VC Shukla`s name will figure in martyrs` list: Congress

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 15:25

Congress downplayed reports of veteran party leader Vidya Charan Shukla`s name missing from the martyrs` list of those killed in Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh.

VC Shukla cremated with state honours

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 17:52

Former union minister and Congress leader V.C. Shukla, who died of wounds he suffered during the May 25 Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh, was cremated with full state honours on Wednesday at his farmhouse here.

VC Shukla killed for revenge, say Maoists

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 10:19

Maoists here said on Tuesday that they killed state Congress leader VC Shukla in revenge for the violence by state forces on innocent people.

VC Shukla killed for revenge, say Maoists

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 00:19

Maoists said Tuesday that they killed state Congress leader VC Shukla in revenge for the violence by state forces on innocent people.

VC Shukla built his own cremation platform

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 23:26

Congress leader V.C. Shukla, who succumbed to wounds he suffered during the May 25 Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh, had built the place where he will be cremated on Wednesday evening.

President, PM condole VC Shukla`s death

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 20:38

President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday condoled the death of Congress leader V.C. Shukla, who was seriously injured in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh last month.

VC Shukla: Achieved fame during Emergency as propagandist

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 17:31

Vidya Charan Shukla, a Congressman by origin who changed parties, had a long and chequered political career but he will remain best known for his iron-fist handling of the media during the infamous Emergency.

VC Shukla: Achieved fame during Emergency as propagandist

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 16:16

Vidya Charan Shukla, a Congressman by origin who changed parties and held key portfolios including External Affairs, achieved fame during the infamous Emergency as a propagandist for Indira Gandhi`s government.

Three-day mourning declared in Chattisgarh on Shukla`s demise

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 16:02

Chattisgarh Government on Tuesday declared three-day state mourning as a mark of respect for former Union minister and Congress veteran VC Shukla who died after battling injuries in a Naxal attack.

Chhattisgarh Naxal attack: Congress leader VC Shukla passes away

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 15:09

Former Union Minister and Congress veteran VC Shukla, who suffered bullet injuries in the deadly Naxal attack that eliminated Chhattisgarh party leadership over a fortnight ago, died on Tuesday after developing multi-organ failure.

Naxal attack: Mishra panel to visit Jiram Valley on June 14

Last Updated: Sunday, June 2, 2013, 00:15

Justice Prashant Mishra Commission probing the naxal attack on the Congress convoy in Chhattisgarh`s Bastar district will visit the site of the ambush at Jiram Valley on June 14.

Naxal attack: Condition of VC Shukla improving, but still critical

Last Updated: Saturday, June 1, 2013, 20:02

The condition of Congress leader and former Union minister V C Shukla, who was injured in a deadly Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh last week, continues to show signs of improvement but it remains critical.