UIDAI Deputy Director B M Patnaik informed the police that an input was received from The Tribune that the newspaper purchased a service being offered by anonymous sellers over WhatsApp that provided unrestricted access to details of any of the more than 1 billion Aadhaar numbers created in India, the police said on Sunday.
Senior leaders Damodar Raja Narsimha, Ponnala Lakshmaiah and Kunduru Jana Reddy figure in the list of 111 Congress candidates for assembly elections in Telangana released by the party on Monday night, ending two days of suspense.
Two of the accused were arrested on Tuesday, while the priest is on the run, police said, adding that the woman's leg was fractured and there were injuries in her private parts.
The Congress accused the BJP and a section of media of deliberately twisting Gandhi's remarks.
Gurgaon, the corporate hub of Haryana on the outskirts of Delhi, will now be known as 'Gurugram'.
'We are not Mahatma Gandhi's children that we keep giving and not get anything in return.'
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was on Tuesday left red faced as a hostile crowd hooted him at a function in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's presence, following which the angry Congress leader said he would boycott such events with PM.
The Congress urged Chief Justice Dipak Misra to hold an urgent hearing on Wednesday night itself.
The Congress said that there are still questions before those who believe in the judiciary.
Bhagwat told an event in Delhi on Sunday that there should be conversation in harmonious atmosphere between those in favour of reservation and those against it.
The current battle within the party is seen as setting the stage for August 10 when Sonia completes one year of interim presidentship, and questions are being raised about a leadership vacuum. For the first time, responsible quarters are suggesting that as Sonia cannot function as interim president indefinitely and Rahul seems to want power but not the responsibility, one way out is collective leadership, reports Aditi Phadnis.
A fresh probe is likely with a government-appointed committee recommending constitution of a SIT
Gandhi met the president and handed over a memorandum signed by two crore farmers demanding a repeal of the laws, saying they will not benefit farmers or labourers.
The party will launch its 'Sevagram Se Sangram' likening its fight against Modi-led government to the freedom struggle against the British.
The court also observed that late Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Ashok Singhal wanted to save the structure because Ram idols were inside.
Dushyant has now emerged as a leader of some reckoning in the Jat community, as well among Haryana's youth.
The BJP asked the Gandhis to speak up over the issue.
Patel, 71, the quintessential backroom strategist for the Congress, died at a Gurugram hospital in the early hours of Wednesday due to multiple organ failure more than a month after he tested positive for COVID-19.
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh is in trouble after a video surfaced on Thursday showing him sharing a stage with Islamic preacher Zakir Naik
The party is finding increasing acceptability in the 18-35 years age group with Rahul Gandhi adding a million followers in the past 2 months and Facebook and Twitter also seeing similar spikes.
Dev alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had created an atmosphere pitting Muslim women against Muslim men through the triple talaq law.
In the years to come, Dushyant may need to compete for the leadership of the Jat community with Hooda's son Deepender, and other Jat leaders, reports Archis Mohan.
Continuing his stand that Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi had taken British citizenship to set up a company in the United Kingdom, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday said that he will ask the Enforcement Directorate to register an FIR against the former.
'If the charge is not given immediately, we will contest all upcoming elections, that is (Assembly) by-election and Lok Sabha polls, by fielding our candidates against official candidate of the government'
The 31-year-old will have to do the balancing act between his anti-BJP support base and work with the Khattar-led dispensation for smooth governance.
Surjewala alleged that Mehta and his family were allowed to leave India even when there were complaints pending against him with the CBI.
The party managed only 52 seats on its own and many of its top leadership, including Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and Jyotiraditya Scindia were defeated in the polls.
The Congress has launched an offensive against the Bharatiya Janata Party government over the Rafale deal, alleging corruption and violation of rules by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded answers from him.
"Modiji reminded that nation bows before Constitution and not him!"
Clashes broke out at multiple places and Delhi's borders resembled a virtual battle zone with restless crowds of farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, milling around and a sea of police personnel keeping them at bay.
Thakur said the minister told him a CBI inquiry would take minimum one year to conclude and that he should trust the state police's investigation.
Four to five new faces from the Hindi belt as well as some other states could be inducted as All India Congress Committee spokespersons while the 36-member list of television panelists from Congress could witness a thorough rejig this month.
'This is a fascinating side to Sonia Gandhi, the way she disarms her opponents.'
'The opposition party was disappointed that the UN listing does not mention the Pulwama terror attack, in which 40 CRPF personnel lost their lives, and has no reference to Jammu and Kashmir'
Terming the spate of deaths associated with the Vyapam scam as "extremely intriguing and deeply suspicious", Congress today demanded a Supreme Court monitored CBI investigation into the matter.
Priyanka Gandhi on Monday trashed reports that she wanted to challenge Narendra Modi for the Lok Sabha seat from Varanasi and was stopped by the party high command, stating it is a "personal" decision not to contest and that her family would "wholeheartedly support" her if she ever wanted to.
Rahul was leading a candle light march organised by the Delhi Congress unit from Jantar Mantar to India Gate when police personnel restrained him
Congress leaders have hit out at the BJP governments at the Centre and in Karnataka, questioning its timing.
The Congress general secretary was joined by leaders like Ahmed Patel, A K Antony, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Randeep Singh Surjewala, besides hundreds of party workers at the India Gate on Monday in a show of solidarity with the students from Jamia Millia Islamia and several other universities across the country protesting the contentious amended citizenship law.
In Kolkata, senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala accused the prime minister of "putting pressure" on the EC to delay its press conference. He also said the CEC's explanation is "preposterous" and wondered whether Bharatiya Janata Party is the "super EC".
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