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Congress manifesto 'bears Muslim league imprint': PM Modi in Saharanpur

Prime Minister says the Congress party is cut off from the hopes and aspirations of today's India, is dominated by leftists

Job creation, MSP law: Congress manifesto vows to reset economic policy

The party omitted mentioning its promise of restoring the old pension scheme (OPS) in the manifesto

Highlights of the day: Zee to layoff 15% of workforce in a bid to cut costs

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Will do a caste census and scrap Agnipath scheme: Congress in manifesto

Lok Sabha elections 2024: The Congress party promises to regularise employment, raise 50% cap on reservation, end 'cess raj'

Congress rebel Sudhir Sharma sends defamation notice to Himachal CM Sukhu

A day after Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu claimed six Congress rebels and three independents were sold for Rs 15 crore each, one of them, Sudhir Sharma, Friday sent a defamation notice to him asking for a Rs 5-crore compensation. Sharma is one of the Congress rebels. During a rally in Himachal's Una district, Sukhu had on Thursday alleged that the Congress rebels are corrupt and will go behind bars. He had said "we do not have money but we have honesty, morality and support of the people" and alleged that the six Congress rebels and three independents were sold for Rs 15 crore each. "We have proof as the facts have started unfolding in the police investigation and time has come to teach them a lesson," he had added. The CM had made the remarks against the nine legislators including six Congress rebels and three independents who had voted in favour of BJP nominee Harsh Mahajan in the Rajya Sabha polls held on February 27. These MLA had later joined the BJP

From jobs to MSP, what has changed in Congress' manifesto from 2019

Lok Sabha elections 2024: The manifesto pledged to conduct a nationwide Socio-Economic and Caste Census to assess caste and sub-caste demographics along with their socio-economic status

Decision on PM candidate to be announced after LS polls, says Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the Lok Sabha polls are between forces who are trying to destroy the Constitution and democracy and those protecting them. Speaking at the Congress manifesto launch programme, Gandhi said it is a much closer contest than propagated by the media, and expressed confidence of winning the polls. Responding to a question after the release of the party manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls, he said a similar idea of 'India Shining' was being propagated now as was done in 2004. "Do remember who won that campaign," he said referring to the BJP-led NDA's aggressive 'India Shining' campaign ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in 2004. The BJP had lost the polls and the UPA government was sworn in. Gandhi also said the INDIA bloc has decided that it is fighting an ideological election and a decision on the PM candidate will be taken after the polls. The seven-phase Lok Sabha polls will begin on April 19. Right to apprenticeship, a legal guarantee for MSP, a

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Congress set to contest fewest seats since 1951

The decrease in the number of candidates was mainly because of the party conceding seats to its allies

Highlights of the day: Earthquake of 5.3 magnitude hits Chamba region in Himachal Pradesh

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A unique career

Manmohan Singh served the country in multiple ways

Watch: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi takes oath as Rajya Sabha member

Watch Sonia Gandhi take oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan, on April 4. The 77-year-old Congress leader chose to forgo contesting another election to retain her long-held >

Dedicated entire life for development of Chhindwara, says Kamal Nath

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Thursday said employment generation is his biggest priority and he has facilitated the setting up of skill development and driving learning centres in Chhindwara district for the purpose. Nath, the Congress MLA from Chhindwara, said he has dedicated his entire life for the development of the place and will serve the people of his constituency till his last breath. Today, Chhindwara has its own distinct identity in the country, he said addressing a public meeting in Gumtara under the Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency, from where his son and sitting Congress MP Nakul Nath is contesting the upcoming parliamentary poll. Kamal Nath said his name is not linked to any sand mafia, liquor trade or any contractor and people are witness to it. "Employment is my biggest priority. The children who are educated till seventh-eighth standard can also get jobs through skill development and driving learning centres which were set up because of my ..

Highlights: Only BJP can stop atrocities on women in Bengal, says PM Modi

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Sonia Gandhi, Ashwini Vaishnaw, 12 others sworn in as RS members: Checklist

Sonia Gandhi took oath as a member of the Upper House from Rajasthan, and Vaishnaw was sworn in as a member of the same house from Odisha

Cong ousts Sanjay Nirupam for 6 yrs for indiscipline, anti-party statements

The former MP was removed from Congress, days after criticising Maharashtra's party leadership during seat-sharing discussions with Shiv Sena (UBT) for the Lok Sabha elections

Think, understand and then take right decision: Rahul Gandhi urges voters

Amid the Lok Sabha polls, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said India is currently standing at a "crucial juncture" and urged people to recognise the difference between those who "build the country" and those who "destroy" it. In a post in Hindi on X, Gandhi conveyed to the people ahead of the Lok Sabha polls that their future is in their hands, and that they must think, understand and then take the right decision. The former Congress chief said the country is currently standing at a "crucial juncture". Every section of the society will have to recognize the difference between those who "build the country" and those who "destroy" it. The Congress and the INDIA bloc mean that youth's first job confirmed, guarantee of MSP to farmers, every poor woman a millionaire, minimum Rs 400 per day for workers, caste census and economic survey and secure Constitution and rights of citizen, he said. "And, the BJP means: unemployment confirmed, debt burden on farmers, unsafe and without

'5 power centres in Congress': Sanjay Nirupam blasts party after expulsion

Maharashtra politician says the party announced his expulsion after he had resigned

Women Commission summons MP Surjewala over 'sexist' remark on Hema Malini

Women Commission summons MP Surjewala over 'sexist' remark on Hema Malini

Modi govt has shown 'extreme vindictiveness' to WB for rejecting BJP: Cong

The Congress on Thursday accused the Modi government of showing "extreme vindictiveness" to the people of West Bengal for rejecting the BJP in 2021 and asked why is it so reluctant to give anything to the state, when it is always so ready to ask when election times come. Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in Cooch Behar in West Bengal, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said there is perhaps no state whose people have suffered more at the hands of the Modi government. "The PM should use this opportunity to answer for all his government's failings in West Bengal: It seems like the PM only goes to West Bengal when he needs to ask for votes. Before this election campaign, the last time he visited the state was for the 2021 assembly elections (when he visited a record 22 times)," Ramesh said in a post on X. Since then, he has been all over the country but has not felt the need to visit West Bengal even once, the Congress leader said. Why is the BJP government so ...

Congress has '5 power centres': Sanjay Nirupam lashes out

Former Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam lashed out at the Congress Party over his expulsion. He said that the party was seemingly not happy with the way certain things were mentioned in his resignation