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NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday took a swipe at Home Minister Amit Shah, saying he accomplished a miracle in the Lok Sabha when he "raved and ranted for 90 minutes" without once using his favourite word of abuse. The opposition party's dig came a day after Shah declared that the country has become free from Naxals, with the apex body of the Maoists and their central structure almost completely dismantled. He also accused the Congress of doing "nothing" to end the long spell of violence perpe ...Read More >
Speaking during Zero Hour, Laxman said OBC reservation was being misused in the name of religion. He added that states such as Telangana, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala contravened the reservation policy, which does not provide for quotas based on religion, and demanded a review. Laxman cited Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu high court judgments questioning the practice of extending the OBC quota to all Muslims. "There should be a comprehensive review of such religion-based reservations," Lax ...Read More >
A Great Indian Bustard (GIB) chick has been sighted in the wild in Gujarat for the first time in 10 years, thanks to a novel approach that holds out hope for the conservation of one of the most endangered bird species, Union environment, forest and climate change minister Bhupender Yadav announced on Saturday. In a post on X, Yadav said his ministry, the state forest departments of Rajasthan and Gujarat, and the Wildlife Institute of India coordinated the jump-start approach. He said Prime Mini ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) The Congress on Monday accused the government of not implementing the VB-G RAM G Act after putting a "lock" on MGNREGA and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi keeps reminding people of the COVID period but has forgotten how the UPA-era law provided relief to millions during the pandemic. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that the BJP has axed the right to work for millions of labourers by abolishing MGNREGA but there was no trace of the "much-hyped" VB-G RAM G ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday cited Census Commissioner Mritunjay Kumar Narayan's remarks that many Census data sets will be published in 2027 itself to claim that the grounds on which Constitution amendment bills are being sought to be "bulldozed" through Parliament are "false". In a post on X, the Congress general secretary in-charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, said, "Constitution amendment Bills are being sought to be bulldozed through in the next few days on the grounds that Censu ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday asked Prime Mi nister Narendra Modi to tell his MPs to do better homework before raising issues in Parliament. His reaction came after BJP MP K Laxman accused the Congress and other opposition parties of appeasement and doing votebank politics by giving OBC reservation to Muslims. "Today in the Rajya Sabha, the Indian National Congress was accused of appeasement because of its stance on reservations for Muslims on the basis of bac ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): Congress leader Jairam Ramesh hit back at the BJP, urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ask his MPs to do their "homework" following sharp criticism from Union Minister JP Nadda in the Rajya Sabha, who accused the Opposition of "appeasement politics" over their stance on reservation for Muslims based on backwardness. In a post on X, Ramesh said, "Today, in the Rajya Sabha, the Indian National Congress was accused of appeasement for supporting the issue of pr ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday cited Census Commissioner Mritunjay Kumar Narayan's remarks that many Census data sets will be published in 2027 itself to claim that the grounds on which Constitution amendment bills are being sought to be "bulldozed" through Parliament are "false". In a post on X, the Congress general secretary in-charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, said, "Constitution amendment Bills are being sought to be bulldozed through in the next few days on the grounds that Censu ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) The Congress on Monday cited Census Commissioner Mritunjay Kumar Narayan's remarks that many Census data sets will be published in 2027 itself to claim that the grounds on which Constitution amendment bills are being sought to be "bulldozed" through Parliament are "false". In a post on X, the Congress general secretary in-charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, said, "Constitution amendment Bills are being sought to be bulldozed through in the next few days on the groun ...Read More >
New Delhi, Feb 17 (PTI) The National Green Tribunal's nod to the Great Nicobar project is disappointing and unfortunate and may have disastrous ecological impacts, according to environment enthusiasts. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday cleared the proposed International Container Transhipment Terminal in the Great Nicobar Island, saying adequate safeguards had been provided in the environmental clearance (EC) conditions. The eastern zonal bench of Kolkata, headed by NGT Chairperson J ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, February 16: Former Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on Monday suggested that DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin as the "best man to consolidate" the INDIA bloc, while emphasising that a united national opposition requires strong leadership and strategic coordination. Aiyar reasoned that Stalin focuses on raising substantive issues rather than sloganeering and would not stand in the way of Rahul Gandhi becoming Prime Minister. Speaking to ANI, Aiyar, who serv ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday clarified that the Nehru Papers are not "missing" from the Prime Minister's Museum and Library (PMML), stating that they are in the possession of former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, and asked her to explain what documents are being withheld. Union culture minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat issued the clarification after the Congress cited a parliamentary reply on the issue and demanded an apology from the Union government. Referring to a post by Congress l ...Read More >
The Prime Ministers Museum and Library is housed in the historic Teen Murti campus located south of Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi A day after the Congress questioned the government's claims in Parliament that no Jawaharlal Nehru-related documents were missing from the Prime Ministers Museum and Library, the Centre issued a statement on Wednesday. In a series of posts on X, the Ministry of Culture rejected the opposition's claims . On JN papers: Vide letter dated 29.04.2008 Shri M V Rajan, re ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) The Congress on Wednesday demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah's resignation after a Delhi court refused to take cognisance of the ED's money laundering charge against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case. The opposition party also vowed to expose the "vendetta politics" against its leadership, asserting that the Congress cadre is agitated and is going to show its strength against the "misuse of agencies." "We will ...Read More >
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor criticized the BJP-led Centre's VB-G RAM G Bill, calling it an "assault on the spirit" of the rural employment program. He objected to removing Mahatma Gandhi's name and questioned the financial restructuring, warning it could make the scheme unviable and violate fiscal federalism. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor took a sharp dig at the BJP-led Centre on Tuesday while opposing the VB-G RAM G Bill in the Lok Sabha, recalling the 1971 hit Bollywood number -- "Dekho o deewano ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) The Congress on Tuesday took a swipe at the government over its reply to a question in the Lok Sabha that no documents related to Jawaharlal Nehru were missing from the Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) during its annual inspection, asking if there would be an apology forthcoming. In September, Rizwan Kadri, a member of the Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) Society, had said he had written to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi to allow physical or digital acces ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): The Opposition MPs have demanded the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 'Atomic Energy Bill', and the VB-G RAM G Bill to Standing Committees, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh said on Monday. Jairam Ramesh stated that the three Bills require "deep study and wide consultations." "The entire Opposition is demanding that the following three far-reaching Bills be referred to the Standing Committees concerned. We are hopeful that, in keeping with the best of Parlia ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 15 (PTI) The Congress on Monday said the Opposition wants three bills, including the one that seeks to open the atomic energy sector to private players, to be sent to the standing committees for deeper study. In a post on X, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh termed the three bills far-reaching and in want of scrutiny. "The entire Opposition is demanding that the following three far-reaching Bills be referred to the Standing Committees concerned. We are hopeful that in keeping with t ...Read More >
BJP MP Sambit Patra accused Congress of politicizing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) issue by holding a rally, alleging it aims to protect infiltrators. He stated Congress sought the parliamentary discussion on SIR and questioned their stance on vote theft, noting their silence when they win. Patra highlighted the Home Minister's response to allegations of vote theft and infiltrators. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sambit Patra on Sunday accused the Congress of politicising the issue of a ...Read More >
Asserting that India simply cannot afford to pollute its way to prosperity, the Congress on Monday said increased pollution need not and must not be the price the people are compelled to pay for faster growth. The opposition party also stressed that the Graded Response Action Plans (Graps) cannot remain the dominant focus of clean-air action. In a statement, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said these plans are essentially reactive, with the emphasis being on c ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJ)-led government for its handling of air pollution-related deaths, calling it "shocking insensitivity" and urging urgent reforms in air quality management. In a statement, Jairam Ramesh highlighted that the government, in the Rajya Sabha on December 9, had claimed that "there is no conclusive data available in the country to establish direct correlation of death/disease exclus ...Read More >
The Congress's "vote chori" pitch may not have found many takers in Bihar, but the party is making another push for the campaign on Sunday as it holds a "Vote Chor, Gaddi Chhod" rally at Delhi's iconic Ramlila Maidan. The rally, which will see participation of Congress leaders from across the country including Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, party president Mallikarjun Kharge, general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra among others, is the first such event in the national capital against the Co ...Read More >
Ahead of the Congress' rally over the "vote theft" issue, the BJP on Sunday (December 14, 2025) alleged that the main Opposition party was holding the event in its bid to "protect infiltrators" from being removed from the electoral rolls. The ruling BJP asserted that the Congress will not succeed in its design of misleading people as well as "insulting and defaming" constitutional institutions, because the entire world knows that India's democracy is "very robust". Stepping up its campaign aga ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Opposition in Delhi, especially the Congress, watched the Mahagathbandhan's rout in Bihar with shock, dismay and anger - made worse by reports that Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were abroad on the crucial day. While some All India Congress Committee (AICC) functionaries refused to formally confirm this, they could not explain why the siblings didn't turn up to pay floral tributes to Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary. Others murmured that Gandhi had also failed to ...Read More >
New Delhi, November 10 (ANI): Delhi's air quality has plunged into the 'Very Poor' category, sparking fresh concerns over public health as political parties trade blame over rising pollution levels in the national capital. Citizens staged a protest at India Gate on Sunday, demanding a government policy to curb air pollution, but were reportedly detained by police, intensifying the debate over the city's deteriorating air quality. Also Read | Agra Shocker: Lawyer Fractures Legs While Fleeing, A ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 10 (PTI) A day before polling for the second and final phase of the Bihar Assembly polls, the Congress on Monday said this time the Mahagathbandhan government is certain in the state as the INDIA bloc has a clear roadmap for the state's development, while the NDA leaders have only "foul language and false promises" to offer. The opposition party also asserted that the Mahagathbandhan's guarantees will be implemented as soon as it comes to power. Congress president Mallikarjun Kh ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Monday claimed that the citizens' protest at India Gate, demanding a government policy to curb air pollution in the national capital, was organised by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He said that the state government was working to mitigate "poison left behind by AAP". Speaking to reporters here, Sirsa criticised the previous AAP government in Delhi, saying that it destroyed everything in the last 10 years. "AAP is organising this prote ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Monday claimed that the citizens' protest at India Gate, demanding a government policy to curb air pollution in the national capital, was organised by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He said that the state government was working to mitigate "poison left behind by AAP". Speaking to reporters here, Sirsa criticised the previous AAP government in Delhi, saying that it destroyed everything in the last 10 years. Al ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 4 (PTI) The Congress on Tuesday alleged that crimes against women have "skyrocketed uncontrollably" under the BJP-JD(U) rule in Bihar and posed questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the alleged "neglect" of women's safety, health, and dignity in the last 20 years. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge slammed the BJP-JD(U) over the security situation for women and asserted that the Mahagathbandhan is fully committed to their empowerment and economic upliftment. Kharge sai ...Read More >
Congress has criticised the Modi government. This follows US President Donald Trump's repeated claims. Trump stated he stopped the India-Pakistan conflict using trade. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh highlighted that a supposed trade deal with the US has become an ordeal for India. Exports to the US are declining. Trump's claims about Operation Sindoor's halt were also mentioned. The Congress on Monday took a swipe at the Modi government after US President Donald Trump repeated his claim that he ...Read More >
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