Prayagraj: A Congress leader from Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday visited a graveyard and prayed to his ancestors ‘to provide proof of his citizenship’. The leader, Haseeb Ahmad, was earlier in news when he had projected Rahul Gandhi as Lord Shiva. “I have come to pray to my ancestors, along with other youths from my…
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Congress seeks calls from jobless
New Delhi: The Congress on Thurs-day launched a helpline to register unemployed youth across the country and demanded that the government bring out a National Register of Unemployed (NRU) using those numbers. The programme launc-hed by the Indian Youth Congress would include apart from the help line, protests across the country by the district units of…
Congress MLA, 5 others injured in a low intensity blast in Bengaluru
Karnataka Congress MLA N A Haris and five others got injured after a low-intensity blast took place during celebrations of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M G Ramachandran’s birth anniversary at Shanthinagar in Bengaluru on Wednesday. The incident took place at around 8:30 PM when the Shanthinagar MLA was attending an event to commemorate the…
Prithviraj Chavan : Shiv Sena wanted to form govt with Congress, NCP in 2014
Former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan’s statement that the Shiv Sena wanted to form a coalition government with the Congress and NCP after 2014 state elections has set off a political storm. In an interview with PTI, when asked what made the Congress join hands with the ideologically opposite Sena, Chavan said, ‘A similar situation emerged…
Congress Leader Hardik Patel Arrested for Evading Sedition Case Trial
Ahmedabad: Congress leader Hardik Patel was arrested on Saturday night from Viramgam taluka in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad district for failing to appear before a trial court here in a 2015 sedition case, hours after a warrant was issued against him. Patel’s arrest was confirmed by DCP Rajdeepsinh Zala (cyber crime). “We have arrested Haridk Patel from…
Congress wants Bharat Ratna for Kalapani convicts who never sought British mercy
MUMBAI: Hitting back at Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut for his remarks on opponents of the Bharat Ratna honour for VD Savarkar, the Congress on Saturday said supporters of the Hindutva ideologue should visit the erstwhile Andaman Jail to understand the sacrifice made by those freedom fighters who never apologised to the British. The Congress’…
PM Modi doing biggest disservice to nation by dividing people: Rahul Gandhi after Opposition meeting
Training his guns on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said he was doing biggest disserving to the nation by distracting and dividing people of India. Gandhi, the former Congress President, was addressing the media after concluding a meeting of the Opposition parties in New Delhi. Gandhi challenged Modi to go…
UP: Congress will ensure justice, says Priyanka Gandhi to victims’ kin
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday met family members of those killed during protests against the new citizenship law in Meerut and Muzaffarnagar and asked local party leaders to help the families in filing cases against ‘police brutality’. ‘The primary job of police is to ensure security of people and not to harass them,…
Have conveyed Congress stand to Uddhav, he will decide: Ashok Chavan on portfolio allocation
MUMBAI: The Congress said on late Thursday night that it had conveyed its stand about portfolio allocation to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
CAA stir: Not us, but Amit Shah created environment of fear, uncertainty, says Congress
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday rejected Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charge that the Opposition was “inciting” people, and alleged that an environment of fear and uncertainty has been created by Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement in Parliament that the NRC will be implemented after Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)
‘Urban Naxals, Congress lying on detention centres’: PM Modi defends CAA
PM Modi on Sunday kicked off BJP’s Delhi poll campaign with a unity slogan, underlining that India’s stand out feature is its diversity.
‘Shiv Sena, Muslim League as partners’: Amit Shah on Congress being secular
Union Home Minister Amit Shah countered the Congress party’s claim that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is communal in nature with the retort that the Congress is such a secular party that it has Muslim League as a coalition partner in Kerala and the Shiv Sena as an ally in Maharashtra, ANI quoted Shah as saying…
On Sonia Gandhi’s birthday, Puducherry CM distributes onions to party workers
In a symbolic dig at the Centre over soaring onion prices, Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Monday gifted 1 kg of onions each to party workers to celebrate Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s 73rd birthday. The prices of onion have skyrocketed across the country, caused by a delay in the arrival of new crop and…
Rajya Sabha passes SPG Amendment Bill amid walkout by Congress
The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The Bill was passed through a voice vote. However, the Congress staged walkout from the House. After this, the SPG cover will be provided to the incumbent Prime Minister and his immediate family living with him at the official residence. Also, ex-PMs and their respective family members will get the SPG cover only if they live at the official residence. The MHA will have the right to review SPG cover for former PM after five years from the day of retirement.
‘Trespassers’ Breaching Priyanka Gandhi’s Security Turn Out To Be Congress Workers: Reports
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