Govt destroyed dreams of youths with Agnipath scheme: Rahul Gandhi
In a post on Instagram, the Congress leader shared a photograph with a group of youngsters, saying they are from Bihar's Champaran.
Telangana CM Revanth Reddy to meet PM Modi in Delhi
According to government sources, the chief minister will flag issues related to pending projects and dues from the Central government.
RSS focused on changing ground reality, leaves optics of caste census to politicians
Here are few things closely linked with the RSS functioning and its historical evolution to better understand its stand on caste census
High political risk limits India’s investment play in Africa
With its own polity opaque, and its cheap state-driven capital designed to secure both resources and geopolitical advantage, Chinese state-run firms are quite comfortable working across both hugely corrupt and muddy political environments, quite content to deal with any government of the day irrespective of ideology or Western liberal principles
Why Raghuram Rajan is wrong about India’s economic path
From 2013 to 2018, Rajan “predicted” doom for the global economy at the rough rate of once a year. In 2015, he predicted a 1930s-style Great Depression. None of these came true. Perhaps his luck ran out
In 2024, Supreme Court has big hearings and verdicts coming
In a sense, 2024 will see Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud commence his second innings in his two-year-term. Much like the keenly awaited same sex marriage and Article 370 verdicts this year, 2024 will see SC benches pronounce their rulings on electoral bonds, sedition and money bills
Geopolitics: Turbulence & uncertainty of 2023 will spill over into 2024
The world’s fatigue with wars isn’t bringing an end to the Ukraine or Gaza war. As 2023 winds its way to an end, much rests on global economic recovery and growth in 2024, the outcome of the US presidential elections, and the next stage of AI progress after the rapid strides of generative AI this year
Bangladesh: As elections draw close, India needs to rethink its strategies
Holding a free and fair election was never a virtue of India’s eastern neighbour. But elections had never been as consistently farcical either. It would be of keen interest to know how the prevailing scenario in Dhaka had been helping and would help the Indian cause
Modi: We are living in the era of multilateralism
The world is interconnected as well as interdependent. This reality compels us to recognise that absolute agreement on all matters cannot be a prerequisite for collaboration, Modi said
MP's new government turns to loans to pay for predecessor's generous pre-poll promises
The MP government’s pre-poll announcements and schemes are estimated to increase expenditure by at least 10 percent. The cash-strapped Mohan Yadav government urgently requires loans of around Rs 25,000 crore to meet ex-CM Shivraj Singh's promises to voters
‘There’s A Limit To…” VP Dhankhar Hits Out At TMC MP, Rahul Gandhi For Mocking Him
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on December 19 showed his disappointment after a video of suspended TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee surfaced online in which he was captured mimicking the vice-president.
Calling the act as unparliamentary, shameful and ridiculous, Rajya Sabha speaker also hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for video-graphing the incident.
Watch to know what he said!
List of 29 Lok Sabha MPs suspended from House
As many as 49 Lok Sabha MPs were suspended from the House for disrupting proceedings on Tuesday.
Parliament security breach: Opposition to strongly raise demand for home minister's statement
This was decided at a meeting of the alliance's constituents in the Parliament complex, a day after 78 MPs in both houses were suspended for raising the demand.
Opposition's goal is to throw out our govt, govt's goal is India's bright future: PM Modi
Addressing the BJP parliamentary party, Modi also expressed concern at "attempts" to justify Parliament security breach, saying it is as worrisome as the incident itself, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi told reporters.
India gained global stature under Prime Minister Modi's leadership: Bhupender Yadav
India has emerged as a manufacturing hub, attracting companies like Apple and Foxconn.
Congress flays suspension of opposition MPs from Parliament
In an unprecedented move, 78 opposition MPs were suspended from Parliament on Monday, triggering a strong reaction from the Congress and other parties that accused the BJP government of trying to bulldoze key legislations in an "Opposition-less" Parliament.
INDIA bloc's crucial meet today; seat sharing, redrawing 2024 Lok Sabha poll strategy on agenda
Evolving a "core positive agenda" will also be among the main challenges before the INDIA bloc. According to a senior Congress leader, the constituents of the opposition alliance intend to move forward with the theme "Main Nahin, Hum (We, Not Me)" at the meeting.
Congress launches crowdfunding campaign, seeks help of common people to build country
Mallikarjun Kharge donated a sum of Rs 1,38,000 from his salary to launch the "Donate for Desh" campaign in the presence of party leaders and general secretaries K C Venugopal and Jairam Ramesh and treasurer Ajay Maken.
Chhattisgarh cabinet expansion soon, says CM Vishnu Deo Sai
Vishnu Deo was talking to reporters at the Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur after returning from New Delhi.
Mahua Moitra’s expulsion buries some key rivalries in Bengal, at least temporarily
Despite Mamata’s lacerating taunts for the Hindi heartland defeat, Congress’s Gandhi family and its Bengal leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury backed Mahua. So did arch-rivals, CPM. Both Mamata and Abhishek Banerjee are also with her, ensuring the faction-ridden Trinamool closed ranks. Expect a repeat of the outsider-targeting-Bengal’s-daughter card that Mamata played so effectively against BJP in 2021
PM Modi calls for probe, not debate, of parliament breach
"What happened is very serious," Modi told the Dainik Jagran newspaper in an interview published on Sunday, his first comments on Wednesday's breach. "There is no need to debate this, there should be a detailed investigation into this."
After MP polls rout, Congress replaces Kamal Nath with Jitu Patwari as party's state unit chief
Sources said Kamal Nath was asked to tender his resignation soon after the poll results were out.
Home minister mum in Parliament, but giving interview on TV: Mallikarjun Kharge on security breach issue
"What kind of justice is it to illegally suspend opposition MPs over the huge lapse in security of Parliament and its MPs," Kharge asked. He said that leaders of various parties had met in the morning to discuss their joint strategy in both houses.
Myanmar Crisis: China’s balanced approach a lesson for India in diplomacy
In order to remain in the game, New Delhi needs to shed its unwavering commitment to the generals or at least balance it by opening direct channels of communication with the pro-democracy forces
