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Sonia Gandhi speaks during the All India Congress Committee (AICC) meeting in New Delhi on 2 November, 2010

Congress president Sonia Gandhi hospitalised with Covid

Sonia Gandhi, president of India's main opposition Congress party, has been admitted to hospital with Covid-related issues, a party spokesman said Sunday

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

Ukraine's Zelensky to address full US Congress

Ukraine's president will deliver a virtual address to Congress on Wednesday as lawmakers bid to rachet up pressure on the White House to take a tougher line over Russia's invasion

The BJP which is the incumbent in four states has been predicted to win in Uttar Pradesh and Manipur and has been projected as leading in Uttarakhand

Counting of votes for Indian Assembly elections in five states begins

The BJP which is the incumbent in four states has been predicted to win in Uttar Pradesh and Manipur and has been projected as leading in Uttarakhand

Arundhati Roy

Interview: Arundhati Roy ‘The people are being suffocated’

Acclaimed novelist and civil rights activist Arundhati Roy has been writing over the past few decades on the political situation in India. She recently spoke to Prothom Alo in an interview, ...

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Covid-19 response and the vaccination program at the White House on 23 August, 2021 in Washington,DC

Putin’s Ukraine assault confounds Biden strategy, puts leadership to the test

He threatened to impose the harshest sanctions ever on Russia. He worked to galvanize US allies into a united front. He supplied Ukraine with more weapons than any American president before him. And ...

olling officials checking the Electronic Voting Machine (EVMs) and other necessary inputs required for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, at a distribution centre in Ghaziabad on 9 February 2022

Uttar Pradesh assembly polls Voting for first phase begins in 58 constituencies

Covering the Jat-dominant belt of western Uttar Pradesh, the first phase of polls cover 58 assembly constituencies across 11 districts of the state

Students carrying placards take part in a demonstration in Kolkata on 9 February 2022, to protest after students at government-run high schools in India's Karnataka state were told not to wear hijabs in the premises of the institute.

BJP creating issues to break unity, spirit of youth in Karnataka: Congress

Amid the ongoing developments around the hijab controversy in Karnataka, Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala on Wednesday wrote a letter to students of the state wherein he alleged ...

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra addressing during a Corner Meeting, in Nuvem on 7 February, 2022

Hijab row Women have right to wear bikini, ghoonghat, jeans, hijab: Priyanka Gandhi

Indian National Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday lent support to Muslim girls amid the 'Hijab row' in Karnataka stating that women have the right to decide what they want ...

Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge speaks in the Upper House during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on 4 February 2022

Hijab row Govt should discontinue grants if any student breaks discipline: Congress leader

Malikarjun said that if any student breaks discipline or does any work against the rules, then the government should discontinue the grants

Congress party leader Priyanka Gandhi (C, atop car waving) waves to the party supporters during a road show in Mathura in India’s Uttar Pradesh state on 8 February, 2022

Hindu pride and Muslim fears overshadow key Indian poll

The demolition of the centuries-old Babri Masjid shook the country's secular foundations and paved the way for the rise of Hindu nationalism as its dominant political force

Professor Badri Narayan

Interview: Badri Narayan ‘BJP will come to power with decreased seats in Uttar Pradesh’

Professor Badri Narayan, an expert in UP’s caste politics, speaks spoke to Prothom Alo about the caste alignment in UP, its impact and its impact on forthcoming election

US has no plan to impose sanctions on Bangladesh: Congressman Meeks

US has no plan to impose sanctions on Bangladesh: Congressman Meeks

Influential US congressman and chair of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Gregory W Meeks has said they do not want to impose any sanctions on Bangladesh as there is an excellent relationship ...

Sudheendra Kulkarni

Interview: Sudheendra Kulkarni 'Vajpayee and Modi's BJP have no similarity'

Sudheendra Kulkarni has worn many hats. A leftist in his initial years, Mumbai-based Sudheendra has been a political adviser to the former Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his deputy ...

Indian prime minister (PM) Narendra Modi's visit to Punjab's Ferozepur was called off citing major security lapse

Road block forces Modi to cancel Punjab visit

Indian prime minister (PM) Narendra Modi's visit to Punjab's Ferozepur was called off citing "major security lapse"

People wait for the passing of a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Chile, in Santiago, on 7 December 2021.

Chile Congress approves same-sex marriage bill

Chile's Congress on Tuesday approved a long-awaited bill to legalize same-sex marriage, joining just a handful of countries in majority Catholic Latin America with similar laws

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