NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday released the party’s manifesto for the Haryana assembly elections.While speaking on the manifesto, Kharge said the party will conduct a caste survey to ascertain where every community stands in the welfare schemes. He said it would help in identifying the participation of castes in education and jobs.Kharge…
NEW DELHI: AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal on Wednesday upped the ante against her own party as she sharpened her attack on Delhi minister Atishi, who outgoing CM Arvind Kejriwal chose as his successor on Tuesday.Continuing her criticism of AAP’s decision to pick Aitish as the next Delhi CM, disgruntled Maliwal claimed that Aitishi’s…
NEW DELHI: A day after Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge raised concerns over “violent threats” directed at Rahul Gandhi, Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin too came out in support for his “brother,” calling out the “intimidating” statements by BJP-NDA leaders.Stalin then went on to attribute these threats as a reaction to Gandhi’s “charisma and growing…
NEW DELHI: Days after courting controversy by offering a bounty to anyone who chopped off “Rahul Gandhi‘s tongue”, Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad yet again stoked a fresh row threatening to “bury any Congress dogs”. This comes after Congress chief Kharge took strong exception to the “violent language” used by BJP-NDA leaders and demanded the…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday voiced his disappointment over the lack of appreciation for his development efforts in Baramati. Despite securing substantial funds for Baramati, Pawar believes that his efforts have been taken for granted. Reflecting on his loss in the Lok Sabha elections, Pawar accepted responsibility but pointed to…
NEW DELHI: Donald Trump is set to meet “fantastic” Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will visit US to attend the 4th Quad summit scheduled to be held from September 21 to 23. The meet comes amidst Trump-Harris campaign gains momentum for the November presidential elections. Foreign ministry on Tuesday released the agenda of PM Modi‘s…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citizens to actively participate in the democratic process by casting their votes in large numbers as the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections commenced. In a post on X, he specifically appealed to young and first-time voters to exercise their right to vote. “As the…
NEW DELHI: The frontrunner was the chosen one. In an expected turn of events, the AAP legislative party on Tuesday elected finance and education minister Atishi, 43, as its leader, paving the way for her to become the eighth chief minister of Delhi.Outgoing Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal later met lieutenant governor VK Saxena at Raj…
NEW DELHI: In a move that will simplify the transfer of ownership rights of agricultural land in 174-plus ‘declared urban villages’, lieutenant governor V K Saxena announced Tuesday the opening of mutation on the basis of inheritance. He said the decision will impact lakhs of residents who had been denied this natural right from 2010.“I…
NEW DELHI: Although Congress had strongly opposed the abrogation of Article 370 after the BJP govt executed it in August 2019, its manifesto for the upcoming J&K polls is, interestingly, silent on the issue. There is no mention of Congress’s stand on Article 370 in the manifesto released Monday even as it dedicates an entire…
