New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday recalled the "lasting contribution" of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to India on the occasion of his birth anniversary and said that he worked to strengthen "grassroots democracy" and believed that youth had the "greatest capacity to challenge the status quo".

New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) on Saturday launched the "Rajiv Kranti Bharat Jodo" campaign on the death anniversary of former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi at Talkatora Stadium in Delhi.

New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): The Congress, after receiving orders from the Directorate of Estates, will vacate its Sevadal office at 26 Akbar Road in New Delhi soon, according to sources.

Kolkata Feb 21 PTI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday paid tribute to language martyrs in Bangladesh and said India had come out in support of the historic language movement in that country Speaking at a function in the city on the occasion of International Mother Language Day Banerjee rued that many modern day parents are not interested to make their wards proficient in Bengali The day was also observed by Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in the city Banerjee said On this day we remember the sacrifice of martyrs in Bangladesh to establish the right to speak in the mother tongue Our country had also come out in their support She said the date 21 is significant Besides being the International Mother Language Day it also evokes the memory of 13 men who laid down their lives to establish freedom of expression and rule of democracy in Kolkata She was referring to the death of 13 Youth Congress workers on July 21 1993 in the city in firing by the then Calcutta Police to quell a march to Writers Buildings the seat of power of the erstwhile Left Front government demanding that photo ID cards for voting be made mandatory Banerjee who was then the state president of Indian Youth Congress had herself lead the YC workers TMC which was formed by Banerjee and leaders close to her on January 1 1998 observe July 21 as Martyrs Day every year in the memory of those killed in the police firing So 21st means fight for individual rights and fight for identity she said and recited a poem penned by her in Bengali on the importance of July 21 personal liberty and right to expression and democracy In a dig at the Left Front which she had dislodged from power in 2011 Banerjee said Nothing was done to commemorate the language movement by our predecessors It was we TMC who had first elected the memorial at Deshopriyo Park with my MPLAD fund when we were not in power The sculpture for it was made by the famed artist Suvaprasanna After coming to power TMC had set up a park to pay tribute to language martyrs opposite Rabindra Sadan the cultural center and theatre in the city The sculptural work there done by the internationally acclaimed artist Jogen Choudhury We are taking more steps to commemorate our martyrs who fought for the mother tongue she said Banerjee was however quick to make it clear that she is not against against the use of other languages but believed in giving due respect to ones mother tongue Do you think I dont love Hindi Urdu Nepali English Tamil Marathi etc I love all languages But why should we ignore our mother tongue during communication I am pained when some Bengali parents dont introduce their children to the language in the proper way she said The Bangladesh Deputy High Commission organized a march from its office at Park Circus to the Shahid Minar grounds in the heart of the city during the day In the evening several cultural programmes were organized at the deputy high commission PTI SUS PNT KK KK KK

New Delhi Jan 27 PTI Indian Youth Congress on Thursday said that it has filed a case with NHRC alleging violation of human rights of students protesting against conduct of RRB NTPC examinations at the hands of the police forces of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh The IYC in a statement on Thursday said students in various parts of India have been protesting since January 25 over issues related to the RRB NTPC exams Against this the police has cracked down upon the students and media reports on this are all over the social media the IYC alleged in its statement Advocate Amrish Ranjan Pandey national secretary Indian Youth Congress and advocate Ambuj Dixit national co-coordinator legal cell IYC submitted a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission on Thursday alleging violation of human rights of students at the hands of police forces of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh the IYC statement said Therefore we filed a complaint before the NHRC against this crackdown on students in various parts of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh so that DGPs of both states be directed take strict action against the concerned superintendents of police it said PTI KND RCJ

New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) on Thursday submitted a complaint to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) alleging violation of human rights of the aspirants of the RRB NTPC exam at the hands of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh Police.

The personal Twitter account of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefly hacked during the early hours of Sunday. The account has now been restored. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter account was briefly hacked on Sunday. Although, the account was restored shortly after a tweet related to cryptocurrency was promoted through Pm’s account. “The Twitter handle of PM @narendramodi was very briefly compromised. The matter was escalated to Twitter and the account has been immediately secured.

The personal Twitter account of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefly hacked during the early hours of Sunday. The account has now been restored. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter account was briefly hacked on Sunday. Although, the account was restored shortly after a tweet related to cryptocurrency was promoted through Pm’s account. “The Twitter handle of PM @narendramodi was very briefly compromised. The matter was escalated to Twitter and the account has been immediately secured.

The personal Twitter account of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefly hacked during the early hours of Sunday. The account has now been restored. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter account was briefly hacked on Sunday. Although, the account was restored shortly after a tweet related to cryptocurrency was promoted through Pm’s account. “The Twitter handle of PM @narendramodi was very briefly compromised. The matter was escalated to Twitter and the account has been immediately secured.

New Delhi [India], December 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Twitter handle was "very briefly compromised" and was secured later after the matter was escalated to the micro-blogging site, Prime Minister's Office (PMO) informed on Sunday.