Category: India News

UP Congress workers plan grand welcome for Priyanka, Rahul

Lucknow, Feb 10: Enthused by the appointment of new leaders to steer them into the coming Lok Sabha election, Congressmen have planned a grand welcome to the party’s general secretary in-charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and others when they arrive in the state capital on Monday. […]

Jobless youth march to protest Indian ‘unemployment crisis’

NEW DELHI — Hundreds of jobless young people marched Thursday through the streets of the Indian capital demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government tackle what they called a rising unemployment crisis. The protesters disputed the government’s claim that it has created millions of jobs since it came to […]

39 die, dozens sick in India from drinking spurious liquor

LUCKNOW, India — At least 39 people have died and another 27 fallen sick from drinking cheap spurious liquor containing toxic methanol in several villages in the northern India, officials said Saturday. Senior police officer Ashok Kumar said 26 died in two separate incidents in the state of […]

Citizenship Bill will in no way cause harm to Assam & NE: PM

Changsari (Assam), Feb 9 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday assured the people of Assam and the North East that the citizenship bill will in no way cause harm to their interest. He was addressing a public rally here in the Assembly constituency of Assam health minister and BJP-led […]

Modi master of corruption: Mamata

Kolkata, Feb 8: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling him “the master of corruption” and said that she supported the views of the Congress on the Rafale deal. She described Rafale deal as “one of the biggest scam of the […]

Modi govt wrote off 3.5 lakh cr debt of industrialists: Rahul

Bhopal, Feb 8: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Friday mocked the Modi government for announcing support of Rs 6,000 per year to small and marginal farmers when it “wrote off” Rs 3.5 lakh crore loans of 15 big industrialists. Gandhi also reiterated that the PMO was directly involved in conducting […]

As good as gold for some brides in India as election nears

NEW DELHI – Assam will give gold worth about $530 to every bride from a poor family, the latest budget giveaway ahead of a general election that must be held by May. The northeastern state is run by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), […]

Congress to scrap law punishing Muslim men for ‘triple talaq’ if voted back to power

NEW DELHI – The main opposition Congress party said on Thursday it would scrap a decree passed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government prescribing jail terms for Muslim men seeking an instant divorce if the party wins an election due by May. Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party […]

ED claims Talwar has links with Vijay Mallya, court extends custody till Feb 12

New Delhi, Feb 7: The Enforcement Directorate Thursday claimed before a Delhi court that corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar has links with fugitive Vijay Mallya in a money laundering case. Special Judge S S Mann extended the ED’s custody of Talwar till February 12 after the probe agency said he […]

Stray cows add to Modi’s farmer woes as Indian election looms

KAKRIPUR/MAHABAN, India – As night fell on the bucolic northern Indian hamlet of Mahaban, Gopi Chand Yadav gathered blankets and a flashlight to spend the night sitting on a wooden platform in his field. His task: to use bamboo sticks to ward off stray cattle from intruding and […]

Headlines