According to the report in The New York Times, the Israeli spyware Pegasus and a missile system were the "centerpieces" of a roughly USD 2-billion deal of sophisticated weapons and intelligence gear between India and Israel in 2017.

Rahul Gandhi said Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and state party president Navjot Singh Sidhu have assured him that whoever is chosen as the CM face, the other will support him.

The Congress leader said that both Chief Minister Charanjit Channi and state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu assured him that whoever will lead the state will receive the support of the other.

Gandhi was flanked by Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and party's state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu.

Citing that his following has virtually frozen ever since August 2021, when his account was briefly locked, the Congress leader shared that earlier, he was gaining new followers at the rate of over 2.3 lakh per month, which even went up to 6.5 lakh in certain months.

Priyanka Gandhi said that Congress leaders talked to the youth all over Uttar Pradesh and asked about their problems. Based on their inputs, the manifesto has been created. 

The Congress is going to the polls with a focus on youth and women and has announced that it will reserve 40 per cent of tickets for women in Uttar Pradesh.

Polling in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab will take place between February 10 and March 7. Results will be announced on March 10.

In the run-up to the assembly polls in five states, Rahul Gandhi has been targeting BJP over the Hindu versus Hindutvavadi debate.

As per reports Traon's friend, who managed to escape, reported the matter to the authorities and brought it to the attention of Tapir Gao, an MP from Arunachal Pradesh.

Vemula, a 26-year-old Dalit student died by suicide in 2016 following alleged harassment.

Sources said Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi can contest elections from two seats. Adampur and Chamkor Sahib could be the two seats from where Channi is likely to contest.

Unveiling the first set of plans in his Punjab Model with focus on resurrection of Punjab, Sidhu, in the absence of Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and his Cabinet colleagues, told the media, "Punjab Model is people's model, an effort to give a roadmap to return power to people."

Rahul tweeted two days after a "major security lapse" during PM Modi's visit to Punjab.

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cavalcade witnessed a major security lapse while he was on his way to Ferozpur to address a poll rally and lay the foundation of various developmental projects including the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra expressway.

Rahul Gandhi had also travelled abroad ahead of the winter session of Parliament and is learnt to have returned a day before the commencement of the session.

Rahul Gandhi has been critical of the government's handling of the border situation with China in eastern Ladakh, which has also seen bloody clashes between the Indian and PLA troops last year.

Adityanath's attack on Rahul comes amidst remarks by the Congress leader over the past few days wherein he repeatedly sought to highlight the difference between Hindu and Hindutva and described Hindu as tolerant and Hindutva as power-seeking.

The history has it that the Congress has faced several challenges in the past and the party tackled all not only to survive but to lead and govern India for decades.

As on Friday afternoon, more than 144.67 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered across the country.