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August 12, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Resignation rowSign In to read
August 14, 2023 06:46 IST
The Secretary-General of Sri Lanka’s opposition Tamil United Liberation Front A Amirthalingam left for Madras on his way to New Delhi where he is to hold talks with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on the problems facing the Tamils in Sri Lanka.
August 11, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Bihar CM To Resign
August 11, 2023 06:33 IST
The Bihar Chief Minister, Jagannath Mishra, whose future had been hanging fire for the past two weeks, has now been formally told to resign by next week.
August 10, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Instructions To Cops
August 10, 2023 06:38 IST
Home Minister P C Sethi agreed to issue written instructions that the Delhi police should register all minor crimes and investigate them. Sethi’s response came in the Rajya Sabha during a call-attention motion on the deterioration of the law and order situation in Delhi.
August 9, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Panic In DelhiSign In to read
August 9, 2023 07:22 IST
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on August 9, 1983.
August 8, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Mutiny In Sri LankaSign In to read
August 8, 2023 06:11 IST
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on August 8, 1983.
August 7, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Jayewardene’s envoy
August 7, 2023 06:43 IST
Sri Lankan President, J R Jayewardene is sending his brother — H Jayewardene — as his personal emissary for talks with PM Indira Gandhi’s government.
August 4, 1983, Forty Years Ago: TULF BoycottSign In to read
August 4, 2023 03:14 IST
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on August 04, 1983.
August 3, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Rao On Sri Lanka
August 3, 2023 06:58 IST
External Affairs Minister P V Narasimha Rao told Parliament that there was substance in the report that the Sri Lankan authorities had sought military assistance from some foreign powers.
August 2, 1983, Forty Years Ago: SL’s Aid AppealSign In to read
August 2, 2023 06:40 IST
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on August 02, 1983.
August 1, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Sri Lanka ViolenceSign In to read
August 1, 2023 18:02 IST
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on August 01, 1983.
July 31, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Sri Lanka violence
July 31, 2023 06:30 IST
The developments in Sri Lanka continue to be the predominant concern of Mrs Gandhi’s government.
July 29, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Rao in Sri Lanka
July 29, 2023 06:00 IST
The suggestion for sending Rao to Colombo came from Mrs Gandhi and the Sri Lankan President expressed his readiness to receive him. He will have a two-fold job to do in Colombo.
July 28, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Sri Lanka In Lok SabhaSign In to read
July 28, 2023 03:37 IST
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on July 28, 1983.
July 27, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Sri Lanka Violence
July 27, 2023 07:00 IST
About 100 people, mostly Tamils, were killed in ethnic disturbances in Sri Lanka as the island nation was placed under curfew to stem the tide of violence.
July 26, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Centre’s AppealSign In to read
July 26, 2023 05:00 IST
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on July 26, 1983.
July 25, 1983, Forty Years Ago: PM On J&KSign In to read
July 25, 2023 03:00 IST
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on July 25, 1983.
July 24, 1983, Forty Years Ago: No nuclear plan
July 24, 2023 06:45 IST
The Prime Minister declared that India has no intention of embarking on a nuclear weapons programme.
July 21, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Teesta River Share
July 21, 2023 06:44 IST
India and Bangladesh agreed on ad hoc sharing of the Teesta waters. Under the new arrangements, Bangladesh will get 36 per cent and India 39 per cent of the flows while the remaining 25 per cent will remain unallocated.
July 20, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Andhra CM’s Speech
July 20, 2023 06:47 IST
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N T Rama Rao lodged a protest with PM Indira Gandhi against the manner in which All India Radio denied him the broadcast of a speech on the strike by state government employees.
July 18, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Investment famine
July 18, 2023 06:21 IST
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on July 18, 1983.
July 17, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Dal’s ‘Ardas Diwas’
July 17, 2023 06:45 IST
The Akali Dal President, Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, said that the next phase of the party’s agitation would be announced on August 15.
July 14, 1983, Forty Years Ago: DIG’s Death
July 14, 2023 06:31 IST
Mystery shrouds the death of Deputy Inspector General of Police, J S Anand, Maneka Gandhi’s uncle, whose body was found in the Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh.
July 13, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Nepal’s New PM
July 13, 2023 07:00 IST
King Birendra appointed Lokendra Bahadur Chand, 44, Prime Minister of Nepal. Chand was earlier recommended unanimously by the Rashtriya Panchayat (national assembly).
July 12, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Nepal PM Ousted
July 11, 2023 23:51 IST
The excess monetary liquidity in the economy and the monsoon’s behaviour might upset the supply and demand balance, he said.
July 11, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Clash In PunjabSign In to read
July 11, 2023 06:12 IST
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on July 11, 1983.
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