Capt Singh, who joined Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, was awarded highest wartime gallantry medal for bravery during 1987 recapture of strategic height in Siachen.
Congress will unfurl the flag at party HQ in Srinagar, less than 1 km away from Lal Chowk. Party feels unfurling tricolour in the square has, over the years, become 'RSS agenda'.
On the last day of Bharat Jodo Yatra in Punjab, Rahul criticised the appointment of Arvind Kejriwal aide, Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, as chairman of Punjab’s advisory panel.
Chaudhary Lal Singh was forced to resign from BJP in 2018 for allegedly supporting accused in Kathua rape case. Omar Abdullah says yatra can't be an opportunity to 'whitewash' image.
Congress leader extols contribution of Sikhs to development & cause of India. Can lovingly meet & hug Varun but cannot support ideology of estranged cousin, he asserts.
The 23-yr-old is known as 'Chhota Rahul' in hometown Meerut because of his resemblance to the Congress leader. So much so, that people even tell him their problems & ask for selfies.
Seventy-six year old Santokh Singh Chaudhary, a two-time Congress MP from Jalandhar, passed away after collapsing during the yatra en route Ludhiana. The yatra has been suspended for the day.
As the Bharat Jodo Yatra enters its last leg in Jammu and Kashmir next week, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that there is a deep sense of hopelessness across the country.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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