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jayaprakash narayan news

Nitish Kumar: Last tall leader of JP movement

Nitish Kumar represents a rare kind of political discipline, one that does not seek consistent outcomes. In a time when politics is often driven by spectacle, his work remained grounded in delivery. (CMO Bihar/ANI)
Published on Apr 17, 2026 10:39 pm IST

Congress stalwart and former Union minister Shivraj Patil dies at 91

Twelve years after his Vidhan Bhavan stint, Patil became the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
Updated on Dec 13, 2025 10:44 am IST

Those who ruled in JP’s name ignored his ideals, says Yogi

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath with others during the unveiling of a statue of 'Bharat Ratna' Jayaprakash Narayan in Gorakhpur on Thursday. (PTI)
Published on Jul 25, 2025 07:08 am IST

Emergency: Indira Gandhi gave 90,000 for her fiercest critic JP's treatment

Jayaprakash Narayan gave a call for sampoorn kranti (total revolution) in 1974 to cleanse Indian politics of corruption.
Updated on Jun 25, 2025 02:01 pm IST

The dark days of Emergency and its lessons

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Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister, had become unpopular due to bad governance, corruption, and the economic downturn. (HT Archives)
Updated on Jun 24, 2025 05:39 am IST

Oppn unity talks and venue after Karnataka polls: Nitish

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar interacts with the media in Patna on Saturday. (Santosh Kumar/HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 29, 2023 10:49 pm IST

‘Work to fulfil their vision’: PM Modi tweets on JP, Nanaji Deshmukh’s birth anniversary

“Today is a day to rededicate ourselves towards fulfilling their vision for our nation,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Jayaprakash Narayan and Nanaji Deshmukh’s birth anniversary.
Updated on Oct 11, 2020 09:48 am IST

Farewell, Ram Vilas Paswan

As the wave of obituaries and condolence messages from across the political spectrum indicates, he spoke for the marginalised — and within his limited power, often pushed for changes in laws and policies and sought to deliver benefits to his social group
Updated on Oct 10, 2020 06:10 am IST

‘Strove for welfare of the masses’: President Kovind remembers Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan

President of India Ram Nath Kovind is congratulated by Union ministers Ram Vilas Paswan on being elected as the 14th President of India, in New Delhi.
Updated on Oct 08, 2020 10:33 pm IST

What religion meant to the Mahatma

Schoolchildren pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary, Chennai, October 2, 2019
Published on Oct 02, 2019 05:55 pm IST

Ganga overtops red mark in Patna, low-lying areas face submergence

The water level of Ganga river reaches at the warning point in Kanpur on Friday.
Updated on Aug 23, 2019 08:35 pm IST

Our freedom fighters did not fight for a parochial view of nationalism

Unlike Pakistan, independent India rejected the two-nation theory and, thus, ‘cultural homogeneity’
Updated on Aug 14, 2019 07:51 pm IST

Sushma Swaraj’s politics was of grace and gumption

Then Union minister Sushma Swaraj with former Delhi CM Sheila Dixit during an event on March 5, 2016.
Updated on Aug 08, 2019 12:14 am IST

The challenges Congress faces in its future without a Gandhi at the helm

The Centre-state pattern in the political landscape is hard to miss. The numerically formidable BJP-ruled Delhi is balanced by strongly mandated non-BJP regimes in Odisha, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Chattisgarh.
Updated on Jul 07, 2019 08:33 am IST

Former CBI official, who probed Satyam, Jaganmohan Reddy, joins politics in Andhra Pradesh

VV Lakshminarayana made it to the headlines while investigating several high profile cases, including the infamous Satyam Computers accounting fraud involving its chairman B Ramalinga Raju, Obulapuram iron ore mining scam involving former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy.
Published on Nov 26, 2018 05:19 pm IST

Yashwant Sinha severs ties with BJP, says Indian democracy is in danger

Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha speaks at an event in Patna on Saturday.
Updated on Apr 21, 2018 11:51 pm IST

Justice Rajinder Sachar: A prominent champion of minorities and human rights

Justice Rajinder Sachar is swearing by Lt Governor MMK Wali as Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court -
Updated on Apr 20, 2018 11:38 pm IST