul identified as nephew of Indira assassin | Chandigarh News

Man behind NZ’s biggest drug haul identified as nephew of Indira assassin | Chandigarh News

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3 min readChandigarhMar 31, 2026 04:46 AM IST A nephew of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassin Satwant Singh has been identified as the person behind $36 million (Rs 180-crore) methamphetamine bust, tipped as New Zealand’s biggest ever drug bust. Though arrested in 2023, the identity of Baltej Singh was revealed to the public only after he withdrew an appeal to retain permanent name suppression, a protection granted by a NZ court that had prevented media from identifying him. Stuff, a web portal and among the largest media organisations in New Zealand, named Baltej Singh who is serving a 22-year prison sentence after admitting to importing more than 700kg of methamphetamine, the largest amount ever seized by authorities. “Baltej Singh sought leave to take the fight to the Supreme Court, but he has now abandoned that appeal, clearing the way for New Zealand media to reveal his identity,” the Stuff reported. The prosecution had earlier argued in court that Indian media had already disclosed his identity. He was granted permanent name suppression after his lawyer, …

‘Films on Indira Gandhi, PM Modi didn’t work for even 2 days,’ says Dhurandhar 2 actor Rakesh Bedi, dismisses Aditya Dhar film is ‘propaganda’ | Bollywood News

‘Films on Indira Gandhi, PM Modi didn’t work for even 2 days,’ says Dhurandhar 2 actor Rakesh Bedi, dismisses Aditya Dhar film is ‘propaganda’ | Bollywood News

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3 min readNew DelhiMar 20, 2026 03:37 PM IST Rakesh Bedi, who has been working in the movies since the late 1970, found new fans after he appeared as Jameel Jamali in Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar back in December. And now, with Dhurandhar The Revenge out in theatres, Rakesh is over the moon as his performance is, once again, getting a lot of praise. In a new interview, Rakesh was asked about his take on the film being labelled as “propaganda” and said that he doesn’t “believe in politics.” In a chat with NDTV, Rakesh said, “I don’t believe in politics. I think it’s the cinema… Everybody has the right to like or dislike a film. But I don’t think it’s right to put a film into some kind of a category… That it’s pro-establishment or anti-establishment. The verdict is that people are loving it.” Rakesh then took a dig on the films that have previously been labelled as propaganda and claimed that Dhurandhar is better than all of them. “Recently, there was a film on …

When Indira Gandhi edited English translation of Tagore`s Ekla Chalo Re

When Indira Gandhi edited English translation of Tagore`s Ekla Chalo Re

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Indira Gandhi had sharp literary sensibilities, which were betrayed in an edit job she did on an English translation of the iconic Rabindranath Tagore poem `Ekla Chalo Re`, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Wednesday, the former prime minister`s 108th birth anniversary. Ramesh, the party`s general secretary and in-charge, communications, said Indira Gandhi had a special relationship with Tagore, having spent some nine months at Shantiniketan during July 1934-April 1935. “She was an annual visitor to Visva-Bharati.” In the last month of her extraordinary life, she had a wonderful exchange with one of her closest aides, HY Sharada Prasad, on Tagore`s poem `Ekla Chalo Re`, which was her favourite, Ramesh recalled. He shared on X an article written two years ago and which spoke about her “sensitive and diligent” edits on the Bengali writer`s work. “Tagore`s iconic poem Ekla Chalo Re was not only Indira Gandhi`s favourite, it also brought out her latent literary sensibilities. Her sensitive and diligent edits on an English translation of the work was found in the archives of her long-time …

‘Fatwa issued…’: BJP slams ‘Indira Nazi’ Congress over criticising Tharoor’s Modi praise

‘Fatwa issued…’: BJP slams ‘Indira Nazi’ Congress over criticising Tharoor’s Modi praise

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Updated on: Nov 19, 2025 04:25 pm IST Shashi Tharoor had praised PM Modi’s remarks made just days after the NDA’s massive win in the Bihar elections, in which the Congress was dealt a major blow. The BJP has come down heavily on the Congress for its criticism of Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor after he heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech. The BJP said that there is no democracy within the Congress, and that the party issues a “fatwa” against leaders who keep national interest above familial interests. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks at a recent speech drew praise from Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.(PTI) Shashi Tharoor had praised PM Modi’s remarks made at an event just days after the NDA’s massive win in the Bihar elections, in which the Congress was dealt a major blow. “If somebody praises the Prime Minister’s speech, which is about larger issues, then a ‘fatwa’ is issued against that person by the Congress, which talks about democracy in the entire country, but there is no democracy within …

PM Modi Pays Tribute To Indira Gandhi On Birth Anniversary | India News

PM Modi Pays Tribute To Indira Gandhi On Birth Anniversary | India News

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Last Updated:November 19, 2025, 10:04 IST Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary, sharing his message on X. Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Image: PTI/File) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tribute to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 108th birth anniversary. In a post on X, Prime Minister Modi wrote, Tributes to former PM Smt. Indira Gandhi Ji on the occasion of her birth anniversary.” Tributes to former PM Smt. Indira Gandhi Ji on the occasion of her birth anniversary.— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 19, 2025 Congress Leaders Pay Tribute Further, several Congress leaders, including the Party’s National President Mallikarjun Kharge, Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi and Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, also paid tribute to the former PM. The leaders gathered at Delhi’s Shakti Sthal and paid floral tributes to Gandhi. In a post on X, Congress highlighted that Indira Gandhi sacrificed everything for the country’s unity and integrity. “Leader of the Opposition Shri @RahulGandhi paid tribute to the country’s first female …

‘Dragon seeds’ or ‘one episode’? Tharoor defends praise for Advani after Rath Yatra jibe, points to Nehru & Indira

‘Dragon seeds’ or ‘one episode’? Tharoor defends praise for Advani after Rath Yatra jibe, points to Nehru & Indira

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After Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s praise for BJP veteran LK Advani on his 98th birthday led to questions over his ideology, the former minister has reacted with a caveat, using Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi’s examples for his argument. Shashi Tharoor has been far from agreeable with his party, the main opposition Congress, particularly since the Modi regime made him part of delegations of MPs for global diplomatic outreach after Operation Sindoor against Pakistan.(AFP File Photo) “Reducing his (Advani’s) long years of service to one episode, however significant, is also unfair,” Tharoor said on X, after a lawyer pointed apparently towards Advani’s Rath Yatra, which is seen as a catalyst for the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya where a Ram Mandir now stands after the Supreme Court’s ruling. “The totality of Nehruji’s career cannot be judged by the China setback, nor Indira Gandhi’s by the Emergency alone. I believe we should extend the same courtesy to Advaniji,” Tharoor argued in reply to lawyer Sanjay Hegde on X. “Sorry Mr Tharoor, unleashing the ‘dragon …

Nishikant Dubey alleges Nehru, Indira planned to give Kashmir territories to Pak

Nishikant Dubey alleges Nehru, Indira planned to give Kashmir territories to Pak

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BJP leader Nishikant Dubey on Monday shared a declassified 1963 telegram from the U.S. State Department, alleging that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her father, Jawaharlal Nehru, were responsible for decisions that led to territorial concessions to Pakistan.   आयरन लेडी इंदिरा जी और उनके पिताजी नेहरु जीकश्मीर के अवैध क़ब्ज़े पाकिस्तान के द्वारा 1948 के बाद दुबारा मध्यस्थ अमेरिका और ब्रिटेन के दबाव में भारत सरकार के मंत्री स्वर्ण सिंह जी व ज़ुल्फ़िकार अली भुट्टो की लगातार बैठक 1962 से 1964 के बीच हुई,इस काग़ज़ को गौर से पढ़िए ,भारत ने… pic.twitter.com/wuJhbOAROW — Dr Nishikant Dubey (@nishikant_dubey) May 26, 2025 In his X post, he wrote, “Iron Lady Indira Ji and her father Nehru Ji. After the illegal occupation of Kashmir by Pakistan in 1948, again under the pressure of mediation by America and Britain, continuous meetings were held between 1962 and 1964 between the Minister of the Indian government, Swaran Singh, and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Read this paper carefully, India had already decided to give back to Pakistan the territory forcibly occupied …