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Bengaluru court grants bail to Rahul Gandhi in defamation case: Details

The City Civil Court in Bengaluru granted bail to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in connection with the Karnataka defamation case filed against him by the state Bharatiya Janata Party unit

Hearing in defamation case against Rahul Gandhi rescheduled to June 18

An MP-MLA court here on Friday postponed the hearing in the 2018 defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his alleged objectionable remarks targeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Gandhi's lawyer Kashi Prasad Shukla said due to the death of a lawyer, a condolence meeting was held in the court on Friday and the hearing was postponed to June 18. The Congress leader appeared in court in the defamation case in February and he was granted bail. The complaint against Gandhi was filed by BJP leader Vijay Mishra. Last December, the court issued a warrant against Gandhi. Subsequently, the Congress leader halted his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Amethi on February 20, appeared in the court, and was granted bail. The complaint was filed on August 4, 2018, against Gandhi for his alleged objectionable comments against Shah made at a press conference in Bengaluru in May of that year during the Karnataka elections. The complainant referred to Gandhi's comments that the BJP claims t

Rahul Gandhi to appear before Bengaluru court today in BJP defamation case

The BJP in the complaint had alleged that the advertisements in local newspapers and 'false campaigning' by Congress ahead of the 2023 state assembly elections damaged BJP's image

Rahul demands JPC probe into stock market fluctuations, Goyal hits back

Congress's Praveen Chakravarty said that trading volume doubled on 31 May, as foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought 58 per cent of the value, while they were net sellers on the other days

Rahul misleading investors out of frustration after defeat: Piyush Goyal

From Rs 67 trillion during UPA govt, India's market cap surged to Rs 415 trillion; domestic, retail investors benefitted most, Goyal said in a press conference

Rahul seeks JPC probe into June 4 crash, calls it biggest stock market scam

Rahul Gandhi questioned why Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made remarks concerning the stock market

WATCH: Amethi star Kishori Lal's daughter reacts to 'Gandhi's clerk' remark

Lok Sabha elections 2024: BJP's Raebareli candidate Dinesh Pratap Singh had called Kishori Lal Sharma a "peon" and "Priyanka Gandhi's "clerk" after the party gave him a ticket from Amethi

UP people established the ideal that real issues are paramount: Priyanka

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday hailed the people of Uttar Pradesh, saying they gave a solid message to the whole country of saving the Constitution and re-established the old ideal that public issues are paramount. The BJP-led NDA suffered a jolt in Uttar Pradesh, where it won just 36 seats as against the INDIA bloc which bagged 43 -- a significant contribution to the overall tally of the opposition alliance. In a post in Hindi on X, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said, "My salute to all my colleagues of UP Congress. I saw you working hard in the sun and dust, you did not bow down, you did not stop, you showed courage to fight in the toughest of times." "Atrocities were committed against you, fake cases were filed against you, you were put in jail, you were repeatedly put under house arrest but you did not get scared. Many leaders left in fear, you stood firm," she said. Gandhi further said she was proud of the vigilant people of Uttar Pradesh,

Lok Sabha elections: Modi 3.0 in coalition, BJP in Kerala. 10 key takeaways

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu have emerged as the kingmakers in the elections as the BJP only secured 240 seats, which is below the 272 majority mark

Streets to social media: Transformed Rahul behind Congress show in LS polls

A copy of the Constitution found its place in most rallies of Rahul, which struck a chord with the Scheduled Castes in the Hindi heartland

LS election results: Vote shares of both BJP, Congress increase in Assam

The vote shares of both the BJP and Congress have increased by over one per cent in the Lok Sabha elections in Assam, according to EC statistics. The vote share of the saffron party, which bagged nine of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in the state, increased by 1.02 per cent from 36.41 per cent in 2019 to 37.43 per cent in 2024, while that of Congress, which secured three constituencies, rose by 1.69 per cent from 35.79 per cent in the previous elections to 37.48 per cent this time. The overall vote share of the NDA, which won 11 seats in Assam, however, registered a marginal dip of 0.45 per cent. The vote share of NDA ally Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), which managed to win a Lok Sabha seat after 10 years, declined to 6.46 per cent in 2024 from 8.31 per cent in 2019. The NDA's other constituent in Assam, the United People's Party Liberal (UPPL), opened its account in the Lok Sabha by winning Kokrajhar seat, garnering 2.43 per cent vote share in the state. The AIUDF suffered the biggest loss w

Election results 2024: Rahul Gandhi bravest of all, says Priyanka

Rahul Gandhi never backed down and never stopped fighting for the truth, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi said of her brother on Wednesday, a day after the party's good showing in the Lok Sabha polls. In a heartfelt message for her brother on X, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said, "You kept standing, no matter what they said and did to you, you never backed down whatever the odds, never stopped believing however much they doubted your conviction, you never stopped fighting for the truth despite the overwhelming propaganda of lies they spread, and you never allowed anger and hatred to overcome you, even when they gifted it to you every day." "You fought with love, truth and kindness in your heart. Those who could not see you, see you now, but some of us have always seen and known you to be the bravest of all," she said of the former Congress president. "Bhai @RahulGandhi, I am proud to be your sister," Priyanka Gandhi said. The Congress, part of the opposition INDIA alliance,

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Constituency-wise winners list for Uttar Pradesh

Lok Sabha polls 2024 result: The Congress won six seats while the Samajwadi Party won 37 seats by itself, marking a phenomenal return for the both the INDIA bloc parties

Lok Sabha polls: Ex-CMs Channi, Akhilesh win; Baghel, Digvijay face defeat

Lok Sabha elections 2024 result: Manohar Lal Khattar, Charanjit Singh Channi, Akhilesh Yadav, Basavaraj Bommai are some of the former chief ministers contesting the ongoing Lok Sabha elections 2024

LS election result 2024: BJP-led alliance suffers jolt in Maharashtra

The BJP suffered a setback in Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra on Tuesday, with its tally dwindling by less than half compared to 2019, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi of Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) was on a roll, set to pocket 30 of the 48 seats. The BJP-led NDA fell significantly short of its target of bagging 45-plus seats in Maharashtra, going by the results and latest trends in counting of votes till 11.40 pm. The BJP won nine seats, a far cry from the 23 it won in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in the state. Its ally Shiv Sena won seven seats. Another ally, the Ajit Pawar-led NCP bagged a seat, but his wife Sunetra Pawar faced defeat in Baramati from Supriya Sule, daughter of Sharad Pawar. The Congress won nine and was leading in four seats, Shiv Sena (UBT) won eight and was leading in a seat. NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) won five seats and was leading in three seats. Vishal Patil, a Congressman-turned-independent won the Sangli seat. He later said he

Lok Sabha election results 2024: Why 'all eyes are on Nitish Kumar' today

Given Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's track record of strategic alliances during pivotal moments, his role is anticipated to be significant in this election

Lok Sabha election results: After resurgence, what next for the Congress?

Compared with 52 seats in 2019, the party's tally looks set to increase to 99 this time, with 77 seats won already and substantial leads on 22 at the time of going to press

Lok Sabha election results: BJP faces the heat wave in North India

Political observers credited SP's choice of candidates, where it fielded non-Yadav OBC and Dalit, its alliance with the Congress and Rahul Gandhi's campaign over Constitution being in danger

Lok Sabha polls 2024: What election results look like at 12 pm on June 4

Lok Sabha elections 2024: BJP leads in 236 constituencies, Rahul Gandhi leads in both Raebareli and Wayanad

Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha election results: What worked in favour of INDIA?

The Lok Sabha elections 2024 has witnessed several unexpected turns, particularly the impressive performance of INDIA in Uttar Pradesh. What contributing factors have bolstered the Opposition's perfor