Congress heavyweights, including the party's national president Mallikarjun Kharge, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, state chief DK Shivakumar, LoP Siddaramaiah, Shashi Tharoor former BJP leader and deputy chief minister Jagadish Shettar, among others, fe
The toll from Monday's incident at Navi Mumbai's Kharghar, in Raigad district, where several people suffered heatstrokes at a function to confer the Maharashtra Bhushan, the highest civilian award in the state, rose to 13.
The European Union's ambassador to Sudan, Aidan O'Hara, is a diplomat from Ireland, and was not injured after armed men barged in, threatened him at gunpoint and stole money, said the officials on the condition of anonymity for security reasons, as per New York Times.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding that the decennial Census that should have been conducted in 2021 be done immediately and a Caste Census be made its an integral part.
After former Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar joined Congress quitting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Assembly elections in the State, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said the joining of the prominent Lingayat leader will empower the party.
Shettar arrived at the Congress office in Bengaluru this morning . His induction to the party took place in the presence of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Karnataka state Congress president DK Shivakumar and Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Siddaramaiah.
Mallikarjun Kharge participated in the "Jai Bharat" Rally in Karnataka and said, "Modi ji said 'Congress has done nothing', whether Modi started BHEL and BEL? There were no buses, no electricity here. Electricity first came to Kolar. It is our government that brought electricity to Kolar.
"On 18 April 2023, Tuesday at 2 pm, there is a protest against missing persons and target killing in Khar Bazar Main Chowk, Bajaur. Looking forward to everyone's participation," Pashteen tweeted.
At least seven people died while 24 are under treatment after suffering from heatstroke during the Maharashtra Bhushan Award ceremony in Navi Mumbai's Kharghar, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Sunday.
Sounding the poll bugle for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in South Goa's Ponda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday took a swipe at Congress, saying the grand old party can do development in corruption and dynastic politics.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will on Sunday confer social activist Appasaheb Dharmadhikari with the state's highest civilian honour 'Maharashtra Bhushan', at the Maharashtra Bhushan Awards at Kharghar, Navi Mumbai.