NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met labourers at GTB Nagar in the national capital and discussed their problems.Sharing pictures of the meet, Congress on X wrote, “These hardworking laborers are the backbone of India’s economy.”“It is our responsibility to make their lives simpler and secure their future”, it added. Congress in its…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday hit out at the Uttar Pradesh government over the death of a journalist, who had recently run a story on the liquor mafia and was killed in what police said was a road accident. The Congress general secretary accused the Yogi Adityanath dispensation of “nurturing jungle…
MUMBAI: Union minister for Agriculture, Rural Development and Farmers’ Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that “who claim to safeguard the Constitution and parade it around have no right to touch it after what they did with the Constitution during Emergency. Chouhan said at the conclave titled “Reflecting on India’s Dark Days” organised by the…
NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi took oath as MP from Rae Bareli, immediately followed by Kishori Lal Sharma from Amethi, and Akhilesh Yadav from Kannauj, as the triumphant INDIA bloc in Uttar Pradesh of Samajwadi Party and Congress cornered the focus on the day which rounded off the formality of swearing-in the newly elected members to…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a scathing attack on Congress and described the declaration of Emergency as a “black spot” on India’s democracy a day ahead of its 50th anniversaryDuring his address to the media ahead of the first session of the 18th Lok sabha PM Modi said, “Tomorrow is 25th…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has resigned from his Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala. He has chosen to retain his Rae Bareli constituency in Uttar Pradesh. The Lok Sabha Secretariat confirmed his resignation, effective from June 18. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge had announced the decision following discussions with the party’s top leaders at…
NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi‘s decision to retain the Rae Bareli seat instead of Wayanad has led to an intense war of words between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In a recent retort, Congress leader Pawan Khera hit out at BJP leader Rajeev Chandrashekhar for calling Rahul Gandhi’s decision to let go of…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Monday said that NCERT had become an “RSS affiliate” since 2014. It also criticised National Testing Agency over NEET ‘grace marks’ row.In a post on X, Jairam Ramesh said, “The National Testing Agency has blamed the NCERT for the ‘grace marks’ fiasco in NEET 2024. That is only drawing attention away…
NEW DELHI: The Karnataka government‘s announcement of hike in petrol and diesel prices by Rs 3 per litre and Rs 3.02 per litre respectively has garnered strong reactions from opposition leaders and residents. “Khata-Khat badh gayi mehengai (Inflation has increased exponentially)!” reacted Union minister of petroleum and natural gas Hardeep Singh Puri.“After not fulfilling the…
