Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday paid tributes to the fallen soldiers on the 50th anniversary of the 1971 India-Pakistan War highlighting the role of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi saying there was a time when the neighbouring countries accepted the mattle of the Indian Prime Minister and were afraid of viola...
Eight years after the Nirbhaya case of gang-rape and murder of a physiotherapy student shook the conscience of the nation and led to hanging of four rapists earlier this year, the conviction rate in rape cases still remains abysmal despite stringent anti-rape laws in place....
The Congress on Wednesday again attacked the Narendra Modi government. Its spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala fired several salvos at the government over the PM CARES Fund, including the receipt of donations to the fund through Indian embassies....
Amid accusations of wastage of public monies by a cash-strapped government, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday defended his government's decision to conduct year-long celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Goa's liberation, saying the events were meant to inspire pride and hope after the ravages of the Covid-19 pand...
Congress MP Francisco Sardinha on Wednesday took objection to the party's young leaders for calling veteran politicians as "grandfathers". Addressing a press conference here, Sardinha, the Lok Sabha MP from South Goa, also said that decisions taken by a politically "novice" state leadership had ...
Taking a leaf out of the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP), the Andhra Pradesh wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has also conducted a conference with its social media 'warriors' in Vijayawada recently to engage with them. State BJP president Somu Veerraju said the event happened in the party office ...
After some reports linked Covid-19 with hearing loss, a new study has found no evidence of damage to the auditory system as a result of coronavirus infection. "The possibility of hearing loss has been debated among medical practitioners, with some reporting this symptom in recovered patients," said study author Karen...
The Covid-19 death toll in Telangana crossed the 1,500 mark on Wednesday with three more fatalities being reported during the last 24 hours. The fresh deaths pushed the toll to 1,502, health officials said. The state's Covid fatality rate remains at 0.53 per cent against the national ...
The mercury has started dropping all over Uttar Pradesh but more than the cold it is the fog and smog that is proving to be a major cause of trouble for the people who are prone to respiratory problems. Hospitals in Lucknow, Kanpur, Prayagraj and Agra have already reported a surge ...
A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that the BJP is giving money to a party from Hyderabad to divide votes in the ensuing Assembly elections, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi hit back at her on Wednesday saying the Muslim voters were not her "jagir (property)". ...
