Bidar: Congress National President Rahul Gandhi today challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a public debate on the Rafale deal if “he has the guts and a 56-inch chest”. Rahul Gandhi was addressed a Congress rally here today. Rahul Gandhi said, “I challenge him to a public debate. He won’t last a second, because he […]

Mangaluru: The Centre should spell out its stand on Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code before the Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court that is hearing the legality of the section, said activist Akkai Padmashali here on Friday. Speaking at a function to release a report of Ondede-Swatantra on ‘Domestic and sexual violence; claiming […]

Maharashtra: Congress president Rahul Gandhi today slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not talking about employment for youth and farmers and said that his fight was against the government’s policies. Gandhi, who appeared before a court in Bhiwandi town here in connection with a defamation case filed against him by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) […]

Mangaluru: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said here on Monday that a conspiracy has been hatched in the national and international level to prevent Narendra Modi from becoming the Prime Minister again after next year’s Lok Sabha election. Addressing presspersons, C.T. Ravi, general secretary, State unit of the party, said that Pakistan and China now […]

Santiniketan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who visited Visva Bharati University today to participate in its convocation, apologized to the students for paucity of water during the programme. “When I was coming I saw some students gesturing to me that they have no drinking water. As the chancellor of the university I apologise to the students […]

Bangaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi made it clear that the BJP won’t permit the Congress and the JDS to frame the government in Karnataka so effortlessly. Tending to a gathering of the BJP workers after the declaration of the election results, Modi said that the BJP won’t give away any chance of framing the government […]

Udupi: More than anything else, it was the Modi wave, the Hindutva issues and a well-oiled organisational structure that helped the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to sweep all five Assembly constituencies of Udupi, Byndoor, Kundapur, Kaup and Karkala in Udupi district. It is for the first time after the formation of Udupi district in 1997 […]

Mangaluru: The efforts of the opposition parties to defeat the BJP will not succeed as the people will never forget the Congress government which has offered them Anna Bhagya, said Ivan D’Souza, MLC and Chief Whip of State legislative Council. Speaking to reporters at the Congress Office at Mallikatta on May 10, Thursday, he accused […]

Bangaluru: Congress president Rahul Gandhi said today Prime Minister Narendra Modi saw a “threat” in him, and that the latter’s attack on him over his prime ministerial ambition was only aimed at “distracting attention”. Gandhi also hit out at Modi for raking up the issue of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s foreign origin, saying she was […]

Mangaluru: “Karnataka mein hum jeetenge” said Narendra Modi to BJP leaders boosting their morale in Mangaluru on Wednesday. To take part at a BJP conference at Belgavi in the evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Mangaluru International Airport at around 4pm. He arrived to the airport via helicopter from Chikkamagaluru and was welcomed by […]