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Congress Mulls 50% Reservation In Party

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 […]

Congress Calls For ‘Evergreen Revolution’ With Farm Debt Relief

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of industry and asserted that it will oppose any move by the government to bring back the three farm laws that were repealed last year.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 […]

Fire In Delhi: National Capital Fails To Learn From Past

NEW DELHI: Some two and half years ago a massive fire had broken out in Anaj Mandi in Old Delhi which had gobbled 43 lives and then another fire in Arpit hotel in Karol Bagh had claimed 17 lives in 2019. Almost the same story was repeated when a warehouse was situated between Mundka Metro […]

+9232278900000: The No. Of Waqas Malik Who ‘Fixed’ IPL Matches, Finds CBI

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 […]

Tripura’s Popular CM Biplab Resigns, Party May Ask Him To Fortify Cadre As State Chief

NEW DELHI:  Tripura chief minister Biplab Dev, also the first by the BJP in this hill state, on Saturday resigned as the state head, triggering an immediate meeting of party’s legislators led by Union minister Bhupendra Yadav and MP Vinod Tawde, both of whom were rushed to oversee the election of new leader. The meeting […]