Interacting with the sarpanches, Panch members and students of Shree Ram Vidhya Mandir School at Colvale he asserted that India has progressed by leaps and bounds.

The central government on Saturday informed the Delhi High Court that the ‘Jana Gana Mana’ and ‘Vande Mataram’ both stand on the same level and every citizen of the country should show equal respect to the both. New Delhi:  The central government on Saturday informed the Delhi High Court that... The post appeared first on .

New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): A Public Internet Litigation (PIL) has been moved in Delhi High Court seeking direction to declare that "the song 'Vande Mataram', which had played a historic part in the struggle for Indian freedom, shall be honoured equally with 'Jana-Gana-Mana' and shall have equal status with it in spirit of the Statement made by the Constituent Assembly Chairman Dr Rajendra Prasad with regard to the National Anthem, on January 24, 1950".

New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of encouraging separatist elements by describing India as a "Union of States".

Chennai Feb 28 PTI Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday called upon the partys newly elected representatives of the urban local bodies and cadres as well to connect with the masses and build a strong foundation for the party in Tamil Nadu where he sees a huge opportunity for growth Though the party is in alliance with the ruling DMK here being strong on its own would only strengthen the alliance partner he claimed On a visit to Sathyamoorthy Bhavan the party state headquarters here to congratulate the newly-elected Congress representatives of the urban local bodies the MP said Tamil Nadu is a very important state for the Congress The third tier is the most important tier of governance because it is closest to the people You have heard my speech in the Parliament that India is a Union of states and how its important that all states have a voice in the Union In the same way its very important that the Congress party is strong in Tamil Nadu he said To ensure this the party members should not compromise on Congress ideology he said I see a huge opportunity in the state for the Congress we are partners with the DMK We have to do everything to strengthen the alliance And the best way to strengthen the alliance is to strengthen ourselves organisationally and at the grassroot level Gandhi said and urged the members to build a strong foundation slowly and steadily I feel that a huge part of the Congress party foundation in Tamil Nadu would be built by women who will defend the rights of Tamil women Gandhi said It was a honour and pleasure for him to talk to the newly-elected representatives the Congress leader said adding that he was looking forward to working with them in building a strong party PTI JSP HDA HDA

Imphal (Manipur) [India], February 21 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi lashed out at Bharatiya Janata Party for pointing fingers over his remark on calling India as 'Union of States' and said that BJP has its own version of the definition that is hampering the ideology of the country.