Kalaburagi (Karnataka), March 7 (IANS) Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge said on Saturday that due to foreign policy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, even the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other leaders in the current US administration are making statements about India in a dismissive manner for which the country is facing humiliation at the global level. He was speaking to media representatives, who met him at the Ivan-e-Shahi guest house in K…
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Ahmedabad, March 2 (IANS) Police arrested Vishal Gurjar, former Youth Congress office-bearer and nephew of ex-Congress MLA Himmatsinh Patel, late Sunday night, for allegedly driving drunk and crashing into two parked cars in Maninagar, Ahmedabad. The incident took place near City Corner Hotel, close to Maninagar Police Station, between 11 pm and 1 am.According to officials, the car rammed into two vehicles parked along the roadside. One car sustained visible damage, while a two-wheeler was kn…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Tension prevailed at Lucknow University on Tuesday after members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), along with activists of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal, attempted to recite the Hanuman Chalisa at the historic Lal Baradari inside the campus. Police intervened, detained several students, and removed them from the spot.The protest was sparked by allegations that permission had been granted for offering namaz at Lal Baradari while Hindu stu…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) In the wake of the alleged attack on ABVP students at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), NSUI National President Vinod Jakhar on Monday claimed that the RSS-affiliated student wing has created an environment on campus where it can act without restraint. The National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) chief also said he condemned the violence and stood in support of those who were injured.The remarks come after violence broke out at Delhi’s JNU campus in the early hours …
Jaipur, Feb 20 (IANS) Congress has appointed Vinod Jakhar as the new president of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI). Jakhar has served as the Rajasthan University Students’ Union (RUSU) state president for the last two years. In 2018, he became the first Dalit president of RUSU after contesting as an independent candidate. In the 55-year history of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), a student leader from Rajasthan’s desert region has been appointed as the organisation’s…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) In a significant leadership shuffle within its student wing, the Indian National Congress has appointed Vinod Jakhar as the President of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI).The announcement was made via a press release issued by AICC General Secretary K. C. Venugopal on Friday, highlighting the party’s appreciation for the contributions of the outgoing NSUI President, Varun Choudhary.The move comes as part of on-going efforts to rejuvenate the organisation’s gra…
Ahmedabad, Feb 9 (IANS) The proposed staging of the play ‘I Am Nathuram Godse’ has been cancelled in Ahmedabad following protests by the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) and the Youth Congress, extending a controversy that has already led to cancellations in Rajkot and Jamnagar. The play was scheduled to be performed on Monday at the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Auditorium in the Bodakdev area.Organisers decided to cancel the show after protests escalated in different parts of the city, c…
Patna, Jan 27 (IANS) Former Congress leader Shakeel Ahmad, in an exclusive interview with IANS on Tuesday, said he had once advised Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi to make regular temple visits and not restrict such outreach to election periods, but alleged that his suggestion was ignored.Ahmad’s remarks come amid a political controversy triggered after he publicly described Rahul Gandhi as a “darpok (coward)” and an “insecure” politician, sparking strong reactions wi…
Jaipur, Jan 23 (IANS) Political turmoil has intensified within the Rajasthan unit of the National Students Union of India (NSUI) after the Congress youth wing’s state President Vinod Jakhar was issued a show-cause notice for allegedly making appointments without prior approval. The notice seeks a reply within two days and carries a warning of removal from the post in case of non-compliance.The notice was issued by NSUI National Secretary and Rajasthan in-charge Akhilesh Yadav. It states that the…
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Sunday, hit out at the Union government over the detention of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) activists in Varanasi, who were protesting against the scrapping of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). In a sharply worded statement, she described the police action as “cowardly” and said the Union government was using brute force against those who dared to raise their voices.The pr…