May 2, 2025 06:35 IST
First published on: May 2, 2025 at 06:35 IST
Sikh politics in Punjab took a piquant turn when Joginder Singh, the father of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, announced the merger of all the Akali Dal factions into a single unit that will be managed by a nine-member ad-hoc committee. Simranjit Singh Mann, IPS officer and alleged extremist currently interned in Bharatpur jail, has been appointed the convener of the committee.
Gujarat Govt Grilled
The Gujarat government was grilled in the Supreme Court and faced severe observations from the judges for first consenting to a probe into the Ahmedabad riots — after the police allegedly ran amok, cut off power and attacked women and children in their houses — in the high court and then challenging the court’s power when the inquiry became inconvenient to the government.
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Communist Bonhomie
The CPM, described by Moscow as pro-Chinese after the 1964 split in the Communist Party, is on the threshold of friendship with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). A delegation of the CPSU arrived in Delhi and soon began the first ever party-to-party level talks with general secretary E M S Namboodiripad and his senior politburo colleagues. The CPM has already received and accepted the first official invitation from Moscow.
Indira Gandhi’s Will
A petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court on behalf of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, seeking probate of the will of his mother, Indira Gandhi. She has bequeathed her farm and farmhouse at Mehrauli in Delhi to the Prime Minister’s children, Rahul and Priyanka. Some of her other assets, mainly royalty on books, have been given to Feroze Varun Gandhi, her third grandchild and son of the late Sanjay Gandhi. Her jewellery, and antique articles registered with the Department of Archaeology, will go to Priyanka.
