Nation remembers Indira Gandhi on birth anniversary

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday paid homage to the late Indira Gandhi, the country's first and only woman prime minister, on her 92nd birth anniversary with floral tributes and other ceremonies.

At her memorial Shakti Sthal on the banks of the Yamuna river here, a remembrance ceremony was organised early in the day.

Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said while paying tribute to the 'Iron Lady': "On the occasion of the birth anniversary of India's first and only lady prime minister, we must all pledge to empower every woman in the country."

To mark the day, a number of cultural programmes were organised at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA).

Well known dance troupes like Madhavi Mudgal and her group, Geeta Chandran and Natya Vriksha dance company and the Kathak Kendra repertory company will perform on Thursday evening.

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Nation remembers Indira Gandhi on 25th death anniversary

STAFF WRITER 10:37 HRS IST

New Delhi, Oct 31 (PTI) The nation today remembered late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 25th death anniversary with leaders paying homage to her.

Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul paid floral tributes to the late leader at her memorial Shakti Sthal.

Congress leaders Sushil Kumar Shinde, AK Antony, Ahmed Patel, Ajay Maken, R K Dhawan and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit were among others who paid homage to the late prime minister.

Indra Gandhi was assassinated by two of her Sikh body guards at her residence on October 31, 1984.

Indira Gandhi's vision saved us from current financial crisis: Sonia Gandhi

NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday invoked her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi to send a message that but for the former prime minister's "much reviled" bank nationalisation four decades back the country's financial institutions would have been hit by the current global economic crisis.

"Every passing day bears out the wisdom of that decision (bank nationalisation in 1969)," Gandhi said in her address at a conference in New Delhi.

"If you allow me the liberty of showing what is to you the proverbial 'red rag to bull', Let me take you back to Indira Gandhi's much reviled bank nationalisation of 40 years ago," she told the distinguished gathering.

Gandhi went on to say that "Our prudence has been marked in the case of the financial sector.”

Lauding the public sector financial institutions, Gandhi said they have given the country's economy the stability and resilience we are witnessing in the face of the economic slowdown.

Prudence implies ensuring an economic system that imposes clear, fair rules and rewards those who play by them, Gandhi said.

It implies a system that insists upon transparency in all economic transactions, and accountability on the part of those who conduct them, she added.

"And it implies a system that accepts the need for supervisory institutions to serve as effective watchdogs, so that the interests of society as whole are not overlooked in the justifiable quest for corporate gain," she said.
Soruce: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Indiras_vision_saved_us_from_financial_crisis/articleshow/3740948.cms

Haryana to observe ex-PM's death anniversary

Chandigarh: The Haryana Government will observe October 31, the Death Anniversary of the Late Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, as "Rashtriya Sanklap Diwas", across the State.
In a letter issued by the Chief Secretary, all the Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners in the State have been asked to organise rallies at all the district headquarters and other important cities of the districts on this day, an official spokesman said today.
They have also been asked that nationalistic and patriotic songs should be sung, and speeches on National integration should be delivered by well-known personalities, freedom fighters, and youth leaders should also be roped in these functions.
Extracts of speeches of late Mrs. Indira Gandhi should be quoted at the functions organised on this occasion. People from all walks of life should be requested to participate in these functions in large numbers.
Soruce: www.mid-day.com