As COVID-19 has crippled the world’s movement since months, lakhs of migrant labourers have found themselves stuck in several parts of the country. With no one focusing on them in the beginning, thousands of them walked miles to reach their village which...

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday assured Congress President Sonia Gandhi that the state did not have a migrants issue in the light of the COVID-19 lockdown, as he had directed the industry to absorb all such labourers stranded in the...

The former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir affiliated with different political parties including National Conference (NC) Patron Dr. Farooq Abdullah and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad Saturday addressed media persons jointly at Abdullah’s Gupkar...

The Bhartiya Chhatra Sansad (BCS) on Sunday conferred the prestigious ‘Adarsh Mukhya Mantri Puraskar’ (Ideal Chief Minister Award) upon Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh for his path breaking initiatives to ensure good governance and holistic...

The two day Punjab state youth festival organized by department of youth services, Govt of Punjab concluded today at the campus of Chandigarh university Gharuan with power packed performances by the youth of Punjab. More than twenty three thousand students...

Election Commission of India today organised the 1st Sukumar Sen Memorial Lecture instituted as a tribute to the first Chief Election Commissioner of India. Sh Sen had served as the first Chief Election Commissioner of India from 21st March 1950 till 19th December,...

A high level delegation from Invest Punjab led by the Finance Minister, Manpreet Singh Badal had detailed discussions at two strategic sessions on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum.According to an official spokesperson, Manpreet Badal joined the discussions...

The Congress leader knows the importance of tomorrow's leader and the future youth of the country for the creation of a better society and the upcoming elections will also give  the youth a youthful representation. This was stated by Manish Tewari,...

Terming the present situation in Kashmir as one of a tinderbox waiting to burst, eminent Kashmir experts on Sunday castigated the Centre move to undemocratically revoke Article 370 as it spelled and solidified India's relation with the state of Jammu and Kashmir....

Even as he defended the right of the police to fire back to counter an attack, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday came out against extra constitutional executions as being against the nation’s Constitutional spirit, while also opposing...

As a part of the year long celebrations organized  to by Government of Punjab to mark the 550th Gur Purab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji, a two-Day International Conference on Sri  Guru Nanak Dev ji’s philosophy to spread peace, harmony and human happiness...

Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi on Friday slammed the government on the third anniversary of demonetization, terming it as a "Tughlaki blunder" which was "inflicted by a tyrannical government hell-bent upon attacking livelihoods and lives of its own people."In...

As a part of the year long celebrations organized  to by Government of Punjab to mark the 550th Gur Purab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji, a two-Day International Conference on Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji’s philosophy to spread peace, harmony and human happiness...

Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rana KP Singh on Thursday called on former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to extend an invitation for the special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on November 6, 2019 to commemorate the 550th Prakash Purb of Sri Guru Nanak Dev...

Amid the visit of European Parliament members to the Kashmir valley, the Congress targeted government saying it has internationalised Kashmir.Congress General Secretary Ambika Soni said now the whole world is discussing Kashmir."European Union delegation...

The Congress has come down heavily on the government for the visit of Members of the European Parliament to Kashmir. The Congress said that it is a "diplomatic blunder" facilitated by an "international business broker".The party''s chief spokesperson Randeep...

Attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for the current economic slowdown and rural distress, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that merely "passing the buck to Congress would not work"."The present government should have learned and provided...

The Congress on Thursday slammed the BJP for demanding a Bharat Ratna for its ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in its manifesto for the Maharashtra Assembly polls."Why does NDA/BJP government want to confer Bharat Ratna on Savarkar, why not Godse? The...

India News Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, the leading regional news channel of iTV Network organised “BUILDING MADHYA PRADESH” – a unique platform that accounts for various factors crucial for growth of Madhya Pradesh and recognizing the extraordinary...

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday invited President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the 550th Prakash Purb celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev ji, including the historic opening of the Kartarpur Corridor.In separate...

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday reviewed with Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi the progress in the implementation by his government  on the promised made in the party manifesto for the state.The exercise was part of a meeting...

Sri Anandpur Sahab MP Manish Tewari today visited the flood affected areas of Majri block in the Kharar assembly segment. He was accompanied by senior Congress leader and former Minister Jagmohan Singh Kang and others.Tewari expressed satisfaction over the...

Sri Anandpur Sahab MP Manish Tewari today urged the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for setting up a Regional Passport Office at Nawan Shahr to cater to the demands  of a large population in his constituency.Tewari met the minister in New Delhi...

Sri Anandpur Sahab MP Manish Tewari has demanded setting up a Regional Transport Office in Ropar to cater to the needs of the people living in different areas across the parliamentary constituency. He said, right now the RTO Office was located in Mohali...

Two days after the Rajya Sabha passed a bill to amend the Right to Information Act, outgoing Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took a swipe at the BJP-led NDA government, saying it was diluting the Act to help the corrupt steal."Government is diluting...

Senior Congress leader and Sri Anandpur Sahib MP, Manish Tewari today alleged that the Bhartiya Janata Party led National Democratic Alliance government appeared to be planning to turn the country into a “police state”.Interacting with reporters during the...

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has assured necessary action on the completion of the Banga-Garhshankar-Sri Anandpur Sahib-Naina Devi Road  which falls in his parliamentary constituency. Following up the matter with the union...

Former President Pranab Mukherjee said here on Wednesday that Indian education system needs to re-oriented for the students to become "risk-takers and innovation makers" and take the nation ahead."In every sphere of our lives, the influence of science and technology...

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said that the sale and consumption of narcotics is not a state specific but a national problem and there is need to formulate a joint strategy and implement it effectively to check the drug menace.He was addressing the second...

Expressing concern over the spread of narco terrorism by Pakistan through various states, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday proposed joint operations on the inter-state borders, as part of a series of collaborative measures to tackle the...

Congress Parliamentary Party Chairman Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday slammed the Centre over the Bill that seeks to amend the Right to Information (RTI) Act 2005 saying the government sees RTI Act as a nuisance and wants to destroy the independence of the Chief Information...

As Rahul Gandhi and other senior Congress leaders took on Narendra Modi on US President Donald Trump's claim that the Indian Prime Minister had sought his mediation on Jammu and Kashmir, the party appeared divided with Lok Sabha member from Thiruvananthapuram...

Continuing its tirade over US President Donald Trump's claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked him to mediate in the Kashmir dispute with Pakistan, the Congress on Tuesday dared Modi to wake up and call the latter's bluff."Now, 'Whitehouse' puts up POTUS'...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday accused the BJP-led Central government of trying to prevent Trinamool Congress supporters from coming to its 'Matryrs' Day' rally by cancelling several trains to Kolkata.She also charged the saffron party...

Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rana KP Singh and Sri Anandpur Sahib MP Manish Tewari took stock of the situation in the Bakhra dam in view of the monsoon season, at a meeting with the senior members of the Bhakra Beas Management...

Veteran Congress leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, whose contribution to transforming Delhi was acknowledged by party colleagues and political adversaries alike, passed away on Saturday following cardiac...

Outgoing Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused Uttar Pradesh's Yogi Adityanath government of trying to suppress democracy by cutting the electricity and water supply at the Chunar guest house, where his sister...

In a bid to put the BJP in the dock over her detention, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday asked if it was a crime to wipe the tears of the families of victims of the Sonebhadra carnage."Is it a crime to wipe the tears of these...

Veteran Congress leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit passed away on Saturday at a private hospital here following cardiac arrest. She was 81.According to the Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Dikshit, who was Chief Minister for three consecutive...

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi remained in detention here on Friday, eight hours after she was driven to a guest house after she insisted on proceeding to Sonebhadra district in Uttar Pradesh where 10 people were killed in clashes over a land dispute...

The Punjab government has offered Rs 10 crores for the drainage and repairing of roads in the Chanalon industrial focal point located near Kurali in the Kharar assembly segment.Disclosing this here today, local MP Manish Tewari said, on Saturday he, accompanied...

Shri Anandpur Sahib parliamentary constituency is all set to be developed as a religious, historical and adventure tourist hub.A high level meeting for the purpose was held in Chandigarh on Friday, which was attended among others by the Punjab Vidhan Sabha...

Various wings of the Congress in Goa on Saturday held a silent protest at state capital's Azad maidan, accusing the BJP-led government of murdering democracy by engineering a split in the state party and inducting 10 MLAs into the ruling party.Speaking to reporters,...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday arrived here in connection with a defamation case related to the Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank, saying he was happy the BJP  and RSS gave him a platform to take his ideological battle to the public."I'm in Ahmedabad...

Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Anand Sharma on Thursday staged a protest in Parliament against the government over the political crisis in Goa and Karnataka where many of its MLAs have resigned.The protest took place in front of Mahatma Gandhi's...

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday made an impassioned appeal to the people that he would never sever his ties with Amethi, the consituency he lost to BJP's Smriti Irani in the recent Lok Sabha elections."My relationship with Amethi is personal and not political....

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackrey on Monday met UPA Chairperson and senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi here.According to Congress leaders, Thackrey met Gandhi at her residence here and their meeting lasted for over 30 minutes.Party leaders described...

A day after BJP MP Ram Shankar Katheria's bodyguard was booked for beating up a toll plaza staff in Uttar Pradesh's Agra, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday took a swipe at the BJP government for not taking action against its lawless...

Amid indications that he may quit politics, former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat, who recently resigned as General Secretary of the Congress, on Sunday said he has played his inning and would decide his next course of action after meeting party...

Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday shocked the visitors at a restaurant in Patna when he suddenly arrived there to have dosa and coffee. He was in the city to attend the hearing in a defamation case.After attending the hearing at the Patna Civil...

The Congress on Saturday hit out at the BJP over the resignations of 11 MLAs of the ruling coalition in Karnataka, alleging that the Central government was "orchestrating the defections".Addressing reporters after the meeting of senior party leaders here...

The Congress on Friday dubbed the first Union Budget of the Modi 2.0 government as "insipid and opaque", saying it had not revealed any financial data or allocations, had no relief for various sections of people, or mentioned measures to help farmers.Addressing...

Rahul Gandhi announced on Wednesday that he has resigned as the Congress President and that he was to blame for the party's rout in the Lok Sabha elections where it could  win only 52 of the 542 seats.In an open letter made public on his Twitter account,...

UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday accused the Modi government of planning to privatize six rail production units, saying this is a "first attempt" to hand over the country's priceless assets to private hands cheaply leaving thousands unemployed.Soon...

Chinese short video-making app TikTok on Tuesday refuted Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's claim that it was illegally collecting data and sending it to China.Speaking in the Lok Sabha during the Zero Hour on Monday, Tharoor said there were reports that the Chinese...

Amid the row broke over Alwar lynch mob victim Pehlu Khan being named in a charge sheet, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday sought to clarify that the killed dairy farmer was not charged by his government.Stressing that his Congress is "ideologically...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday met former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his residence ahead of presenting her maiden Budget on July 5.Singh, who is known as the architect of economic reforms, was also the Finance Minister of the country from...

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad here on Monday slammed the central government for spending over 50 per cent of the total funds of the 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' and the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' schemes on publicity.Speaking at the Motion of Thanks on President...

Hours after Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Deputy Governor Viral Acharya quit, the Congress slammed the Modi government saying the government changes but issues of manhandling remain.Acharya is the third top official to quit RBI before completing their term....

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that he will not participate in the process of electing a new chief for the country's oldest political party.Speaking to media persons in Parliament, Gandhi said: "I will not participate in the process of electing...