Voices of opposition to FDI in retail from within the United Progressive Alliance gained momentum on Tuesday with a Congress member of Parliament from poll-bound Uttar Pradesh criticising the decision, saying it will hurt the poor and its timing was not right.
Infighting in Congress in the wake of its electoral debacle in Uttar Pradesh came out in the open on Thursday with Pradesh Congress Committee chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi saying there was a "lot of sabotage" at the local level in the party which is in a "crisis" at this moment.
Sinh, who has been in the BJP earlier and was elected to Lok Sabha on its ticket in 90s, wields considerable influence in the Amethi region of Uttar Pradesh.
Besides ordering departmental inquiry against two officers who were district magistrates of Chitrakoot and Sultanpur, the state government suspended two senior officers who were then posted as chief development officers of Mahoba and Chitrakoot districts.
Pulling out all stops on the last day of campaigning, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday reached out to the electorate holding a roadshow in Sultanpur Majra.
AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday asked the leaders and party workers to bury their internal differences and ensure victory of Congress candidates in the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections.
The police officer is seen slapping the woman, ripping her clothes apart, pushing her to the ground and continuously punching and kicking her.
The Kartarpur corridor was an excellent opportunity for the Congress to seize centre-stage in Sikh religious affairs. After all, the Akalis never achieved this in their years in power, says Sanjeev Nayyar.
The embattled ex-minister's wife said that the charges were part of a "political conspiracy against her innocent husband" and that her entire family was with Sandeep at this hour.
Maneka Gandhi will contest from Sultanpur and Varun Gandhi from Pilibhit.
Is blood thicker than party loyalty for Varun Gandhi?
"63 pilgrims travelling in the private bus that was returning from Jai Gurudev Ashram in Mathura have been killed in the mishap that occurred on Tuesday evening," district magistrate, Firozabad, Amit Gupta said.
A summary of the first day's proceedings in the Ranji Trophy matches across the country.
As many as 28 out of 41 sitting women MPs, including Sonia Gandhi, Hema Malini and Kirron Kher, retained their seats in Lok Sabha.
'Southwest Monsoon has advanced into remaining parts of Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab and thus it has covered the entire country today, the 26th June 2020,' the IMD said in its special Daily Weather Report.
Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi tweeted, 'Prime Minister Imran Khan will break ground at Kartarpura facilities on 28 November.'
Modi is seen as exceptional not only on account of his acts but also owing to his style. He appears to sacrifice his life for the people -- like a fakir, a figure he came to epitomize even more in 2020 by growing a long white beard. Charisma is above accountability, and Modi has grasped these dynamics.
Cmmuters faced hard time navigating through water-logged roads and faced traffic congestion.
HEC will be developed by the Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority of UAE in association with APIIC. The government gave the land to APIIC at Rs 16 lakh (Rs 1.6 million) per acre, AP's information and public relations minister said after a cabinet meeting. The investing agency had sought 2,000 acres for the HEC. The remaining land would be given in due course, an APIIC official said.
Gandhi said he would bring in experts from Andhra Pradesh to suggest ways and means for proper implementation of NREGS.
Twenty-two people were killed since Friday evening in heavy rains that lashed vast areas of Uttar Pradesh triggering house collapses, inundating low-lying areas and creating traffic snarls. All major rivers in the state were rising menacingly with some crossing the red mark following incessant rains, official sources said.
A summary of Day 2 action in the Ranji Trophy matches, played at various venues across the country.
Voters should be able to control the political narrative in the country rather than being part of it only once in five years, BJP MP Varun Gandhi today said, asserting the right to recall is an idea whose time has come.
A round-up of all the Ranji Trophy matches played on Friday.
A round-up of all the Ranji Trophy matches played on Thursday.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Maneka Gandhi on Sunday hit out at Priyanka Gandhi over her reported remarks that her son Varun Gandhi had gone "astray", saying the country will decide who has gone on the wrong path.
The people fell ill after consuming poisonous food at a wedding party in Sultanpur. According to official sources, some those affected are in serious condition due to dehydration, and have been admitted in hospital.
A round-up of results from the Ranji Trophy matches played on Sunday.
In a bizarre incident, nearly 200 people fell off the roof of a running train on Monday night in Uttar Pradesh. They were swept off by a tree branch.Around 800 people were sitting atop the Saryu Express, which plies between Allahabad and Faizabad, when they were swept off by near Sultanpur.The victims -- all young men -- were going to Faizabad for an Army recruitment drive. They were forced to ride on the train's roof as there was no space inside the train.
A round-up of the fourth and final day's play in the Ranji Trophy matches across the country.
Simultaneous raids on different jails across the length and breadth of Uttar Pradesh made shocking revelations.
A number of Assembly seats in the Parliamentary constituencies of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee (in Lucknow), Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi (in Amethi) are also going to the polls.
Summary of all Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday
A round-up of Day 3 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday.
Officials on Wednesday said after the release of water, the level swelled downstream, threatening many villages in Padra taluka and those near Vadodara city.
The second list has named 16 candidates from Uttar Pradesh and five from Maharashtra.
As many as 27 persons were reported killed in the calamity.
Only traces of rainfall were recorded in a few areas of the national capital on Thursday which continued to experience sultry weather.
Sant Gyaneshwar was an accused in the murder of Singh's father.
A gardener of the nursery where a 30-year-old woman was found dead on Saturday in Vasant Kunj area of south Delhi has been arrested in connection with her gangrape and murder.
