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Editorial Apr 25, 2025
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Editorial Apr 24, 2025
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Editorial Apr 23, 2025
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on April 23, 1985.
Editorial Apr 21, 2025
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on April 21, 1985.
Editorial Apr 19, 2025
A ruling party member, K K Tiwari, told the Lok Sabha that some well-known protagonists of Khalistan were guests at Rashtrapati Bhavan some time ago: Deedar Singh Bains and Bhajan Singh Jogi, who had “dubious links” with J S Chauhan and G S Dhillon, had stayed in the complex in 1983.
Editorial Apr 18, 2025
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Editorial Apr 17, 2025
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on April 17, 1985.
Editorial Apr 16, 2025
While the ruling Left Front had given a call for a 24-hour bandh, the Congress (I) had called for a bandh for only half the period, starting from 6 am in the morning
Editorial Apr 15, 2025
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Editorial Apr 14, 2025
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on April 14, 1985.
Editorial Apr 12, 2025
The leaders of the anti-reservation agitation in Gujarat ruled out negotiations with the state government unless the student leaders detained under the National Security Act are released unconditionally.
Editorial Apr 11, 2025
The government may announce a judicial inquiry into the riots following Indira Gandhi's assassination and also release some top Akali leaders, in a bid to avert the Akali threat to launch the next phase of their agitation on Baisakhi Day.
Editorial Apr 10, 2025
The one-day Gujarat bandh, called by anti-reservationists, evoked a mixed response in the state with violence erupting in Ahmedabad and near Anand in Khera district.
Editorial Apr 9, 2025
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Editorial Apr 8, 2025
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on April 08, 1985.
Editorial Apr 7, 2025
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on April 07, 1985.
Editorial Apr 5, 2025
Iraqi missiles killed 39 people and injured 43 in the Iranian cities of Bakhtaran, Hamadan and Bostan, and Iran retaliated by attacking Iraqi cities with artillery fire and air raids, the Iranian authorities reported.
Editorial Apr 4, 2025
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on April 04, 1985.
Editorial Apr 3, 2025
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on April 03, 1985.
Editorial Apr 2, 2025
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on April 02, 1985.
Editorial Apr 1, 2025
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on April 01, 1985.
Editorial Mar 31, 2025
The CPM has also initiated a move for rapprochement with the CPI, with which it is engaged in a war of words that started when the two parties opposed each other in the recent Lok Sabha and assembly elections. 
Editorial Mar 29, 2025
Defence Minister P V Narasimha Rao said that the government does not have reports about any large-scale infiltration of extremists from Pakistan into India.
Editorial Mar 28, 2025
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on March 28, 1985.
Editorial Mar 27, 2025
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on March 27, 1985.
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