Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:08:35
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the government over the state of the economy, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman have no idea what to do next.
The former Congress president's attack on the government comes just days ahead of the budget.
Finance Minister Sitharaman is scheduled to present the Budget for the financial year
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Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:06:50
Mumbai, Jan 29 (PTI) The death toll in Tuesday's bus-auto rickshaw collision in Maharashtra's Nashik district mounted to 26 on Wednesday with recovery of more bodies from the well in which both the vehicles had fallen, a police official said.
He said 32 people remained admitted in hospitals.
The accident occurred on Tuesday evening when a speeding state transport (ST) bus collided with an au
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Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:04:38
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said BJP leaders have "bid goodbye" to civilised political discourse as they are facing "imminent defeat" in the Delhi assembly elections.
He hit out at Union minister Anurag Thakur and other BJP leaders such as West Delhi MP Parvesh Verma and party's West Bengal president Dilip Ghosh, saying the language used by them is "appalling"
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Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:03:04
New Delhi, Jan 29 (PTI) Ace badminton player Saina Nehwal joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday.
The 29-year-old, who hails from Haryana and is settled in Hyderabad, is a former world number one. She has won numerous international titles, including a bronze medal at the Olympics.
She joined the BJP at its headquarters here in the presence of senior party leaders.
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Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:59:32
Panaji: Bureaucrat-turned-activist Kannan Gopinathan on Tuesday said even some "RSS people" are convinced the Citizenship Amendment Act is a bad law but are keeping quiet as the NDA government at the Centre is their own baby.
Speaking in Panaji, he further said the Narendra Modi government was behaving like a "drunken teenager" which needs to be questioned or else it will end up destroying home
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Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:55:40
Mumbai: Members of Bahujan Kranti Morcha on Wednesday blocked a railway track in Kanjurmarg station during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
The organisation has called for a 'Bharat Bandh' on Wednesday.
The CAA grants citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Parsi, Buddhist, and Christian refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bang
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Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:53:50
Slamming Union Minister Anurag Thakur for his controversial 'shoot the traitors' slogan at a public rally in Delhi, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday challenged the BJP MP asking him to specify the place where he would want to shoot him.
"I challenge you Anurag Thakur, to specify a place in India where you will shoot me and I am ready to come there. Your statements will not create fear in
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Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:51:52
Addressing the budget session of the Kerala Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, Governor Arif Mohammad Khan read out a portion against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in his policy address stating that he was doing so to "honour the wish" of chief minister Pinrayi Vijayan.
Khan said although he disagreed with the state government over its resolution requesting the Centre to abrogate the Citi
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Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:49:54
After the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned seven office bearers of the Popular Front of India, the organisation termed it an "ill-motivated" move at the behest of the BJP-led Central government.
"We believe that the notices issued by the Enforcement Directorate in New Delhi today (January 28) naming the office bearers of Popular Front of India and requiring them to appear for giving eviden
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