Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping. | Photo Credit: PTI Praggnanandhaa heads to World Cup Chess finals, beating Fabiano Caruana Continuing his dream run, Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa on August 21 stunned world No.3 Fabiano Caruana 3.5-2.5 via the tie-break in the semifinals to set up a summit clash with … Read more
File picture of Congress leader Sachin Pilot | Photo Credit: PTI Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Tuesday hit out at BJP IT department head Amit Malviya for claiming that his father Rajesh Pilot dropped bombs as an air force pilot in Mizoram in March 1966, saying the facts and dates are wrong as he was … Read more
Congress leader K.C. Venugopal. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Amid reports that the Congress leadership is in the final stages of working out a compromise formula between Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot, party general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal on June 22 evening reached Jaipur. Mr. Venugopal is said … Read more
Congress MLA Pratap Singh Khachariyawas. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress government in Rajasthan survived a rebellion in 2020 because 102 MLAs reposed faith in the “strong leadership” of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, so no one else should wrongly claim credit for it, State Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas said on May 9. His … Read more
Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Wednesday flagged the “inordinate delay” by the party’s leadership in taking action against those who had “defied” then party president Sonia Gandhi by not letting a Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting take place. He also said a decision on the party’s affairs in Rajasthan must be taken soon if … Read more
Ajay Maken is unwilling to continue as AICC‘s Rajasthan in-charge. File | Photo Credit: A.M. Faruqui Senior Congress leader and All India Congress Committee general secretary for Rajasthan, Ajay Maken, has expressed his “inability” to continue as Rajasthan in-charge. The letter comes at a time when supporters of Sachin Pilot have mounted a fresh offensive … Read more
Upcoming ‘Invest Rajasthan Summit-2022’ gives the Chief Minister the opportunity to show all is well after he lost the opportunity to be next Congress president Upcoming ‘Invest Rajasthan Summit-2022’ gives the Chief Minister the opportunity to show all is well after he lost the opportunity to be next Congress president Almost a week after the Congress … Read more
The fissures within the BJP Rajasthan unit have been a matter of concern for the party’s central leadership for the past several months and undercurrents of the issue were at play during the recent national office-bearers’ meeting held in the state last week. BJP opted to hold its office-bearers’ meeting in Rajasthan instead of Gujarat … Read more
Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Friday exuded confidence that the Congress will again form the government in Punjab, saying the Opposition is “fragmented” with none of the other parties or alliances in a position to get a majority and that the people will not “waste their vote” despite all the … Read more
The Congress appeared to get its act right in Rajasthan this year, after a tumultuous 2020 when Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot and MLAs loyal to him rebelled against the leadership of CM Ashok Gehlot. In late 2021, the CM carried out a crucial part of the truce formula worked out by the central leadership … Read more