NEW DELHI: It was like the old wine in the new bottle as Congress’ much-touted Nav Chintan Shivir gave subtle hints that the Gandhi scion will once again come to the forefront, with a bid to revive and re-energise the party. Delivering the closing remark on the concluding day of the three-day camp in Udaipur, […]
NEW DELHI: With a bid to revive its sagging fortunes ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Congress on Saturday said that it proposes to bring in a measure to ensure 50 per cent representation to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, OBCs and minorities at all levels of the party organisation. On the second day of […]
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday said that it is mulling the idea to demand a “farm debt reconciliation commission” along the lines of industry and asserted that it will oppose any move by the government to bring back the three farm laws that were repealed last year. Addressing a press conference on the second […]
NEW DELHI: After years of silence over a betting scandal in cricket, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered two First Information Reports (FIRs) to probe the alleged betting and match-fixing in the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) held in 2019, with clear links over a phone number traced to Pakistan. In the first […]
NEW DELHI: Even as the Congress is holding three-day Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir in Rajasthan’s Udaipur, the grand old party faced a major jolt as Gandhi family loyalists and one of the senior Punjab leaders Sunil Jakhar announced to quit the party. Jakhar, who was earlier Punjab Congress Chief, announced his decision to quit the […]
NEW DELHI: Former finance minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday stressed that the state of the Indian economy is a cause of “extreme concern” as the post-pandemic recovery has been indifferent and said that a reset of economic policy is the need of the hour. Addressing a press conference on the second […]
NEW DELHI: At least 27 people died while several others were injured after a massive fire broke out at a four-storey building in outer Delhi’s Mundka area on Friday. According to the fire department officials, 27 fire tenders are at the spot to douse the flames. A fire official told The New Indian, “A call […]
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday said that it has filed a charge sheet against seven persons, including the suspended Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Arvind Digvijay Negi, in the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) conspiracy case. An NIA spokesperson here said that besides Negi, the agency has named Khuram Parvez, Muneer Ahmad Kataria, Arshid […]
UDAIPUR (RAJASTHAN): For the party that had once ushered in the economic reforms in the country, is in dire need of reforms itself. Acknowledging the fact, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Friday stressed the “dire need of reforms” in the party and emphasised that change in working style is the need of the […]
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has declared Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Okhla Amanatullah Khan as a bad character, according to official documents. Khan, who was arrested by the Delhi Police on Thursday for clashes that erupted in the Madanpur Khadar area in south east Delhi during the anti-encroachment drive, has been declared bad […]