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NEW DELHI: As Congress and other Opposition parties accused the BJP-led government in Centre of not debating the repealing of three farm laws in the Parliament, the team of the New Indian looked back at those bills in the past which were repealed as much instantaneously as these. Here’s a look at some of them […]

Seventy percent of the rural households in our country depend primarily on agriculture for their livelihood, with 82 percent of farmers being small and marginal. While a tiny percentage of farmers enjoy rich lives and another small percentage lead a middle class life, a large majority of farmers in India still live in poverty. A look […]

NEW DELHI: A day after 12 out of 17 MLAs of Congress including former Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma switched to Trinamool Congress (TMC), the Congress remained unperturbed and said that it will work with opposition unity during the Winter Session of Parliament. The decision was taken during a Parliamentary party strategy meeting in Delhi on […]

NEW DELHI: In another jolt to the Congress, its another party leader Kirti Azad Jha, who was part of the 1983 Cricket World Cup winning team on Tuesday joined the Trinamool Congress in the presence of party chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee here. Besides Azad, former Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Pavan Varma […]

AGARTALA: Political heat is soaring unabated in Tripura as incidences of confrontation by the visiting leaders of Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are on the rise ahead of the municipal polls scheduled for November 25. The principal Opposition CPIM too has joined the ranks with frequent wrangling with the BJP after […]

LUCKNOW: The Congress will contest the 2022 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh with party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the party’s face and the Congress Working Committee (CWC), party’s highest decision-making body will decide on the chief ministerial candidate. In a candid conversation with the The New Indian at the party office here, Uttar […]

LUCKNOW: Upping the ante against the BJP government, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying if he was really sympathetic to the farmers then he must not share the dais with Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishr Teni at the DGP’s conference here and also drop him […]

SHIMLA: Buoyed over its recent win in Himachal Pradesh bypolls, the Congress party is leaving no stone unturned to ensure it wrests power from the ruling BJP in 2022 state polls. The New Indian caught up with Congress’ state president Kuldeep Rathore, who seems determined to continue the victory march well into Assembly elections. ALSO […]

NEW DELHI: Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday stressed that the sacrifices of more than 700 farmer families, who allegedly died in last one year while protesting against the three farm laws have paid off today as the government has decided to repeal the contentious laws. Her remarks came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]

LUCKNOW: Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to repeal the three farm laws in the upcoming Winter Session of Parliament, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav alleged that it was being done eyeing the “vote bank” politics as Bharatiya Janata Party is sensing defeat in upcoming state elections. […]