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After a continuous drubbing in several elections, the Congress party on Friday got into an introspection mode with party chief Sonia Gandhi exhorting the delegates on day one of a 3-day ‘Chintan shivir’ to send out a strong message of internal unity and organisation. Simultaneously, she lambasted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for misusing his […]
A day after claiming that he is looking forward to the Congress party’s 3-day national brainstorming session that began on Friday in Udaipur in neighbouring Rajasthan since it may throw up fresh ideas and a new direction, Gujarat Congress Working President Hardik Patel gave the first day of the session a miss. The Patidar leader […]
The Supreme Court denied the appeal to postpone the National Eligibility cum Entrance Exam Test For Postgraduate (NEET-PG) 2022. The SC believes that any hold in conducting the exam will lead to fewer resident doctors. On Friday, SC rejected the plea by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences to defer the NEET-PG exam. […]
Rahul Gandhi this morning reached Udaipur, Rajasthan, where the Congress party will kick-off their 3-day Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir today. As was announced earlier, Gandhi took a train from Delhi last night and reached pink-city this morning. He was accompanied by other senior leaders. At the station Rahul Gandhi interacted with a delegation of the […]
Sanjiv Bajaj, Chairman and Managing Director, Bajaj Finserv Limited, has assumed office as the President of CII for 2022-23. He has taken charge from T.V. Narendran, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Tata Steel Limited. The newly constituted National Council of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) elected its new office-bearers for 2022-23, at a meeting […]
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya suggested establishing facilitation centers at all the Indian embassies to give thrust to medical tourism. The objective of the facilitation centers is to provide accessible help to people desiring medical treatment from Indian hospitals. Mandaviya addressed a roundtable conference with senior IFS officers on Thursday. The Health Minister addressed a […]
Rajiv Kumar, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service of Bihar/Jharkhand cadre 1984 batch, will take over as the next Chief Election Commissioner of India, effective May 15, 2022, as per the appointment by the President. Kumar will be replacing Sushil Chandra, who was in charge of the last five state assembly elections in 2022. […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi this morning tweeted and applauded the Supreme Court’s decision to put the sedition law on hold until further notice. In his post, he wrote in Hindi, and said that speaking and telling the truth is an essential part of patriotism and not treason. He insisted that listening to the truth is […]
Police arrested five Bangladeshi nationals with original Aadhar cards in the Surat district of Gujarat. According to the reports, an authorised agency issued these identification cards to Bangladesh residents who entered India illegally. Jabir Patel, a 25-year-old Baroli resident, is under police custody for attaining Aadhar cards for two Bangladeshis. Additionally, he had applied for […]
In its ruling on Tuesday, the Supreme Court said that the central government has three months time to hold consultations with state governments on the issue of granting minority status to Hindus in the states where they are numerically less as compared to other groups and communities. A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul […]
If inflation is burning a hole in your pocket, the upwardly mobile price of edible oils is acting like fuel to fire. In the eight-year period 2014-2022), edible oil prices have rise 350 percent. In the week past, it breached the 400 percent increase mark. 35% Import Duty Goes Into Govt Coffers; 100% Brunt Borne […]
Claims and counter-claims apart, allegations and counter-allegations apart, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, the key rivals in Gujarat’s December 2022 electoral contest, seem to have already identified the bottomline for victory and survival respectively. The Adivasi and the Dalit Vote — in that order. This explains two simultaneous tribal meets, a three-day National […]
Justice Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala will take over as the new Supreme Court Judge and will be sworn-in to the position on Monday. Then Justice Pardiwala is in line to become the CJI in May 2028 and will have a tenure of two years and three months. Common sentiment regarding his appointment is positive and most […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has slammed Narendra Modi-led central government over deaths in India due to the spread of Coronavirus. Gandhi, quoting a World Health Organization (WHO) report, said that 47 lakh people have died in India due to corona, but the Indian government estimates the death of just 4.8 lakh people. “Science does not […]
If inflation is burning a hole in your pocket, the upwardly mobile price of edible oils is acting like fuel to fire. In the eight-year period 2014-2022), edible oil prices have jumped 350 percent. In the week past, it breached the 400 percent increase mark. Analysts attribute the abnormal upswing to a dependence on imports […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today concluded his 3-nation tour and is already on his way back to India on Thursday. He visited France, meeting the newly re-elected President Emmanuel Macron, Copenhagen where he was welcomed by Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen and also met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin. This brief 3-day trip was […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Denmark on Tuesday as part of his Europe visit and used a FOMO to entice business leaders to invest in India. He explained that those who do not invest in India will surely lose out on a lucrative opportunity. PM Modi interacted with business leaders as part of the India-Denmark […]
Rahul Gandhi’s video of being spotted in a nightclub in Nepal with a young woman, was blown out of proportion by the BJP and social media. Some TV channels even said that the woman may be a Chinese diplomat. The gossip was reduced to nothing after the Congress said that Rahul was in Nepal to […]
Not one to mince words where it comes to calling out a spade, Congress leader Jignesh Mevani sneered at the ruling BJP for “using a woman” to “frame a case” against him. The Dalit leader was finally released on bail Saturday morning and lambasted the BJP for doing a “cowardly thing.” Mevani was arrested in […]
In what may come as a huge relief to lakhs of Dalits, human rights activists and the Congress, firebrand Independent MLA Jignesh Mevani was on Friday granted bail in the second case slapped on him by the Assam Police in a space of eight days. Mevani, who led a major Dalit movement in Gujarat after […]
