Rahul Gandhi In Puducherry

The bitter back-and-forth over the crucial question of a "fisheries ministry" continued Sunday, with Home Minister Amit Shah the latest BJP leader to take on Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over last week's remark about fishermen needing a separate ministry.

The Congress is "getting weak", Kapil Sibal said at a public event in J&K on Saturday, as members of the G-23 - senior leaders who have questioned the Gandhis' leadership style - shared a stage and calls to strengthen the party before polls in Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry and Assam. The meeting also comes days after the BJP lashed out ove...

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has doubled down on his claim that the country needed a "ministry for fisheries", days after the centre rubbished a comment he made in Puducherry that fishermen have no support from the government.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today attacked the Congress, especially its leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on creating a fisheries ministry at the Centre. He expressed shock that the former party chief wasn't aware of such a ministry having been set up in 2019 by the Central government.

The Congress government in Puducherry collapsed today after losing its majority and Chief Minister V Narayanasamy resigned. After two exits on Sunday, the government's numbers had dropped to 12 MLAs in the house where the majority mark is 14. After a series of resignations from the Congress, Mr Narayanasamy was asked to face a trust vote last Thurs...

A young student calls out to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to ask him a question. "Sir, I am here," the young woman says out loud from an audience of students at a college in Puducherry.

A fisherwoman's complaint to Rahul Gandhi went astray on Wednesday as Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayansamy translated for her. The Chief Minister - struggling with a potential crisis in his government - had accompanied Mr Gandhi during his visit to the fishermen, a key community in the seaside town.

Rahul Gandhi, addressing fishermen during his visit to Puducherry today, called them "farmers of the sea" and talked about a separate ministry for fisheries. Except there already is one, the ruling BJP soon pointed out.

Rahul Gandhi is in Puducherry today - he began the day by meeting fishermen, whom he praised as "farmers of the sea" and with whom he expressed a desire to travel on one of their trips - to launch the Congress campaign for Assembly polls in May.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday interacted with members of fishermen community here and expressed his wish to travel along with them in their boats to see for himself and understand better their travails.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday affirmed his party's alliance with the MK Stalin-led DMK in Tamil Nadu, saying "we are having a very good relationship" with the Dravidian party.

Some people in Delhi "want to teach me lessons in democracy", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today, hitting back at top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after the latter, in his recent attack of the government and PM Modi, said there was "no democracy" in India and that those who stood up against the PM were labelled terrorists "even if it were (RSS...

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara today slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for skipping the funeral proceedings of Lingayat seer Sree Sree Shivakumara Swami on Tuesday. The last rites of the venerated godman -- popularly known as the "Walking God" -- were conducted on the premises of the Sree Siddaganga Mutt in Karnataka's Tumakuru, ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi amped up his criticism against the Congress, predicting the return of the BJP to Karnataka and squeeze Rahul Gandhi's party to just two states. PM Modi, as usual, also came with an acronym to describe the opposition party's new status. "When the results for the Karnataka polls are out on May 15, then it will not be an I...

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination to take over as the next Congress President at the party headquarters in Delhi today. Top leaders of the Congress party were present as over 90 sets of nomination papers were filed to support Rahul Gandhi's candidature. Once elected, he will take over as Congress President from his mother an...

The bitter back-and-forth over the crucial question of a "fisheries ministry" continued Sunday, with Home Minister Amit Shah the latest BJP leader to take on Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over last week's remark about fishermen needing a separate ministry.

The Congress is "getting weak", Kapil Sibal said at a public event in J&K on Saturday, as members of the G-23 - senior leaders who have questioned the Gandhis' leadership style - shared a stage and calls to strengthen the party before polls in Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry and Assam. The meeting also comes days after the BJP lashed out ove...

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has doubled down on his claim that the country needed a "ministry for fisheries", days after the centre rubbished a comment he made in Puducherry that fishermen have no support from the government.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today attacked the Congress, especially its leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on creating a fisheries ministry at the Centre. He expressed shock that the former party chief wasn't aware of such a ministry having been set up in 2019 by the Central government.

The Congress government in Puducherry collapsed today after losing its majority and Chief Minister V Narayanasamy resigned. After two exits on Sunday, the government's numbers had dropped to 12 MLAs in the house where the majority mark is 14. After a series of resignations from the Congress, Mr Narayanasamy was asked to face a trust vote last Thurs...

A young student calls out to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to ask him a question. "Sir, I am here," the young woman says out loud from an audience of students at a college in Puducherry.

A fisherwoman's complaint to Rahul Gandhi went astray on Wednesday as Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayansamy translated for her. The Chief Minister - struggling with a potential crisis in his government - had accompanied Mr Gandhi during his visit to the fishermen, a key community in the seaside town.

Rahul Gandhi, addressing fishermen during his visit to Puducherry today, called them "farmers of the sea" and talked about a separate ministry for fisheries. Except there already is one, the ruling BJP soon pointed out.

Rahul Gandhi is in Puducherry today - he began the day by meeting fishermen, whom he praised as "farmers of the sea" and with whom he expressed a desire to travel on one of their trips - to launch the Congress campaign for Assembly polls in May.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday interacted with members of fishermen community here and expressed his wish to travel along with them in their boats to see for himself and understand better their travails.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday affirmed his party's alliance with the MK Stalin-led DMK in Tamil Nadu, saying "we are having a very good relationship" with the Dravidian party.

Some people in Delhi "want to teach me lessons in democracy", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today, hitting back at top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after the latter, in his recent attack of the government and PM Modi, said there was "no democracy" in India and that those who stood up against the PM were labelled terrorists "even if it were (RSS...

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara today slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for skipping the funeral proceedings of Lingayat seer Sree Sree Shivakumara Swami on Tuesday. The last rites of the venerated godman -- popularly known as the "Walking God" -- were conducted on the premises of the Sree Siddaganga Mutt in Karnataka's Tumakuru, ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi amped up his criticism against the Congress, predicting the return of the BJP to Karnataka and squeeze Rahul Gandhi's party to just two states. PM Modi, as usual, also came with an acronym to describe the opposition party's new status. "When the results for the Karnataka polls are out on May 15, then it will not be an I...

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination to take over as the next Congress President at the party headquarters in Delhi today. Top leaders of the Congress party were present as over 90 sets of nomination papers were filed to support Rahul Gandhi's candidature. Once elected, he will take over as Congress President from his mother an...