New Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Thursday took oath as Rajya Sabha MP for the first time from Rajasthan, a seat which fell vacant after former prime minister Manmohan Singh retired from the Upper House. She was sworn-in in the presence of Leader of the House Piyush Goyal and Leader of Opposition […]
JAMMU: Ch Lal Singh, two-times former MP, and three-times ex-Cabinet Minister and Congress candidate for Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency on Sunday said that BJP which ruled the nation for ten years and indulged only in vote bank politics, exploitation of masses and communal policies. He addressed a series of roadside meetings and public rallies enrooted […]
New Delhi: Mother India is in pain and this tyranny won’t work, said Sunita Kejriwal, reading out her jailed husband Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s message at the INDIA bloc rally here on Sunday. As top opposition leaders gathered at Ramlila Maidan for the ‘Loktantra Bachao’ rally, Sunita Kejriwal said, “The people of Delhi have […]
New Delhi: Displaying a washing machine on its press conference dais, the Congress on Saturday taunted the BJP over the CBI filing a closure report in a 2017 corruption case against NCP leader Praful Patel and said the ruling party’s ”fully automatic washing machine” works on the principle — ”join BJP, case closed”. The Congress […]
Jammu: Defending the issuance of fresh notices by the I-T department to the Congress, Union minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday lashed out at Congress for its “arrogance” and said the party is not above law. Thakur claimed the Congress changed its name from the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) to Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) […]
New Delhi: The Income Tax Department (I-T) has served a notice to the Congress of nearly Rs 1,823 crore, including penalty and interest, for the assessment years 2017-18 to 2020-2021, the party claimed on Friday. Adding to the party’s woes, the notice comes after the High Court rejected its plea challenging tax notices. The Congress […]
New Delhi: The INDIA bloc is intact despite Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s “somersault” and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee deciding to be Mamata Banerjee, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has said, rejecting as “hollow” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pitch against the opposition on corruption. In an interaction with PTI editors, Ramesh also said the opposition […]
New Delhi: A court here on Friday sent Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to the Enforcement Directorate’s custody till March 28, a day after his arrest in the excise policy-linked money laundering case. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja at the Rouse Avenue court said Kejriwal will be produced before the court on March 28 at 2 […]
New Delhi: The Election Commission Thursday directed the Centre to “immediately halt” sending bulk WhatsApp messages under the “Viksit Bharat Sampark” to highlight the government’s initiatives. The Commission issued the direction to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology after it received complaints about the matter. “The move is a part of a series of […]
New Delhi: Asserting that the country is seeking a change, the Congress on Tuesday said the party’s Lok Sabha election manifesto would focus on ensuring justice to people based on five “Nyay pillars” and claimed the BJP’s ‘guarantees’ would meet the same fate as the ‘India Shining’ slogan of 2004. The Congress Working Committee (CWC), […]