Rahul Rajiv Gandhi is an Indian politician. A member of the Indian National Congress (INC),he is currently serving as the 12th leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and as the member of the Lok Sabha for Rae Bareli,Uttar Pradesh,since June 2024. He previously represented the constituency of Wayanad,Kerala,from 2019 to 2024,and Amethi,Uttar Pradesh,from 2004 to 2019. Gandhi served as the party president of the Indian National Congress from December 2017 to July 2019 and is the chairperson of the Indian Youth Congress,the National Students Union of India,and a trustee of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust. He is a member of the Nehru–Gandhi political family.
Mobasher Jawed Akbar is an Indian journalist and politician,who served as the Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs until 17 October 2018. Akbar is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha,and was inducted into the Union Council of Ministers by PM Narendra Modi on 5 July 2016. He is also a veteran Indian journalist and author of several books. He was a Member of Parliament between 1989 and 1991,and returned to public life in March 2014 when he joined the BJP and was appointed national spokesperson during the 2014 general elections that brought the party back to office with a simple majority under the leadership of Narendra Modi. In July 2015 he was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Jharkhand. During his long career in journalism,he launched,as editor,India's first weekly political news periodicals,including India Today,Headlines Today,The Telegraph,The Asian Age and Deccan Chronicle,among others.
Omar Abdullah is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the chief minister of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. He had previously served as the chief minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir between 2009 and 2014,and is the current vice president of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference,a position he has held since 2009. Abdullah also served as a member of parliament in the Lok Sabha from 1998 to 2009,representing the Srinagar parliamentary constituency,and was a union minister of State for External Affairs.
Virbhadra Singh was an Indian politician who served 6 terms and 21 years as the 4th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. A leader of the Indian National Congress party,he was elected 9 times as a Member of Legislative Assembly to the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha and 5 times as Member of Parliament to the Lok Sabha. Virbhadra Singh was popularly known by the honorific Raja Sahib. Singh holds the distinction of being the longest serving Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh,holding the office from 1983 to 1990,from 1993 to 1998,from 2003 to 2007 and finally from 2012 to 2017,when he was succeeded by the BJP's Jai Ram Thakur. He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1962,1967,1971,1980 and 2009. Singh served as a Union Minister in the governments of Indira Gandhi and Manmohan Singh. At the time of his demise,he was serving as an MLA from Arki constituency.
Selja Kumari is an Indian politician and a Member of the Lok Sabha,the lower house of Indian parliament. She is a member of the Indian National Congress and has served as the Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment and Tourism during Manmohan Singh's premiership.
Asian News International (ANI) is an Indian news agency that offers syndicated multimedia news feeds to news bureaus in India. The company was established by Prem Prakash in 1971 and,under the name TVNF,it soon became the first agency in India to syndicate video news. Drawing upon connections within the Indian government,ANI expanded greatly during the early 2000s. After a period of downturn,the company regained its monopolistic position;as of 2019,it is India's largest television news agency,and as of 2024,the largest newswire service.
Rajat Sharma is an Indian journalist and businessperson acting as the chairman and Editor-in-chief of India TV,an Indian news channel. In 2015,he was awarded the Padma Bhushan,one of India's highest civilian awards. Sharma is notable for his close ties with influential political figures,including the Prime Minister,Narendra Modi and Arun Jaitley.
The Gulbarg Society massacre took place on 28 February 2002,during the 2002 Gujarat riots,when a crowd started stone pelting the Gulbarg Society,a Muslim neighbourhood in the eastern part of Chamanpura,Ahmedabad in the Indian state of Gujarat. Most of the houses were burnt,and at least 35 victims,including a former Congress Member of Parliament,Ehsan Jafri,were burnt alive,while 31 others went missing after the incident,later presumed dead,bringing the total deaths to 69.
Arun Kumar Mishra is former chairperson of National Human Rights Commission of India. He is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is the former chief justice of the Calcutta High Court and Rajasthan High Court. He has also served as acting chief justice of the Rajasthan High Court. He is a former judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
The Wikimedia Foundation has been involved in several lawsuits,generally regarding the content of Wikipedia. They have won some and lost others. In the United States,the Wikimedia Foundation typically wins defamation lawsuits brought against it due to protections that web platforms receive from laws like Section 230.
Ranjan Gogoi is an Indian former advocate and judge who served as the 46th Chief Justice of India from 2018 to 2019,having previously served as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India from 2012 to 2018. He is currently a Member of the Rajya Sabha,having been nominated by President Ram Nath Kovind on 16 March 2020. Gogoi served as a judge in the Gauhati High Court from 2001 to 2010,and then was transferred as a judge to the Punjab and Haryana High Court from 2010 to 2011 where he later was the Chief Justice from 2011 to 2012. He is also a member of the Committee on External Affairs in the Rajya Sabha.
Dipak Misra is an Indian jurist who served as the 45th Chief Justice of India from 28 August 2017 till 2 October 2018. He is also former Chief Justice of the Patna High Court and Delhi High Court. He is the nephew of Justice Ranganath Misra,who was the 21st Chief Justice from 1990 to 1991.
The Indian National Congress (INC) is one of the two major political parties in India. The prominent members of the party are the president Sonia Gandhi,vice-president Rahul Gandhi,former prime minister Manmohan Singh and Priyanka Gandhi. INC took part in the elections alongside other members of the United Progressive Alliance. On the fourth anniversary of the second United Progressive Alliance government,the INC announced that its campaign for the election would be led by Prime minister Manmohan Singh,party chairperson Sonia Gandhi,and general secretary Rahul Gandhi.
Narendra Modi,who is serving the Prime minister of India since 2014. The following is a timeline of the premiership from his inauguration as Prime Minister of India on 26 May 2014 till now.
Mahua Moitra is an Indian politician and former investment banker. She won the 2019 Indian general election as an Trinamool Congress (TMC) party candidate from Krishnanagar and served as a Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha from 2019 to 2023 until being expelled. She was re-elected to parliament in the 2024 Indian general election. She was noticed nationally and internationally for her ‘Early signs of fasicism’speech address to Indian Parliament.
General elections were held in India from 19 April to 1 June 2024 in seven phases,to elect all 543 members of the Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 4 June to form the 18th Lok Sabha. On 7 June 2024,Prime Minister Narendra Modi confirmed the support of 293 MPs to Droupadi Murmu,the president of India. This marked Modi's third term as prime minister and his first time heading a coalition government,with the Telugu Desam Party of Andhra Pradesh and Janata Dal (United) of Bihar emerging as two main allies.
Bela Madhurya Trivedi is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. Before being appointed a judge,She served as the law secretary to Modi Government in Gujarat,when Narendra Modi was the then chief minister. after that she had been a judge of the Gujarat High Court from 2016 to 2021. She formerly served as the additional judge of the Gujarat High Court from 17 February 2011 to 27 June 2011 and later served as the additional judge of the Rajasthan High Court.
The One Hundred and Third Amendment of the Constitution of India,officially known as the Constitution Act,2019,introduces 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) of society for admission to Central Government-run educational institutions and private educational institutions,and for employment in Central Government jobs. The Amendment does not make such reservations mandatory in State Government-run educational institutions or State Government jobs. However,some states have chosen to implement the 10% reservation for economically weaker sections.
Rahul Gandhi,the leader of Indian National Congress,was disqualified as member of the Lower House of the Indian Parliament on 24 March 2023. The disqualification followed a conviction by an Indian court,which sentenced Gandhi with two-year imprisonment,on the accusation of defaming the Modi surname. The conviction and defamation raised an alarm about the state of democracy in India and were seen as a move to silence dissent and political opposition before the upcoming 2024 general elections. In August 2023,the Supreme Court of India stayed his conviction. This would allow him to contest the next election. On 7 August a notification from Lok Sabha secretariat reinstated Rahul Gandhi to the parliament.
Tushar Rao Gedela is an Indian jurist who has been serving as the judge of the Delhi High Court since 18 May 2022.
