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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Congress’ push for a national caste-based censor has met with its first major opposition – from Kerala. One of its traditional upper-caste influential support groups has vowed to oppose the proposal tooth and nail. The Nair Service Society (NSS), one of the most prominent community associations in Kerala which has always favored the Congress […]

NEW DELHI: The AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal has accused the top leader of the BJP, PM Modi, of targeting opposition figures and labelled the prime minister as ‘arrogant.’ This statement was made Wednesday, in response to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducting raids at the residence of AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan on Tuesday. In fact, even Khan has […]

NEW DELHI: The Congress Working Committee (CWC) reaffirmed its long-standing support for the Palestinian people’s land rights, a stance that differs from Prime Minister Modi’s, who called the Palestinian Hamas group’s assault on Israel a ‘terror attack’, on Monday. Expressing its concern about the ongoing war between Israel and Palestine., the Grand Old party said, […]

NEW DELHI: The Congress Working Committee (CWC) has expressed its support for the caste census conducted by the Bihar government and pledged to conduct a nationwide caste census. Simultaneously, on Monday, it strongly criticised the Modi government for neglecting its “constitutional duty” by delaying the decennial census, which should have been conducted in 2021 or shortly […]

GUWAHATI: Assam MP Gaurav Gogoi has pushed for a caste census in the state in the line of Bihar. The MP delivered a speech at “General Field” Golaghat on the occasion of the seventh annual convention of the TAIPA central committee and talked about the need for a caste census in the state. “I am […]

NEW DELHI: Punjab Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira was arrested during the wee hours of Thursday in a 2015 case related to the NDPS act and the recovery of drugs and expensive jewelry worth crores in Fazilka district. The opposition Congress was quick to term it a political vendetta. However, a close look at his […]

New Delhi: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Friday sought to de-couple the arrest of Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira by the AAP government in Punjab from the party’s future in the opposition INDI alliance. Speaking to reporters, Kejriwal said that the AAP government in Punjab is fully committed to eradicating drugs, and that no one […]

Khaira has so far refused to comment on these controversies, often calling them a political witch-hunt

NEW DELHI: BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri hurled abuses at BSP MP Danish Ali on the floor of the new parliament building, calling him “mullah, aatankwadi, ugravadi, katwa, and bhadwa,” targeting his faith and patriotism. Days after the unfortunate incident, Ali spoke with The New Indian Executive Editor Rohan Dua in an exclusive interview. He talks about Rahul Gandhi, […]

The Trinamool Congress has dismissed the allegations, arguing such claims will strengthen the BJP