UP minister Mohsin Raza , responding to Priyanka’s proposed Ayodhya visit on Wednesday, first said she was going to the temple town for Babur, the mughal emperor on whose name the Ayodhya mosque was built and which was felled on December 6, 1992.    read more

Rahul Gandhi said the minimum income guarantee scheme, named Nyay (justice) by the party, would cover 50 million families, or 250 million individuals, that constitute the poorest 20% of Indian households. It will cost Rs 3.6 lakh crore, around 2% of... read more

The move comes more than a month after the bickering among Mumbai Congress leaders reached the doors of the party high command. read more

According to sources in the party, this was in the offing for “at least four months”. “There were complaints made about Nirupam’s style of functioning before Congress president Rahul Gandhi and also general secretary Mallikarjun Kharge. The matter was... read more

Hours after Congress President Rahul Gandhi furnished details of the minimum income guarantee proposal which is part of the party’s election manifesto, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley critiqued the idea in detail. Accusing the Congress party of cheating and fooling India’s poor for decades, the Finance Minister said that the NDA government is already providing support via direct benefit transfers worth Rs 5.4 lakh crore per year to India’s poor. He said that this amount was much greater than the Rs 3.6 lakh crore proposed under Congress’ scheme. (Hindustan Times)read more

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Addressing a gathering at Bardoli in Surat, Gujarat Tribal Development Minister Ganpat Vasava said Gandhi’s “Shiva reincarnation” can be considered true only if he survives after having “500 grams of poison”. read more

Madhepura MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav is trying to contest Lok Sabha elections as part of Grand Alliance but he hasn’t been given a ticket as yet. read more

With just weeks to go for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections, Congress President Rahul Gandhi announced a key highlight of his poll manifesto. Declaring his intention to ‘eradicate poverty’ in India, Gandhi promised Rs 72,000 per annum to 5 crore poor families if his party comes to power. Gandhi said that the Congress had consulted eminent economists to work out a fiscally prudent scheme. The promise is being seen as Congress’ response to the NDA government’s decision to provide Rs 6,000 per year as income support to poor farmers. (Hindustan Times)read more

Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa on Monday formally inducted four US-made Chinook heavy-lift helicopters at Air Force Station 12 Wing in Chandigarh. Two hangars and logistics facilities were created in Chandigarh for the Chinook helicopters. Each Chinook helicopter has a payload capacity of about 10 tonne which is a major boost to India’s strategic airlift capability.

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Rahul Gandhi said that if his party came to power at the Centre, it would ensure that India’s 20 per cent poorest families would make at least Rs 12,000 every month. read more

The high-pitched battle for the ballot in Lok Sabha Elections 2019, would be most keenly watched and fought on three VIP seats of UP’s Awadh region - Lucknow, Amethi and Rae Bareli. read more

At an election rally in Kanpur on Sunday, BJP’s Amethi candidate and Union minister Smriti Irani said some people had started calling themselves ‘Ganga maiya ki Beti’ now. The reference was to the Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi\'s recently... read more

The meeting comes after senior Congress leaders said the party was likely to announce the alliance with AAP in the next 48 hours. read more

Four weeks ahead of the first phase of polling, both national parties have declared most or half of their candidates. The BJP till Sunday afternoon announced 296 candidates (excluding one independent candidate that it supports), against 218 candidates... read more