Venugopal calls on Kharge, wishes him speedy recovery

IANS | October 3, 2025 11:03 PM

Bengaluru, Oct 3 (IANS) Congress General Secretary and MP K. C. Venugopal visited AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, who recently underwent pacemaker surgery, at his residence in Bengaluru on Friday.

Maha: Cong holds statewide protests demanding immediate aid for flood-hit farmers

IANS | October 3, 2025 10:56 PM

Mumbai, Oct 3 (IANS) The Congress on Friday held statewide protests demanding immediate aid for farmers hit hard due to heavy rains and floods. It also demanded that the state government should declare a wet drought, provide immediate assistance of Rs 50,000 per hectare to affected farmers, announce a blanket loan waiver, waive pending electricity bills, and grant additional compensation for farmland that has been washed away.

Is Pakistan once again positioning itself as the frontline state? (IANS Analysis)

IANS | October 3, 2025 8:44 PM

New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) When Soviet troops marched into Afghanistan in December 1979, Pakistan’s geopolitical weight surged overnight. The country, then ruled by General Zia-ul-Haq, an Islamist military dictator on a mission to Islamize the state and society, discovered an opportunity. Zia cast Pakistan as the bulwark of the Western capitalist bloc against Soviet communism.

India and Brazil review progress in strategic partnership, discuss cooperation in BRICS, IBSA

IANS | October 3, 2025 8:19 PM

New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval met with visiting Special Advisor to the President of Brazil, Ambassador Celso Luis Nunes Amorim in New Delhi for the 6th India-Brazil Strategic Dialogue on Friday. The two officials reviewed ongoing progress in the Strategic Partnership, including in various sectors like defence and security, energy, rare earths and critical minerals, and health and pharmaceuticals.

Stable and predictable tax policy is key for growth: NITI Aayog CEO

IANS | October 3, 2025 7:55 PM

New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) NITI Aayog CEO B.V.R. Subrahmanyam on Friday released the first working paper on tax policy, stressing that a stable, certain, and predictable tax system is critical for boosting investment, creating jobs, and driving India’s economic growth.