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INDIA bloc's coordination panel to meet today at Sharad Pawar's residence

According to reports, the INDIA alliance can hold discussions on seat sharing, and a joint campaign plan is also on the table

Oppn slams decision to cut import duty on apples from US, Centre defends

However, the Centre reiterated that the move to slash import duty on apples from the US would have no "negative" impact on the growers

US again standing at brink of total shutdown, Americans feel the bite

Months after averting it, the US is again standing at the brink of total shutdown, if Congress - struggling with the dispute between Democrats and Republicans

New dress code for Parliament staff kicks off row around BJP poll symbol

A new dress code with floral motif for Parliament staff kicked off a political row on Tuesday with the Congress dubbing it as "cheap" tactics to promote the ruling party's poll symbol. According to an internal circular issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, the marshals, security staff and officials, chamber attendants and drivers have been issued new uniforms which they have to don once the new parliament building starts functioning. The 'bandhgala' suit of bureaucrats will be replaced with a magenta or deep pink Nehru jacket. The shirts for them will also have floral design. The employees will wear khaki-coloured pants. The new attire for the marshals in both houses of Parliament will now include Manipuri turbans. The Parliament Security Staff will be seen in army camouflage pattern fatigues instead of the blue safari suits. Women officers have been assigned bright coloured sarees with jackets to be worn during winters. The Congress accused the BJP of making the "Parliament a ...

Madhya Pradesh polls: Congress meet underway at Kamal Nath's residence

The Congress party will also hold the meeting of the screening committee today to decide on the list of candidates, party sources said

LDF, Cong-led UDF trade charges over installation of AI cameras in Kerala

The ruling LDF in Kerala on Tuesday slammed the Congress-led opposition UDF for questioning in the Assembly as to why Keltron, which allegedly makes no components, was given the contract for installing artificial intelligence (AI) cameras in the state. State Transport Minister Antony Raju and Industries Minister P Rajeev said it was a highly unfair and irresponsible statement by senior Congress MLA Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan that public sector undertaking (PSU) Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd (Keltron) makes no components. The Ministers contended that it was Radhakrishnan himself, when he was Home Minister in the previous UDF government, who used the PSU's services to set up cameras across Kerala at a much higher cost than the AI cameras project. They also sought to remind that components made by Keltron were used in Chandrayaan-3 and Adithya L1 missions of ISRO. "So kindly do not say that Keltron is just a mute spectator. You should be ready to withdraw your

Priyanka to visit flood-hit areas in Mandi, Kullu to oversee relief work

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will visit the flood-affected areas of Himachal Pradesh's Mandi and Kullu districts on Tuesday and oversee relief and restoration works. She would also interact with the flood victims at the Aloo ground in Manali. Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains had wreaked havoc in Kullu and Mandi districts on July 14 and 15. Gandhi, who arrived at the Bhuntar airport in Kullu this morning, stopped to receive flowers from local women at the airport and also spoke with Congress workers and local growers about apple production, transportation and rates of boxes. The Congress leader had recently alleged that apple boxes in Himachal Pradesh are being sold at one third rates after the Adani Group released the procurement price, and asked why the prime minister is not doing anything for them. Gandhi was accompanied by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and Public Works Department Minister Vikramaditya Singh. The Congress leader would also v

Chhattisgarh polls: Mallikarjun Kharge approves constitution of committees

The committees include an election campaign committee, core committee, communications committee, and protocol committee

Amit Shah to launch BJP's 'Parivartan Yatra' from Dantewada on Sept 12

Chhattisgarh Assembly elections: The parivartan yatra will cover a distance of 1,728 km over 16 days

Give away Gandhi title: Assam CM to Rahul, terms family Sardar of duplicate

CM Sarma praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the 'Delhi Declaration' adopted during the G20 leaders' summit in Delhi and said that it happened only because of him

Should give up its dream...: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma takes dig at Cong

"The Congress leaders say they will form the 'INDIA' government. I am saying we will form a government of 'Bharat'. We will form the next government under the leadership of Modi-ji"

First meet of INDIA bloc coordination committee in Delhi on September 13

The first meeting of the 14-member coordination committee of the opposition bloc INDIA will be held in the national capital on September 13, leaders said on Sunday. The meet, to be held at the residence of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, will chalk out the coalition's strategies and future programmes, they said. Over two dozen opposition parties have formed the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) to take on the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance unitedly in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Leaders of INDIA parties, in their last meeting in Mumbai, constituted the 14-member coordination committee to chalk out further programme of the bloc. The coordination committee would act as the top decision-making body of the opposition alliance. On Sunday, Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, a member of the coordination committee, claimed that the Enforcement Directorate has served a summon on him to appear before it on September 13, the day of the meeting, and t

Security to all parties in Naxal-affected areas, says CM Bhupesh Baghel

Chhattisgarh Assembly elections: Last week, the Bharatiya Janata Party had sent a letter to the state's Director General of Police, requesting safety for its 'parivartan yatra'

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel initiates 700-bed hospital project in Raipur

The integrated hospital building will be constructed at the cost of Rs 322 crore in the state capital

Nothing Hindu about what the BJP does, says Rahul Gandhi in Paris

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has hit out at the BJP during an interaction with students and academics in Paris, saying that the governing party is out to get power at any cost and that there is nothing Hindu about their actions. During the interaction on Saturday at the Sciences PO University in Paris, a leading social sciences institution in France, the 53-year-old Opposition leader covered a broad range of topics such as his Bharat Jodo Yatra', the Opposition alliance's fight to defend India's democratic structures, changing global order and other key issues. He stressed that the Opposition was committed to fighting for the "soul of India and the country would come out just fine from the current turbulence. "I've read the Gita', I've read a number of the Upanishads, I've read many Hindu books; there is nothing Hindu about what the BJP does, absolutely nothing, said Gandhi, in response to a question about the rise of Hindu nationalism in the country during the interaction, a video

Public giving blessings: Digvijaya Singh on stone pelting in BJP's yatra

Stone pelting was reported at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Jan Ashirwad Yatra in Madhya Pradesh's Neemuch on September 6

PM's 'global talk' on environment at G20 at odds from 'local walk': Cong

The Congress on Sunday dubbed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks on environment at the G20 Summit as "sheer hypocrisy", and claimed his "global talk" is completely at odds from the "local walk". Congress leader Jairam Ramesh accused the Modi government of comprehensively dismantling India's environmental protections and snatching away the rights of the most vulnerable communities dependent on forests. "The PM's statements at the G20 and other summits globally are sheer hypocrisy. While destroying protections for India's forests and biodiversity, and diluting the rights of Adivasis and forest-dwelling communities, he talks of environment, climate action and equity. "The 'Global Talk' is completely at odds from the 'Local Walk'," Ramesh said in a statement. He said during a Doordarshan chat with students in 2014, the prime minister had said, The climate has not changed, we have changed. "The self-styled Vishwaguru has come a long way in hypocrisy.The prime minister has used the

Rajasthan elections: Sacked minister Rajendra Singh Gudha joins Shiv Sena

Gudha's removal from office came after he drew parallels between incidents of sexual violence in strife-hit Manipur and crimes against women in Rajasthan during a state assembly session

Rajasthan: Villages to receive meals at Rs 8 under the Indira Rasoi scheme

Under the scheme 1,000 kitchens will be opened across Rajasthan, facilitating more than 10,000 employment opportunities for women

Cong to announce 'five guarantees' for Telangana polls at rally on Sep 17

The Congress would announce five 'guarantees' to Telangana people ahead of the Legislative Assembly elections at a public meeting to be held here on September 17. Top Congress leader Sonia Gandhi would announce release the five poll guarantees at the rally on September 17, state Congress president and MP A Revanth Reddy has said. Congress has already announced that the first meeting of the newly-constituted Congress Working Committee under party chief Mallikarjun Kharge will be held in Hyderabad on September 16. An extended Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting will be held on September 17 that will include all Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chiefs. The Congress had released 'Farmers Declaration', 'SC, ST Declaration' and 'Youth Declaration', comprising its promises to the Telangana voters in the assembly polls scheduled to be held in a couple of months. In the Legislative Assembly polls in neighbouring Karnataka, the 'five guarantees' announced by Congress is believed to be