New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Every nation fights a battle for the imagination of its youth, and the same is happening in India also. But the real question is — what kind of future are young Indians being encouraged to dream of? Recently, a handwritten postcard carrying the words ‘Vande Mataram’ travelled into space aboard Skyroot’s Vikram-1 rocket. Asked why he had chosen that message, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said this year marks the 150th anniversary of the national song and that Vande Matar…
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New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) A political confrontation erupted between the ruling NDA and the Opposition INDIA bloc on Sunday after Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking an independent investigation into the Ram Temple donation theft case. The Ram Temple donation theft case is a criminal investigation into the embezzlement of cash and precious items donated by devotees at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.In the …
Hyderabad, July 19 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has once again asked all the party leaders to focus on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and warned that negligence will not be tolerated.During a virtual meeting on SIR on Sunday, he directed the leaders to remain on the field to monitor the SIR process to ensure that the voting rights of all genuine voters are protected.Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, Telangana Pradesh Congress Comm…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) With the Monsoon Session of the Parliament scheduled to begin from July 20, the Opposition INDIA bloc appears divided over the proposed Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, that previously linked the delimitation exercise with women’s reservation in the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies.The proposed Bill had earlier failed to pass through the Lok Sabha during the Budget session in April.Speaking to IANS, Congress leader Nana Patole stated that the party is not oppose…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Trinamool Congress factions are racing to own “July 21 Martyrs’ Day” for a symbolic claim on political legitimacy and a live test of organisational strength, while Congress party’s invitation to Mamata Banerjee to join its event — on condition that she admits that leaving the party was a “mistake” — is a tactical bid to reclaim the day’s history while exposing the former Chief Minister’s weakened position. The date commemorates the 1993 Youth Congress march, led by Ma…
Hyderabad, July 16 (IANS) Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) has banned milk and water ablutions during party programmes, party sources said on Thursday. The ruling party has also banned garlanding leaders with JCBs and bulldozers.State Congress Chief Mahesh Kumar Goud has issued instructions to the party cadres not to perform ‘palaabhishekam’ (milk ablutions) and ‘jalabhishekam’ (water ablutions) under any circumstances at any Congress party programme, irrespective of the occasion or v…
New Delhi/Bengaluru, July 15 (IANS) Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar over the state government’s decision to issue a fresh land acquisition notification for villages falling under the proposed Bidadi Township Project, alleging that the move betrayed farmers and exposed the government’s “vested interests”.Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Kumaraswamy described the notification …
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Rajya Sabha chairman and Vice President of India CP Radhakrishnan administered the oath of office and secrecy to two newly elected members at the Parliament House on Wednesday. The members who took the oath included Mansoor Ali Khan, elected from Karnataka and Rajnish Kumar Agrawal, elected from Madhya Pradesh.Mansoor Ali Khan took the oath in English, while Rajnish Kumar Agrawal’s swearing-in took place in Hindi language.With the administration of the oath, both memb…
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Amid deafening silence over Rahul Gandhi’s absence from the political stage, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday said that the ‘shroud of secrecy’ surrounding his trips abroad was a matter of concern; and it was time that the Congress party and the Leader of Opposition (LoP) come clean on his sojourns, given his “association with India-baiters” during such visits.BJP national spokesperson C.R. Kesavan, speaking to IANS, demanded that the party uphold tra…
Jhabua/Bhopal, July 11 (IANS) A widowed tribal woman was allegedly gang raped by three men after a group of unidentified assailants broke into her house during a suspected robbery attempt in Madhya Pradesh’s Jhabua district, police said on Saturday. The incident took place in the Bori area on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, they said.According to police, the woman alleged that a group of armed men entered her house and demanded silver ornaments. When she told them she did not have …