Facing flak, Karnataka resumes train services for migrant workers
Bengaluru/IBNS: After facing flak for cancelling special trains for the stranded migrant workers, the Karnataka government has decided to resume services from Friday, media reports said.
What will happen after lockdown 3.0?:Sonia Gandhi asks Centre
New Delhi/UNI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday questioned the Centre over the criteria it is using to judge how long lockdown will continue.
Narendra Modi government hikes fuel tax, Congress not happy
New Delhi/IBNS: For the second time in little less than a month, the Narendra Modi government at the Centre hiked fuel tax, now by a big margin, drawing criticism from the country's primary opposition party Congress, media reports said.
Congress will pay migrants' train ticket fare: Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Monday slammed the PM Narendra Modi-led Indian government for not giving migrants stranded by the coronavirus lockdown a free train ride to their home.
Rahul Gandhi 'dismayed' after White House unfollows PM Modi on Twitter
New Delhi/IBNS: After the White House on Wednesday "unfollowed" the Twitter accounts of President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said he was "dismayed" by the development.
Not necessary to impose hardships on govt servants by halting DA, DR amid Covid: Manmohan Singh
New Delhi/IBNS: In the wake of the Centre's decision to freeze the hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) of government employees in view of the Covid-19, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday criticised the government asking it not to impose hardships on the government servants.
New Delhi/IBNS: In a relief to Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami, the Supreme Court on Friday granted him protection from coercive action for the next three weeks in various cases filed against him over his remarks on Republic TV and Republic Bharat shows in relation to Maharashtra's Palghar-lynching incident, said media reports.
Anti-mob lynching law pending since two years: Congress' Sachin Sawant attacks BJP
Aurangabad/Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee General Secretary and spokesman Sachin Sawant on Friday demanded that the Centre pass the anti-mob lynching law, pending since last two years, at the earliest.
Over 100 FIRs filed against journalist Arnab Goswami in Chhattisgarh
Raipur/UNI: Congress workers in all 28 districts of Chhattisgarh lodged FIR against Republic TV Anchor and Editor Arnab Goswami for his alleged derogatory remarks against Congress president Sonia Gandhi and inciting people for communal rights.
Mumbai/IBNS: Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami on Wednesday night claimed he was attacked by Youth Congress workers when he along with his wife was driving back home.
Centre lacks clear idea on managing COVID-19 situation after May 3: Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi/UNI: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said the NDA government at the centre still does not have a clear idea how the situation will be managed after the lockdown ends after May 3.
Congress terms Palghar incident as 'inhumane'
Mumbai/UNI: The Maharashtra unit of Congress has condemned the Palghar incident and termed it as 'inhumane act,' an official statement said here on Thursday.
Congress slams Goa govt for declaring state COVID-19 free based on 0.04% tests
Panaji/IBNS: Goa Congress Chief Girish Chodankar has slammed the BJP government for declaring the state "COVID-19 free" claiming that only 0.04 per cent of the total population have been tested for the infection so far which is a matter of worry for the Goans, said media reports.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan expands Madhya Pradesh cabinet with five ministers
Bhopal/IBNS: Almost a month after he sworn in as the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister for the fourth time succeeding a political drama, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday expanded his state cabinet with the induction of five ministers.
Lockdown is pause to bigger COVID-19 outbreak, ramping up testing important: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi/IBNS: In a message to the central government which is led by his political foe Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the countrywide lockdown was a pause to the bigger Coronavirus outbreak and the only way forward is to ramp up testing to combat the pandemic virus.