Modi govt. should apologise to youth for the flawed Agniveer scheme: Kharge

Modi govt. should apologise to youth for the flawed Agniveer scheme: Kharge

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. File | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday reacted to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement that the Narendra Modi government was open to making changes in the Agniveer scheme for the armed forces, if required. Agniveers are the new recruits under the Agnipath Scheme where 25% … Read more

The Hindu Morning Digest, March 12, 2024

The Hindu Morning Digest, March 12, 2024

NSA Ajit Doval meeting Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel. Photo: X/@IsraeliPM India test-fires Agni-V ballistic missile with multiple warhead technology under Mission Divyastra In a major technological breakthrough and building in redundancy into the country’s nuclear weapons programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced the successful test firing of Agni-V ballistic missile with … Read more

Congress likely to bring ‘Black Paper’ in response to Modi govt’s ‘White Paper’ on economic mismanagement

Congress likely to bring ‘Black Paper’ in response to Modi govt’s ‘White Paper’ on economic mismanagement

In response to the Central government’s plan to release a ‘White Paper‘ criticising the Congress led UPA government’s tenure, the grand old party is preparing to counter with its own ‘Black Paper‘, highlighting the shortcomings of the Modi government’s 10-year rule. ANI sources said that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is likely to spearhead the presentation … Read more

Rahul Gandhi's Nyay Yatra to resume from Jalpaiguri today

Rahul Gandhi's Nyay Yatra to resume from Jalpaiguri today

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi greets the supporters during the party’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will resume from West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district on January 28 after a two-day break. The Yatra, which began in Manipur on January 14, entered West Bengal from Assam … Read more

'Not concerned': BJP on possibility of Mallikarjun Kharge as INDIA bloc's PM face

'Not concerned': BJP on possibility of Mallikarjun Kharge as INDIA bloc's PM face

INDIA bloc leaders Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday proposed Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge as the alliance’s Prime Ministerial candidate. However, Kharge has said that the focus should be on winning the 2024 general elections and then discussions on the PM face would follow. When asked about the possibility of Kharge being the INDIA … Read more

Mallikarjun Kharge meets Dalit engineer, slams BJP for fielding MLA accused of assaulting him

Mallikarjun Kharge meets Dalit engineer, slams BJP for fielding MLA accused of assaulting him

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at Tijara. | Photo Credit: ANI Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, accompanied by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, met a Dalit engineer, who was allegedly assaulted by a party MLA in 2022, at Sawai Man Singh Government Hospital in Jaipur on November 18. Mr. Kharge slammed the BJP for fielding the MLA, … Read more

BJP’s ‘fake nationalism’ visible yet again: Kharge on new disability pension rules for armed forces

BJP’s ‘fake nationalism’ visible yet again: Kharge on new disability pension rules for armed forces

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge. File | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on September 30 slammed the BJP over the new disability pension rules for armed forces personnel, alleging that its “fake nationalism” is yet again visible through the move. The Narendra Modi Government is a “habitual offender” in working against the welfare … Read more

Kharge lashes out at BJP, says only 12.2 lakh formal jobs added in 5 years

Kharge lashes out at BJP, says only 12.2 lakh formal jobs added in 5 years

Congress president and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday claimed that India under the Modi government has added only 12.2 lakh formal jobs in the past five years, and said that for the survival of the poor and middle class, the BJP needs to be “thrown out … Read more

Congress all set to name Siddaramaiah as next Karnataka CM; DKS to be his Deputy

Congress all set to name Siddaramaiah as next Karnataka CM;  DKS to be his Deputy

Supporters of senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah celebrate outside his residence, in Bengaluru, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Ending days of uncertainty and speculation, the Congress is all set to name Siddaramaiah as the next Chief Minister of Karnataka, according to high-level Congress sources. Karnataka Congress chief, D.K.Shivakumar, who was insistent on getting … Read more

Plot to assassinate Kharge family appears to have been hatched by BJP top brass: Congress

Plot to assassinate Kharge family appears to have been hatched by BJP top brass: Congress

D. Sridhar Babu, AICC secretary (in-charge of Kalyana Karnataka), addressing a media conference at local party office in Kalaburagi on May 7, 2023. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI Referring to the audio clip in which Manikanth Rathod, a BJP candidate for Chittapur allegedly expressed his intentions to “finish off” All India Congress Committee (AICC) president … Read more