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New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Congress Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday strongly condemned the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in coordinated US-Israel strikes and also the loss of lives in the Middle Eastern nations, while stressing the need to maintain peace.She referenced Mahatma Gandhi's saying, "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind," emphasising that violent retribution ultimately harms everyone.In a post on X, Priyanka said, "The targeted assassination of the leadership of a sovereign nation by the so-called leaders of the democratic world and the killing of multitudes of innocent people is despicable and deserves strong condemnation, no matter what the proclaimed reason for it is."Khamenei was killed in an epochal attack by the US and Israe...

New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party's Delhi President Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday said the party’s rally at Jantar Mantar was aimed at raising the voice of thousands of dismissed contractual workers and to expose what he termed as “vendetta politics” of the BJP, asserting that the event is “a rally, not a protest”.This will be AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal's first public rally since he was discharged by the court in the liquor policy case.Police personnel were deployed in and around the venue to maintain security and manage the gathering.Saurabh Bharadwaj clarified that the event is “a rally, not a protest”.“This is a rally, not a protest. Our party’s National Convenor, Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, our Goa leaders, and our Gujarat leaders will share t...

Gandhinagar, March 1 (IANS) Gujarat has been allocated Rs 17,366 crore in this year's Union Budget for railway development, marking a sharp rise from earlier years, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Sunday.Speaking after the inauguration of Gujarat Semiconnect Conference-2026 at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Vaishnaw said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, railway infrastructure across India is undergoing rapid transformation."As a result of the historic decisions taken by the Central Government for the comprehensive development of railways in Gujarat, a new era of transportation and connectivity has begun in the state," he said.Vaishnaw stated that during the UPA government between 2009 and 2014, Gujarat received Rs 589 crore annually in railway allo...

Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) Amid the forthcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a mega rally at Brigade Parade Ground in central Kolkata on March 15.The mega rally will also mark the end of the “Parivartan Yatra” by the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that started on Sunday. Nine separate rallies will start from nine locations in the state on Sunday and Monday.However, there will be no rallies on March 3 and March 4, because of the ‘Dol Yatra’ festival on March 3 and the ‘Holi’ festival on March 4. The rallies will start again on March 5 and will be completed after covering all 294 Assembly constituencies in the state.“Finally, the ‘Parivartan Yatra’ will officially end with the Prime Minister’s rally at Brigade Parade Ground o...

Puducherry, March 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday intensified his political attack on the Congress and the DMK, accusing the two parties of obstructing Puducherry’s development and presiding over a period marked by corruption, inefficiency and hardship for the poor.Addressing a public meeting in the Union Territory, PM Modi alleged that the Congress-DMK combine had failed to provide clean and accountable governance when it was in power.“The people of Puducherry suffered greatly during Congress and DMK rule. Corruption flourished, crime increased, and the poor were pushed to the margins,” he said.The Prime Minister claimed that basic governance had deteriorated under the previous dispensation.Referring to the public distribution system, he said people were forced to struggle...