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Topic: Leader of opposition

Mumbai Press Club slams Rahul Gandhi’s ‘slave’ remark about journalists

The club advised him to redirect his critique towards media owners, and highlight structural issues within the industry.

Stage set for showdown before Congress meet as Hooda faction MLAs want him as Haryana LoP again

'Informal' meet called by Hooda days ahead of Friday's crucial Congress Legislature Party meeting saw 31 MLAs vow their support to him. However, 5 MLAs from Selja camp skipped it.

Rahul likely headed to US in September in 1st visit as LoP, to meet students, diaspora & lawmakers

Congress leader’s tour will come at a time when US presidential poll campaign is in hectic phase. He is scheduled to speak in Washington DC, Texas, New Jersey, Los Angeles & Chicago.

Caste balance, non-controversial, seniority, acceptability — why SP made Mata Prasad Pandey UP LoP

This, party insiders say, was done to reach out to upper castes. Going with balancing act, SP also elevated two Muslims & one Dalit ahead of five-day Monsoon session of UP assembly.

5, Sunehri Bagh: LoP Rahul Gandhi offered Type-VIII bungalow in Lutyens’ Delhi, yet to accept

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra inspected Bungalow No. 5 at Sunehri Bagh, but Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi is yet to accept offer to take up residence there, it is learnt.

‘Mohabbat ki dukaan’: Congress training centre for cadres on party ideology takes shape in Kerala

P.P. Balan, ex-consultant with Ministry of Panchayati Raj appointed director of RGIDS, says centre in Thiruvananthapuram will also take up research including analysis of govt schemes.

Karnataka BJP MLA says Rahul should be slapped in Parliament, Congress dares him to touch LoP

Two-time MLA Bharat Shetty draws flak after he says Hindus knew both scriptures & art of weaponry, hinting they can use both if need be to retaliate to Gandhi’s unfounded 'courage'.

Rahul asks Speaker to restore expunged remarks as Congress sparks ‘Gandhi vs Godse’ debate

The leader of the Opposition said redaction of his comments on Hinduism, the BJP & 2 business houses went against the ‘tenets of parliamentary democracy’.

Modi-led NDA & Oppn threw LS rulebook at each other during Rahul’s speech. A look at rules they cited

From Speaker Om Birla & Home Minister Amit Shah to MPs including Congress's Hibi Eden & TMC’s Saugata Ray, all quoted from Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha.

‘Rahul insulted Hindus, lowered dignity of LoP post’ — BJP lashes out after Congress MP’s LS speech

New Delhi: Hours after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s first speech as Leader of Opposition caused an uproar in Lok Sabha Monday, the BJP deputed...

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Russian-style socialism dominated Nehru’s imagination. It was disastrous

It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.