NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said that 2025 would focus on the party’s organisational empowerment. At the Congress Working Committee’s ‘Nav Satyagraha Baithak’ in Karnataka’s Belagavi, he emphasised that “only hard work is not and timely concrete strategy and direction are necessary.” He added that there is a need to give a…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Monday accused Congress of disrespecting, mocking and humiliating B R Ambedkar during his lifetime, and doing a “drama” of remembering his legacy now, which showed the opposition party’s hypocrisy.Senior BJP neta Ravi Shankar Prasad highlighted several instances where he said Congress disregarded Ambedkar’s contributions and dignity.He pointed out that after Ambedkar…
NEW DELHI: A statue of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar located in front of Ahmedabad’s Shri KK Shastri College in the Khokhra locality was vandalized in the early hours of Monday, sparking protests by locals, according to police. “Some unidentified persons damaged the nose and spectacles on the statue of Babasaheb Ambedkar, located in front of Shri…
My resignation will make no difference to Congress’s fortune, said Shah. (File photo) NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday accused Congress of circulating a “doctored” version of his Rajya Sabha speech after having been exposed as “anti-Ambedkar, anti-Constitution, anti-reservation and anti-OBCs”, asserting that BJP was exploring all legal options in response to the…
NEW DELHI: The Congress and some of its leaders on Wednesday received a notice from social media platform X for sharing clips of Union home minister Amit Shah‘s reply to the Constitution debate in which he spoke about B R Ambedkar and attacked the opposition over it.According to the PTI citing Congress sources, X’s communication…
NEW DELHI: Congress demanded Amit Shah, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the Bharatiya Janata Party to apologize to the nation, and the Union home minister to resign from his position for insulting BR Ambedkar andf the Constitution. In a post on X, Congress listed out a series of events, claiming that insulting the architect of…
Vijay at the book release function in Chennai on Friday. Photo by R Ramesh Shankar CHENNAI: Actor and TVK president Vijay on Friday regretted that the BJP-led NDA govt, which did not bother to control violence in Manipur, is ruling the country. Speaking after releasing a book on B R Ambedkar published by VCK functionary…
New Delhi: The govt is likely to hold a special joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament on November 26 to mark the 75th anniversary of adoption of the Constitution.The Winter Session may start from November 25 and the special joint sitting is likely to be held in the Central Hall of the Samvidhan Sadan…
“At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.” As India celebrates its 78th independence day, it is important to remember the words of our first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, whose speech influenced the policy decisions of India for a decade or so. On the midnight…
The first edition of the Constitution of India – considered a work of architecture rather than art – was sold for Rs 48 lakh, its highest price so far, at an auction recently. The rare book, one of the only 1,000 copies made by Survey of India Offices in Dehradun and published by Centre in…
