NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday attacked the Narendra Modi government over the alleged irregularities in national competitive exams, including the NEET-UG, alleging that it has handed over the entire education system to the “mafia” and the “corrupt”. Her reaction came a day after the Union education ministry set up a panel […]
Foreign Delegates Special Invitees To Attend Oath-Taking Ceremony At 7:15 PM New Delhi: Leaders from India’s neighbourhood and the Indian Ocean Region are among the dignitaries and special invitees who will be attending the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi and his council of ministers at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday evening, officials said. […]
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi whether he would fulfil his promise of giving special category status to the states of Andhra Pradesh and Bihar. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh also took a swipe at the prime minister, saying it is being claimed repeatedly that the Modi 3.0 government will […]
New Delhi: The process of government formation for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third term was set in motion on June 5, with the parties of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) unanimously passing a resolution electing Mr. Modi as their leader in a meeting at the PM’s official residence. In all, 21 NDA leaders signed the […]
New Delhi: Leaders of the INDIA bloc on Wednesday unanimously decided to continue their fight against the rule of the BJP led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The decision was taken at a meeting of the INDIA bloc convened by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence here in the wake of Lok Sabha poll […]
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu dissolved the 17th Lok Sabha on Wednesday on the advice of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Cabinet, according to the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Cabinet, in its meeting held on Wednesday, advised the President to dissolve the current Lok Sabha with immediate effect, it said. “The President has accepted the advice […]
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said Wednesday the Centre should respect the verdict of the people and release jailed politician Sheikh Abdul Rashid, alias Engineer Rashid, following his win in the Lok Sabha election in Jammu and Kashmir. Engineer Rashid, who is in prison in a terror financing case, emerged a giant slayer in Jammu […]
New Delhi: Of the 78 Muslim candidates who contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, only 24 have managed to win across the country, a number that keeps going down over the years. In 2019, only 26 Muslim candidates were elected as Members of Parliament, four belonging to the Congress and TMC each, three from the […]
NEW DELHI: Congress’ newly-elected Amethi MP Kishori Lal Sharma on Wednesday said the constituency for him was like an “amanat” of the Gandhi family and he would ensure there is no “amanat mein khayanat (breach of trust)”. Sharma, who emerged as a giant slayer by defeating sitting BJP MP and Union minister Smriti Irani by […]
New Delhi: The Bhartiya Janata Party emerged as the single largest party but fell short of 250 seats, while the Congress secured nearly 100 seats as the counting for the 2024 Lok Sabha election was nearing completion on Tuesday. With the BJP failing to secure a majority, the roles of two NDA constituents—Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) […]