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Bengaluru, Dec 16 (PTI) Welcoming the Delhi Court refusing to take cognisance of ED chargesheet against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said it has completely exposed the "illegality" and "malafide intent" of the Modi government at the Centre. Deputy CM D K Shivakumar too said the Modi government's misuse of power and malafide intent have now been exposed before the nation. "Truth and justice prevail." ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday claimed the "illegality" of the Narendra Modi government and its "politically motivated prosecution stands fully exposed" after a court here refused to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate chargesheet in the National Herald money laundering case against Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and others. In a statement, the Congress said the ED's proceedings against Congress leadership -- Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi -- in the case have been found to be "complet ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: A tussle among rival gangsters over dominance in the organisation of kabaddi tournaments in Punjab has led to the killing of 30-year-old kabaddi player-cum-promoter Kanwar Digvijay Singh alias Rana Balachauria, who was shot dead in Mohali on Sunday evening. He was killed by associates of gangsters Doni Bal and Lucky Patial. This is not the first such incident, as two well-known players of the sport have earlier been assassinated in similar circumstances. Punjab Police have identifi ...Read More >
New Delhi: Congress said that the BJP-led government has been exposed and that "the truth has prevailed" as a Delhi court on Tuesday refused to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) prosecution complaint in the alleged National Herald money laundering case. In a major relief to Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi, Special Judge (PC Act) Vishal Gogne of the Rouse Avenue Court held that the complaint filed by th ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) The Congress on Tuesday claimed the "illegality" of the Narendra Modi government and its "politically motivated prosecution stands fully exposed" after a court here refused to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate's National Herald money laundering case against Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and others. In a statement, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said the ED's proceedings against Congress leadership -- Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi -- in the case have bee ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], November 19 (ANI): On the occasion of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's 108th birth anniversary, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday remembered her grandmother, crediting her with making India a nuclear power. "Patriotism, compassion, strength, courage, dedication, and sacrifice - a steely personality forged from all these sentiments, which made the world acknowledge India's might. Made the country a nuclear power. Strengthened the infrastructure to fortify Ind ...Read More >
A car explosion in the heart of the Indian capital on Monday killed at least eight people. The explosion occurred near New Delhi's landmark Red Fort. "Today at around 6:52pm (1322 GMT), a slow-moving vehicle stopped at a red light - an explosion happened in that vehicle, and due to the explosion, nearby vehicles were also damaged," New Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golcha told reporters. "Some people have died, and some have been injured." The blast occurred near a Metro station and in an ...Read More >
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has reiterated that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) should be banned in the country, stating that even Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had banned the participation of government employees in RSS's activities. The ban was lifted by the BJP government in 2024; it must be reinstated, he demanded. "My personal opinion is that RSS should be banned," Kharge said at a press conference on Friday, comparing the RSS's ideology with "poison." The BJP has slammed the Congr ...Read More >
New Delhi, October 31 (UNI): Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge today launched a scathing attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), saying that the Hindu outfit should be banned for creating "law and order problems" in the country. Speaking on the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, which also coincides with the 41st death anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Kharge said both the Iron Man and the Iron Lady worked for India's unity and integrity. Addres ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Oct 28 (IANS) Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara said on Tuesday that there is nothing wrong with the demand for a Dalit Chief Minister. "What's wrong with holding a Dalit convention? Earlier, the high command had asked us to postpone it for certain reasons, and we had agreed. In the interest of the party, the Dalit community has always stood with the Congress," he said. The state Home Minister pointed out that to maintain this unity, the party needs to hold such conventions fr ...Read More >
Pune, Oct 28 (PTI) Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sushma Andhare on Tuesday said she was not afraid of the Rs 50 crore defamation notice sent by former BJP MP Ranjit Naik Nimbalkar and vowed to continue talking about cases allegedly involving him. Andhare had on Monday raised several questions regarding the alleged suicide of a 28-year-old woman doctor in Phaltan in Maharashtra's Satara district, alleging that the hotel where she was found hanging belonged to a person close to Nimbalkar. She had claim ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Minister for General Education and Labour V Sivankutty on Saturday dismissed BJP leader K Surendran's claim that Hindutva ideologues V D Savarkar and K B Hedgewar would be included in the state's school syllabus following Kerala's decision to join the PM SHRI scheme. Responding to Surendran, Sivankutty said the former BJP state president's statement was part of a politically motivated propaganda and reflected his lack of understanding of Kerala's education policy. He ...Read More >
Kang said following court directions, "Facebook, in compliance with legal instructions, deleted Jagman Samra's account and the fake video". The ruling Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab Thursday accused the BJP of indulging in character assassination of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann by allegedly circulating a fake video on social media targeting him even as the Opposition party questioned the "government's claims of honesty and morality". CM Mann, who was in Morinda, too broke his silence on the alleged ...Read More >
OTTAWA -- India's new envoy to Canada says Ottawa should pivot away from pursuing a scaled-down trade deal and instead reach for a comprehensive trade and investment agreement with the world's most populous country. In a wide-ranging interview with The Canadian Press, Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Patnaik also said Canadian businesses should expand trade and investment ties with India now, without waiting for governments to sign a formal trade agreement. "We are more interested in a comprehe ...Read More >
New Delhi, October 16: A video circulating on Instagram claims that there is a suspicious connection between the deaths of three former national leaders and their stance on COVID-19 vaccines. The video asserts that the presidents of Haiti, Tanzania, and Zambia had all refused the COVID-19 vaccine and subsequently died under mysterious circumstances. It implies that these deaths were not coincidental but linked to their vaccine hesitancy or rejection. Specifically, the video names former Haitian ...Read More >
Senior Congress leader and former Union minister P Chidambaram remarked 1984 Operation Blue Star as the "wrong way" to reclaim the Punjab's Golden Temple, reiterating that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi paid the ultimate price for that decision. "No disrespect to any military officers, but that was the wrong way to retrieve the Golden Temple. A few years later, we showed the right way to retrieve it -- by keeping the Army out. Blue Star was the wrong way, and I agree that Mrs Gandhi paid w ...Read More >
Shimla: Congress leader P Chidambaram said Operation Blue Star was not the right way to capture militants holed up in the Golden Temple in 1984, due to which the then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, "paid with her life". "There was a way to retrieve and capture all militants but Operation Blue Star was the wrong way and I agree that Mrs Gandhi paid with her life for the mistake but the mistake was cumulative decision of the Army, intelligence, police and civil defence and you cannot completely b ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 2 (ANI): On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, Grammy Award-winning musician Ricky Kej unveiled a new music video titled Be The Change from the album Gandhi - Mantras of Compassion, a musical tribute to the life and ideals of Mahatma Gandhi. The video features acclaimed speed-painter Vilas Nayak, accompanied by a 75-piece orchestra, creating a unique fusion of visual and musical storytelling. The album and its latest music video aim to celebrate the life and ...Read More >
Chennai, Oct 2 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday condemned the release of special postage stamp and commemorative coin marking the centenary celebrations of RSS, and said India should be rescued from the "pitiful state" of celebrating an organisation, which shaped the thinking of a communal element who assassinated the Mahatma. Paying floral tributes to a portrait of Gandhi on his jayanthi here today, the Chief Minister said India is a secular country and Mahatma Gandhi sow ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which is set to complete 100 years on Thursday, has come a long way since its inception to become the largest socio-cultural organisation. Here is a timeline of key events that shaped the RSS' journey, including the various highs and lows: 1925: Dr Keshav Baliram Hedgewar announced the launch of the Sangh on September 27. 1926: The organisation got its name, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, on April 17 after a majority of a small gr ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 1 (PTI) Telangana Director General of Police B Shivadhar Reddy on Wednesday urged members of the outlawed CPI (Maoists) to surrender. Shivadhar Reddy, who assumed charge as the new DGP, said that due to efforts by the Telangana Police, several Maoist cadres -- including those from Chhattisgarh and Central Committee member Padmavati alias Sujata -- have come out and surrendered over the last five to six months. Reddy, a 1994-batch officer who was serving as chief of the Telangana ...Read More >
Uttar Pradesh ATS arrested four men plotting to form a "Mujahideen Army" to topple the Indian government through violent jihad and impose Sharia law. Influenced by radical Pakistani groups, they allegedly planned targeted killings of non-Muslim religious leaders, collected arms funding, and spread extremist ideology online. The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Monday arrested four men who were allegedly conspiring to form a "Mujahideen Army" to topple the Indian government through "v ...Read More >
KC Venugopal flagged what he termed a "chilling and heinous" death threat to Rahul Gandhi. New Delhi: Congress general secretary K C Venugopal on Sunday wrote to Home Minister Amit Shah over a former ABVP leader's controversial remarks targeting Rahul Gandhi during a televised debate, saying a failure to act against him swiftly will be judged as complicity and normalisation of violence against the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha. In the letter, Venugopal flagged what he termed a "chilling a ...Read More >
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The nominations for 2025 International Emmy Awards were announced over the weekend and India bagged two nominations this year. Actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh bagged his first International Emmy award nomination under the category 'Best Performance By An Actor' while the Netflix India film Amar Singh Chamkila is running in contention for the 'Best TV movie' award. Dosanjh bagged his nomination for the same Hindi film. Directed b ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 28 (PTI) Congress general secretary K C Venugopal on Sunday wrote to Home Minister Amit Shah over a former ABVP leader's controversial remarks targeting Rahul Gandhi during a televised debate, saying a failure to act against him swiftly will be judged as complicity and normalisation of violence against the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha. In the letter, Venugopal flagged what he termed a "chilling and heinous" death threat to Rahul Gandhi by Printu Mahadev, a former state presi ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): Former Indian diplomat Mahesh Sachdev on Saturday tore into Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif address at the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA80), likening it to a virtuous performance, worthy of a role in a Bollywood film and slamming it as a fake narrative riddled with factual inconsistencies. Speaking to ANI, Sachdev excoriated Sharif speech for its doublespeak and glorification of terrorism, a charge echoed by First Secretary at India Per ...Read More >
Vijayawada: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu told the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Thursday that his government is focused on two priorities: exposing "criminals in political guise" and "curbing the misuse of social media". He warned of serious action against those who commit crimes on women and spread fake campaigns using social media platforms. Expressing concern over fake campaigns on social media, the CM warned of strict actionagainst those posting objectionable content, particul ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 24 (ANI): The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) on Monday wrote to the Ministry of Civil Aviation demanding the constitution of a Court of Inquiry (Judicial Probe) into the investigation of the fatal crash of Air India Flight AI 171 on June 12, 2025. Also Read | Congress Working Committee Meet 2025: Mallikarjun Kharge Attacks Centre, Says Modi Government Failed on Economy and Diplomacy (Watch Videos). In a formal letter dated September 22, addressed to the Civil Av ...Read More >
Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday sharply criticised the BJP-led Centre for allowing the India-Pakistan Asia Cup cricket match, questioning whether financial gains outweighed the loss of Indian lives in terror attacks. Speaking at a public meeting late in the evening, Owaisi recalled the Pahalgam attack in which 26 people were killed and accused the government of hypocrisy. "How much money does the BCCI earn from one cricket match -- ₹2,000-3,000 crore? Is the value of 26 ...Read More >
New Delhi [India] September 13 (ANI): Underlining that India and Nepal are "close neighbours, fellow democracies and long-term development partners", the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday welcomed the formation of an interim government in Kathmandu led by former Chief Justice Sushila Karki, expressing hope that the move would "help foster peace and stability" in the Himalayan nation. In its response, the MEA said India "will continue to work closely with Nepal for the well-being and ...Read More >
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