February 28, 2026 6:47 pm
Modi also distributed over 21,800 appointment letters to newly recruited youth in various government departments and organisations in Rajasthan.
January 27, 2025 10:53 am
The sole Muslim woman member of the Constituent Assembly, Begum Rasul opposed religion-based reservation and spoke up against conventions, like the purdah, that shackled women like her.
August 16, 2024 8:20 pm
Between August 16 to August 19, 1946, Calcutta witnessed one of the worst episodes of Hindu-Muslim communal violence, which left between 5,000 to 10,000 dead, and some 15,000 wounded.
June 19, 2023 6:15 pm
Congress general secretary-in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh had on Sunday alleged that the decision to honour Gita Press with the Gandhi Peace Prize is a "travesty" and "it's like awarding Savarkar and Godse”.
September 03, 2019 7:14 am
On September 2, 1946, the Congress party formed the government. On September 23, the All-India Congress Committee (AICC) ratified the Congress Working Committee’s decision.
April 05, 2019 4:56 pm
The Uttar Pradesh chief minister was apparently referring to the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), which is a long-time member of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in Kerala, equating it with the pre-Partition Muslim League.
May 08, 2015 12:32 am
The Opposition prevented the introduction of the MISA (Maintenance of Internal Security Act) bill in Parliament.
May 02, 2015 7:50 pm
Earlier last week, three activists of the Revolutionary Democratic Front, suspected to be a frontal organisation of CPI (Maoist), were arrested.
April 22, 2014 12:23 am
If he becomes PM, Pak policy will define his room for manoeuvre at home and abroad.
January 09, 2014 9:40 pm
Maya Tudor,a lecturer in government and public policy at Oxford University,recently published The Promise of Power,investigating the origins of India and Pakistans regime divergence in the aftermath of independence.



