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Quit India: At 33, Aruna Asaf Ali hoisted Tricolour at Mumbai's Gowalia Tank in 1942
Quit India: At 33, Aruna Asaf Ali hoisted Tricolour at Mumbai's Gowalia Tank in 1942

Aruna's uncle Dhirendranath Ganguly was a renowned photographer, later one of the earlier Bengali film actors, producer-director-writer and was conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1975), while her second uncle was Prof. Nagendranath Ganguly was married to Mira Devi - the daughter of India's first Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore � but their relations were largely strained.

  • Tuesday, 09 August 2022
Vadra's deals may come under renewed scrutiny with Priyanka's political plunge

New Delhi: The “Damad ka ghotala” (son-in-law’s scam) jibes that the BJP made against Robert Vadra ahead of 2014 Lok Sabha polls to target the Congress are expected to get more shrill and intense in the coming days. With his wife Priyanka Gandhi now a big player in the coming Lok Sabha elections, the controversy […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Gujarat CM demands Ahmed Patel's resignation over alleged link to IS suspect

Gandhinagar/New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani demanded resignation of Congress veteran Ahmed Patel from the Rajya Sabha on Friday alleging him to have link with a suspected IS terrorist arrested earlier in the week from Bharuch. However, Ahmed Patel refuted the charges laid against him. Rupani, who also sought Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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PM Modi hints at crackdown on benami properties soon

Sundernagar/Kangra (HP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hinted that a crackdown will soon be launched on ‘benami’ properties. He also said that Congress is worried about the probe as such illegal assets of its leaders will not be spared in this crackdown. Launching a stinging attack on the opposition party over corruption at an […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
CWC Postpones Elections For Congress President Due To COVID
CWC Postpones Elections For Congress President Due To COVID

The Congress Working Committee on Monday decided to postpone the presidential polls of the party due to the surge in Covid-19 cases.

  • Monday, 10 May 2021
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Congress To Launch Drive to Get 5 Crore Members

New Delhi: With a target of enrolling 5 crore members, the Congress is set to launch a nationwide drive from next month, an exercise which will be carried out digitally to check bogus membership that has been a major concern for the party. In a circular issued by Congress General Secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal, […]

  • Sunday, 25 April 2021
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Sanjay 'Vani': All gloomy, No Silver Lining In Indian economy

Bhubaneswar: Blaming the Modi government for lacking the knack to feel the pulse of the ailing economy, Congress national spokesperson Sanjay Jha questioned the NDA government’s move to announce big deal of sops for the corporate sector prior to budget. At the moment we are in a serious economic funk, said Jha while speaking here […]

  • Monday, 19 April 2021
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Puducherry CM V Narayanasamy Resigns As Cong-led Government Falls Ahead Of Floor Test

Puducherry: Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Monday resigned after his Congress-led government collapsed just before facing the floor test in the Assembly. After the dramatic walkout by Narayanasamy and his MLAs, Speaker V. P. Sivakozhundu announced that the government has lost its majority. Narayanasamy later submitted his resignation to in-charge Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundarrajan. […]

  • Sunday, 04 April 2021
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