Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 22:46
Nelson Mandela`s name was not raised once in an official meeting between Margaret Thatcher and South Africa`s prime minister in 1984, records showed Friday, re-opening the debate into how much she pushed for his release from prison.
Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 17:48
She might be known as the iron lady but former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was particular about her looks as her appointments diary for 1984 shows she visited a hairdresser 120 times.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 17:36
Delhi court issued a production warrant against `Iron lady` Irom Sharmila to appear Jan 30, next year in a case of attempted suicide during her fast-unto-death at Jantar Mantar here in 2006.
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 12:57
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi is fondly remembered by Western press as the ‘Iron Lady of India.’
Last Updated: Sunday, September 29, 2013, 23:38
Britain`s Conservatives paid tribute to Margaret Thatcher today at their annual conference, praising her legacy and selling merchandise with an entrepreneurial spirit the former prime minister would have been proud of.
Last Updated: Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 11:31
Margaret Thatcher was laid to rest on Wednesday with military pageantry and pockets of protests, in a funeral reflecting the polarising impact of Britain`s longest serving post-war prime minister.
Last Updated: Sunday, April 14, 2013, 10:48
Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher`s hardline approach to IRA hunger strikers and her staunch support of Unionism means few nationalists in Northern Ireland are mourning her death.
Last Updated: Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 09:24
Thatcher died of a stroke on Monday in London aged 87.
Last Updated: Monday, April 8, 2013, 23:54
Britain`s first woman Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher may have divided opinion during her lifetime but her death here on Monday attracted a unanimous outpouring of tributes across the globe and the country.
Last Updated: Monday, April 8, 2013, 23:12
Margaret Thatcher, who visited India several times, was bowled over by the beauty of the Taj Mahal and described it as "absolutely exquisite".
Last Updated: Monday, April 8, 2013, 22:43
"I will miss Mrs Indira Gandhi very much indeed," said a teary eyed British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1984 after laying a wreath on the body of the slain Indian premier with whom she became friends over the years.
Last Updated: Monday, April 8, 2013, 21:03
German Chancellor Angela Merkel hailed former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who died Monday, as an "extraordinary leader" who played a pivotal role in overcoming Europe`s Cold War division.
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