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Ex-Union minister Sriprakash Jaiswal dies at 81; Kharge calls him ‘true, loyal'

Former Union minister Sriprakash Jaiswal dies of cardiac arrest in Kanpur at 81
Published on Nov 28, 2025 11:00 pm IST

Amid Tharoor row, Congress claims 6 surgical strikes under UPA; BJP hits back

The Indian armed forces recently conducted 'Operation Sindoor' against terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Updated on May 30, 2025 11:36 am IST

‘Tahawwur Rana extradition result of UPA-era diplomacy’: Chidambaram

Congress MP P Chidambaram
Published on Apr 10, 2025 05:17 pm IST

Rahul Gandhi speaks about UPA's ‘mistake’ on caste census: ‘Came up with idea…'

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during a press conference for the Jharkhand Assembly Elections, in Ranchi on Monday. (ANI Photo)
Published on Nov 18, 2024 11:52 pm IST

The lateral entry saga, back from the UPA days

u.p.s.c building in delhi // photographs by priyanka parashar on 26 August 2013
Updated on Aug 30, 2024 10:29 am IST

In memoir, Cong’s Shinde blames RK Singh for Afzal hanging row

Congress leader and former union home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde
Updated on Aug 15, 2024 06:20 am IST

JP Nadda urges BJP workers to highlight Congress-led UPA’s corruption in election rally

JP Nadda urges BJP workers to highlight Congress-led UPA’s corruption in election rally
Updated on Feb 22, 2024 07:46 am IST

Chhattisgarh’s previous brush with anti-conversion bill

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The Madhya Pradesh Dharma Swatantrya Adhiniyam, 1968 was adopted by Chhattisgarh when it came into existence in 2000.. (Pic for representation)
Published on Feb 19, 2024 09:46 pm IST

Farmers are priority, Opposition misleading them: Anurag

Union minister for information and broadcasting Anurag Thakur on Monday handed over employment letters to youth at the BSF Frontier headquarters in Jalandhar under the central government’s Rozgar mela programme. (HT Photo)
Updated on Feb 13, 2024 08:16 am IST

Centre's White Paper lists corruption cases during UPA govt. Check their status

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024.
Published on Feb 08, 2024 06:41 pm IST

Modi launches projects in Kerala, visits temple

Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs Pooja and Darshan at Guruvayur Temple in Guruvayur, Kerala on Wednesday. (ANI)
Updated on Jan 18, 2024 06:28 am IST

Why Congress failed to win in the Hindi heartland

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BJP and Congress celebrate respective victories in assembly elections.
Published on Dec 04, 2023 10:15 pm IST

View | 26/11: The day when Indian political leadership failed to act against Pak

The Taj Mahal Palace -- one of the targets during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
Published on Nov 26, 2023 12:36 pm IST

PM Modi’s counter-terror doctrine works against Pakistani jihadists

Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Updated on Nov 08, 2023 12:17 pm IST

KCR again skips PM’s event in Telangana; BRS hits out at Centre

K. Chandrashekar Rao (PTI)
Updated on Oct 02, 2023 06:56 am IST

How Centre moved to quell Manipur violence: Steps taken

The Manipur police along with security forces have launched a series of operations across the state (File Photo)
Updated on Jul 28, 2023 02:14 pm IST

Union minister Hardeep Puri slams Congress for ‘politicising’ Odisha tragedy

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri yet again slammed the arch-rival Congress on Tuesday saying, “it took NSG more than 10 hours to respond to 26/11 terror attacks, but Odisha train accident site was restored within 51 hours”. (File Photo)
Updated on Jun 06, 2023 10:51 pm IST

After Rahul’s speech, Congress prez Kharge writes to PM to publish caste census

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi. (File Photo)
Updated on Apr 17, 2023 10:58 am IST

Anti-Sikh riots case: CBI collects voice samples of Jagdish Tytler

Congress leader Jagdish Tytler speaks to the media after submitting his voice sample to the CBI in a case related to 1984 anti-Sikh riots, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI)
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 12:28 am IST

‘Will straighten rioters after putting them...’: Amit Shah in Bihar

Union home minister Amit Shah addressed a public meeting in Bihar’s Nawada on Sunday. (PTI)
Updated on Apr 02, 2023 05:28 pm IST

Are UPA’s oil bonds to blame for high fuel prices?

This increase in union excise duties happened as the central government increased excise duty on petrol by 65% to 32.98 per litre and diesel by 101% to 31.83 per litre between March 2020 and May 2020 in view of falling crude oil prices. (HT file photo)
Updated on Aug 19, 2021 02:47 am IST

AAP propped by BJP-RSS to bring down UPA government: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi endorsed the Prashant Bhushan’s remarks in an interview to a private TV news channel.
Updated on Sept 15, 2020 03:14 pm IST

‘Not worried over slow rate of GDP growth’: Pranab Mukherjee

Former President Pranab Mukherjee said on Wednesday that he was not worried over the economic slowdown as “certain things” that are happening would have its impact.
Updated on Aug 04, 2020 12:59 am IST

Manmohan Singh ‘looked the other way’ as corruption flourished, says Nirmala Sitharaman

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman at Columbia University in New York, Tuesday, Oct.15, 2019.
Updated on Jul 12, 2020 08:57 pm IST

‘Never been in jail’: Sharad Pawar on Amit Shah’s contribution question

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Monday slammed union home Amit Shah over his remarks questioning the former’s contribution to address Maharashtra’s farm distress.
Updated on Sept 17, 2019 07:36 pm IST

In Amit Shah’s praise for PM Modi, a dig at Manmohan Singh

Amit Shah on Tuesday said that most governments are able to take big decisions only when they are in power for over 30 years but the NDA government has managed to take many historic steps in just 6 years.
Updated on Jun 30, 2020 10:31 pm IST

Lok Sabha passes bill to increase judges in Supreme Court

A bill which sought to bar judges from making “sweeping remarks” against another constitutional authority was brought by the previous UPA government, but lapsed following the dissolution of the 15th Lok Sabha.
Published on Aug 06, 2019 09:17 am IST

Discourage experts from making political comments, Congress tells BJP

Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi told the BJP to discourage experts from making political comments.
Updated on Jun 13, 2019 11:33 pm IST

Need faster green nods for development projects: Mumbai govt to Centre

Union minister Prakash Javadekar and chief minister Devendra Fadnavis met in Mumbai.
Updated on Jun 08, 2019 10:55 am IST

Former aviation minister Praful Patel seeks more time to appear before ED

Former civil aviation minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel has sought more time to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) after he was unable to do so on Thursday.
Published on Jun 07, 2019 12:00 am IST