Congress kicks off Lok Sabha poll campaign from Gujarat
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said "no sacrifice is too great and no effort is too little" to keep the BJP and RSS out of power, as the the Congress Working Committee (CWC) deliberated political strategy in Ahmedabad.
Trinamool includes 41% women candidates in list for Lok Sabha polls
With 41% women candidates, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declared the Trinamool Congress’ candidate list for 2019 Lok Sabha election. Ms. Banerjee named candidates in all 42 seats, replacing about 50% of the incumbents. Altogether, 19 out of 42 candidates have been replaced in the list announced by Ms. Banerjee on Tuesday afternoon.
Raghuram Rajan says capitalism is ‘under serious threat’
Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday warned that capitalism is under “serious threat” of a “revolt” as the economic and political system has stopped providing for the people, especially after the 2008 global financial meltdown.
Met Rakesh Asthana in Dubai, he threatened to make my life hell: Christian Michel tells Delhi court
Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam case, claimed in a Delhi court on Tuesday that former CBI special director Rakesh Asthana met him in Dubai and threatened to make his life hell inside jail if he did not toe the line of the agency in its investigation in the scandal.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra chooses Gujarat to deliver first speech as general secretary
After being appointed as general secretary of the Congress party, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra chose Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state Gujarat to deliver her maiden speech targeting the NDA government asking “Where are two crore jobs and ₹15 lakh?”
At 30, World Wide Web ‘not the web we wanted,’ inventor says
At its ripe old age of 30 and with half the globe using it, the World Wide Web is facing growing pains with issues like hate speech, privacy concerns and state-sponsored hacking, its creator says. Tim Berners-Lee joined a celebration on Tuesday of the Web and reminisced about where he invented it at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research beginning with a proposal published on March 12, 1989.
No alliance or understanding with Congress in any State: BSP
The Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) on Tuesday put to rest the possibility of the Congress becoming a part of the anti-BJP alliance in Uttar Pradesh, which includes the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD).
Mother forgets baby at airport, flight returns
A Saudi Arabian Airlines flight had to turn back at the last minute because a passenger forgot her baby behind at the airport.
We cannot kill jobs in firecracker industry, says Supreme Court
In an u-turn from its 2018 October 23 order banning manufacture, sale and use of loud and toxic firecrackers while allowing only green and improved crackers, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said they cannot killed the jobs of poor people working in the firecracker industry, driving them to starvation.
Combinations used in Australia series may not be used during World Cup: Bharat Arun
India’s bowling coach Bharat Arun on Tuesday said the team combinations being used in the ongoing ODI series against Australia may not necessarily be repeated during the World Cup in England starting May 30.
