Tag: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that there was engine trouble in his flight to Patna and was forced to return to the national capital due to which his election rallies will get delayed. “Engine trouble on our flight to Patna today! We’ve been forced to return to Delhi. Today’s meetings in […]

Balasore: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday launched a scathing attack at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over rising unemployment in the country and called his party’s proposed NYAY scheme a surgical strike on poverty. While addressing a poll rally in the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency of Odisha, the Congress President said, “Under the Nyuntam Aay […]

Patna: A Bihar court, here on Saturday, issued a summon to Congress President Rahul Gandhi in connection with a defamation case filed by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi. Chief Judicial Magistrate Sashikant Rai summoned Gandhi on May 20 for his statement that “all thieves have Modi in their surnames”. The Deputy Chief Minister […]

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday filed a fresh affidavit in response to a contempt notice against him over the ‘chowkidar’ jibe — for attributing his remarks to the top court. He reiterated his stand that he had not offered any apology but had only expressed regret over attributing the comment to the apex […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on Tuesday a Congress petition that claimed that the Election Commission had refused to act on a complaint against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah for making “hate speeches” and “using” armed forces for “political propaganda” during the Lok Sabha polls. The […]

New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday is set to decide on complaints of alleged violations of the model code of conduct (MCC) against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congres President Rahul Gandhi and BJP President Amit Shah. While Modi and Shah have been accused of making “hate speeches” and “using” armed forces for “political propaganda” […]

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a notice to Congress President Rahul Gandhi to clarify his nationality within a fortnight after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Subramanian Swamy alleged that he is a British national. The MHA in a letter dated April 29, said that Gandhi has declared his nationality as […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s counsel even after he verbally apologised for incorrectly attributing to the top court his “chowkidar chor hai” remark. The apex court allowed the counsel to file a new affidavit by Monday. The counsel told the court that his client would apologise for […]

Ahmedabad: A court here on Wednesday issued summons to Congress President Rahul Gandhi in a suit filed by a BJP member accusing him of making defamatory statements against the party President Amit Shah at a poll rally in Madhya Pradesh last month. The case was filed by Krishnavadan Brahmbhatt, a BJP corporator from the city’s Khadia […]

New Delhi: With the BJP highlighting the issue of nationalism in the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress on Thursday said that multiple surgical strikes were carried out during the tenure of Congress-led UPA government. Senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said in a tweet: “Multiple surgical strikes took place during our tenure too. For us, […]

Mumbai: In a stinging response to Congress President Rahul Gandhi who in his typical cavalier fashion has continued his campaign of calumny, disinformation, distortion and malicious lies in his recent interviews against Reliance Group Chairman Anil D. Ambani, Reliance has hit back. Attacking Gandhi for singling out Anil Ambani allegedly as a crony capitalist and […]

New Delhi: Actor Vivek Oberoi, whose film on Prime Minister Narendra Modi was stopped from releasing ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, on Sunday actively campaigned for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), urging Delhi to vote for Modi. Vivek gave a dramatic twist to his speech at an event titled ‘Saaton Seetein Modi ko’ (All […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing on a bunch of review petitions in Rafale deal, saying it will club the review pleas and the contempt case against Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s “chowkidar chor hai” remark attributing it to the top court on May 10. Interestingly, the court’s direction came after learning […]

Amethi: As his constituency Amethi went to the polls on Monday, Congress President Rahul Gandhi was conspicuous by his absence, providing a handle to his rival Smriti Irani of the BJP to declare him a “missing MP”. Gandhi, a sitting member of the Lok Sabha from this high profile constituency of Uttar Pradesh, is seeking re-election […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday accused then Prime Minster late Rajiv Gandhi of using aircraft carrier INS Viraat and its personnel for vacations with his foreigner in-laws. He raked up the issue at a rally here to counter the attack by Congress leaders who say that defence forces have been politicised by […]