Politics

  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: Hours after the Supreme Court of India put the contentious Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, popularly known as ‘Sedition Law’, in abeyance and urged the state governments not to register fresh FIRs under this law till a government-formed committee re-evaluates its framework, a war of words erupted between the ruling Bharatiya […]

  DEHRADUN: Bhartiya Janata Party MLA Kailash Chandra Gahtori (54), who vacated Champawat assembly seat for Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, would have continued as a businessman in Madhya Pradesh if it was not for the fateful intervention of destiny. “I am fortunate that honorable CM chose to contest by-polls from my seat. I am […]