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Manish Tewari hails HC quashing 75 pc quota in private sector
New Delhi: A day after Haryana and Punjab High Court quashed a 2020 Haryana government law providing 75 per cent reservation in private sector jobs to locals, senior Congress leader Manish Tewari…
- Politics
Highlighting issue of deep fakes since 2014: Congress
New Delhi: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi cautioned people over the misuse of artificial intelligence for creating ‘deep fakes’, the Congress on Friday said it has been flagging the issue since 2014…
- Telangana
Congress steps up attack on BRS in Telangana
Hyderabad: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and said that both have a habit of making…
- Bangalore
Power theft: ‘Hang me if I’ve done anything wrong’, says Shivakumar
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Friday rejected allegations by Janata Dal-Secular leader and ex-CM HD Kumaraswamy who claimed that the Congress leader had drawn electricity in an illegal way…
- Telangana
Telangana: Karnataka min’s ‘Muslim Speaker’ remark in Congress rally sparks row
Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan has landed in controversy saying that the Congress made a Muslim — U T Khader — Speaker of the Legislative Assembly before whom the…
- Telangana
Telangana: Actor-politician Vijayashanthi joins Congress
Hyderabad: Former MP and film actor Vijayashanthi has officially joined the Congress on November 17, Friday. Vijayashanthi, who was associated with the BJP until a few days ago, joined the party in…
- India
Congress condemns Israel’s action on Gaza, terms it ‘genocidal’
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday condemned Israel’s action in Palestine saying that its attack on the civilians is ‘genocidal’ and it is shocking that many influential countries, that choose to speak…
- Telangana
BRS, Cong, BJP, AIMIM, are all playing caste, community cards to woo voters in Telangana
Hyderabad: Caste, which is the hallmark of Indian politics, is back to the fore in the Telangana assembly polls. All major parties—Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), Indian National Congress (INC), Bharatiya Janata Party…
- India
Chhindwara MP Nakul Nath stopped from entering polling booth
Bhopal: Congress MP Nakul Nath, who is the son of former Chief Minister Kamal Nath, was stopped from entering a polling booth during voting in his home district of Chhindwara on Friday.…
- India
As MP goes for polls today, a look at key battleground constituencies
New Delhi: As Madhya Pradesh goes to the polls today for the crucial Assembly election, the main battle is between Congress and the BJP. Many prominent leaders of both parties, including Chief…
- India
EC compiling details of electoral bonds shared by parties, to submit them to SC in sealed cover
New Delhi: The Election Commission is in the process of compiling details of electoral bonds shared by various political parties, including the BJP and the Congress, before submitting them to the Supreme…
- Kerala
Set up $50 mn corpus to back Kerala startups, says Tharoor
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday asked High Networth Individuals (HNIs) of Kerala to create an investment corpus fund of $50 million to invest in startups of the…
- India
MP set for assembly polls, 2,533 vie for 230 seats; BJP, Cong in power race
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh will vote on Friday to decide the electoral fate of 2,533 candidates in 230 assembly seats, including political bigwigs like Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his predecessor and…
- India
EC should take action against PM Modi for ‘death sentence’ to Cong remark at rally: CPI(M)
New Delhi: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Thursday said the Election Commission should take action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for asking voters to press the “lotus” button as if…
- Bangalore
Cash-for-postings: Allegations will only help CM’s son grow as a leader, says Shivakumar
Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday rejected the ‘cash-for-transfer’ allegations of the JD(S) and the BJP against the Chief Minister’s son and former MLA Dr Yathindra as baseless and an…