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New Delhi, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) This is no more a weak India under Congress and UPA government which would negotiate and make agreements which were not in our national interests, Union Commerce MInister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday. In a post on X social media platform, the minister said that today, India negotiates from a position of strength. "We are self confident, we can compete with anybody in the world," Goyal posted. Stressing that India does not negotiate under deadlines, he said ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Union Minister Piyush Goyal hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's remarks on India's trade negotiations with the United States and stated that nobody took the Congress leader seriously anymore because of the negativity he and his colleagues spread. 'Nobody takes Rahul Gandhi seriously anymore because of the negativity he, his colleagues, and his party consistently spread. They have lost the confidence of the people of India, who have time and again rejected ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Jul 5 (PTI) With the Congress mocking the BJP-led NDA government over the proposed trade deal with the US, Union minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said India negotiates from a position of strength and not under deadlines. He also accused the Congress of "negotiating and signing agreements that were not in the national interest" during that party-led UPA government's tenure. Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi had attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Indo-US ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Jul 5 (PTI) Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said India negotiates from a position of strength and not under deadlines. He accused the Congress of "negotiating and signing agreements that were not in the national interest" during the UPA government's tenure. His remarks come a day after Goyal stated that India would accept a proposed trade deal with the US only when it is fully finalised and in the national interest. Speaking to reporters here, Goyal said, "India do ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Union Minister Piyush Goyal hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's remarks on India's trade negotiations with the United States and stated that nobody took the Congress leader seriously anymore because of the negativity he and his colleagues spread. 'Nobody takes Rahul Gandhi seriously anymore because of the negativity he, his colleagues, and his party consistently spread. They have lost the confidence of the people of India, who have time and again rejected ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): BJP MP Nishikant Dubey has levelled serious allegations against former Prime Ministers Rajiv Gandhi and Indira Gandhi, claiming that Rajiv Gandhi acted as a 'middleman' in a proposed fighter aircraft deal during the 1970s, citing a past WikiLeaks report. The BJP MP also accused former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of 'excessive interference' in defence deals, citing those reports. In a social media post on X, Dubey wrote, 'In 2013, WikiLeaks made shocking revela ...Read More >
Srinagar, July 2: J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President Tariq Hameed Karra today said that the party's campaign to regain Statehood for J&K is open to all. Speaking to reporters after addressing Mahila Congress Convention, Karra said the campaign has been successful so far and that the party welcomes participation from people across the political spectrum. "This is not just for the Congress, its workers, or its leaders. If we manage to restore these rights, they will benefit everyon ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday credited the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government's strategic revival steps for bringing BSNL back from the brink, saying that the state-run telecom giant, once left on 'ventilator support' by the previous UPA government, has now firmly re-established itself in the hearts of Indian consumers. Speaking exclusive to IANS here on BSNL's remarkable turnaround, the minister said, "At one point, BSNL ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): As the Digital India Mission completed 10 years on Tuesday, BJP leader Pradeep Bhandari drew contrast between the BJP and the opposition bloc and said that while the INDI Alliance is associated with 'corruption and nepotism,' the Modi government is associated with the model of development. The BJP leader praised the central government for the success of Digital India and stated that the country now accounts for 50 per cent of global financial transactions, a tes ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): As India marked eight years of the Goods and Services Tax on Tuesday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the Modi government and termed the GST rolled out by it as a 'brutal tool of economic injustice and corporate cronyism.' The Congress leader alleged that the GST rolled out by the government was designed to 'punish the poor, crush MSMEs, undermine states, and benefit a few billionaire friends of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.' 'A 'Good and Simple Tax' was p ...Read More >
A political row erupted between the BJP and the Opposition on Tuesday after the ruling party's MPs on the parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj boycotted its meeting in protest against the presence of activist Medha Patkar and actor-turned-activist Prakash Raj who had been invited to depose before the panel. The meeting, which was eventually cancelled, had been convened to discuss the implementation and effectiveness of the "Right to Fair Compensation and Tran ...Read More >
Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson and general secretary of the trade union 'Chandni Chowk Nagrik Manch', Praveen Shankar Kapoor, on Tuesday wrote to Delhi Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh complaining about the "poor condition" of the historic town and "lack of action by the MLAs and councillors" and seeking directions for its restoration. "The root issue in and around Chandni Chowk is that all MLAs and councillors are from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), under whose political patronage encroachments ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): As India marked eight years of the Goods and Services Tax on Tuesday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the Modi government and termed the GST rolled out by it as a 'brutal tool of economic injustice and corporate cronyism.' The Congress leader alleged that the GST rolled out by the government was designed to 'punish the poor, crush MSMEs, undermine states, and benefit a few billionaire friends of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.' 'A 'Good and Simple Tax' was p ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) Union telecom minister Jyotiraditya Scindia unleashed a string of data, ranging from BSNL's consecutive profit after 18 years to connecting over 2 lakh gram panchayats with broadband, on social media platform X to counter claims of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on the Digital India programme. Scindia suggested to Kharge to go check on the web for telecom scams in India which will show activities related to the UPA regime while the present regime is recognised with ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) With the Goods and Services Tax (GST) completing eight years, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday claimed that it is a "brutal tool of corporate cronyism" and asserted that a reformed GST must be "people-first, business-friendly, and truly federal in spirit". The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha said India deserves a tax system that works for all, not just the privileged few, so that every Indian, from the small shopkeeper to the farmer, can be a stakeholder ...Read More >
Maharashtra Assembly Monsoon Session: Nana Patole and other MVA legislators protested against alleged derogatory remarks by Agriculture Minister Manikrao Kokate and BJP MLA Babanrao Lonikar about farmers. Congress MLA Nana Patole was suspended for a day from the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Tuesday after he climbed Speaker Rahul Narwekar's podium amid aggressive protests by the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi MLAs. On the second day of the Monsoon Session, MVA legislators staged a protest aga ...Read More >
Pune: Two men on a bike robbed two women travelling in a private van of their ornaments worth Rs1.5 lakh and one of them sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl, who was also in the vehicle that had halted in front of a tea stall on the outskirts of Swami Chincholi village near Bhigwan on Pune-Solapur highway around 4.15am on Monday.Superintendent of police (Pune Rural) Sandeep Singh Gill said, "A case of robbery, rape, abduction and criminal intimidation has been registered with the Daund police. ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A day after RJD neta Tejashwi Yadav asserted that his bloc, if elected in Bihar, will throw the amended waqf Act in the dustbin, BJP Sunday launched an attack on the "INDI alliance", accusing it of disrespecting Parliament, misusing minority provisions to dilute SC/ST/OBC reservations, and defending religious laws over civil ones.BJP spokesman Sudhanshu Trivedi specifically targeted Yadav for his remarks, drawing parallels between RJD's stance and Sharia-leaning regimes, and accusing ...Read More >
CHENNAI: BJP state president Nainar Nagenthran on Thursday dismissed allegations of politicisation of the recent Lord Murugan Devotees' Conference in Madurai, asserting that the event was purely spiritual. Speaking to reporters after paying floral tributes to 'silambu selvar' MP Sivagnanam on his 120th birth anniversary at T Nagar here, Nainar Nagenthran said, "Not a single word of politics was uttered at the Murugan conference. My address focused solely on spirituality. No religion was disresp ...Read More >
Jaipur: The Gurjar community in Rajasthan blocked the Delhi-Mumbai railway track for almost two hours after the Mahapanchayat of the community called by the Gurjar Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti at Pilupura in Bharatpur on Sunday. Although the Mahapanchayat ended with accepting the proposed draft sent by the state government on the demands of the community, but soon after this, the situation changed, and a mob led by some youth reached the nearby Delhi-Mumbai railway track, stopped a passenger trai ...Read More >
Chennai: BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday exuded confidence declaring that the BJP-AIADMK alliance will defeat the DMK government in the 2026 Assembly elections and come to power in Tamil Nadu. Addressing the party's functionaries at a meeting in the temple town of Madurai, Shah said: "This Karyakarta Sammelan of ours will be the reason behind the fall of the DMK government. In 2026, Tamil Nadu will elect an NDA government once again, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party and ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) With Ankur Bhattacharjee, Quadri Aruna, and Adriana Diaz all winning their singles rubbers, Kolkata ThunderBlades beat reigning champions Dempo Goa Challengers 9-6 in the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) Season 6 on Sunday. Kolkata's victory saw them move into the playoff spots, occupying fourth with 29 points. Goa, with six more game wins on the board, moved level on points with leaders Jaipur Patriots and U Mumba TT. The tie opened with a gripping clash between ...Read More >
Arrah (Bihar) [India], June 8 (ANI): Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan announced on Sunday that he will contest the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls. Speaking at a public gathering in Arrah, Paswan declared that his party would support the NDA in all 243 assembly seats to ensure its victory. 'For those who ask from where I will contest, I want to tell you that my party, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), and I will contest on 243 seats to make NDA candidates ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): BJP leader Amit Malviya on Saturday hit out at Kolkata Mayor and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Firhad Hakim for making what he called a 'vile and disgraceful attack' on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Operation Sindoor. He accused Hakim of calling the PM a 'coward' and dismissing his role in the operation. In a post on X, Malviya shared a video in which Hakim could be seen allegedly stating, 'There is nothing big about the Prime Minister here... But, for fea ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): BJP leader Amit Malviya on Saturday hit out at Kolkata Mayor and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Firhad Hakim for making what he called a 'vile and disgraceful attack' on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Operation Sindoor. He accused Hakim of calling the PM a 'coward' and dismissing his role in the operation. In a post on X, Malviya shared a video in which Hakim could be seen allegedly stating, 'There is nothing big about the Prime Minister here... But, for fea ...Read More >
Shimla, June 7 (UNI) Senior Congress leader and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi was admitted to the Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) Hospital in Shimla this afternoon for a routine medical check-up. Her visit, although unscheduled, was part of preventive and diagnostic care, according to a medical bulletin issued by the hospital. A team of specialised doctors supervised her medical evaluation, and a few standard tests were conducted during her brief stay at the hospital. "All necessary proto ...Read More >
Guwahati, June 6: Newly appointed Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Gaurav Gogoi on Friday urged the Centre to declare flood and soil erosion in Assam as national problems, highlighting the scale and persistence of the crisis. Addressing a press briefing after a Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting held at Rajiv Bhawan, Gogoi said, "All parties and fronts agree that floods and erosion must be considered national issues. But the double-engine government has failed to acknowl ...Read More >
Guwahati, June 6 (UNI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, while slamming Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for his 'surrender Modi' jibe, took his followers through a "reality check" as to which party and family surrendered India's interest and territory. "Rahul Gandhi has the audacity to mock the Prime Minister despite the massive success of OperationSindoor . Let's jog his memory as to which party and family has surrendered India's interest and territory, and backstabbed the people with their t ...Read More >
Bengaluru city police late on Thursday (June 5, 2025) night arrested a top official of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) franchise and three from the event management company DNA Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., who organised the victory celebrations for the team in the city that led to stampede and 11 deaths. Editorial | Trampled over: On the RCB cup celebration and Bengaluru stampede The arrests came hours after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced at a press conference the suspension of city p ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Jun 6 (PTI) The Telangana government has decided to expand Metro Rail network here by over 86 kms. Briefing reporters on Thursday night after the state cabinet meeting, Information and Public Relations Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said it was decided to propose to the Centre to take up the metro rail expansion at a cost of Rs 19,579 crore in partnership with the state. He urged Union Ministers from Telangana G Kishan Reddy and Bandi Sanjay Kumar and BJP Lok Sabha member from Ma ...Read More >
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