Congress leader Anand Sharma’s book on former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi called India’s Indira was released in the capital on Saturday. The event saw the presence of the country’s top leaders including President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi among[Read More…]
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Sonia’s condition stable, to remain in hospital for few days
After being hospitalised for food poisoning on Sunday, Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s condition is stable now. The Ganga Ram Hospital authorities said that she will have to remain in the hospital for a few more days though. “The health condition of Sonia Gandhi is stable. She is progressing well and[Read More…]
Congress rejig, appoints new state chiefs
In a major organisational revamp, the Congress on Thursday has replaced its existing state unit chiefs in two states where Assembly elections happened recently. The Congress leadership has appointed senior leader Pritam Singh as its Uttarakhand Congress chief and Sunil Jakhar as its chief in Punjab. Sunil Jakhar, contested from[Read More…]
BJP not worried about presidential elections: Subramanian Swamy
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy made it clear that the BJP is not tensed over the presidential elections. Notably, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Vice-president Rahul Gandhi are putting efforts to gather support from the other political parties over the same. “They (Sonia and Rahul) can unite everybody[Read More…]
Praful Patel likely to be JDU-NCP CM face in Gujarat
JDU and NCP are getting ready for an all guns blazing battle in Gujarat, sources tell Newsd that the JDU-NCP alliance will project former Union Minister Praful Patel as the CM candidate for the state. “We have indicated our willingness to Congress for a grand alliance in the state however[Read More…]
Nobody can compete with Anand ‘Amul’ Milk Co-op Model: Rahul Gandhi
On Monday, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi visited the Panduri Mata temple at Dev Mogara village near Debiapada. A significant temple for the local tribals of the area. After arriving at the Vadodara airport on Monday afternoon, Gandhi headed straight to the temple in Narmada district, said Gujarat Congress spokesperson Nishith[Read More…]
How are we ruining India’s future by trolling & faking it
This is no regular blog. This is an intervention. A serious one at that. You really need to stop. Stop whatever you have been doing all this while and think for a second what have we become? And, what are we trying to become in the future? A few years[Read More…]
Maoists attack: 25 jawans killed in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma
At least 25 paramilitary personnel were killed and six others were injured in Chhattisgarh’s south Sukma region on Monday by the suspected maoist militants. The attack was possibly to prevent a crucial road link the government thinks would break the support of the insurgent group. The attack happened between the[Read More…]
Don’t turn blind eye to privacy concerns: Rahul Gandhi
Congress expels Barkha Shukla Singh
Barkha Shukla Singh has been expelled from Congress on Friday for 6 years, soon after she attacked INC vice-president Rahul Gandhi and Delhi unit head Ajay Maken and quit as local women’s wing chief. She has been removed from the party for being involved in ‘anti-party activities’ ahead of the[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi attends Champaran centenary ceremony
Smriti Irani says Rahul Gandhi has no time for Amethi people
Taking a jibe at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday said that the Amethi MP has no time for the people of his constituency. She also alleged the Congress family for not doing enough for the district. She addressing a bakery training programme on the[Read More…]
Alwar lynching: Supreme Court issues notice to 6 states
On Friday, the Supreme Court in response to the brutal murder of a man Rajasthan’s Alwar town has issued notices to Rajasthan, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh & Karnataka and sought a detailed reply on a petition regarding cow vigilantism. Supreme Court also asked the Rajasthan government to[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi meets farmers protesting at Jantar Mantar
Exclusive: NCP merging with Congress?
Ever since veteran leader Sharad Pawar formed the Nationalist Congress Party in 1999, one question that always loomed large – will Sharad Pawar ever go back into the Congress fold? So far, there were straight denials to this question but now the tide may be turning. Notably, Pawar has never[Read More…]
Electoral defeats are temporary shocks, Rahul Gandhi has been steadfast in his core values
It was anybody’s guess while analysing the Congress result in the recently concluded 5 state elections that Congress’s success will have many fathers but in case of failure, all blame would be on Rahul Gandhi alone. As the leader, Rahul Gandhi has accepted the blame for the defeats on[Read More…]
Punjab govt ends VIP culture, announces reservation for women
In its first cabinet meeting, the newly formed Punjab government on Saturday decided to completely shun the VIP culture by removing the red, yellow and blue beacons from their official vehicles. The state cabinet’s first meeting was chaired by Capt Amarinder Singh. During the meeting, all Cabinet ministers unanimously decided[Read More…]
The man everyone loves to hate
We have made fun of him, his incompetence and general reluctance to take responsibility. But keep that aside for a bit and think about what kind of a traumatic childhood he has had. Age 5 – Emergency is declared Age 10 – Uncle dies in a plane crash Age 14[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi can defeat PM Modi: Raj Babbar
Raj Babbar offers to resign as Uttar Pradesh Congress chief
Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Raj Babbar has offered to resign, taking moral responsibility for the poll debacle in the state. Babbar also echoed Rahul Gandhi on the need for making structural changes to strengthen the party, but defended the Congress vice-president, saying leadership is not changed for losses in one[Read More…]
What do UP Poll results mean for the Muslims of India
Should the Muslim community start moving towards the BJP? BJP has stormed to power in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most politically significant state, demolishing any myths of demonetization or identity politics. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has trumped all odds and emerged as the sole winning factor, in a political battle that[Read More…]
BJP stole Goa and Manipur through money power: Rahul Gandhi
Former Congress leader S M Krishna to join BJP on March 15
Former Congress leader S M Krishna will join the BJP on March 15, said Karnataka BJP President B S Yeddyurappa on Monday. “Krishna will join BJP fold on March 15 in New Delhi,” said Yeddyurappa to reporters following a rally in the run up to the Nanjangud and Gundlupet bypolls.[Read More…]
Capt Amarinder to become CM on March 16
Will continue to fight to win hearts and minds of people: Rahul Gandhi
Congratulating Prime Minister Modi on poll win in Uttar Pradesh, Congress Vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that the party will continue to fight to win the hearts and minds of people. After five hours of counting, the BJP led in 309 seats in UP. Along with its two[Read More…]