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Editorial
Aug 25, 2025
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on August 25, 1985.
Editorial
Aug 23, 2025
Elections in Punjab will be held on September 25 instead of September 22, the Election Commission has announced. It is evident that the government has stuck to its decision to go ahead with the elections despite opposition from the Akalis and other national parties.
Editorial
Aug 22, 2025
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on August 22, 1985.
Editorial
Aug 21, 2025
August 21, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Longowal MurderedSubscriber Only
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on August 21, 1985.
Editorial
Aug 20, 2025
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on August 20, 1985.
Aug 19, 2025
August 19, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Border TensionSubscriber Only
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on August 19, 1985.
Editorial
Aug 18, 2025
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on August 18, 1985.
Editorial
Aug 16, 2025
The six-year-old Assam problem was resolved with comprehensive but separate agreements calling for disenfranchisement of foreign nationals who entered the state between January 1, 1966 and March 24, 1971, and the resignation of the Saikia government.
Editorial
Aug 15, 2025
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on August 15, 1985.
Aug 14, 2025
August 14, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Assam SolutionSubscriber Only
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on August 14, 1985.
Editorial
Aug 13, 2025
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on August 13, 1985.
Editorial
Aug 12, 2025
August 12, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Punjab poll decisionSubscriber Only
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on August 12, 1985.
Editorial
Aug 11, 2025
August 11, 1985, Forty Years Ago: US Push for NPTSubscriber Only
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on August 11, 1985.
Editorial
Aug 9, 2025
Dhruva, the biggest among Indian research reactors and the sixth at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), went critical.
Editorial
Aug 8, 2025
August 8, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Punjab pollsSubscriber Only
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Editorial
Aug 7, 2025
August 7, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Hiroshima DaySubscriber Only
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Editorial
Aug 6, 2025
August 6, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Assam Voter ListSubscriber Only
The prospects of holding early parliamentary elections in Assam appeared to recede when a team of the student agitation leaders arrived in New Delhi and demanded a fresh revision of rolls with a “clear set of directives”.
Editorial
Aug 5, 2025
August 5, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Punjab PollsSubscriber Only
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Editorial
Aug 4, 2025
August 4, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Gandhi on terrorSubscriber Only
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Editorial
Aug 2, 2025
August 2, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Who Killed MakensSubscriber Only
Lalit Maken and his wife, Geetanjali, were in all probability victims of terrorist bullets, police sources said.
Editorial
Aug 1, 2025
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on August 01, 1985.
Editorial
Jul 31, 2025
July 31, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Golden Temple ClashSubscriber Only
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on July 31, 1985.
Editorial
Jul 30, 2025
July 30, 1985, Forty Years Ago: A Probe in HaryanaSubscriber Only
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on July 30, 1985.
Editorial
Jul 29, 2025
July 29, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Punjab ElectionsSubscriber Only
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on July 29, 1985.
Editorial
Jul 26, 2025
The “merged'” Akali Dal of Joginder Singh has rejected the “so-called memorandum” jointly signed by Harchand Singh Longowal and Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to settle the Punjab problem.
