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NEW DELHI: In a bid to energise the student electorate and reclaim its hold over Delhi University's political landscape, the Congress-backed National Students' Union of India (NSUI) is making a powerful pitch for change -- led from the front by senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot. With just days to go before the Delhi University Students' Union elections, NSUI is banking on the credibility and appeal of young leadership to sway student sentiment, positioning itself as the voice of real campus issues. On Monday, Pilot, a youth icon within the Congress party and a former student leader himself, hit the ground running in DU's North Campus. Accompanied by NSUI national president Varun Choudhary and Delhi Congress chief Devender Yadav, he visited key colleges including Miranda House, Campus Law Centre, and Hindu College to rally support for the NSUI panel. The high-voltage campaign momentarily turned tense outside Hindu College, where NSUI and rival ABVP supporters came face-to-face, exchanging slogans before security intervened.
NEW DELHI, June 8: A day before his Government marks its first anniversary in third term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance has redefined women-led development in its 11 years in power. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp In all sectors, including science, education, sports, start ups and the armed forces, women are excelling and inspiring several people, Modi said on X. He cited a number of welfare programmes which, he noted, have benefitted women immensely. Various initiatives, from ensuring dignity through Swachh ...Read More >
Dausa (Rajasthan) [India], July 5 (ANI): Congress leader Sachin Pilot has raised concerns over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls being conducted in Bihar, questioning the Election Commission's "haste" and said EC should carry out its work in a "transparent manner." Speaking to reporters in Dausa on Friday, Rajasthan, Pilot said, "The haste with which the Election Commission has taken this step raises significant doubts, and a group of opposition parties met them and asked questions, but no satisfactory answers were received." Also Read | Centre Notifies Waqf Management ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 6 (ANI): The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) has announced that it will organise a Mega Job Fair in Bihar on July 19 at Gyan Bhawan, Patna. In a post on the social media platform X, the IYC stated that over 120 companies are expected to participate in the job fair, offering more than 5,000 employment opportunities https://x.com/IYC/status/1941493978198601909 Earlier. The IYC organised a Mega Job Fair 2025 at Talkatora Stadium in Delhi on June 19 to mark the birthday of Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, a release said. According to the rele ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 6 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday clarified the confusion surrounding his appointment as the chairman of the All India Congress Committee's (AICC) Other Backward Classes (OBC) Advisory Council. According to Siddaramaiah, he is yet to receive official confirmation about his appointment. Earlier, he refuted any claims of being appointed the chairman of the AICC's Backward Classes Advisory Committee, saying that he will only host the meeting in Karnataka. However, the Congress leader said that if orders are given to him by the party's ...Read More >
The AICC OBC Advisory Committee has requested the central government to implement the Telangana model of caste survey in the upcoming national census. The committee also aims to relax the 50% reservation cap for OBCs. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah mentioned Rahul Gandhi's influence on the caste census decision. He also spoke about a previous socio-economic survey ordered during his tenure. The AICC OBC Advisory Committee on Wednesday urged the Centre to adopt the Telangana model of the social, edu ...Read More >
Itanagar, Jun 7 (PTI) The flood situation in Arunachal Pradesh improved on Saturday with water levels of most rivers receding, even as 33,000 people in 24 districts remained affected, officials said. Twelve people lost their lives and one person went missing in rain-related incidents, including landslides, after the monsoon set in, they said. In its daily report, the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) said 33,200 people in 215 villages remained affected due to floods and landslides in the state. The water levels of most major rivers and their tributaries were showing a receding trend o ...Read More >
Indian cricketer Rinku Singh on Sunday got engaged to Samajwadi Party Member of Parliament Priya Saroj at The Centrum, a five-star luxury hotel in Lucknow. The ceremony got together a mix of personalities from the cricket and politics. The couple arrived at the venue together in coordinated white and pink outfits. The hall was adorned with intricate floral arrangements and vibrant lighting and welcomed over 300 guests, including several prominent figures. Prior to the ceremony, Singh visited t ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta on Monday sought an unconditional apology from Delhi Congress chief Devender Yadav, who alleged that more than Rs 2.35 crore had been spent on the Speaker's official residence, bungalow No. 9, Shamnath Marg, including Rs 94.69 lakh solely on the renovation of toilets and bathrooms. In a letter, Gupta stated, "Regarding your statement alleging exorbitant expenses on the renovation of the Speaker's residence, in which you mentioned that Rs 2.35 crore was spent, including Rs 94.69 lakh on bathrooms and toilets, it is reported that you even referred to t ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJP on Tuesday reappointed Manmohan Samal as its Odisha unit president. Samal's reappointment to the post was announced by BJP's central election observer Sanjay Jaiswal in the presence of senior leaders at the party's State headquarters. He was the lone leader to file the nomination for the post and, therefore, elected unopposed, Jaiswal said. This will be Samal's second consecutive term and fourth term in all. His earlier three terms were from November 1999 to October 2000, October 2000 to May 2004 and March 2023 to July 2025. Congratulating Samal following his re-e ...Read More >
Haridwar: A woman politician has been arrested for allegedly letting her boyfriend and others repeatedly rape her 13-year-old daughter in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The horrifying crime, which occurred between January and March, was exposed when the minor bravely confided in her father, prompting a police investigation that led to the arrest of the accused. The accused was arrested with her boyfriend and one more. According to police reports, the minor was gang-raped multiple times, often in the presence of her mother. The minor, who had been living with her father following her parents' separat ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) formally appointed N Ramchander Rao as the new Telangana state president on Tuesday, July 1. The post was previously held by Union minister and Secunderabad MP G Kishan Reddy. The announcement ended days of intense speculation over who would be the next Telangana state BJP president. Apart from Rao, Malkajgiri MP Eatala Rajender's name also lingered around the party corridors. The 66-year-old senior leader's appointment comes after the saffron party issued the notification for the post on June 29. The previous day, Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh announce ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Jul 15 (PTI) Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Tuesday issued a legal notice to state Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka for his alleged comments holding the former responsible for the 2016 suicide of Rohith Vemula, a PhD scholar in University of Hyderabad. In the legal notice, Ramchander Rao demanded an unconditional apology from Vikramarka within three days from the date of receipt of the notice for making false accusations. The notice said appropriate criminal action would be initiated and Rs 25 lakh in damages would be claimed if Vikramarka failed to compl ...Read More >
Belagavi (Karnataka) [India], December 26 (ANI): As the Congress is set to celebrate the centenary of the 1924 session of the party presided over by Mahatma Gandhi, party leader Salman Khurshid arrived in Belagavi on Thursday and said it is historical, and history was made here 100 years ago. "This is historical; history was made here 100 years ago. We need new inspiration and country. We need to take the country in the right direction and fight for the Constitution," Khurshid said while speaking to the media at the Airport. Several Congress leaders will be attending the Congress Working Com ...Read More >
Digha: A day after Rath Yatra, the festive fervour continues in Digha as the seaside town is now gearing up to host Ulta Rath or the return journey of the deities from the 'Masir Bari' or the old Jagannath temple. On July 5 -- the Ulta Rath day -- hotels are hoping for fresh tourist influx. Though the deities are currently in Masir Bari, a large queue of devotees visited the newly-constructed Jagannath temple on Saturday. They offered prayers to the stone idol permanently installed there. It is the wooden idols of Jagannath, Balaram and Subhadra that have taken the chairot rides. Bipradash Cha ...Read More >
MADURAI: Likening the custodial murder of Ajith Kumar in Tiruppuvanam to an 'organised crime by police where the state kills its own citizens,' Madras high court lambasted the Tamil Nadu police and said the action against the perpetrators should be more stringent than in normal murder cases.A division bench of Justice S M Subramaniam and Justice A D Maria Clete pointed to 44 external injuries on the person of Ajith Kumar and said no part of the body was spared by the delinquent cops. "Even an ordinary murderer would not have inflicted such kind of injuries," the bench said on Tuesday.The natur ...Read More >
Ramachander Rao belongs to OCs. (File) Hyderabad: Former MLC N Ramchander Rao, an ABVP veteran and senior advocate, on Saturday took over as the new president of the BJP in Telangana, succeeding G Kishan Reddy. Ramchander Rao officially assumed charge at BJP's Telangana headquarters here in the presence of Kishan Reddy, party MP D K Aruna and several other leaders. Ramchander Rao offered prayers at the famous Bhagyalakshmi temple at Charminar here before taking over his new role. He paid tri ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jan 31 (PTI) The Odisha Police on Friday arrested eight NSUI activists for holding a demonstration and showing black flags to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat during his travel in Bhubaneswar the previous day. The arrested youths, who were detained by the police on Thursday evening from the spot, were in the age group of 19 years to 24 years. They were booked under several sections of the BNS. Also Read | 'Touched Private Parts Pricked With Pen': Tuiton Teacher in Nagaur, Rajasthan Sexually Abused Class 2 Girl for 6 Months, Arrested. The workers of the Congress' student wing were protes ...Read More >
Hyderabad: After a carefully calibrated Cabinet expansion, providing representation to marginalised sections, the senior Congress leadership reached out to aspirants who did not make it to manage internal party dynamics. While legislators like Sudarshan Reddy, Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy, Malreddy Ranga Reddy, and Premsagar Rao -- all from upper castes -- aspired for Cabinet posts, the party prioritised social justice by inducting Dr Gaddam Vivek Venkatswamy, Adluri Lakshman Kumar, and Vakiti Srihari. The induction of three ministers -- two from the Scheduled Caste (SC) community and one fro ...Read More >
Gurgaon: Two days after a law student died and his friend suffered critical injuries when a car knocked them down as they stood near railing on the service lane of Delhi-Jaipur highway in the early hours of Tuesday, a civil engineer was arrested on Thursday.Mohit (31), an employee of a private company in the city, told police that he got drowsy while driving. He is staying at a PG facility in Sector 14.The student who died, Harsh Singhal (25), was a resident of Om Nagar colony. His friend Abhishek Kumar (23), who is from Shanti Nagar in Sector 11, is undergoing treatment at a private hospital ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Politics over slum demolitions in Delhi intensified on Sunday with AAP National Convenor and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal accusing the ruling BJP of rendering poor people homeless, while the latter justified the action against dwellings of Rohingyas and Bangladeshis who allegedly pose a security threat to others. The Congress also attacked Kejriwal for shedding crocodile tears for slum dwellers and slammed him for not rehabilitating even a single poor family during his 11-year rule in Delhi. Addressing a rally of slum dwellers and Aam Aadmi Party ...Read More >
Lucknow: Members of the National Students' Union of India (NSUI), the student wing of the Congress, took to the streets on Tuesday to protest the Uttar Pradesh govt's decision to merge primary and upper primary govt schools with fewer than 50 students. Calling it an 'authoritarian move,' scores of NSUI workers attempted to gherao the Vidhan Sabha. "The move is expected to lead to the closure of over 27,000 schools across the state. This will result in an increase in school dropouts, particularly among girls," said NSUI central zone president, Anas Rahman, who led the protest along with NSUI ea ...Read More >
PATNA: Congress leader and National Students' Union of India (NSUI) national incharge Kanhaiya Kumar, along with Pappu Yadav, who is an independent MP from Purnia Lok Sabha constituency, on Wednesday were snubbed by security from boarding a van during the Mahagathbandhan protest against electoral roll revision in poll-bound Bihar. The incident occurred when both leaders attempted to board the van carrying Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, but were stopped by security guards. Videos of the incident show Kanhaiya Kumar and Pappu Yadav being prevented from joining Rahu ...Read More >
Bilaspur, July 14 (PTI) The arrest of a female job aspirant and her sister, who coordinated from an autorickshaw, has busted a hi-tech fraud during the Chhattisgarh VYAPAM exam, leading to the recovery of a camera hidden in clothes, a microphone, and a walkie-talkie, police said on Monday. After the duo was arrested in Bilaspur district, the Congress alleged a big scam under the Chhattisgarh Vyavsayik Pariksha mandal (CG VYAPAM) examination and demanded a CBI inquiry. Police seized seven electronic devices, including mobile phones, a walkie-talkie, micro earphones, and a secret camera, on Su ...Read More >
Mumbai : Tesla's long awaited India debut finally took place with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurating its showroom in Mumbai on Tuesday. The Elon Musk-led car maker unveiled its Model Y compact all-electric SUV at its 'Experience Centre' in Bandra-Kurla Complex with the CM describing it as the "right city and the right state" for the launch."Mumbai stands for innovation and sustainability. In 2015, when I went to the US, I had my first ride in a Tesla, and then I thought we need such a vehicle for mobility in India. But it took 10 years for it to come to India. But we are very happy ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jan 8 (UNI) After the 'Piyari Didi' scheme, the Congress on Wednesday announced its second guarantee, the 'Jeevan Raksha' scheme, promising health insurance of up to Rs 25 lakh. Addressing a press conference at the DPCC headquarters here, former Chief Minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot, along with Delhi Congress chief Devender Yadav, said, "The Delhi Congress has decided to include 'Jeevan Raksha Yojana' in its manifesto. Under the Jeevan Raksha Yojana, health insurance of up to Rs 25 lakh will be available. We started a similar scheme in Rajasthan under which people of the state w ...Read More >
Jodhpur/Jaipur: The political battle between former chief minister Ashok Gehlot and Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat intensified Friday as both leaders traded accusations over the controversial Sanjivani credit cooperative society scam.In a pointed statement, Gehlot challenged Shekhawat to meet with victims of the scam rather than pursuing legal action through defamation suit against him. "I urge Shekhawat ji -- you are a cabinet minister, it's a big responsibility. Come forward, hold a di ...Read More >
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], June 29 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene in saving Jaipur's Dol Ka Badh forest from destruction. The Rajasthan government plans to convert the forest into a commercial hub, featuring a Prime Minister's Unity Mall, a Fintech Park, and hotels, which would involve cutting down approximately 2,400 trees. Sanjay Singh, in a letter to PM Modi, mentioned that the project is against the 'ideology' of PM Modi's 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' mission and would harm the natural form and ecological balance of the area, exacerbat ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka came down heavily on the BJP for appointing N Ramchander Rao, who was among the accused in the suicide of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula, as the president of the BJP's Telangana unit. The Congress leader alleged that the saffron party has once again shown that it rewards those who go against Dalits and tribals. Addressing a press conference in Delhi on Friday, he recalled the alleged role of Ramchander Rao in the Rohit Vemula case. He alleged that the BJP leader had brought pressure on the authorities of Hyderabad Cent ...Read More >
RAIPUR: An engineer and her sister have been arrested for allegedly cheating in the Chhattisgarh VYAPAM Sub-Engineer recruitment exam in Bilaspur on Sunday, police said. Electronic devices including a hidden camera, miniature earbuds and a walkie-talkie set that were used to transmit images of the question paper and receive answers, have been seized from the two sisters identified by the police as Annu Surya, who had an engineering degree from the state's Korea district, and her sister Anuradha Surya. The case came to light after members of the Congress's students wing, National Students' Un ...Read More >
Aam Aadmi Party criticizes Bharatiya Janata Party about bomb threats to schools in Delhi. AAP alleges a failure to protect children. Over 45 schools received threats, causing panic. AAP leaders Saurabh Bharadwaj and Atishi condemn the BJP's governance. Police responded to the threats with evacuations and searches. AAP demands a serious response from the central government to ensure children's safety. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday lashed out at the BJP over the repeated bomb threats to scho ...Read More >