Jaipur, April 16 (IANS) Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee President Govind Singh Dotasra on Thursday criticised the state government’s decision to remove four books from the school curriculum for the 2026-27 academic session.Dotasra said that the removal of books such as Rajasthan’s Freedom Movement and Gallantry Traditions (Class 9), History and Culture of Rajasthan (Class 10), Golden India After Independence (Class 11), and Golden India After Independence – Part 2 (Class 12) would result …
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New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday questioned the Centre’s decision to link women’s reservation with delimitation and described it as a well-planned ‘conspiracy’ to alter the electoral constituencies for a certain political motive.Her barrage of criticism was also laced with a ‘Chanakya’ swipe at the Home Minister Amit Shah, which left the latter smiling.The Congress MP, responding to the Prime Minister’s charges of a delay of over three decades i…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Amid the political storm over allegations of forced religious conversion and sexual exploitation at the Tata Consultancy Services’ (TCS) Nashik branch, a fresh application on Thursday has been moved before the Supreme Court in the pending religious conversion case, citing the incident as evidence of “organised religious conversion” and seeking stronger judicial intervention against unlawful conversions across the country.Filed in the pending matter “In Re: The Issue of…
Chennai, April 15 (IANS) Tamil Nadu is set to witness widespread protests on Thursday after Chief Minister M. K. Stalin called for a statewide black flag demonstration against the Centre’s proposed delimitation exercise and constitutional amendments.Urging people to express their dissent, Stalin appealed to citizens across the state to hoist black flags in their homes and public spaces. “Let black flags rise! Tamil Nadu will fight, and Tamil Nadu will win,” he declared in a strongly worded soc…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Congress General Secretary, Organisation, K. C. Venugopal, on Wednesday raised concerns over the latest version of the proposed delimitation Bill, alleging that the Centre has altered its earlier position and introduced ambiguity regarding representation and census-based allocation. “Southern states have clear and genuine concerns… not only that, but more states are having concerns. You see the latest Bill, which they (the Centre) circulated. Earlier, they said that …
Ranchi, April 14 (IANS) On the occasion of the 135th birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna and architect of the Indian Constitution, Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, heartfelt tributes were paid to him across Jharkhand, including in the state capital Ranchi, on Tuesday.In Ranchi, Governor Santosh Gangwar and Chief Minister Hemant Soren garlanded the statue of Babasaheb at Ambedkar Chowk in Doranda and paid floral tributes.Addressing the media on the occasion, Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar said that D…
Chennai, April 14 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday issued a strong message urging citizens to defend the Constitution, uphold social justice, and protect the rights of the oppressed, while reaffirming India’s commitment to pluralism.He was speaking at an event organised to mark the 135th birth anniversary of Dr B. R. Ambedkar.Stalin quoted Ambedkar’s enduring words, “I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.”Stalin, …
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday paid tribute to B.R. Ambedkar on his birth anniversary, asserting that he would “fight with all his strength” to protect the ideals of the Constitution and Ambedkar’s vision of justice, equality, and dignity.In a post on X, Rahul Gandhi said, “Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar did not just give us the Constitution; he gave us the dream of a strong India founded on justice, equality, and dignity. But today, certain forces are …
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson and Rajya Sabha member Sonia Gandhi on Monday said the central concern surrounding the Centre’s decision to introduce Bills during a special session of Parliament on April 16 is delimitation, not women’s reservation, describing the process as “extremely dangerous” and terming it an “assault on the Constitution”. She alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking to “delay and derail” the caste census, suggesting that the t…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi flagged off the ‘Run for Ambedkar, Run for the Constitution’ marathon here on Sunday, urging people to unite against forces whose “ultimate aim is to finish the Constitution”. Addressing the participants on the occasion, LoP Gandhi said, “The Constitution is the message of Baba Saheb Ambedkar Ji. If there had been no Constitution, we would not have been able to see India in this form.”He alleged that individuals asso…