Daily Bulletin: 58 die after drinking spurious liquor in Assam; CoA to consult Centre over Pakistan match; day's top stories
Fp Staff • 6 years agoToday's top stories: 58 people, most working at a tea estate, have died after consuming spurious liquor; the Committee of Administrators has decided to consult the Centre over the Indian team's match with Pakistan at the World Cup; questions over PM Modi's whereabouts during the Pulwama attack divide Congress and BJP, and more.
RSS and BJP wear half-pants and wield clubs while Congress works with love, says Rahul Gandhi in Ajmer
• 6 years agoAddressing a meeting of the Congress Seva Dal in Ajmer, party president Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the RSS on Thursday, alleging its members wield clubs and spread hatred.
Congress accuses BJP of hogging choppers ahead of polls, 'they've prebooked most fleets,' says Anand Sharma
• 6 years agoCongress leaders, including former minister Anand Sharma, said the party has been struggling to find enough helicopters to ferry its leaders ahead of the Lok Sabha election and accused BJP of hogging resources.
Alok Verma axed as CBI chief by Selection Committee: He failed to protect institution's integrity, didn't deserve post
Bvrao • 6 years agoIt sends a chill down the spine to think of all that a CBI officer scorned can do taking cue from two two illustrious gents. What this sordid drama shows is that both the director and special director have been busy carving up the CBI into their personal fiefdoms, forcing everybody around them to become part of this dirty factional war.
Shashi Tharoor, Ahmed Patel, other Congress leaders rally behind Modi, call Donald Trump's Afghanistan library jibe 'unacceptable'
• 6 years agoUS president Trump's Afghanistan library jibe at Prime Minister Modi meets with protests from senior Congress leaders who say remarks were not in 'good taste'.
Mamata Banerjee in New Delhi: No party more communal than BJP, Centre has zero credibility, says TMC chief
Fp Staff • 7 years agoWest Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who has already been in talks with Opposition leaders to mount pressure on the government, on Tuesday said no party is more communal than BJP and the Centre has zero credibility as a government, media reports said.
Meghalaya polls: Free sanitary napkins, GST exemptions if voted to power, says Mahila Congress
• 7 years agoAll India Congress Committee Mahila president Sushmita Dev on Monday said the party will provide free sanitary napkins to women in Meghalaya if voted to power in the 27 February Assembly elections.
Congress should not act arrogant over victory in Rajasthan bypolls, says BJP state president Ashok Parnami
Ians • 7 years agoCongress leader Ashok Gehlot and his party should not act arrogant after winning just three seats in Rajasthan by-polls, said state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Ashok Parnami
Gujarat Assembly Election Results: Shiv Sena praises Rahul Gandhi's 'battle' spirit, wishes Congress president luck
• 7 years agoBJP's bickering ally Shiv Sena on Monday heaped praise on Rahul Gandhi, lauding the newly appointed Congress president for "fighting the Gujarat poll
Gujarat police detain three Congress workers over ruckus outside Vijay Rupani's house
• 7 years agoThree Congress workers on Saturday night outside the residence of Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani