Iron Man versus Iron Lady of India

While very few big newspapers in New Delhi carried ads on Indira Gandhi on Friday, many had ads celebrating Sardar Patel's birth anniversary

Indira Gandhi was conspicuous by her absence from government advertisements in major newspapers in New Delhi on Friday, if one excluded the few ads issued by the Congress. In contrast, the Union and Delhi governments and the police published colourful notices celebrating Sardar Patel's birth anniversary. Business Standard presents a comparative study between the ads on October 31 this and last year:

Name of the newspaper	2013		2014
	Sardar Patel	Indira Gandhi	Sardar Patel	Indira Gandhi
The Times of India	Page 6, 20 cm x 6 col, CC, Govt of India	Page 6, 30 cm x 6 col, CC, Govt of India	Page 4, half page, CC, Govt of India

 
Page 5,
25 cm x 5 col, CC, Delhi Police

Page 7, half page, Delhi Govt
  Nil The Indian Express Nil Page 4,
half page, CC, Govt of India Page 3, half page, CC, Govt of India

Page 3,
25 cm x 5 col, CC, Delhi Police

Page 7, half page, CC, Delhi Govt Nil The Hindustan Times NA* NA* Page 4,
25 cm x 5 col, CC, Delhi Police

Page 5, half page, Govt of India

Page 7, half page, CC, Delhi Govt Nil The Hindu NA* NA* Page 2,
25 cm x 5 col, CC, Delhi Police

Page 7, half page, CC, Delhi Govt Nil The Economic Times Nil Page 17,
half page, CC, Govt of India Nil Nil