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George Fernandes
Padma Awards announced: Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, George Fernandes awarded Padma Vibhushan posthumously
The President has approved 141 awards this year which includes 7 Padma Vibhushan, 16 Padma Bhushan and 118 Padma Shri Awards
Sushma Swaraj’s husband Swaraj Kaushal narrates a story of how a proofreader in Times of India changed India’s political landscape
This is how George Fernandes, a small town boy from Mangalore, rose to power and changed the political landscape of India.
OpIndia Evening Dispatch: Tuesday, 29th January 2019
Selected stories of the day for your evening reading.
Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Rafale scam’: A repeat of the fake ‘coffin scam’ that Congress used to hound Vajpayee and George Fernandes
Raju Das -
Although the Congress party badly wants the ‘Rafale scam’ to become the Bofors scam for BJP, it is actually a repeat of ‘Coffin scam’.
A personal loss for me: Says Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on demise of George Fernandes, announces 2-day state mourning
Bihar government announces two-day mourning following the demise of leader George Fernandes.
George Fernandes: The Socialist who refused to make the Faustian bargain with Gandhis
George Fernandes was a principled socialist leader who became active in Mumbai local politics in the 1960s
A sordid tale of Emergency: The illegal detention and torture of George Fernandes’ brother
As tributes flow in, Congress seems to have forgotten how they treated George Fernandes during the Emergency, when he was alive
Goodbye, George Fernandes
I am no socialist, but yes I am capable of looking beyond that to appreciate a man with sincerely held beliefs. And a working moral compass.
George Fernandes: From the teenaged boy who wanted to be a priest to one of India’s tallest leaders
Today morning, George Fernandes breathed his last following a prolonged illness.
Charges by Lt Gen (Retd.) Zameeruddin Shah on delayed Army deployment during 2002 riots don’t hold water
Lt. Gen. Zameeruddin Shah has claimed that state government delayed transportation for Army troops during 2002 riots
