New Delhi: In an unprecedented action, the Election Commission on Friday castigated Congress President Kharge for obstructing the ongoing Lok Sabha election. The commission said the Congress President had made caseless allegations regarding the release of voter turnout data in the middle of ongoing polls which are designed to create confusion, misdirection and impediments in…
New Delhi: Sam Pitroda’s controversial comments were not a slip of the tongue but revealed the mindset of his Congress party and that of the people he has mentored, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said in a veiled reference to Rahul Gandhi. Pitroda resigned as the party’s overseas unit chief after stoking a major controversy…
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday dissociated itself from party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar’s remarks on Pakistan, saying they have been revived by the BJP in its attempt to deflect attention from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s daily “goof ups”. Aiyar does not speak for the party in any capacity whatsoever, Congress media department chairperson Pawan…
Lakhimpur Kheri/Sitapur (UP): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav and all four members of his family contesting the Lok Sabha polls will lose and the opposition party will not be able to open its account in the state. The chief minister addressed election rallies in Gola…
Chitrakoot (UP): BJP president J P Nadda on Thursday slammed the Congress over Sam Pitroda’s “racist” remarks and said that an advisor of Rahul Gandhi talked about dividing India on the basis of colour of skin. Addressing a poll rally here, Nadda also claimed that the Congress wants to usurp the rights of Dalits, tribals,…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed on Thursday that the Lok Sabha election is gradually slipping out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hands and he will now try to enact some drama to divert the attention of the country’s youngsters. In a video message, the former Congress chief urged young people not to get…
Chennai: In a heartbreaking event, an explosion at a cracker unit tragically took the lives of at least eight workers, including five women, and left ten others injured in Sengamalapatti near Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu. The incident occurred during the evening while the manufacturing process of crackers was underway, resulting in the destruction of nearly seven…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday opposed in the Supreme Court the grant of interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money-laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam, saying the right to campaign in elections is neither fundamental nor constitutional. In a fresh affidavit filed in the top…
New Delhi: The share of the Hindu population decreased by 7.82 per cent between 1950 and 2015 in India, while that of Muslims increased by 43.15 per cent, suggesting that there is a conducive environment in the country to foster diversity, said a recent working paper by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister…
Raebareli (UP): Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his Adani-Ambani jibe, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday charged that the BJP has a nexus with industrialists and waived their loans worth Rs 16 lakh crore. She also alleged that the entire BJP machinery is engaged in spreading “lies” about Rahul Gandhi. Referring…
