Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday accused the ruling BJP of attempting to provoke Hindutva forces and deepen religious polarisation in the country.
On 8 June, a US federal judge in Boston struck down the Trump administration's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, ruling it an unlawful tax that Congress never authorized.
Congress workers staged a large-scale protest in Patna on Saturday, demanding the dismissal of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and burning effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Congress is set to launch a nationwide campaign against the growing crisis of paper leaks, examination irregularities, rising unemployment, and the alleged “systematic betrayal of youth” by the Narendra Modi-led government.
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of remaining silent over the deaths of three Indian nationals in recent US strikes on commercial vessels in international waters, alleging that the government had failed to stand up for Indian citizens killed abroad.
As the new GST rates came into effect on Monday, Congress MP Imran Masood warned that the changes touted by the government as a boost to the economy, will instead ruin small businesses.
I n the 1946 election, though the Hindu Mahasabha opposed Congress in 26 general seats, it polled only 2.73 per cent of the total Hindu vote and won only one seat, which was a special Reserved University seat from where Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (1901-53) was elected unopposed.
Shrinate said that Modi didn't say anything new but spoke like the GST was brought in 2017 by some other government.
The political temperature in Jharkhand rose sharply on Sunday after the state BJP accused Health Minister Dr Irfan Ansari of sheltering a multi-crore tender scam and practicing “appeasement” in contract allocations. The Congress rejected the charges as baseless and politically motivated.
Amid seat-sharing tussle among the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-led Mahagathbandhan allies, Congress MP Akhilesh Prasad Singh on Sunday said that the distribution of seats among the alliance partners will be finalised after the Congress Working Committee meeting.
