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Chandigarh, February 21 Police used water cannons to disperse Chandigarh Youth Congress workers on Saturday after they attempted to break through barricades and march towards the BJP office here in protest against the alleged anti-people policies of the Union government.Barricades had been set...

Srinagar, February 21 The Jammu and Kashmir government has "destroyed" the aspirations of unemployed youth in the Union territory by "outsourcing" approximately 23,000 jobs, Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Sunil Sharma said on Saturday.The BJP leader urged the Omar Abdullah government to...

New Delhi, February 21 – Following the protest by Youth Congress workers during the India AI Impact Summit, several exhibitors on Saturday criticised the act, calling it disgraceful and inappropriate. They said that at a time when the country is showcasing its technological advancements on a...

Guwahati, February 20 – Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra launched a sharp attack on Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday, accusing him of focusing on personal attacks instead of governance, development, and employment for the state's youth.When asked about the serious...

Today marks the observance of World Social Justice Day. This day is dedicated to addressing critical global issues such as poverty, discrimination, gender inequality, and unemployment. The United Nations designated this day in 2007 to promote the values of fairness, human rights, and social...

Chandigarh, February 19 The Haryana Assembly's Budget Session, which begins on Friday, is likely to be contentious, with the opposition preparing to challenge the BJP government on several issues, including law and order, unemployment, and farmers' welfare.The session, which will last nearly a...

Bhopal, February 19 The opposition Congress staged a protest on Thursday at the Madhya Pradesh assembly premises against the BJP-led state government's "false" and "empty" promises.Led by Leader of the Opposition Umang Singhar, Congress MLAs held a demonstration in front of the Mahatma Gandhi...

Mumbai, February 18 – The Maharashtra Congress has decided to form an inquiry committee into the party's debacle in Chandrapur, where, despite emerging as the single largest party in the municipal corporation elections, it failed to win the Mayoral election, resulting in the victory of the...

Mumbai, February 18 The Congress said on Wednesday that it will soon launch protests across Maharashtra over farmers' distress, jobs, and women's safety, accusing the BJP of playing politics in the name of development.Addressing reporters after a party meeting, the Congress's Maharashtra...

Jammu, February 17 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) MLA Waheed Ur Rehman Para on Tuesday urged for convening a meeting of all parties to discuss the impact of free trade agreements with foreign countries on Jammu and Kashmir's horticulture sector, particularly the apple industry.He said a...

Puducherry, February 17 Accusing the ruling AINRC-BJP dispensation of failing to address issues, including unemployment, AICC general secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal said on Tuesday that a Congress-led coalition government would be formed after the upcoming elections in this union...

Dehradun, February 16 Congress leaders marched towards the Lok Bhavan here to protest against the Uttarakhand government, alleging deteriorating law and order, inflation, rising unemployment, and corruption in the state.Police stopped the protesters by erecting a barricade near the...

Mumbai/Nagpur, February 14 – Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis strongly criticised state Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal on Saturday for comparing the legendary Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj with Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan.Speaking at a press conference, Chief Minister...

New Delhi, February 14 – With the recent election results overwhelmingly favoring the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its Chairman Tarique Rahman set to assume the office of Prime Minister, there is considerable interest in him both as a person and as a politician.Much of this interest...

Kolkata, February 14 Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari launched a scathing attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government on Saturday, accusing it of "deceiving" the state's youth and failing to address the unemployment crisis.Addressing a press conference, Adhikari claimed...

Chandigarh, February 13 Senior AAP leader Anurag Dhanda launched a scathing attack on the BJP government in Haryana on Friday, accusing it of using people's hard-earned money to "buy" MLAs in Punjab.Dhanda's attack came a day after AAP MLA in Punjab, Narinder Kaur Bharaj, claimed that Haryana...

New Delhi, February 13 TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien on Friday urged the government to introduce a legally binding minimum wage for workers across all sectors.Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the House, the TMC MP said that one in three young people are unemployed, and there is no...

In New Delhi, on February 12, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asserted that India is experiencing robust growth with low unemployment, dismissing concerns about "jobless growth" as a relic of the previous government.In response to the debate on the 2026-27 Union Budget, she stated that the...

New Delhi, February 12 Trinamool Congress MP Derek O' Brien on Thursday criticized the BJP, invoking Gujarat-based entrepreneur Karsanbhai Patel, the founder of Nirma, suggesting that those who join the party are politically "cleansed".Participating in the debate on the 2026-27 Budget in the...

New Delhi, February 11 In the Lok Sabha, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju and BJP leader Anurag Thakur on Wednesday said that successive electoral defeats have made the Leader of the Opposition so bitter that he has started to hate India and its constitutional institutions.Countering Gandhi's...