New Delhi: Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday refused to apologise over his “Rape in India” remark and mocked Sangh ideologue V.D. Savarkar and said, “I am not Rahul Savarkar and I will not apologise for speaking the truth”. Rahul Gandhi also accused the Prime Minister of burning the northeastern states and West Bengal over […]
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Priyanka Gandhi attacks Modi over Citizenship Amendment Act, jobs, economy
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday teared into the Narendra Modi government over controversial Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, and called upon people to raise voice against it. Addressing the Bharat Bachao rally here at Ramlila ground, Priyanka Gandhi said: “This law will become the reason for the division of the country. […]
Kejriwal ropes in Prashant Kishor for image makeover
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has inked a deal with Indian Political Action Committee (IPAC) for image makeover, the party chief Arvind Kejriwal announced on Saturday. The AAP had secured 67 out of 70 assembly seats in Delhi in the last assembly elections in 2014. The date of assembly election in Delhi is to […]
Curfew relaxed in Guwahati as situation improves in Assam
Guwahati: The curfew, enforced in Guwahati due to the volatile protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, was relaxed for seven hours since 9 a.m. on Saturday, as the situation improved in Assam. With the prohibitory orders relaxed till 4 p.m., shops and markets opened in the capital city and some vehicles were seen plying on […]
US warns citizens against visiting India’s northeast
New Delhi: The US government has warned its citizens against visiting the northeastern states of India due to the ongoing protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. An advisory issued by the American embassy here on Friday stated that the US citizens should “exercise caution in light of media reports of protests and violence in […]
Jamia students’ march in protest against Citizenship Act turns violent
New Delhi: A march by Left-wing students belonging to Jamia Millia Islamia university to Parliament turned violent on Friday after Delhi police in a bid to stop the protest lathi-charged the protestors. The students belonging to the All India Students’ Association (AISA) were protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, which has now become a law. Several media […]
Shah’s Shillong visit put off, train services hit in Assam
Shillong/Agartala/Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s scheduled visit to Shillong on December 15 to attend a function in North-Eastern Police Academy (NEPA), has been postponed in view of the “law and order situation in the region” following agitation against the new citizenship law, officials said on Friday. “The Union Home Minister was supposed to visit NEPA […]
Japan PM’s Guwahati visit off for now: MEA
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday confirmed that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s meeting in Guwahati with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi “is not happening now”. Abe was scheduled to arrive in India on a three-day visit from December 15-17. The Modi-Abe meet was to take place in Guwahati, which has been […]
No question of apology, govt diverting attention: Rahul
New Delhi: Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday refused to apologise over his “rape in India” remark during an election rally in Jharkhand and hit out at the government saying this was “merely an excuse” for them (BJP government) to divert attention from the main issue. Speaking to media in Parliament, Rahul Gandhi said, “All […]
After Bangladesh FM, Shinzo Abe cancels India trip?
New Delhi: A day after Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen cancelled his India trip, media reports quoting Japan’s Jiji Press suggests Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is now considering cancelling his trip to India. The trip was scheduled to begin on Sunday. Abe was scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 15. The […]