Sonia arrives in Mysuru to join ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’

03 Oct 2022 17:19 PM IST

All India Congress Interim president Sonia Gandhi is set to be a part of the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ as she arrived in Mysuru on Monday. Sources have said that Gandhi will stay at a resort in the Kodagu district for two days, before joining the Yatra on 6th October, which

Diary entry by young Modi reveal the origins of ‘Sabka Saath, sabka vikas’

03 Oct 2022 15:51 PM IST

The inspiration for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s idea of ‘Sabka saath, sabka vikas’ came from a quote by Mahatma Gandhi which he penned in his diary in 1980’s, a diary entry from the Modi Archive revealed. The Modi archive, a platform that tracks the prime minister’s life, his early days

‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ will spread message of “ahimsa and swaraj”: Rahul Gandhi

02 Oct 2022 15:48 PM IST

On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 153rd birth anniversary, Congress Rahul Gandhi paid tribute to him on Sunday and said while it is convenient for those in power to appropriate the legacy of the “Father of the Nation”, it is difficult to walk in his footsteps. Rahul Gandhi also said

‘If you want a change, choose me’ : Tharoor on Congress president poll

01 Oct 2022 15:55 PM IST

In the upcoming presidential election of the grand old party, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor reiterated on Saturday that his contest against senior party member Mallikarjun Kharge “is not a battle.” Following days of turmoil surrounding the intra-party troubles in Rajasthan, Tharoor and Kharge finally submitted their nominations for the crucial

Kharge resigns as Rajya Sabha Lop, following ‘one person, one post’ formula

01 Oct 2022 12:57 PM IST

Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge submitted his resignation as Leader of the Opposition in the Upper House as he filed his nomination for the party’s chief post, after the Udaipur announcement of “one person, one post.” “I hereby tender my resignation from the post of Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha,

As ‘Bharat Jodo’ enters Karnataka, rattled BJP gives front-page ad that distorts history: Jairam Ramesh

01 Oct 2022 12:01 PM IST

As Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra entered the BJP-ruled state, according to Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday, the BJP placed a front page advertisement in a Kannada newspaper. Ramesh said in a tweet, “The advertisement mischievously distorts history as usual. Savarkar propounded two-nation theory & Jinnah ensured it got

Sashi Tharoor to file nomination tomorrow for party’s top post

29 Sep 2022 17:33 PM IST

His office announced on Thursday that Congress MP Shashi Tharoor will file his papers for the AICC presidential elections on Friday at 12:15 p.m. at 24 Akbar Road in New Delhi. At 1 pm, Tharoor will host a press conference at his official residence as well. Tharoor is now thought

After re-elected as SP chief, Akhilesh Yadav calls for BJP’s removal from power

29 Sep 2022 14:11 PM IST

Akhilesh Yadav, the former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, asked voters on Thursday to assist the Samajwadi Party (SP) become a national party in the following five years by removing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from power in the national elections of 2024. He said the people voted for the

Ahead of Gujarat polls, PM Modi on two-day Gujarat visit from today

29 Sep 2022 11:47 AM IST

On his two-day visit to his native Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch and lay the foundation stones for initiatives worth about $29,000 crore in Surat, Bhavnagar, Ahmedabad, and Ambaji. On Thursday, he will also be present at the 36th National Games’ opening ceremony. He will inaugurate the first

Gehlot expects to meet Sonia Gandhi today over Rajasthan crisis

29 Sep 2022 11:21 AM IST

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is slated to meet with Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday, in an effort to defuse the crisis that was started in Rajasthan when lawmakers sympathetic to him challenged the appointment of his opponent Sachin Pilot to the position of governor. When it came to selecting

Himachal Congress leader Harsh Mahajan joins BJP, calls party visionless…

28 Sep 2022 16:33 PM IST

Ahead of state polls, the working president of the Congress in Himachal Pradesh, Harsh Mahajan, joined the BJP on Wednesday, saying the opposition party had become “vision-less, directionless, and leaderless.” Mahajan, a former state minister and aide to the late chief minister Virbhadra Singh, criticised the state’s Congress leadership, claiming

As raids continue, over 50 PFI members arrested in Karnataka

27 Sep 2022 12:55 PM IST

Law enforcement agencies conducted raids in various areas of Karnataka against members of the Popular Front of India (PFI), during which several of the group’s leaders were taken into custody. Around 50 people are reportedly in jail as a result of raids that were conducted in Shivamogga, Chitradurga, Mangaluru, Hassan,