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  • Rahul Gandhi leads Cong protest in support of agitating farmers

    Jan 15, 2021

    New Delhi, Jan 15: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday led the party's protest in the national capital in support of the agitating farmers, and said his party will not relent till the new farm laws are repealed. He was accompanied by AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other leaders of the Delhi Congress at the protest outside the Delhi LG's residence here as part of the countrywide agitation.

  • There's no democracy in India, it is only in imagination: Rahul Gandhi

    Dec 24, 2020

    New Delhi, Dec 24: There is "no democracy in India" and it exists "only in imagination", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged after meeting President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday and demanded a joint session of Parliament to repeal the three agri laws. If the prime minister does not repeal these laws, the country will suffer, he said.

  • Mamata synonymous with "intolerance": Nadda

    Dec 09, 2020

    Kolkata, Dec 9: BJP president J P Nadda Wednesday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of being synonymous with "intolerance", and exuded confidence about forming the next government in the state with more than 200 seats. Nadda, who arrived here on a two-day West Bengal visit, criticised the "dynastic politics" of the ruling TMC and other parties in the country, and asserted for the BJP "party is family".

  • AAP says CM Kejriwal under house arrest, Delhi Police denies claim

    Dec 08, 2020

    New Delhi, Dec 8: The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday alleged that the Delhi Police has put Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal under house arrest after he met protesting farmers at the Singhu border, a claim denied by the city police. Kejriwal had visited the Singhu border on Monday and reviewed facilities for farmers protesting against the Centre's new agri-marketing laws.

  • Farmers' income has halved while that of govt's friends has risen: Rahul takes dig at Centre

    Dec 02, 2020

    New Delhi, Dec 2: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the Centre over its claim of doubling farmers' income and alleged that their income has in fact "halved" under the "suit-boot" government, while that of its crony friends has grown four times. He also demanded that the government abolishes the three "black" farm laws which are against farmers and farm labourers and asked it not to befool them with rhetoric.

  • Mehbooba Mufti should go to Pakistan with family: Gujarat DyCM

    Oct 27, 2020

    Ahmedabad, Oct 27: Angered over PDP president Mehbooba Mufti's recent remarks about the scrapping of Article 370, Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel on Monday said the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir should move to Pakistan with family if she doesn't like India and its laws.

  • LJP govt will send Nitish to jail for promoting corruption in seven resolves implementation: Chirag

    Oct 26, 2020

    Patna, Oct 26: Lok Janshakti Party chief Chirag Paswan Monday alleged corruption in Nitish Kumars flagship 'Saat Nishchay' (seven resolves) scheme and said if voted to power he will get it probed and send to jail those found guilty, including the chief minister. The LJP chief also raised accusing finger on Kumar in the implementation of prohibition laws in the state and accused the CM of gaining from smuggling of liquor into the state.

  • The more Congress hates PM, the more people support Modi: Nadda

    Oct 26, 2020

    New Delhi, Oct 26: Hitting out at the Congress for its criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief JP Nadda on Monday said the more the opposition party and its leaders "lie" and "hate" Modi, the more people will support him. In a series of tweets, Nadda lambasted both Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son and MP Rahul Gandhi for their reproval of the Prime Minister on a range of issues.

  • We are anti-BJP, we are not anti-national: Farooq Abdullah after meeting of PAGD

    Oct 24, 2020

    Srinagar, Oct 24: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said the Peoples' Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), which is fighting for restoration of special status to Jammu and Kashmir, is an anti-BJP platform but not an anti-national amalgam. "I want to tell you that this false propaganda by the BJP that the PAGD is anti-national. I want to tell them that this is not true.

  • Conspiracies of 'Gupkar Gang' will not be tolerated: Ravinder Raina

    Oct 24, 2020

    Jammu, Oct 24: Jammu and Kashmir BJP Chief Ravinder Raina on Saturday said "conspiracies of the Gupkar Gang" would not be tolerated and anyone challenging the unity and integrity of the country would be jailed. He also announced to celebrate October 26 as 'accession day' to send a clear message that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India.

  • PDP members gather at Mehbooba's residence as she vows to fight back

    Oct 14, 2020

    Srinagar, Oct 14: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was almost written off after most of its top leaders deserted it last year, but the scenes at the residence of party president Mehbooba Mufti after her release on Tuesday night following 14 months in preventive detention suggest that there is a lot of fight left in her.

  • BJYM holds working committee meet, youth related resolution passed

    Oct 09, 2020

    Jammu, October 9: BJYM Jammu and Kashmir today organized a working committee meeting at party head quarter Trikuta Nagar, Jammu which was chaired by BJP Jammu and Kashmir President Ravinder Raina and BJYM President Arundev Singh. All Morcha Prabhari Munish Sharma, Ajay Vaid Seh Prabhari BJYM were also present in the meeting.

  • Rahul attacks PM over VVIP aircraft acquisition

    Oct 09, 2020

    New Delhi, Oct 9: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi again attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday over the acquisition of VVIP aircraft and wondered how many things could have been bought for the soldiers stationed in Siachen-Ladakh border in the amount spent.

  • BJYM alleges corruption in Fire Brigade selection list, demands cancellation

    Oct 07, 2020

    Jammu, Oct 7: Corruption and irregularities in Fire and Emergency Services Selection list will not be tolerated at any cost and if not resolved we will be forced to take agitation path, said Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) J&K President Arun Dev Singh while addressing a Press Conference at Party headquarter, Trikuta Nagar.

  • Rahul Gandhi in Punjab's Moga for tractor rally against farm laws

    Oct 04, 2020

    Moga (Pb), October 04: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is set to lead a tractor rally here on Sunday to protest against the Centre's new farm laws. Gandhi, who arrived in the district on Sunday afternoon, will lead tractor rallies for three days beginning today.

  • Farmers agitation on path shown by Mahatma Gandhi will be successful: Sonia Gandhi

    Oct 02, 2020

    New Delhi, Oct 2: Calling Mahatma Gandhi the "biggest sympathiser" of farmers, labourers and the working class, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday expressed confidence that the agitation against three recently enacted "black laws" in the agriculture sector will become successful and the peasants will emerge victorious.

  • Hathras incident: HC summoning top officials a ray of hope for family, says Priyanka

    Oct 02, 2020

    New Delhi, Oct 2: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday welcomed the Allahabad High Court summoning top Uttar Pradesh officials to appear before it in connection with the alleged gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras district, and said it is a ray of hope for the affected family. "A strong and encouraging order from the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court.

  • FIR against Rahul, Priyanka, 200 other Cong workers in Noida

    Oct 02, 2020

    Noida (UP), Oct 2: The police in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar said it has lodged an FIR against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and around 200 other party workers under The Epidemic Diseases Act for not maintaining social distancing and not wearing face masks.

  • Will work for non-implementation of new farm laws in Maharashtra: Congress

    Sep 25, 2020

    Mumbai, September 25: The Congress, which is part of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra, on Friday said it would work towards ensuring that the farm sector bills passed by the Parliament are not implemented in the state. The party said it has decided to hold a protest on October 2 against the new laws and a month-long awareness campaign.

  • JK Apni Party holds its first rally in Jammu region

    Sep 24, 2020

    Jammu, Sep 24: The newly floated Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party held its first rally in the Jammu division on Thursday and raised its voice against highway toll plazas and the lack of development in areas having sizeable Scheduled Caste population. Addressing the rally in Kathua, party general secretary Vijay Bakaya said the Apni Party had gone from strength to strength since its formation in March this year.

  • Huge anomaly corrected: Jitendra Singh on passage of JK Official Languages Bill

    Sep 23, 2020

    New Delhi, Sep 23: Hailing the passage of the Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill in Parliament, Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said a huge anomaly stands corrected with official recognition being accorded to Kashmiri and Dogri. He said it was a "gross injustice" to not have included these two languages, which are spoken by over 73 per cent of Jammu and Kashmir's population, in its list of official languages.

  • Youth Congress protests farm bill passed in Parliament, term it anti-farmers

    Sep 21, 2020

    Jammu, September 21: Youth Congress J&K held a protest demonstration against the Farm Bills passed in the Parliament Mansoon session on Sunday, stating that the bills are against the farmers of the country. Dozens of Youth Congress leaders and activists assembled here at Jammu Press Club while holding anti-BJP posters and raised slogans against the BJP-led Central government.

  • Opp in LS alleges failure in strategy to deal with COVID-19; BJP says Modi took all along, did well

    Sep 20, 2020

    New Delhi, Sep 20: The Opposition in Lok Sabha Sunday alleged a failure in the strategy to deal with the coronavirus crisis, saying a sudden lockdown caused hardships to the migrants and the poor, a charge rejected by BJP and its ally JD (U). The ruling allies said Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the fight against the killer virus well by taking states into confidence and several lives were saved by the government's persistent efforts.

  • Covid hospitals gasp as shortage of oxygen hits health facilities in JK: Bhalla

    Sep 19, 2020

    Jammu, Sep 19: There are lot of issues in health department but shortage of Oxygen is biggest issue now a days & Health Department's officials are just giving achievement statements but on ground reality is different. Patients are crying for ill facilities in hospitals provided to COVID patients by health authorities for which Videos had been made viral by the patients but Administration is sleeping.

  • Farm bills undermine food security system: Cong

    Sep 19, 2020

    New Delhi, Sep 19: The farm bills brought by the government undermine the food security system, the Congress claimed on Saturday and urged opposition parties to collectively oppose the bills so that they do not become law in their present form.

  • Azad condoles the death of Ranbir Manhas

    Sep 19, 2020

    New Delhi, Sep 19: Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad has expressed his grief on the sad demise of Ranbir Manhas. "I knew Ranbir Manhas ji from his youth congress days when he was District President of youth congress in Bhadarwah. Besides his political inclinations he was an eminent writer. As editor-in-chief of the news magazine ‘JK Reporter’ he had carved a special place in social and journalistic circles.

  • Adhir challenges Mamata for debate on BJP's rise in Bengal

    Sep 18, 2020

    Kolkata, September 18: Newly appointed Bengal Congress chief Adhir Chowdhury on Friday challenged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to engage in a debate with him on the rise of the BJP in the state and reasons that led to its ascent, while asserting that "wild allegations" that his party joined hands with the saffron camp are "bereft of truth".

  • Youth facing injustice in UP due to unemployment, poor recruitment processes: Priyanka

    Sep 18, 2020

    New Delhi, September 18: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday alleged that youth are facing injustice due to unemployment and poor state of recruitment processes in Uttar Pradesh. She also asserted that employment was youth's right and the government will have to give it to them. Gandhi's attack on the UP government came in a tweet following her interaction with 12,460 candidates for teacher recruitment.

  • Pilot slams govt's agri-related bills as 'anti-farmer'

    Sep 16, 2020

    Jaipur, September 16: Terming the three recently introduced agriculture sector-related bills as "anti-farmer", former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot on Wednesday demanded that the central government carry out extensive consultations with political parties, farmers' organisations, traders and agriculture experts and consider amending them.

  • NCP, Cong hit out at Centre over ban on onion export

    Sep 16, 2020

    Mumbai, September 16: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday termed the central government as "anti-farmer" after it banned the export of onions. Terming the decision as wrong, the NCP leader accused the Centre of committing "great sin" of pushing farmers, who were already hit hard by COVID-19, into deeper trouble.

  • Questions on BJP win, PM, quota in MP varsity paper irk Cong

    Sep 15, 2020

    Bhopal, September 15: Questions about reservations, the victory of the BJP in consecutive general elections and people's "trust" in Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the postgraduate journalism course exam of Madhya Pradesh's Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV) has irked the opposition Congress while the BJP said the objections were a non-issue.

  • DMK responsible for NEET, death of 13 aspirants: TN CM

    Sep 15, 2020

    Chennai, September 15: Under pressure from the opposition parties, including the DMK, on the NEET issue in the state, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Tuesday sought to turn the tables on his party's arch rival, accusing it of "thrusting" the test on students while being part of the UPA.

  • Sharad Pawar urges Centre to rethink ban on export of onions

    Sep 15, 2020

    Mumbai, September 15: NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday met Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal and demanded that the Centre reconsider its "sudden" decision to ban the export of onions. Pawar tweeted Goyal assured him that the government will rethink the decision if there is consensus among the ministries of commerce, finance, and consumer affairs on the issue.

  • National Conference MPs demand discussion on JK situation in Parliament

    Sep 14, 2020

    Srinagar, Sep 14: National Conference MPs on Monday sought a discussion in Parliament on the situation of Jammu and Kashmir, citing the "unprecedented situation" in the Union Territory in the wake of the "unilateral, unconstitutional and undemocratic rescinding" of Articles 370 and 35A.

  • Lok Sabha meets amid pandemic; Members don masks, sit in different locations

    Sep 14, 2020

    New Delhi, Sep 14: Lok Sabha on Monday met for the Monsoon session under unusual circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic with members seated in different locations, including the Rajya Sabha chamber, in view of the physical distancing norms put in place to check the spread of the virus.

  • Will Parliament seriously discuss China, COVID-19 issues: Sena

    Sep 14, 2020

    Mumbai, Sep 14: With the monsoon session of Parliament beginning from Monday, the Shiv Sena asked whether the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha will discuss seriously important issues like Chinese aggression along the LAC, COVID-19 and unemployment.

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