LUCKNOW: In view of sharp surge in Covid cases across the country, Uttar Pradesh Congress has written to the Election Commission (EC) demanding cancellation of mega events and big public meetings in the state. The Congress also made a suggestion to the poll body to stop Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath […]
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the scheduled Screening Committee meeting later in the day to discuss candidates for upcoming Punjab assembly elections, four state ministers on Tuesday met Congress General Secretary (Organisations) KC Venugopal to discuss the election strategy in the state. Punjab Home Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Pargat Singh and two other ministers were also […]
UTTAR PRADESH: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who has been assigned the task of reviving the party in Uttar Pradesh where it has been out of power for the last three decades on Wednesday said that the women are being exploited and they are not getting their deserved rights and urged them to come […]
NEW DELHI: Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi on the occasion of the party’s 137th foundation day on Thursday, asserted that it has confronted several challenges and demonstrated resilience. In her speech she mentioned that divisive ideologies anchored in hate which had no role whatsoever to play in our freedom movement are now causing havoc on […]
HIMACHAL PRADESH: Prime Minister Modi will be welcomed in the traditional Himachal style with a seven-feet long copper ‘trishul’ during his visit to the state on December 27. The ‘trishul’, a trident, commonly used as one of the principal symbols of the Sanatana Dharma, will be carved out by artisans in Mandi or ‘Choti Kashi’ […]
NEW DELHI: If pre-poll surveys are to be believed, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to retain its power in the Hindi heartland in the upcoming assembly polls, scheduled to be held early next year. Jan Ki Baat Opinion Poll has predicted the return of Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government in politically significant Uttar Pradesh. […]
NEW DELHI: Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who earned the sobriquet Turbanator in 2001 after a gut-wrenching performance in one of the most keenly fought India-Australia Test series where he scalped 32 wickets, has announced retirement from all forms of cricket. He played 103 Tests, 236 ODIs and 28 T20Is for India and picked up 417, […]
NEW DELHI: Amid infighting in Uttarakhand Congress, former Chief Minister Harish Rawat and AICC in-charge for the state Devender Yadav on Friday met former party chief Rahul Gandhi at his residence. The two leaders were called for a meeting with the senior leadership after Rawat on Wednesday sent out cryptic tweets over the handling of […]
NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday tore into the Central government over the alleged mismanagement of Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya Ram temple donation worth Rs 30 crore and demanded a Supreme Court monitored probe. Addressing a press conference here, Priyanka Gandhi said, “Ram temple trust bought land for the temple. And as all of […]
LUCKNOW: At a time when former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Akhilesh Yadav — who had kicked a storm when he said that he would not take vaccine until government puts a national flag on certificate and that many were testing positive even after taking both jabs — is out in […]