Hyderabad, July 21 (IANS) Students trying to march towards Lok Bhavan in Hyderabad on Tuesday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET paper leak were stopped and lathi-charged by police, triggering tension. Raising slogans against the Central government, members of various student organisations attempted to march towards the official residence of the Telangana Governor.Police stopped them at Khairatabad, leading to a…
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New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The dramatic turn of events outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence on Tuesday saw top Congress leadership staging a sit-in dharna and subsequent outreach by the government, as Minister of State (MoS) in the PMO Dr Jitendra Singh reached the protest site to hold talks and address their grievances, purportedly pertaining to paper leaks and police crackdown on protesting students. As the visuals relayed on TV channels from the Prime Minister’s residence, it s…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 16 (IANS) An audacious impersonation and financial fraud attempt targeting Congress legislators in Kerala has triggered cyber investigations after fraudsters, posing as officials from Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi’s office, allegedly promised ministerial berths and other high-ranking positions in exchange for crores of rupees. The incident prompted D.S. Rajkumar, Private Secretary to Priyanka Gandhi, to lodge a formal complaint with the Kerala Police.The scam first came to…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 13 (IANS) Alleging that a broad daylight robbery had taken place in the name of the Ayodhya Ram Temple, AICC Media and Publicity Department Chairman, Pawan Khera, on Monday demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the alleged misappropriation of donations and financial irregularities linked to the temple trust.At the KPCC headquarters here, Khera alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had constituted the Ram Temple Trust and that while the Prime Minister and the …
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday launched a scathing attack at Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi, accusing them of showing lack of empathy over not visiting the landslide-hit Wayanad. Priyanka Gandhi, who is also a Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad is yet to visit the affected regions in the constituency and express solidarity with the victims, days after the landslide wreaked havoc.BJP IT Cell chief Amit Malviya tak…
Bengaluru, July 7 (IANS) The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) General Body meeting, held on Tuesday at Palace Grounds in Bengaluru under the chairmanship of KPCC President B.K. Hariprasad, passed five resolutions, including a demand for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged theft of funds and valuables from the Ram Mandir Trust and a call for a Rs 10,000 crore special package from the Centre to tackle the drought situation in Karnataka. In a resolution on the …
Thiruvananthapuram/Wayanad, July 7 (IANS) One person was killed, seven others were injured, and seven others were missing in the mudslide at the Wayanad end of the Anakkampoyil–Kalladi tunnel road project on Tuesday, Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan said, terming it “a very unfortunate tragedy”.All of them are workers engaged in construction activities.The mudslide occurred near Meenakshi Bridge at Kalladi, where the Wayanad end of the tunnel road project is under construction. Preliminary…
Gurugram, June 28 (IANS) Sharmistha Mukherjee, the daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee, commented on the organisational strength of the Congress party, stating that it reflects a “failure” on the part of Rahul Gandhi because, according to her, he has not been able to secure a decisive mandate for the party despite being its face. 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…
Bengaluru, June 4 (IANS) Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President B.K. Hariprasad said on Thursday that those seeking positions and power may align with Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, while those focused on strengthening the organisation are welcome to work with him in building the party structure. He made the remarks while speaking to the media after meeting Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara in Bengaluru. The statements are likely to stir controversy. “Whoever wants power,…
Bengaluru, June 3 (IANS) Senior Congress leader G. Parameshwara, who will be sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister in the D.K. Shivakumar-led government, on Wednesday acknowledged that he had aspired to become CM but said he fully accepted the party high command’s decision and was happy to serve in his new role.Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru ahead of the swearing-in ceremony, Parameshwara said he would abide by the party’s decision as a disciplined worker of Congress.”It is true that I wante…