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Congress Officials, CMs To Meet Ahead Of Sonia Gandhi’s ED Appearance

NEW DELHI: Ahead of Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi’s appearance before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged money laundering case involving National Herald, the party has asked all its CWC members, general secretaries and in-charges for a meeting on Thursday morning. Sonia Gandhi has been asked to appear before the financial probe agency at […]

What Will PM Modi Leave Behind? Prez’s Press Secy Explores In New Book

NEW DELHI: What Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi Leave Behind When He Moves On? Veteran journalist Ajay Singh, the Press Secretary to the President of India, in his book ‘The Architect of the New BJP: How Narendra Modi Transformed the Party’ explores this question by tracing the journey of PM Modi. A tectonic shift happened […]

Congress Says GST Decision Not Unanimous, Counters FM’s Defence

NEW DELHI: The Congress slammed Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday on her defence of the goods and service tax (GST) on daily use items saying that it was not a unanimous decision. Congress general secretary and Rajya Sabha member Jairam Ramesh issued a statement highlighting 10 points in reply to Sitharaman’s explanation given […]

Result Day: How Dhankhar Took Cudgels, Paved Way For Delhi Return

KOLKATA: Though the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) is yet to make its decision on the Vice-Presidential election official, the delay in announcing its support has created a lot of buzz in political circles. National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar’s ‘run-ins’ with AITC supremo and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is well documented. In […]

UP Minister Khatik Drops ‘Letter Bomb’, ‘Resigns’ From Yogi Govt

NEW DELHI: In a letter bomb on Tuesday night, Uttar Pradesh Minister Dinesh Khatik submitted his ‘resignation’ to Union Home Minister Amit Shah complaining that he is being neglected and ignored in his department. Khatik is the Minister of State in the Jal Shakti Department of the Uttar Pradesh government. In his letter to Shah, […]