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‘Attack on Union, and all states’: Rahul Gandhi slams ‘One Nation, One Election’

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The Centre on Friday announced a panel to explore the possibility of simultaneous Lok Sabha and state legislative assembly elections.       Congress MP Rahul Gandhi. Rahul Gandhi, a Congressman, blasted the "One Nation, One Election" campaign from the Centre on Sunday, calling it an assault on the Indian union and all of its states. "Bharat, or INDIA, is a Union of States.Gandhi wrote on X, then known as Twitter, "The concept of 'one nation, one election' is an attack on the Union and all its States. A panel to examine the potential of holding the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies elections simultaneously was announced by the Centre on Friday. Union home minister Amit Shah, Congress Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, former opposition leader in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, former chairman of the 15th Finance Commission NK Singh, former LokSabha general secretary Subash Kashyap, senior attorney Harish Salve, and former chief vigilance comm...

Logo of INDIA bloc likely to be unveiled on August 31: Congress' Ashok Chavan

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Ashok Chavan also said that around 26-27 opposition parties are expected to to participate in the third joint meeting of the bloc in Mumbai on August 31.         Congress leader Ashok Chavan(Image via X) Congressman Ashok Chavan predicted on Saturday that the newly established Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) would probably unveil its logo in August at its third joint conference, which will take place in Mumbai, according to news agency ANI. At a press conference, Chavan stated, "Approximately 26 to 27 parties would attend the meeting.Mumbai will host a casual gathering on August 31st and a formal summit on September 1st.Two meetings have already been scheduled, thus the third will be used to discuss the next agenda. We've decided to create a unified logo, which might be unveiled on August 31. #WATCH | Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress Leader Ashok Chavan on upcoming opposition meetings, "Around 26-27 parties will participate in the meeting. An i...

‘When Amit Shah asks for report card tomorrow, tell him we made Isro’: Kharge

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KCR has joined hands with the BJP, did not attend any meeting of the opposition alliance INDIA, Kharge said in Hyderabad.      Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in Hyderabad on Saturday. The chairman of Bharat Rashtra Samithi and Telangana's chief minister, K Chandrasekhar Rao, was questioned by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in Telangana as to why he did not attend any meetings of the opposition alliance INDIA (Indian National Democratic Inclusive Alliance).   "BJP and BRS are currently good pals. They cannot speak negatively of one another when there is an inside deal. According to what I've heard, KCR has ceased criticizing the BJP. said Kharge in Hyderabad. "To confront Modi in the center, 26 parties have teamed up. However, your KCR skipped every meeting. He didn't even inquire about the cooperation of all secular parties in the fight against Modi. Although they claim to be a secular party, BRS has secretly allied with the BJP. However, we are unit...

Fan Blades, Escape Slides Among Parts Missing From Go First Jets: Lessor

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In a non-public filing, the lessor submitted pictures to the court, listing missing parts from two Airbus A320 planes it inspected.   Go First and many of its foreign lessors are locked in a legal dispute (Representational) New Delhi:  Critical components, such as fan blades and escape slides, are missing from at least two aircraft of the bankrupt Go First airline, according to the aircraft's lessor, ACG Aircraft Leasing of Ireland, which is attempting to recover the aircraft. After the airline was granted bankruptcy protection in May, Go First and many of its international lessors became embroiled in a legal conflict that has lasted for months. Insolvency prevented the retrieval of more than 50 Airbus aircraft that were on the ground and frozen its assets. The lessors have attempted to recover their planes in court, but have thus far been unsuccessful. They cited worries that parts would disappear and harm their assets. Lessors are only permitted to sometimes check Go First p...

"Our PM Said Jai Shri Ram, Lord Curzon Would Have Choked": UK Envoy

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"India has broken the mould on how to do the G20 presidency - the scale and ambition to tackle big problems of the world, like global hunger, low growth and poverty," the UK's envoy to India Alex Ellis said at the NDTV G20 Conclave. UK's envoy to India Alex Ellis and former US diplomat Atul Keshap at the NDTV G20 Conclave New Delhi:  According to Alex Ellis, the UK's envoy to India, the scope of India's development and its gravitas in the global order may be gauged using two straightforward metrics. One is how India has established a significant bar for the management of the G20 presidency, Mr. Ellis stated at today's NDTV G20 Conclave. The other, according to Mr. Ellis, is how Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Indian descent who represents Britain stated "Jai ShriRam" on August 15, the day of Indian Independence. "India tops the UK's student, visitor, and skilled worker visa rankings... Did you ever think that on August 15, someone residing...

US Airline To Pay $30 Million After Paralysed Man Was "Violently" Moved While Deboarding

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According to the lawsuit, Mr Foster's life expectancy has decreased from 39 to 31.5 years as a result of the incident, leaving him unable to speak or eat solid foods.     The airline reached a settlement on Tuesday after a one-day trial. According to a report in CBS News, United Airlines has reached a settlement with the family of a paraplegic man who suffered brain damage as a result of an event in 2019 as he was being let off the plane. Nathaniel Foster Jr.'s family members.  the airline "failed to abide by the standard of care owed to disabled passengers" after a worker "aggressively" pushed his wheelchair while aiding him in deboarding. The case claims that as a result of the same, the guy experienced "significant" and permanent brain damage. The 26-year-old, who was using a wheelchair, ventilator, and tracheal tube at the time of the incident, "jerked forward and back" and slouched in his chair after it was "forcefully" pus...

Accusations Of Killing Wagner Chief An "Absolute Lie": Russia

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Western politicians have suggested that President Putin ordered Prigozhin killed to punish him for his failed mutiny against the top brass in Russia.       Kremlin said the accusation and many others like it were false. Moscow:  Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary company, was allegedly killed on instructions from the Kremlin, according to Western reports, but the Kremlin called these claims a "absolute lie" and refused to confirm his demise until test results were available. After the mercenary leader's plane crashed on Wednesday evening with no survivors, breaking his quiet after he staged a mutiny against army officials two months prior, President Vladimir Putin offered his sympathies to Yevgeny Prigozhin's family on Thursday. Yevgeny Prigozhin and his top accomplices in the Wagner mercenary outfit were reportedly executed, according to "preliminary information" given by Vladimir Putin.  Although they have started an investigation, Russian...