UDAIPUR (RAJASTHAN): One of the many reasons that have been cited as key to Congress’s gradual decline is its leaders’ propensity for nepotism. On the first day of the three-day Chintan Shivir in Udaipur, the Congress asserted that the Grand Old Party will witness a massive change as it discussed ‘one family, one ticket’. Addressing […]
UDAIPUR (RAJASTHAN): Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Friday slammed the Narendra Modi government at the Centre saying that it was brutalising minorities and glorifying Mahatma Gandhi’s killers. In her opening remarks at the party’s three-day Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir Sonia Gandhi said, “It gives us an opportunity to discuss the numerous challenges that […]
DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two associates of gangster Chhota Shakeel for their involvement in illegal activities and indulgence in terror financing in connection with its probe against fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar. An NIA spokesperson said that the arrested accused have been identified as Arif Abubakar Shaikh and Shabbir Abubakar, both […]
NEW DELHI: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will play an important role in the three-day crucial Chintan Shivir and help the party chart a future course of action to overcome challenges, said spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala. Marred by continuous poll debacles and high-profile desertions, the Grand Old Party’s ‘Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir’ in Rajasthan’s […]
NEW DELHI: Hours after Rajiv Kumar was announced as new chief election commissioner (CEC), the apex poll body on Thursday declared polls for 57 Rajya Sabha seats which will fall vacant during June-August period this year. The elections is crucial for both BJP and regional parties as the saffron party last month become the first […]
NEW DELHI: A before its crucial three-day Chintan Shivir, the Congress on Thursday said it will introspect and review “organisational dexterity and capability” in order to propel India onto the path of progress, prosperity and societal harmony once again. Speaking to media persons here, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said that India is enduring […]
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized fixed deposits (FDs) worth Rs 133 crore and cash to the tune of Rs 70 lakh of former Odisha MLA Dr Jitendra Nath Patnaik in connection with a money-laundering probe involving illegal mining. The official said that cash and 124 fixed deposits were seized after the agency […]
NEW DELHI: In a major development in the FCRA violation case involving NGOs, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested 14 people, including six public servants, on Wednesday. The arrests came a day after CBI carried out searches at over 40 locations across the country. The agency has also recovered cash to the tune […]
RANCHI: Pooja Singhal, Jharkhand mining secretary, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Rs 18 crore Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scam on Wednesday. The development comes after the financial probe agency questioned Singhal again for several hours at its Ranchi office along with her husband Abhishek Jha. […]
NEW DELHI: Hours after the Supreme Court put a stay on the sedition law, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said that speaking the truth is patriotism, not treason. Echoing the sentiments, the party said that speaking truth to power cannot be sedition but true nationalism. In a historic decision, the three-judge apex court bench of […]