Jaipur: The political scenario in Rajasthan will be analysed at meetings that Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will hold from Wednesday to chalk out a strategy ahead of Rajasthan Assembly polls slated for later this year.
"Gandhi will arrive in Bikaner from Delhi where he will chair three meetings - one of executive and office bearers of 15 District Congress Committees, second of NSUI and Youth Congress representatives and the third with party's public representatives of local bodies and Panchayti Raj," PCC President Dr Chandrabhan told reporters on Tuesday, referring to Gandhi's two-day visit to the state.
Groups of four DCCs have been formed and each group will have 45-minute meetings with Gandhi, he said.
After the meetings in Bikaner on Wednesday, Gandhi will reach Jaipur in the evening and hold meetings at Birla auditorium next day on May 16. The first meeting on that day will be held with executives and office bearers of remaining DCCs. PCC executives, office bearers and mayors will also hold meetings with him....
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06:15 PM, May 14, 2013
Mumbai: National Students Union of India's (NSUI) Mumbai unit President Suraj Singh Thakur has been suspended for allegedly dancing naked at a party function. Thakur was suspended on Monday for dancing naked. He had been re-elected as NSUI President in December 2012. It is still unclear as to what made Thakur do it. Reports say that there may have been a ragging of sorts with seniors asking the new entrants...
10:18 AM, May 07, 2013
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday held a meeting with the national office bearers of the Indian Youth Congress and NSUI and asked its members to work with greater focus to strengthen the party. ...
10:20 PM, Jan 25, 2013
A strong demand for ending the culture of nomination at all levels for democratic functioning of the party and its revival was made at the Congress brainstorming conclave here on January 19. The 'Chintan Shivir' saw a plea for replicating Rahul Gandhi's model of holding elections to the Youth Congress and NSUI in the parent body as well as all its other wings. ...
05:52 PM, Jan 19, 2013
Chandigarh: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who is on a two-day tour of Punjab, on Thursday said that the youth is the future of the country and it must come forward to "cleanse and change politics". He, however, expressed concern over the condition of youngsters in Punjab saying, "What is happening to human resource in Punjab. Seven out of 10 youths have the problem of drugs." He also claimed that...
05:15 PM, Oct 11, 2012
New Delhi: After days of campaigning and a record voter turn-out in the Delhi University Students Unions (DUSU) elections this year, the results are finally out. The newly elected President Arun Hooda and Vice President Varun Khari both are from the National Students' Union Of India (NSUI). Hooda beat ABVP's Ankit Dhananjay Chaudhary and Khari beat Gaurav Chaudhary to grab the posts. While Varun Choudhry won the post of secretary...
01:10 PM, Sep 15, 2012
New Delhi: Voting for the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) elections, in which 38 candidates from different political affiliations are contesting for different posts, ended peacefully on Friday evening . The post of president is likely to see a direct contest between National Students' Union of India's (NSUIs) Arun Hooda, a second year student of Buddhist studies, and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad's (ABVPs)Ankit Dhananjoy Chaudhary, also of Buddhist Studies. Bharatiya...
05:30 PM, Sep 14, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) elections that are due on September 14 this year will see a total of 38 candidates from different political affiliations contesting for different posts. Campaigning was at its peak in the campus before the polls, with candidates covering every corner to reach out to as many students as possible. BJP's student wing ABVP has, over the past two years, made it a...
04:27 PM, Sep 13, 2012
Betul: An activist of Congress' student wing, who was allegedly set on fire by Bajrang Dal workers in Shahpur teshil last week, succumbed to his injuries at Padhar Hospital in Betul. According to the police, the victim, an NSUI worker identified as Rahul Joshi, died late on Monday night. Police said that the victim had a fight with saffron workers over submitting a memorandum to an official on the issue...
10:15 PM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna on Wednesday alleged that some National Students' Union of India (NSUI) workers tried to disrupt their fast at Jantar Mantar. Police are verifying whether the protesters were from NSUI. Sources said that police have detained some of the protestors who tried to reach to the stage where Team Anna was fasting. Earlier, Team Anna launched their indefinite fast here, raising the pitch against the UPA government...
12:53 PM, Jul 25, 2012
New Delhi: The president of a students' union died on Thursday apparently due to food poisoning after she had a cold drink from her college canteen, police said. Kanika Sharma, 20, a resident of Ghaziabad on the outskirts of Delhi, had a cold drink from the canteen of Vivekananda College where she was studying in BA third year and was heading the students' union. "Kanika fell ill after drinking a...
12:52 PM, Feb 24, 2012
New Delhi: Novelist Vikram Seth, who is writing a sequel to 'A Suitable Boy', may not name his new book 'A Suitable Girl' as everyone was led to believe. It could even be named 'An Unsuitable Boy'. "I wrote 'A Suitable Boy' many years ago and it was set in India in the early 1950s when the British had just left. A few years ago, I thought to myself, 'well...
07:23 PM, Dec 06, 2011
New Delhi: Congress student's wing NSUI on Saturday won the Delhi University Students Union President's post while candidates of BJP's ABVP swept the other three top posts of the body. National Student's Union of India nominee Ajay Chikara won the President's post of the DUSU, while Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad candidate Vikas Choudhary was elected as the Vice-president of the student's body in the low-turnout elections that were held on...
01:47 PM, Sep 10, 2011
Bhopal: In provocative remarks, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday described the RSS as "fanatical", saying it was no different from banned terror outfit SIMI and that both hold "fundamentalist" views. "I know only that both SIMI and the RSS are fanatical and hold fundamentalist views," he said at a press conference here. When pointed out that the radical Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) was a proscribed outfit, which was not...
04:04 PM, Oct 06, 2010
This is the first time after 1991 that an independent candidate has won. ...
02:14 PM, Sep 05, 2009
ABVP and NSUI are contesting for only one seat each this year. ...
01:41 PM, Sep 04, 2009
Six candidates have been barred from contesting in the DU elections. ...
03:58 PM, Sep 01, 2009
Rishi Shanker Mishra is a B Tech but is joining Congress' youth wing, NSUI. ...
12:41 PM, Jun 10, 2009
Congress MP admits being a member of Gandhi-Nehru family helped him. ...
07:25 PM, Oct 20, 2008
Rahul Dravid's sponsors have given him the boot for the dismal performance of the Men in Blue at the World Cup. ...
11:58 PM, Mar 28, 2007
