Kurukshetra: “Dharma-ksetre kuru-ksetre samaveta yuyutsavah mamakah”- the opening verse of the celebrated epic Bhagwad-Gita is written in bold letters at “Jyotisar” temple complex, revered as the exact location where Lord Krishna gave his “discourse” to Arjuna before the battle of Mahabharata.A resident of nearby Bhorsai village, guide Dheer Singh’s knowledge of the temple complex is…
NEW DELHI: ‘Tughlakian demonetisation, hastily implemented GST, unplanned Covid-19 lockdown, and rising imports from China,’ were some of the reasons listed by Congress in its attack on Narendra Modi-led government over its inability to handle “mass” unemployment as it marks 100 days at Centre.Citing “failing Modi economy” as the reason, the grand old party pointed…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday trained its guns at the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his criticism of the ruling party in Texas. The Congress leader is on a three-day trip to US, where he said that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) looks at India as one idea…
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar recently found himself at the receiving end of criticism from Bharatiya Janata party for comparing India’s situation with the violence-ridden Bangladesh.In an interview with new agency IANS, Aiyar stated that despite India’s economic growth, issues like unemployment and inequality have increased, leading to turmoil in Bangladesh.Aiyar pointed…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the middle class that “beat thalis and lit mobile phone torches with gusto during Covid-19 on one order of PM Modi” are set to desert BJP and support opposition because the recent Budget has “stabbed them in the back and chest” by removing indexation and…
NEW DELHI: The Economic Survey has questioned the conclusions that higher work generation and fund use under the job scheme implies rural distress, arguing that if it was so, then poorer states with higher unemployment should be leading the performance in MGNREGA as against the fact that richer states have a better record of tapping…
A leading campaigner for the opposition front, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge told TOI’s Subodh Ghildiyal that INDIA bloc is performing well in the 2024 parliamentary elections, with price rise, unemployment and threat to the Constitution and attack on democracy emerging as the top issues resonating with voters. BJP will not be able to return to…
As the INDIA alliance coordination committee gears-up to meet, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP in a wide-ranging interview said that no discussion around seat-sharing has happened within the INDIA alliance so far and this conversation is likely to commence at Sharad Pawar’s (NCP supremo) residence in Delhi where the committee will hold its…
