Congress had favoured Tata, Birla, Ambani: BJP’s Nishikant Dubey counters Rahul Gandhi’s allegations
NEW DELHI: BJP member Nishikant Dubey on Tuesday countered the allegations levelled by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha against the Narendra Modi government, saying the Congress itself had favoured several industrial houses like the Tata, Birla and Ambani. Earlier, while participating in the debate on Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address, Gandhi […]
Rahul Gandhi questions surge in Gautam Adani’s fortunes, claims it happened after BJP came to power
NEW DELHI: A belligerent Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday led a blistering opposition attack in Lok Sabha over the Hindenburg report, claiming that the meteoric rise in Gautam Adani’s fortunes happened after the BJP came to power in 2014 as he rose in the global rich list from the 609th to the second spot eventually. The […]
‘Hum Adani Ke Hain Kaun’: Congress launches fresh attack on Narendra Modi
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday stepped up its attack on the Centre over allegations against the Adani group, alleging that the Modi government’s “loud silence” over the issue “smacks of collusion”. Adani group stocks have taken a beating on the bourses after US-based activist short-seller Hindenburg Research made a litany of allegations, including fraudulent […]
Slaughter industry uses water extensively, increases pollution: Mohan Bhagwat
NEW DELHI: Water consumption and pollution increases due to slaughter houses and the associated industry, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said here on Wednesday while appealing people to conserve water. He was speaking at ‘SuJalam’, a conference on water conservation organized by the Deendayal Shodh Sansthan and Madhya Pradesh Jan Abhiyan Parishad. “The […]
Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan joins Congress-led Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan
JAIPUR: Reserve Bank of India’s former governor Raghuram Rajan on Wednesday joined Rahul Gandhi during the Congress-led Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan. The Bharat Jodo Yatra, which started from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7, is passing through Rajasthan. The yatra will complete 100 days on Friday. The yatra resumed from the Bhadoti area […]
Gujarat records 60 per cent turnout in Phase 1 covering 83 Assembly seats; Congress alleges booth capturing, bogus voting
AHMEDABAD: A moderate voter turnout of 60.23 per cent was recorded in the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections covering 89 seats across 19 districts of Saurashtra-Kutch and southern regions of the state on Thursday with the polling ending on by and large peaceful note, officials said. The electoral fate of 788 candidates who […]
Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman says he won’t back Donald Trump in 2024
Blackstone Inc Chief Executive Stephen Schwarzman, who has been one of Wall Street’s biggest donors to Donald Trump’s election campaigns, said on Wednesday he will not back the former president in 2024. Trump announced he would run in the 2024 U.S. presidential election on Tuesday, launching an early bid to become the Republican nominee in […]
West Bengal breached borrowing limit by seeking loan of Rs 10, 000 crore from RBI: BJP
KOLKATA: Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Friday claimed that West Bengal has “breached its borrowing limit” under the Fiscal Responsibility & Budget Management (FRBM) Act by making a loan request of Rs 10,000 crore to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Taking to Twitter, the BJP MLA from Nandigram urged the union finance ministry […]
Will introduce one GST slab instead of 5 if Congress comes to power: Rahul Gandhi
HYDERABAD: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said if the party comes to power at the Centre, there would be a revisit of GST (goods and services tax). Addressing a gathering in Mahabubnagar District as part of his ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra,’ he alleged that the existing faulty GST regime and Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s […]
Be it Adani, Ambani or Jay Shah, we welcome all in Rajasthan: Ashok Gehlot
JAIPUR: Condemning the BJP for mocking the Congress after he lavished praise on industrialist Gautam Adani during the Invest Rajasthan summit, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said it was not a private programme and 3,000 delegates attended it. Be it Adani or Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah, Rajasthan will welcome all […]
Rajasthan government hasn’t given any preferential treatment to Adani: Rahul Gandhi
TURUVEKERE: A day after Gautam Adani pledged huge investments in Rajasthan, Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday the Congress government in the state has not given any preferential treatment to the industrialist and asserted that he is not against corporates but monopolies. Addressing a press conference here, Gandhi also said if the Rajasthan government gives business […]
MUDRA scheme ‘practically worthless’ in promoting businesses: P Chidambaram
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday criticised the Centre’s MUDRA loan scheme, saying it was “practically worthless” in promoting businesses. The former finance minister also said he is not surprised that the non-performing asset (NPA) ratio is the highest under the MUDRA loan scheme. “I have long maintained that the MUDRA loan […]
Neither PM nor finance minister know economics: BJP MP
MATHURA: BJP MP Subramanian Swamy here on Monday criticised his party’s government at the Centre, saying neither the PM nor the finance minister know economics. He also held the Union finance minister responsible for the price rise it the country, saying she does not consult anyone. “The government does not understand economics, neither the PM […]
Mamata Banerjee inviting PM Narendra Modi to business meet in Bengal triggers war of words between TMC, Congress
NEW DELHI: A war of words broke out between the Congress and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate a global business meet to be hosted by her government, with the grand old party claiming that the “understanding” between the two parties is […]
Haryana government orders judicial probe into August 28 incident, farmers call off Karnal sit-in
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government on Saturday ordered a judicial probe into last month’s clash between farmers and police and sent the IAS officer who is at the centre of a row over his remarks on leave. Following this, farmers called off their sit-in outside the Karnal district headquarters. Haryana Additional Chief Secretary Devender Singh said […]
Gujarat chief minister resigns; Congress says onus of Rupani’s failure on PM Modi
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Saturday resigned from the post, his sudden announcement coming over a year before the state goes to polls. It is not clear what prompted the development in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state where elections to the 182-member Assembly are due in December 2022. Rupani (65), the fourth […]