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Rahul Gandhi targets EAM Jaishankar, says his silence is 'damning'

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday launched a fresh attack on External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, saying his silence on the number of aircraft India "lost" after Pakistan was "informed" about the military action under Operation Sindoor is "damning". The Congress leader had earlier also targeted the government on the issue, suggesting that the Indian side informed Pakistan ahead of the military strikes on terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). "EAM Jaishankar's silence isn't just telling, it's damning. So I'll ask again: How many Indian aircraft did we lose because Pakistan knew?" he asked in a post on X. "This wasn't a lapse. It was a crime. And the nation deserves the truth," Gandhi also said. Gandhi had earlier shared an undated video clip of Jaishankar and wrote, "Informing Pakistan at the start of our attack was a crime. EAM has publicly admitted that GOI (government of India) did it." "Who authorised it? How many aircraft did our air

'Jaishankar's remarks misrepresented': MEA rejects claims of alerting Pak

The Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday described as "utter misrepresentation" claims that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar acknowledged that India alerted Pakistan before the launch of Operation Sindoor on May 7. The clarification came after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's criticism of the government suggesting that the Indian side informed Pakistan ahead of the military strikes on terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). "The external affairs minister had stated that we had warned Pakistan at the start, which is clearly the early phase after Operation Sindoor's commencement," the external publicity (XP) division of the ministry said. "This is being falsely represented as being before the commencement. This utter misrepresentation of facts is being called out," it said in a brief statement. Gandhi, in a social media post, asked who had authorised the decision to inform Pakistan. "Informing Pakistan at the start of our attack was a crime.

Highlights: IIFT's proposal to open first offshore campus in Dubai approved by Centre

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PM Modi agreed to caste census 'out of fear': Rahul Gandhi in Bihar

In election-bound Bihar, Rahul Gandhi accused PM Modi of conceding to the caste census 'out of fear' and urged youth to demand reservations and fund allocations

Bihar: LoP Rahul Gandhi to launch 'Shiksha Nyay Samvad' in Darbhanga today

Earlier on Wednesday, Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar said that the Congress will launch a state-wide 'Nyay Samvad' across Bihar starting on May 15

Highlights: Echoes of Operation Sindoor's success heard across the globe, says PM Modi

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Rahul Gandhi can demand special Parliament session as LoP: Dilip Ghosh

Ghosh added that if a special session of the Parliament is needed, the government will surely conduct it

Rahul Gandhi demands Parliament session to discuss Op Sindoor, US mediation

Opposition leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging clarity on ceasefire talks with Pakistan

'Proud of our armed forces': Opposition leaders hail Operation Sindoor

Opposition backs Indian Army's 'Operation Sindoor'; Congress, Owaisi laud strikes on Pakistan terror camps, stress unity, urge tough stance after Pahalgam attack

Rahul Gandhi backs Trump's tariff stand, says India must negotiate firmly

At an interactive session in the US, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had said Donald Trump has every right to push for tariff changes, but India must negotiate confidently to secure a fair deal

HC disposes of petition on Rahul Gandhi's Indian citizenship

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that US President Donald Trump is well within his rights to state that he wants to change the tariff structure, and India must negotiate right back as it is more than capable enough of working out a decent deal. Gandhi made these remarks on April 21 during an interactive session at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University in the US. The video of the interaction was uploaded on the YouTube channel of the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs on Saturday. Gandhi shared a video montage from the interaction and said in a Facebook post on Monday, "India has the scale and the skill. What we need now is a clear vision to build, to lead, and to show the world that democracy and manufacturing must go hand-in-hand to power the future. Time to move from potential to direction." Speaking at the interaction last month, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said the biggest challenge in front of India

Rahul Gandhi's remarks on Lord Ram show lack of faith: Acharya Pramod

The person who has no faith in Lord Ram will raise questions about Lord Ram and the Ram Temple, said Acharya Pramod

Allahabad HC to hear govt's response on Rahul Gandhi's citizenship plea

In the last hearing, the court expressed dissatisfaction with the status report by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to directly address whether Gandhi is an Indian citizen

Happy to take responsibility for INC's past mistakes: Rahul to Sikh student

At Brown University, Rahul Gandhi said he was not in politics during the 1984 riots but is willing to take responsibility for Congress's historical wrongs, including towards Sikhs

PM Modi launches Vizhinjam Port, National Herald case, Pranav Adani, Donald Trump & more top #newsin1min

PM Modi today inaugurated India's first semi-automated port, the Vizhinjam International Seaport in Kerala, operated by Adani Ports. It is now India's only transshipment hub.

Kharge hails Rahul Gandhi as Centre bows to demand for caste census

The J&K Pradesh Congress Committee passed a resolution hailing Rahul Gandhi and party leaders for successfully pushing the Centre to agree to a caste survey

Delhi court issues notice to Sonia, Rahul Gandhi in National Herald case

A Delhi court has issued notices to Sonia and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case, following an ED probe into alleged financial irregularities and money laundering

When Congress, Rahul decide, govt has to accept it: Pilot on caste census

Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Thursday claimed that the government's caste census decision was the result of the pressure exerted by Rahul Gandhi and said the country has seen that when the party and the Leader of the Opposition resolve to get something done, the Centre has to accept it. Pilot also said the caste census should be done in a scientific, detailed and transparent manner as has been done in Telangana. The caste census should not be done superficially, Pilot told PTI Videos here. "Rahul Gandhi has been raising this (caste census) issue for a long time, but the BJP and the government kept opposing it, saying it is not in the interest of the country and it would divide the country. Suddenly, the government took the decision, thanks to the pressure exerted by Rahul Gandhi and the Congress," the Congress general secretary said. The entire country has witnessed that whenever the Congress and Rahul Gandhi resolve to get something done, the government has to accept it, Pilot

Give martyr status to Pahalgam terror attack victims: Rahul to PM

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday to accord the status of a martyr to those killed in the Pahalgam terror attack. In a post on X, the Congress leader said he stands with the families of those killed in the Pahalgam attack and backs their demand that the victims be given the status of a martyr. "I stand with the families of those killed in the Pahalgam attack in their grief and in their demand for martyr status to them. "The prime minister is requested to respect the sentiments of the families of those who lost their lives in this tragedy by giving this honour to them," Gandhi said in his post on the microblogging platform in Hindi. The Congress MP from Rae Bareli met the family members of a Pahalgam attack victim in Kanpur on Wednesday and said they want martyr status for the deceased. "I met a victim's family in Kanpur. They asked me to send a message to Narendra Modi. On behalf of all those families, I want to tell

Caste census: Allocate sufficient funds, fix time limit, Kharge tells govt

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday urged for allocation of sufficient funds and fixing of a time limit for the caste enumeration in the next census, which has been announced by the Central government. The Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha said, Congress and other opposition parties demanded for caste census and had staged agitation for it throughout the country, and now they are happy that they have achieved what they intended for. "I had written a letter two years back on caste census along with general census, they did not agree then, but now the government has taken a decision to conduct a caste census along with general census. It is a good thing and we will fully cooperate for this, but they (BJP) should not comment unnecessarily on Jawaharlal Nehru saying he was opposed to it, this and that," Kharge said. Speaking to reporters here, he said, Jan Sangh and RSS by birth are against reservation, and such people are talking about Congress not being in favour of ..