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Rahul reveals secret behind his white T-shirts
Why does Rahul Gandhi always wear a white T-shirt? The Congress leader has not one but two reasons — it conveys “transparency” and “simplicity”. Gandhi answered several such light-hearted questions in a more than two-minute video released by the Congress on its social media channels. In the video captioned...
Rahul says Raebareli nomination an ’emotional moment’
The Congress party on Friday finally put an end to the weeks of speculation over the key Lok Sabha seats of Amethi and Raebareli by picking Rahul Gandhi to represent the latter. After filing his nomination, Gandhi referred to Raebareli as his “family’s Karmabhoomi.” In his first reaction after...
Shatrughan Sinha Says Mamata has all qualities to be PM
For actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has all the qualities to be the prime minister of India. The TMC leader, who is contesting from Asansol for the second time in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, said he is confident of people’s love for him and...
Cong activist arrested in Amit Shah doctored video case
Delhi Police on Friday made its first arrest in the Amit Shah deepfake video case. The accused, Arun Reddy, runs a pro-Congress social media account. According to police sources, Reddy handled the X account, ‘Spirit of Congress’. Delhi Police arrest Arun Reddy, who handles the ‘Spirit of Congress’ X...
Cong asserts Rahul Gandhi’s chess proficiency
In a witty reaction to Congress’ claims that Rahul Gandhi is an experienced politician and chess player, Russian chess legend Garry Kasparov said tradition dictates that “you should first win from Raebareli before challenging for the top”. Taking to social media platform X, Kasparov wrote, “Traditional dictates that you...
Hindus treated as second class citizens in Bengal: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a scathing attack on the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir’s “anti-Hindu” address. Addressing a rally in Bardhaman-Durgapur, PM Modi said, “Hindus were being treated as second class citizens in Bengal.” “I saw on TV yesterday...
It’s Rahul versus BJP’s Dinesh Pratap Singh in Raebareli
It’s Rahul Gandhi Vs Dinesh Pratap Singh in Raebareli. Making its most awaited announcement, the Congress party on Friday named Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi’s candidature from Raebareli. While, the grand old family announced the candidature of Rahul Gandhi with expectations that he would save the party’s bastion, the BJP...
No Gandhis in Amethi; Sharma to take on Smriti Irani
In its eleventh-hour decision, the Congress fielded Kishori Lal Sharma against Union Minister Smriti Irani in Amethi, where the Gandhi scion suffered defeat in 2019 elections. The move comes after days of intense speculation and heated debate over whether the Congres would field members of the Gandhi family from...
AAP forms panel to work with Cong in Delhi
A little over three weeks before Delhi goes to polls, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has finally formed its coordination committee in the Capital to work with the Congress on the ground. The move is significant as the AAP had, in mid-April, announced its campaign ‘Jail ka Jawab Vote...
BJP complains to EC against Cong ‘spreading lies’
The BJP on Thursday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against the Congress, alleging it is trying to create an “atmosphere of tension” in the society and spreading lies that the Constitution will be changed. The opposition parties have been alleging that the BJP is seeking more than...
Modi cites Rahul praise for Pakistan-Congress partnership
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Congress party’s “partnership with Pakistan is exposed” while reacting to the former prime minister of the neighbouring country, Fawad Chaudhry’s “praise” of Rahul Gandhi’s speech criticising the BJP-led Central government in India. “Look at the coincidence, today Congress is getting weak...
Amit Shah sees BJP opening account in Kerala, Tamil Nadu
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will open its account in both Kerala and Tamil Nadu, Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted in an exclusive interview with Network18, saying the party would be ahead of Congress in all four states combined in the South. “In South, all four states combined,...
RBI ex-governor says pressurised by Chidambaram to inflate growth rate
BJP leader Amit Malviya hit out at Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram for “lecturing” the BJP-led Central government on “institutional integrity” when he himself “pressed the RBI to paint a rosier picture of the economy”. According to a Moneycontrol report, former RBI Governor D Subbarao, in...
Modi says no Muslim reservation during his life time
Amid Congress attack that the BJP would change the Constitution and scrap reservations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that he would not let the quotas of Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs be given to Muslims on the basis of religion. Training his guns on the Congress, he accused...
Rajnath foresees Bapu’s prophecy on Cong turn into reality
People in these elections will fulfill Mahatma Gandhi’s wish at the time of Independence that the Congress party be disbanded, Defence Minister and senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh told News18 in an exclusive interview. Traveling with Singh during his election campaign in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday, News18 witnessed a...
Case against Khurshid’s niece over ‘vote jihad’ speech
A case has been filed against Samajwadi Party leader Maria Alam Khan, niece of senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid, over a controversial speech she gave while campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh’s Kaimganj. The FIR, which also names Khurshid, has been registered for the violation of...
Shinde’s MLA son to fight from Kalyan
Amid the ongoing seat-sharing talks, the Kalyan and Thane Lok Sabha constituencies have fallen under the control of the Shiv Sena faction led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Announcing its candidates on Wednesday, the Shinde-led Shiv Sena fielded Shrikant Eknath Shinde and Naresh Ganpat Mhaske from the Kalyan and...
High Court raps Kejriwal for drift in Delhi situation
Underlining concerns over fundamental rights and accountability, the Delhi High Court on Monday rapped the state of governance in the national capital in the absence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The High Court’s remarks came amid ongoing debates on the functioning of the Delhi government, including the non-supply of...
