Hyderabad, July 8 (IANS) Former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao’s grandson and senior BJP leader N.V. Subhash on Wednesday lashed out at the Congress, accusing it of “deliberately chosing to ignore and attributing negative issues” to the late PM’s tenure.During an exclusive interaction with IANS, he further accused the Gandhi family of “controlling the reins” of the Congress since the tenure of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and “ignoring” a veteran leader of the status of present party Presi…
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Thiruvananthapuram/Wayanad, July 7 (IANS) At least five people were killed in a major mudslide at the Meppadi-Kalladi tunnel construction site in Kerala’s Wayanad on Tuesday, while three persons remained missing and seven others were undergoing treatment in hospital, as rescue teams pressed ahead with a massive search operation involving personnel, heavy earth-moving machinery, and sniffer dogs.Authorities said the rescue efforts would continue through the night in the hope of tracing the missin…
Kalpetta/Thiruvanathapuram, July 7 (IANS) The death toll in the devastating mudslide at the Wayanad end of the Anakkampoyil–Kalladi tunnel road project in Kerala climbed to four on Tuesday, even as an intensive multi-agency rescue operation continued to trace four people who remain missing beneath tonnes of mud and debris.Ten injured persons are undergoing treatment in two hospitals, while rescue personnel are racing against time to reach those feared trapped.The massive mudslide also swept aw…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) International President Alok Kumar took a jibe at the opposition leaders on Sunday, saying they can “assist the ongoing investigation” into the alleged misappropriation of donations made at Ayodhya’s Ram Temple if the leaders have “enough evidence to prove their allegations”.The VHP chief’s reaction came in reference to a letter written by him to the Investigation Officer of the Ram Temple embezzlement case, demanding verification of the all…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) International President Alok Kumar has written a letter to the Investigation Officer of the Ram Temple embezzlement case, seeking a probe into the allegations made by several opposition leaders.In his letter, Alok Kumar has mentioned the allegations made by Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal, party leader Sanjay Singh and Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Ram Gopal Yadav, regarding the alleged misappropriati…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan administered the oath to seven newly elected/re-elected members of the Upper House at Parliament House on Monday. Tarun Chugh, as a BJP Rajya Sabha member from Madhya Pradesh, Jitendra Meghjibhai Kanzariya and Mansingh Meraman Parmar, as BJP Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat, M. Nagaraja as a BJP Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka, Rajendra Hiralal Jain as an NCP Rajya Sabha member from Maharashtra, Adhikarimayum …
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha after being re-elected to the Upper House from Karnataka. The oath was administered by Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan in his chamber in Parliament.Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were present during the oath-taking ceremony.Several senior leaders were also present on the occasion, includi…
Wayanad, June 28 (IANS) Congress General Secretary and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday felicitated Wayanad mountaineer Zuhra Cherukappalli for her remarkable achievement of scaling Mount Everest, describing the feat as a shining example of determination, courage and perseverance that would inspire women across the country. During the meeting held in Wayanad, Priyanka warmly congratulated Zuhra on becoming one of the few women from Kerala to conquer the world’s highest peak. She prai…
Gurugram, June 28 (IANS) Sharmistha Mukherjee, daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee, has criticised senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for pulling out a “disappearing act” after staying active for a few days on the ground level, emphasising that politics should be viewed as a “full-time job”. Speaking exclusively to IANS, Mukherjee pointed out that since 2014, around the time Rahul began to emerge as the face of Congress, the party has consistently lost elections. Talking about the pro…
Gurugram, June 28 (IANS) Sharmistha Mukherjee, daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee, has said that to win elections, Congress was focused only on forming alliances, while adding that the leaders do not seem sufficiently enthusiastic about strengthening the organisation instead. She said that the lack of focus on the organisational strength of Congress and repeated election defeats reflect a “failure” on the part of Rahul Gandhi because, according to her, he has not been able to secure a…