Annual new Farm Laws: Congress declared that it would be submitting a memorandum to President Ram Nath Kovind, which would be carrying about two crore signatures opposing the newly introduced farm laws. Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi said that he would lead a protest March to the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Thursday, December 24, urging Kovind ...

RGCB campus: Kerala outfits and parties have condemned Centre’s move to name new RGCB campus after MS Golwalkar Leading political parties are opposing Central government’s move to name the second campus of the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) in Thiruvananthapuram after RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) ideologue M S Golwalkar.  Last week, Union Minister for ...

Farmers’ protests: Farmers, politicians and volunteers across nation have joined hands to protest the three farm laws The ongoing farmers’ protests at the Haryana-Delhi border have evoked massive responses of solidarity from various parts of India. Leaders from across party lines have come out in support of the farmers as they are camping at the ...

TRS leads in Hyderabad: Hyderabad civic body elections, conducted on December 1, acted as a major confidence booster for Bhartiya Janta Party as it attained second highest number of seats (48), next to only Telangana Rashtra Samith (TRS). The ruling TRS won the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls, but much to its despair it ...

Bengal polls: TMC govt has launched its biggest outreach campaign in West Bengal ahead of 2021 assembly polls Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal on Tuesday launched its massive outreach campaign in the run-up to the upcoming assembly elections in the state. With the “Duare Sarkar” (government at doorsteps) outreach campaign, the TMC ...

Rahul Gandhi and Cong leaders discuss aspects of alliance with Left Front in 2021 West Bengal polls Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday held a virtual meeting with West Bengal unit leaders seeking their opinion on allying with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Left Front for the 2021 Assembly elections in ...

Kerala local body polls: Kerala is bracing up to hold polls for its three-tier local body system in December amid COVID-19 More than 2.71 crore voters will be heading to 34,744 polling booths in Kerala in December to cast their votes to elect representatives in the state’s local governing body elections. The state election commission ...

Sonia Gandhi works on revamping Congress: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, in a move to revamp her party image after rise in internal criticism over monopolistic hold of Gandhi family over the party, decided to set three separate committees to look over national affairs and policy issues. On Friday, the senior congress leader announced the establishing ...

Kerala gold smuggling case: Congress-led UDF has attacked CM Pinarayi Vijayan amid ongoing probe in Kerala gold smuggling case As the Central agencies continue to probe a multi-crore gold smuggling case in Kerala, Opposition UDF (United Democratic Front) has intensified its attack on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his ruling CPI(M) party (Communist Party of ...

AAP BJP engage in war: BJP accused AAP govt of discriminating against Purvanchalis after ban on Chhath celebration in Delhi The AAP (Aam Aadmi Party) government’s decision to ban Chhath puja celebrations in public places in Delhi has spurred a war of words between leaders from the ruling party and Bharatiya Janata Party. On Tuesday, ...