WIDOW OF INDIRA GANDHI ASSASSIN SET TO ENTER INDIA PARLIAMENT

23rd Nov 1989, Reportage, ReutersLeave a comment

23 November 1989 Reuters News English (c) 1989 Reuters Limited  CHAMKAUR SAHIB, India, Nov 23, Reuter – Long before Bimal Kaur Khalsa’s motorcade churns into dusty view across the Punjab countryside, the waiting crowds are chanting militant Sikh slogans.  Khalsa, widow of one of prime minister Indira Gandhi’s assassins, has come to symbolise the anger…

Troops at battle stations as India’s Punjab goes to the polls

26th Nov 1989, Reportage, ReutersLeave a comment

26 November 1989 Reuters News English (c) 1989 Reuters Limited  CHANDIGARH, India, Nov 26, Reuters – India’s bloody general election entered its final stage on Sunday with an exit poll from earlier voting predicting that Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi faces major losses.  The survey, conducted by the independent India Today magazine, forecast neither Gandhi nor…