The issue of farm loan waiver is said to be one of the main factors which contributed to the victory of Congress in the assembly elections.
On Tuesday, Congress party president Rahul Gandhi made it clear that a loan waiver would be a key issue for the Congress to try and corner the Modi-led BJP government ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
In the run up to the assembly elections, Rahul Gandhi had promised to waive the farm loans in the three states, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chattisgarh, within 10 days of coming to power. He cleared the loan waiver within days of assuming power.
Three sisters died after allegedly jumping from the ninth floor of their residential building in Ghaziabad in the early hours of Wednesday. A note was recovered at the scene, and police are examining claims that the teenagers had been using a task-based online gaming app, though officials said the exact circumstances are still under investigation. India Today’s Himanshu Mishra is reporting from the ground in Ghaziabad.
A day after US President Donald Trump on Monday announced the landmark India-US trade deal and that he would reduce reciprocal tariffs from 25 per cent to 18 per cent, a massive political war has erupted in Delhi.
In an exclusive interview with India Today's Geeta Mohan and Marya Shakil, American journalist Tucker Carlson spoke on a wide range of issues, including the US-India trade deal and the role of social media.
This Get Real India report focusses on a horrific crime in Maharashtra's Nanded district, where a seven-year-old girl was allegedly murdered by her father to contest panchayat elections.
