Politics

The Congress leader said the states should not allow the Centre to evade its legal and moral responsibility to compensate them for the revenue shortfall.

Addressing a joint virtual press conference, Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury along with Praveen Chakravarty and Rohan Gupta said the expose of Facebook's interference and assault on India's electoral democracy is a criminal offence.

Terming cow slaughter a 'sin', the minister said he would request Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to ban slaughtering of the animal in the state.

He was addressing through video conferencing the event held as part of the year-long birth centenary celebrations of Rao, who hailed from Telangana, by the Congress.

Khurshid said no one had approached him for signing the letter that was sent to Sonia Gandhi and even if anyone had done so, he would not have signed because he does not agree with the letter.

Khatri on his Facebook page, while citing an interview given by senior Congress leader Azad, said, "In the interview, he (Ghulam Nabi Azad) has referred to some states, and claimed that it was on his strength that the Congress formed the government in tho...

However, the panel's meeting where Facebook has been summoned remains on the agenda.

During the sitting, Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu tabled the Punjab Clinical Establishment (Registration and Regulation) Bill, 2020, in the House.

Speaking to reporters after reviewing measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic in the district, the Chief Minister said the parties that constitute the alliance have not been firmed up yet, be it in the AIADMK or the DMK camp.

Replying to questions on Monday's stormy CWC meeting, Gadgil said proceedings proved that internal democracy exists in the 134-year-old party.

Targeting the Left government over the incident, the opposition Congress and BJP said they suspected a "sabotage"to "destroy important files" pertaining to the gold smuggling case.

Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar's reaction came a day after Chief Minister Amarinder Singh asked his state advocate general to coordinate with his counterparts in other Opposition-ruled states for filing a joint review petition in the Supreme Court.

Gehlot made the suggestion during a virtual meeting of Sonia Gandhi with chief ministers of opposition-ruled states to discuss a range of issues faced by them.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the NEET-JEE aspirants are worried about their health and future due to concerns about coronavirus infection and floods in Assam and Bihar.

The former Congress president has been critical of the Modi government for its handling of the economy over the past few years.

On the new regional entity 'Anchalik Gana Morcha'(AGM) by Rajya Sabha member Ajit Kumar Bhuyan, who was supported by the Congress and AIUDF, Bora said the senior journalist has verbally informed about joining the alliance.