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- Congress unlikely to take action against Jaganmohan
New Delhi, Sep 8: The Congress is unlikely to take any action against party MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy for continuing his 'Odarpu' yatra' despite the leadership's advice to make t....
- Any alliance should be based on respect, understanding: Rahul Gandhi
Kolkata, Sep 6: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today asked West Bengal unit party leaders to strengthen the organisation and said, without naming ally Trinamool Congress, that there wa....
- Ready to face Bihar polls, says Congress
New Delhi, Sep 6: The Congress today welcomed the announcement of assembly elections in Bihar saying the party was geared up to face the polls.
Party spokesman Shakeel Ahmed said that....
- Sonia's re-election as Congress chief threat to democracy: Swaraj
New Delhi, Sep 6: Sonia Gandhi's re-election again as president of the ruling Congress party depicts a "long dynasty" which is a "threat to democracy", Bharatiya Janata Part....
- Rahul Gandhi to visit Maharashtra
Mumbai, Sep 6: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will interact with youths and students in Maharashtra during a day-long visit to the state on Tuesday, a party leader said.
Gand....
- Sonia supports INTUC on Sep 7 general strike
New Delhi, Sep 5: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has backed the party-affiliated Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) in joining the other trade unions' call for a nation-wide shut....
- Congress panel wants state chiefs' election by Sep 17
New Delhi, Sep 2: With Sonia Gandhi set to be formally re-elected Congress president on Friday, the focus has shifted to the state units, who have been advised to elect their chiefs and other o....
- Congress has performed impressively under Sonia: Karunanidhi
Chennai, Sep 2: The performance of the Congress has been extensively impressive under its president Sonia Gandhi, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said today. Congratulating Gandhi on h....
- Congress scraps plan to show black flags to BJP president Nitin Gadkari
Raipur, Sep 2: The Congress party today withdrew its decision to show black flags to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari who is scheduled to tour Chhattisgarh for two days from....
- Rahul leaves Amethi to meet Sonia
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 2: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi broke off his three-day trip here to travel to New Delhi to meet his mother and party president Sonia Gandhi who will file....
- Congress to bring 'chargesheet' against Mayawati government
New Delhi, Sep 2: The Congress said on Wednesday that it would bring a "chargesheet" against Uttar Pradesh's Mayawati government by collecting details of corruption allegations agai....
- Vote Congress to end woes, Rahul Gandhi tells Uttar Pradesh public
Amethi, Sep 1: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today said voting his party to power in Uttar Pradesh will be a solution to problems related to implementation of central government-spons....
- Yeddyurappa gave mining lease to 15 firms: Congress
Bangalore, Sep 1: The Congress today asserted that Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa's government has given mining leases to 15 companies in the last two years, contrary to his clai....
- Congress mocks Chhattisgarh's claim of record growth
Raipur, Aug 30: Congress leader Ajit Jogi today mocked the claim of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Chhattisgarh government that the state registered the highest growth rate among all In....
- Give jobs to flood-hit: Congress tells Mayawati
Lucknow, Aug 29: The Congress today urged Uttar Pradesh's Mayawati government to give jobs under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) to villagers displaced by the floods ....
- No reason to suspect Trinamool-Maoist links: Pranab
Kolkata, Aug 29: Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today found no fault in Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's statement on the killing of top Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar ....
- Rahul urges Haryana youth to join politics
Chandigarh, Aug 27: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today interacted with students at various educational institutes in Hisar, Kurukshetra and Karnal districts of Haryana and urged them....
- Congress backs Uttar Pradesh shutdown called by farmers
New Delhi, Aug 24: The Congress has decided to support the Aug 25 statewide shutdown called by farmers in Uttar Pradesh agitating for enhanced compensation for their land acquired for the Yamun....
- Defiant Jagan to go ahead with yatra from Monday
Hyderabad, Aug 22: Congress MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy appears to be heading for showdown with the party leadership by launching his 'Odarpu (consolation) yatra' in his native Kadapa dist....
- Congress for probe into bogus Gujarat contract
Gandhinagar, Aug 18: Shaktisinh Gohil, leader of the opposition Congress in the Gujarat assembly, has charged the Narendra Modi government of giving a Rs.127 crore contract to a bogus company f....
- Muraleedharan threatens fast unto death for Congress recall
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 18: Former state Congress president K. Muraleedharan today threatened to go on a fast unto death in Kerala if he is not taken back into the party by March 8 next year.
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- Sonia expected to be re-elected Congress chief
New Delhi, Aug 17: Congress president Sonia Gandhi is on Sep 21 expected to be formally elected for another term in office. The Congress Working Committee (CWC) met today and decided the electi....
- Congress party membership comes down to 2.9 crore from 4 crore
New Delhi, Aug 16: In what could be a major cause of worry for the Congress party, the facts revealed by the Central Election Authority Chairman clearly state that the party membership has come....
- Congress throws out 31 rebel candidates in Rajasthan
Jaipur, Aug 16: Sensing a tinge of rebellion growing within the party, Congress expelled 31 rebels candidates for campaigning against the party's official nominees in upcoming civic electio....
- Sonia unfurls tricolor at Congress office
New Delhi, Aug 15: Congress president Sonia Gandhi hoisted the national flag at the party headquarters here today to mark the country's Independence Day.
Prime Minister Manmohan S....
- No 'red card' for Mamata's Lalgarh remarks: Mukherjee
New Delhi, Aug 14: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has a way with play of words and can be extremely witty when he chooses to, just as he can turn sarcastic immediately thereafter.
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- Sonia to address Congress legislature party on Aug 19
New Delhi, Aug 13: Congress president Sonia Gandhi is expected to address a meeting of the parliamentary party Aug 19, a party leader said here today.
"A meeting of the Congress P....
- NDA government took fundamental CWG decisions: Congress
New Delhi, Aug 9: The Congress said today that fundamental decisions regarding the Commonwealth Games were taken by the previous National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government and figures given ....
- Extended moral support to Mamata rally: Congress
New Delhi, Aug 9: The Congress said today that its West Bengal unit had extended "moral support" to the Lalgarh rally addressed by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee.
An....
- Keshava Rao to attend West Bengal Congress meet on Monday
Kolkata, Aug 8: Congress general secretary K. Keshava Rao, along with party workers from West Bengal, will go to Tamluk in East Midnapore district on Monday to pay their respects to the martyrs....
- Trinamool alliance can wait, party to be strengthened first: Bengal PCC chief
Kolkata, Aug 8: Strengthening the Congress, which has been plagued by desertions and factional feuds in West Bengal, is top priority for the party's new state chief Manas Bhunia. He says fo....
- Congress, BJP spar over Sonia's cartoon
Raipur, Aug 6: Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress traded charges today over a cartoon appearing in the BJP state unit mouthpiece. The Congress sa....
- Congress may not give opinion on caste-based census
New Delhi, Aug 5: The Congress is considering the option of not giving its opinion on a caste-based census to a group of ministers (GoM) headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, a senior pa....
- Don't ridicule my sensitivity: Pranab
New Delhi, Aug 4: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today hit back at the opposition which accused the government of being insensitive to the problems faced by the people owing to high prices o....
- Congress MP demands stricter punishment for adulterators
New Delhi, Aug 3: Congress MP Rajiv Shukla today said he has urged the government to amend the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act to provide for stricter punishment for offenders as adulterati....
- Sonia Gandhi to attend Congress' eastern zone meet
Kolkata, Aug 2: Congress president Sonia Gandhi will attend the party's eastern zonal conference scheduled to be held here late next month, West Bengal unit president Manas Bhuniya said tod....
- Congress walks out over favouritism in Chhattisgarh's coal mining
Raipur, Aug 2: Chhattisgarh's main opposition Congress walked out of the assembly today accusing the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of favouritism in the state's coal mi....
- Rudderless without Sonia-Rahul?
New Delhi, Aug 1: Congress MPs are a confused lot, with the first week of the monsoon session of parliament passing off virtually without any business being transacted . It is being said the ab....
- Rahul Gandhi riding high
New Delhi, Aug 1: Critics of Congress party's prince charming Rahul Gandhi say it is high time he got out of his cameo acts and defined his role in the party as a potential national leader.....
- 'Mamata ko manao', says Sonia
New Delhi, Aug 1: Congress president Sonia Gandhi continues to take keen interest in the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill and has been telling activists that they should work on Trin....
- Modi indulging in sensationalism: Singhvi
Bangalore, July 31: The Congress today charged Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi with indulging in "sensationalism" and "dramatics" with his rhetoric on the Sohrabuddin Sheik....
- 28 Congress workers acquitted in 13-year-old case
Chandigarh, July 31: Twentyeight Congress workers, including two former mayors of this city, were acquitted by a local court today in an over 13-year-old case of manhandling government employee....
- Andhra Pradesh Congress chief loses by-election
Hyderabad, July 30: The ruling Congress party in Andhra Pradesh today suffered a major setback with its state unit chief D. Srinivas losing the assembly by-election.
In a repeat of th....
- Jagan shows his strength, warns Congress leadership
Hyderabad, July 30: Apparently preparing for a revolt in the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh, party MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy on Thursday night warned the leadership that he is running out of ....
- Jagan shows his strength, warns Congress leadership
Hyderabad, July 30: Apparently preparing for a revolt in the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh, party MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy on Thursday night warned the leadership that he is running out of ....
- Disruption by opposition to hide its own faults: Congress
New Delhi, July 29: The Congress today attacked the Opposition, particularly Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), for stalling Parliament on the issue of price rise, saying the attempt was actually to....
- Not shying away from any discussion: Congress
New Delhi, July 29: Under attack from the opposition on rising prices, the Congress today clarified that it was not shying away from any issue.
"The Congress has never shied away ....
- Jagan only hope for Congress in Andhra, says MP
Hyderabad, July 28: Describing Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy as the most popular leader in the state, the Congress MP's loyalists today mounted an attack on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah....
- Himachal assembly session from Aug 17
Shimla, July 27: The week-long monsoon session of the Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly will start here on Aug 17, an official statement said here today.
"Governor Urmila Sing....
- CPI-M likes to live in mind control world: Congress
New Delhi, July 27: The Congress on Monday took a dig at the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) for terming former Speaker Somnath Chaterjee as a person who defected to the ruling establi....
- Court annuls five-time Congress MP's election
Kochi, July 26: The Kerala High Court today annulled the election of five-time Congress Lok Sabha member Kodikunnil Suresh, holding that he was ineligible to contest from the reserved constitue....
- Congress should ban export of iron ore from Karnataka: Kumaraswamy
New Delhi, July 26: Former chief minister and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy Monday slammed the Congress for its padyatra in Karnataka to protest against illegal mining, sayi....
- Tamil Nadu Congress legislator dead
Chennai, July 25: Congress legislator S. Jeyapaul died today in a private hospital here after an illness.
Jeyapaul, 55, who represented Colachel constituency, is survived by his wife,....
- Trinamool should weed out unscrupulous elements: Congress
Kolkata, July 25: West Bengal Congress president Manas Bhuniya today asked alliance partner All India Trinamool Congress to weed out unscrupulous elements from the party.
He also expr....
- Shah being made a scapegoat to save Modi: Congress
New Delhi, July 25: The Congress today alleged Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were making a "scapegoat" of former state home minister Amit Sha....
- Congress begins walk to Bellary against illegal mining
Bangalore, July 25: The Congress, the main opposition party in Karnataka, today began a 320-km 'padyatra' (walk) from Bangalore to Bellary to take on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party&#....
- Karnataka's season of rallies, prayers, power cuts
Bangalore, July 24: The Congress, the main opposition party in Karnataka, is all set to begin a 320-km "padayatra (walk)" on Sunday from Bangalore to Bellary to take on the ruling Bhara....
- Breakdown of law, order in Tripura: Congress
Agartala, July 24: There is a complete breakdown of law and order in Tripura, leader of opposition and Congressman Ratan Lal Nath said today, adding that party chief Sonia Gandhi has also voice....
- Modi has no right to criticise CBI: Congress
New Delhi, July 24: The Congress today slammed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for criticising the CBI for its probe into the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, saying he was attacking th....
- BJP trying to influence investigations against Shah: Congress
New Delhi, July 23: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying to influence investigations in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh murder case and shield its Gujarat minister Amit Shah, the Congress said tod....
- Congress demands dismissal of Nitish Kumar government
Patna, July 23: Congress legislators in Bihar today met Governor Devanand Konwar and handed over a memorandum demanding the immediate dismissal of the Nitish Kumar government over alleged irreg....
- I did not criticise Chidambaram: Digvijay Singh
New Delhi, July 22: Welcoming the party directive asking leaders not to speak out of turn, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh today said he had not criticized Home Minister P. Chidambara....
- Congress forms panel for Bihar poll
New Delhi, July 22: The Congress today formed a screening committee to recommend candidates for the approval of the party's central election committee (CEC) for the Bihar assembly elections....
- Congress demands Gujarat minister's resignation
New Delhi, July 22: The Congress today demanded the resignation of Gujarat Minister of State for Home Amit Shah after he was been summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for the a....
- Bihar Congress keen to use Nitish-Modi pic in poll campaign
New Delhi, July 21: Keen to capitalise on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's discomfiture over a photograph showing him holding hands with the controversial Narendra Modi, Congress workers....
- Congress defends its media policy
New Delhi, July 21: The Congress today defended its decision to ask office-bearers to speak only on subjects concerning them.
"These are the norms of the party," Congress gene....
- Youth Congress leader missing from Uttar Pradesh hotel
Lucknow, July 20: A prominent Youth Congress activist hand-picked by Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi to handle organisational elections has been missing from a hotel in Uttar Pradesh....
- No differences between Digvijay, Chidambaram: Congress
New Delhi, July 19: The Congress today denied there were differences between party general secretary Digvijay Singh and Home Minister P. Chidambaram on tackling the Maoist problem.
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- Nationalise illegal mines: CPI-M
New Delhi, July 19: The Communist party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) today said mines where illegal mining activities have been established should be nationalised.
"In cases where ill....
- Congress leaders into illegal mining, not me: Reddy
Bangalore, July 19: Karnataka Tourism Minister and iron ore mine owner G. Janardhana Reddy today charged that many state Congress leaders, and not he, were into illegal mining and exports.
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- Yeddyurappa's clean chit to Reddy brothers shocking: Congress
New Delhi, July 18: The Congress today criticised Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa for giving a clean chit to the Reddy brothers over allegations of illegal mining, terming it "sho....
- Assam's ruling Congress sounds poll bugle
Guwahati, July 18: The ruling Congress party in Assam and its ally, the Bodoland People's Front (BPF), today literally sounded the poll bugle ahead of next year's assembly elections by ....
- Chidambaram and I are still close friends: Digvijay Singh
New Delhi, July 18: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Saturday said he and Home Minister P. Chidambaram are "still close friends" despite his calling the latter "intellec....
- Karnataka Congress seeks CBI probe into illegal mining
New Delhi, July 17: Demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into illegal mining in Karnataka, state Congress leaders today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President ....
- Congress demands Nitish Kumar's resignation over scam
Patna, July 17 : Congress party workers in Bihar staged a sit-in here today demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after the Patna High Court ordered a Central Bureau of Inves....
- Congress leader files suit against Gujarat government
Gandhinagar, July 16: Shaktisinh Gohil, leader of the Congress in the Gujarat assembly, today filed a suit in the state high court challenging the legality in the state government granting "....
- Haryana Congress leaders hit back at Amarinder Singh
Chandigarh, July 16: Days after former Punjab chief minister and senior Congress leader Amarinder Singh criticised his own party's government in neighbouring Haryana for the construction of....
- Congress' Bengal chief for strong ties with Trinamool
Kolkata, July 16: West Bengal state Congress chief Manas Bhunia on Thursday called for strengthening the party's alliance with the Trinamool Congress in order to remove the Communist Party ....
- Mumbai Congress chief facing graft probe, court told
Mumbai, July 15: The income tax department and Maharashtra's anti-corruption bureau (ACB) have initiated separate probes into corruption charges against Mumbai Congress chief and legislator....
- No regrets for criticising Chidambaram: Digvijay Singh
New Delhi, July 15: Declaring that he has "no regrets" for his public criticism of Home Minister P. Chidambaram's counter-Maoist strategy focussing "only on the law and order an....
- Left cannot align with either Congress or BJP: Karat
Kolkata, July 14: Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat on Tuesday said the Left could not align with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or the Congress as they....
- Congress, JD-S MLAs to continue 24-hour assembly sit-in
Bangalore, July 13: Having spent the night in the Karnataka assembly, Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) legislators in the state were today set to camp out some more with leaders saying th....
- Congress 'seized of' Jagan issue, Moily to handle
New Delhi, July 12: The All India Congress Committee (AICC) is "seized of the matter" of the controversial yatra in Andhra Pradesh led by party MP Jaganmohan Reddy and union Law Ministe....
- Congress demands Punjab speaker's resignation
New Delhi, July 12: The Congress today demanded the immediate resignation of Punjab Speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon following a charge-sheet filed against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation....
- Congress team members manhandled by Trinamool workers
Kolkata, July 12: A Congress delegation led by All India Youth Congress general secretary Usha Naidu was allegedly forcibly prevented by Trinamool Congress supporters from entering Khejuri in W....
- Cracks in Andhra Congress widen as Jagan steps up attack
Hyderabad, July 12: The war within Andhra Pradesh's ruling Congress is turning bitter by the day with MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, the son of the late Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, directly targetin....
- Leaders should not cross line of decency: Pranab
Kolkata, July 12: Taking a dig at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari's reference to parliament attack convict Afzal Guru as the "son-in-law" of the Congress, Finan....
- Congress students' wing shows black flags to Gadkari
Kolkata, July 11: Activists of the Chhatra Parishad, the student's wing of the Congress, today waved black flags at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari here to protest his ....
- Poster gives 'rate list' for Congress posts
Lucknow, July 11: If a controversial poster put up at the district Congress committee office in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district is to be believed, posts in the party are up for "sale&....
- Congress workers burn Gadkari's effigy
Ranchi, July 10: Congress workers today burnt an effigy of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari over his controversial remark against the party on hanging parliament attack conv....
- YSR's son attacks Congress leadership
Hyderabad, July 10: Hitting out at the Congress leadership, party MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy today alleged that Andhra Pradesh's ministers and legislators were being prevented from joining hi....
- Congress state units asked to speed up poll process
New Delhi, July 10: With the Congress' organisational elections entering their penultimate phase, the party's poll panel has asked state units to speed up the process of electing delega....
- Gadkari's remark 'obnoxious, obscene', says Congress
New Delhi, July 9: The Congress hit out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Nitin Gadkari today, saying he should go to a psychiatric facility for the "obnoxious" remark that the ruli....
- Congress serves notice on Jaganmohan loyalist
Hyderabad, July 9: Cracking the whip, the ruling Congress party in Andhra Pradesh today served showcause notice to a leader loyal to party MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy.
The disciplinary c....
- Nitish ads like NDA's India Shining campaign: Congress
New Delhi, July 9: The Congress today took a dig at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for newspaper advertisements highlighting his achievements, saying that he was using government money to pr....
- Congress condemns Gadkari's Afzal Guru remarks
New Delhi, July 9: Coming down heavily on BJP President Nitin Gadkari, Congress held Gadkari as immature and not a suitable candidate to be the president of BJP, which is a national party.
- Congress plays down Jagan's decision to resume yatra
New Delhi, July 7: The Congress on Wednesday sought to play down party MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's decision to resume his 'Odarpu' yatra' despite reservations on the part of the ....
- Kashmir trouble being fostered from across border: Congress
New Delhi, July 7: The Congress today expressed concern over the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and said that "inimical" elements from across the border were trying to create tension an....
- Congress changes stand on Jagan's 'yatra'
New Delhi/Hyderabad, July 6: The Congress today blew hot and cold over the 'Odarpu yatra' of its Andhra Pradesh MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, first warning him against going ahead with the ....
- Central ministers of Congress to campaign in Bihar
New Delhi, July 6: The Congress has stepped up preparations for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections by drawing up plans for tours of central ministers holding portfolios dealing with social s....
- Sonia wishes Paswan on his 64th birthday
New Delhi, July 5: Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi today wished Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Ram Vilas Paswan on his 64th birthday. Congress leaders said it was a courtesy call and no ....
- Three Congress supporters injured in clash with CPI-M activists
Kolkata, July 5: Three Congress supporters were injured when Communist Party of India-Marxists (CPI-M) activists allegedly hurled crude bombs and set their houses on fire following a dispute ov....
- Congress too worried over price rise: Dikshit
New Delhi, July 5: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said that her government too was worried over rising prices. "Price rise is troubling all of us, and the (Congress) governments ....
- Shutdown anti-public activity of opposition: Congress
New Delhi, July 5: The Congress said today that the objective of the opposition in calling a nationwide dusk-to-dawn shutdown was "sensationalism" and "an anti-public interest activ....
- Congress announces eight candidates for Andhra by-polls
Hyderabad, July 4: Andhra Pradesh Congress chief D. Srinivas will contest from the Nizamabad Urban assembly constituency in the July 27 by-elections.
The Congress today announced cand....
- BJP trashes Congress charge of doctoring Gujarat voters' list
New Delhi, July 3: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today rubbished Congress' allegation of malpractices in the preparation of voters' list in Gujarat, pointing out that the electoral r....
- Nationwide shutdown uncalled for: Congress
New Delhi, July 3: The Congress has termed the opposition-backed on July 5 nationwide shutdown against price rise as "uncalled for" as it will cause hardship to people and said that the....
- No transparency in selecting party leadership: Karunakaran
Thiruvananthapuram, July 3: Veteran Congress leader K. Karunakaran today alleged that there was no transparency in the process of electing a new party leadership in the state.
Speakin....
- Congress leaders meet poll panel over Gujarat's 'bogus voters'
New Delhi, July 2: Congress leaders here today urged the Election Commission to review the voters list in Gujarat to weed out "bogus voters".
A Congress delegation comprising ....
- Himachal BJP youth wing chief insensitive: Congress
Shimla, July 2: The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) youth wing's new chief Anurag Thakur was insensitive towards a paramilitary trooper when he celebrated his appointment while the funer....
- Congress still a factor in West Bengal: New state chief
Kolkata, June 30: Newly-appointed West Bengal state Congress chief Manas Bhuniya on Tuesday supported the alliance with the Trinamool Congress, but said no one can "erase" his party fro....
- Pranab resigns as Bengal Congress party head
New Delhi, June 27: Senior Congress leader and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today resigned as president of the party's West Bengal unit "due to his heavy government responsibilitie....
- Fuel price hike under compulsion: Congress
New Delhi, June 26: The Congress today defended the government's move to hike fuel prices, saying that the decision must have been taken under certain compulsions as no government wants to ....
- Another tainted Goa politician joins Congress
Panaji, June 24: Within days of admitting into the party a legislator with three criminal charge-sheets against him, Congress's Goa unit today rolled out the red carpet to Vishwajeet Rane, ....
- Land gifted to Rajendra Prasad usurped by Congress?
Ranchi, June 24: India's first president Rajendra Prasad would never have imagined that land gifted to him in 1940 for starting an educational institution would allegedly be grabbed by the ....
- Congress' state-wide anti-Mayawati protests on Thursday
Lucknow, June 23: The Congress will stage state-wide demonstrations on Thursday to protest against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's move to bar political parties from the forthcoming....
- Monserrate's joining Congress evokes sharp reactions
Panaji, June 23: Controversial Goa Education Minister and unattached legislator Atanasio Monserrate's entry into the Congress has triggered sharp reactions from both within the party and th....
- Congress' special attention on Bihar, Uttar Pradesh: Sonia
New Delhi, June 22: The Congress will pay special attention to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in the mass contact programme it has launched, party chief Sonia Gandhi has said.
"The Congr....
- 'Congress will benefit as people will punish JD-U, BJP'
New Delhi, June 21: Terming Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's action of returning the relief money sent by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as "a move to fool the secular people&#....
- NDA is crumbling, says Congress
New Delhi, June 21: With the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) ties with the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) hitting a rough patch, the Congress said today that the BJP-led national alliance was crum....
- Congress to welcome tainted legislator into party
Panaji, June 21: The Goa Congress is all set to welcome in its fold a legislator accused of beating up Youth Congress workers, who were staging a rally here in support of an IT project in the s....
- NDA constituents petrified by Modi's shadow: Congress
New Delhi, June 19: The Congress today took a dig at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi over the Bihar government returning the Rs.5 crore unutilised amount of Kosi flood relief, saying that ....
- Congress padyatras in Uttar Pradesh on Rahul's b'day on Saturday
Lucknow, June 18: The state unit of the Congress will take out padyatras or marches in every district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday and also organise blood donation camps to mark the birthday of....
- BJP resolutions a bundle of lies: Congress
New Delhi, June 16: The Congress today accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of making false charges against the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in resolutions adopted at its na....
- Andhra Pradesh Congress chief meets Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi, June 16: Andhra Pradesh Congress chief D. Srinivas on Tuesday met party president Sonia Gandhi to discuss the upcoming assembly by-elections in the Telangana region of the state.
- Congress appoints district, divisional observers in Bihar
New Delhi, June 14: The Congress today appointed district and divisional observers in Bihar to get an assessment about the party's preparations for the assembly polls in the state later thi....
- Modi wasting Gujarat money on Bihar ads: Congress
Gandhinagar, June 12 : Leader of Opposition in the Gujarat assembly Shaktisinh Gohil today accused Chief Minister Narendra Modi of wasting crores of rupees of public money by placing advert....
- Sack Mayawati for urban bodies' indirect poll move: Congress
Lucknow, June 11: Accusing Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati of demolishing statutory bodies in the state, the state Congress today sought the dismissal of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) gov....
- Congress asks Kerala leaders to maintain discipline
New Delhi, June 10: Taking serious note of the unseemly public squabbles amongst its leaders in Kerala, the Congress today warned that "discipline in the party should be maintained at all c....
- Will probe flood relief fund misuse charges: Congress
Bangalore, June 8: The Congress will probe allegations of misuse of flood relief funds collected by its Karnataka unit from the public, a senior party leader said here today.
"The....
- Congress accuses Modi of anti-Dalit agenda
Gandhinagar, June 8: The Congress party's Gujarat unit on Monday accused Chief Minister Narendra Modi of pursuing an anti-Dalit agenda and held him responsible for the demolition of over 20....
- YSR's son defers 'yatra' on Sonia Gandhi's directive
Hyderabad, June 7: Finally bowing to the Congress leadership, Lok Sabha member Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy today postponed his 'odarpu yatra' by a month.
The late chief minister Y.S....
- Controversial book on Sonia to be out by year-end?
New Delhi, June 7: Indian publisher Roli Books said today that it intends to bring out the English translation of the book "El Sari Rojo" on Congress president Sonia Gandhi's life b....
- Congress caught in controversy over Karnataka flood relief fund
Bangalore, June 7: The Congress in Karnataka was today embroiled in a controversy over the way it used over Rs.20 million collected from the people for relief operations in last year's floo....
- Congress nominates Maruthi for Rajya Sabha
New Delhi, June 7: The Congress today announced the name of party leader T.V. Maruthi as its second candidate for the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka.
According t....
- Congress backs Orissa businessman for Rajya Sabha
Bhubaneswar, June 7: Orissa's opposition Congress has backed businessman Tara Patnaik as an independent candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections.
Patnaik submitted his nomination p....
- Congress using new system to select candidates in UP
Lucknow, June 6: The "Mission 2012", launched by Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi to bring the party back to power in Uttar Pradesh, also includes a well laid out system for sele....
- Congress slams move to reinstate tainted bureaucrat
Raipur, June 5: Chhattisgarh's main opposition Congress party today slammed the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's decision to revoke the suspension of an Indian Administrative Service (IA....
- Congress plays down IPL controversy surrounding Pawar
New Delhi, June 4: The Congress today played down the controversy surrounding Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar over his family's stake in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Pune team, saying ....
- Oscar Fernandes Congress' Karnataka Rajya Sabha candidate
New Delhi, June 4: The Congress today announced Oscar Fernandes will be its candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections in Karnataka.
A party statement said that Congress president Sonia ....
- Congress names Jairam Ramesh for Rajya Sabha poll
New Delhi, June 3: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today approved Minister of State for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh's candidature for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Andhra....
- 'Bihar Congress leadership changes will curb factionalism'
New Delhi, June 3: The Congress will benefit in election-bound Bihar with a new state unit chief as the appointment will help to end factionalism, a party leader said today.
"The ....
- Congress raps CPI-M for questioning its secular credentials
Thiruvananthapuram, June 2: The Congress in Kerala today criticised Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan for questioning the party's secular credentials and said that he was trying to create c....
- Congress still a deciding factor, says Bengal leader
Kolkata, June 2: The Congress continued to be a deciding factor in West Bengal politics, the party's state working president Pradip Bhattacharya said today as its dismal showing in the civi....
- Kaiser new Congress chief in Bihar
New Delhi, June 2: Effecting top-level changes in its faction-ridden Bihar unit before assembly polls this year, the Congress today named Mehboob Ali Kaiser as the new state party chief.
- Congress denies interfering in release of 'Rajneeti'
New Delhi, May 31: The Congress today said it had not interfered in the release of film "Rajneeti" which has generated political heat for its reported depiction of Congress president So....
- Congress slams Kerala government for failing Kalam's Vision 2010
Thiruvananthapuram, May 31: The Congress today quizzed the Left government in Kerala on the Vision 2010 programme presented by former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in the state assembly five yea....
- Jagan defensive, says rally was for father
New Delhi, May 31: Congress MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy today defended his controversial rally that triggered violence in Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh and said it was for his father, the lat....
- Congress clearing Bihar mess
Patna, May 30: A change of guard in the Congress' Bihar office is likely. A little birdie at 10 Janpath tells us that the party is looking for successors of state in-charge Jagdish Tytler a....
- Sonia, Omar discuss Kashmir coalition's functioning
Jammu, May 29: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today discussed the functioning of the National Conference-Congress coalition government in the....
- Congress frowns upon Maken's letter opposing caste census
New Delhi, May 28: The Congress today expressed disapproval of Minister of State for Home Ajay Maken urging young members of parliament in a letter to oppose demands for inclusion of caste in t....
- Railways should take serious note of mishap: Congress
New Delhi, May 28: Describing the rail mishap in West Bengal as "very unfortunate", the Congress today said the railway ministry and the state government should take serious note of the....
- Sonia Gandhi calls off Srinagar visit
Jammu, May 27: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has cancelled her Srinagar leg of her visit to Jammu and Kashmir on May 29, official sources said late on Wednesday.
According to the so....
- Caste-based census a sensitive issue: Congress
New Delhi, May 26: The Congress today said a caste-based census is a sensitive issue and there is difference of opinion on it - even within the political parties.
Congress spokesman S....
- Congress' Jharkhand legislators to meet on Thursday
Ranchi, May 25: The Congress has called a meeting of its legislators in Jharkhand on Thursday to discuss the political situation after the Shibu Soren-led government was reduced to a minority w....
- Congress to promote communal harmony in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, May 25: The Congress party will launch a campaign across Uttar Pradesh to promote communal harmony by highlighting the contribution of freedom fighters from different castes and religi....
- In Kashmir, Sonia will battle the flames in Congress
Jammu, May 24: In a state where the Islamist insurgency shows no signs of ending, Congress president Sonia Gandhi will have a more pressing task on hand when she visits Jammu and Kashmir on Sat....
- Muralidharan asked to wait before rejoining Congress
New Delhi, May 24: Congress's former Kerala unit chief K. Muralidharan today said that he was expecting to be re-inducted into the party before the upcoming civic polls in the state but has....
- Congress focus on preventing BJP government in Jharkhand
Ranchi, May 23: Jharkhand's political drama continued today with Chief Minister Shibu Soren showing no urgency to quit and the Congress intensifying efforts to prevent the Bharatiya Janata ....
- Congress pays homage to Rajiv Gandhi
Chennai, May 21: Congress leaders today paid tributes to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in Tamil Nadu, where he was blown up by a suicide bomber on this day 19 years ago.
Tamil Na....
- BJP asks Prime Minister to break silence on 2G scam
New Delhi, May 21: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday questioned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's silence on Union Communications Minister A. Raja's alleged acts of "corrup....
- Air power should be limited to Bastar, says Congress MP
New Delhi, May 19: Jharkhand's Congress MP Mabel Rebello favours giving air support to security forces battling Maoists but says it should be "limited to Bastar region" and used onl....
- Allotting panchayat land for golf course illegal: Congress
Chandigarh, May 19: The Congress has termed as "illegal" and "unconstitutional" the Punjab government's decision to persuade village panchayats to allot land in their area o....
- Rahul Gandhi to hold rally in Mirzapur
Lucknow, May 18: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is to hold a rally in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district and is likely to speak on the exploitation of tribals and illegal stone quar....
- Sonia Gandhi to visit Rae Bareli on Monday
Lucknow, May 15: Congress president Sonia Gandhi will undertake a three-day tour of her parliamentary constituency Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh starting Monday to review developmental schemes, a....
- Congress blames BJP for political uncertainty in Jharkhand
New Delhi, May 15: The Congress on Friday blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the political deadlock in Jharkhand which it said was causing trouble to people of the state.
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- Treat controversy on Ramesh remarks as closed: Congress
New Delhi, May 14: The Congress today said that the controversy over Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh's remarks in Beijing should be treated as closed after he met Prime Minister Manmohan....
- Kerala to host Congress' south regional conference
New Delhi, May 12: Kerala's state Congress unit chief Ramesh Chennithala said today that the party will host its southern regional conference in October.
The Kerala conference wil....
- Congress boycotts Madhya Pradesh assembly special session
Bhopal, May 11: A four-day special session of Madhya Pradesh assembly began today with Deputy Speaker Harvansh Singh, the main opposition Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party staying away, desc....
- BJP trying to pressurise CBI: Congress MP
Panaji, May 11: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is attempting to pressurise the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to go slow on its leaders being probed for various offences by staging nat....
- Jairam's Beijing remarks 'not at all appropriate': Congress
New Delhi, May 10: Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh's remarks in China, critical of the home ministry, were "not at all appropriate" and should have under no circumsta....
- Jindal to take up khap panchayat issues with government
New Delhi, May 10: Congress MP Naveen Jindal clarified today that he had not taken a stand on the demand of khap (caste) panchayats in Haryana to amend the Hindu Marriage Act to prevent marriag....
- Chouhan wants Congress MLAs to attend special assembly session
Bhopal, May 10: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has asked Congress president Sonia Gandhi to direct her party legislators to participate in the special session of the assemb....
- Congress, MIM, TDP win seat each in legislative council
Hyderabad, May 10: Andhra Pradesh's ruling Congress, its ally Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) and the main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) today won a seat each in the 90-member legi....
- Congress soft on terrorists: Gadkari
Shimla, May 10: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari on Sunday accused the Congress party of being soft on terrorists and expressed apprehensions whether the central government ....
- Threat to Sheila Dikshit serious, says Congress
New Delhi, May 8: The Congress today described an anonymous call warning of threat to the life of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit as a serious issue.
"It is a serious issue. T....
- Threat to Sheila Dikshit serious, says Congress
New Delhi, May 8: The Congress today described an anonymous call warning of threat to the life of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit as a serious issue.
"It is a serious issue. T....
- Omar to do the transfers, Congress upset
Jammu, May 8: A proposal to give Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah the sole authority to transfer deputy commissioners and senior superintendents of police has led to a row with th....
- Sri Lankans quizzed ahead of Rahul Gandhi visit
Kollam, May 8: Ahead of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's visit here on Monday, 36 Tamils from Sri Lanka have been detained and questioned to know how they reached Kerala, an offici....
- Mayawati's claim of ousting criminals an eyewash: Congress
Lucknow, May 5: The Congress today termed as mere "eyewash" Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's claim about expelling 500 partymen with criminal antecedents and challenged her t....
- Congress slams Reddy brothers for continuing as ministers
New Delhi, May 3: The Congress today slammed Reddy brothers, the mining barons who are ministers in Karnataka, and a few of their colleagues for continuing in the state's Bharatiya Janata P....
- Digvijay Singh is a confused leader, says Chhattisgarh CM
Raipur, May 3: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh today described the Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh a "confused leader" on the Maoist issue.
"Digvijay Sin....
- India to host 2011 World Marketing Congress
New Delhi, April 30: India will host the 2011 World Marketing Congress, with a special focus on East Africa.
The two-day 38th World Marketing Congress will be organised by the Institu....
- Digvijay regrets row over his Chidambaram comments
Lucknow, April 29: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh today expressed regrets over the controversy created by his comments on Home Minister P. Chidambaram vis-a-vis Maoists.
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- No pact between Congress, BSP: Digvijay Singh
Lucknow, April 29: Congress leader Digvijay Singh today said the support extended by the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to the central government over the cut motions in the Lok Sabha should not be ....
- Congress leader alleges death threat
Bhopal, April 28: Madhya Pradesh Congress spokesperson K.K. Mishra today claimed he had received a death threat.
"I received a one-page hand-written letter in an envelope addresse....
- Shibu Soren is a secular leader: Congress
New Delhi, April 28: Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren was a "secular" leader who may have been "uncomfortable" with the BJP in the state, the Congress said today, a day afte....
- Support of UPA allies 'intact' on cut motion, says Congress
New Delhi, April 27: The Congress said the government will face no problem in getting its financial agenda passed in the Lok Sabha today when opposition parties plan to move cut motions on the ....
- Amid protests, Congress confident of passing test of strength
New Delhi, April 27: The opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was today set to move cut motions in the Lok Sabha on the budget proposals to hike prices of fuels and fertilisers but the....
- Party has lost a visionary in Prabha Rau's death: Congress
Mumbai, April 26: Top Congress leaders from Maharashtra paid rich tributes to senior party leader and Rajasthan Governor Prabha Rau, who died in New Delhi, saying she had worked very hard to ta....
- Congress confident of braving cut motions, issues whip
New Delhi, April 26: The government today said it was confident of getting its budget proposals passed in parliament in the face of the opposition's decision to move cut motions. The ruling....
- Madhya Pradesh government tapping my phone: Digvijay Singh
Bhopal, April 25: Accusing Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan of protecting "corrupt ministers", Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh today also alleged that his p....
- Congress keeps off NCP over IPL row, but strains appear
New Delhi, April 23: With senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders facing questions in the wake of the Indian Premier League controversy, the Congress has been avoiding answering questio....
- Congress top brass discusses strategy for finance bill
New Delhi, April 23: Top Congress leaders met here today to discuss the government’s strategy in parliament as the crucial finance bill will be taken up for passage next week.
With th....
- Congress finalises list of ministers for Meghalaya
Shillong, April 23: The Congress has finalised its list of ministers to be sworn in Saturday as ministers in the new Meghalaya government headed by Chief Minister Mukul M. Sangma.
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- BJP-ruled states too failed to curb price rise: Congress
New Delhi, April 21: The Congress today criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for holding a massive rally against price rise in the capital and said that states ruled by the BJP too had d....
- Congress' marches in Uttar Pradesh lose their leaders
Lucknow, April 20: Within a week of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi flagging off ten "chetna yatras" (awakening marches) to rejuvenate the party in Uttar Pradesh, most leaders h....
- Congress seeks new norms on cabinet size in northeast states
Shillong, April 20?: The Congress today said a new yardstick has to be evolved for fixing the size of the council of ministers in northeast states to prevent political instability.
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- Congress launches its own Gujarat celebrations
Gandhinagar, April 19: Even as the Narendra Modi government in Gujarat is working to organise extensive celebrations beginning on May 1 to celebrate the state’s golden jubilee, the Congress Mon....
- Why is BJP silent on Reddy brothers, asks Congress
New Delhi, April 19: Attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a day after Shashi Tharoor resigned from the government over the IPL row, the Congress today quesioned the "eloquent silence&....
- Why Congress distanced itself from Tharoor?
New Delhi, April 19: The Congress has finally distanced itself from Shashi Tharoor, who resigned on Sunday as minister of state for external affairs, to prevent the opposition from taking the m....
- Tharoor meets Congress top brass
New Delhi, April 19: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who resigned as junior external affairs minister, spent much of today afternoon meeting party leaders including Pranab Mukherjee, A.K. Antony an....
- Curtains down on Tharoor controversy: Congress, BJP
New Delhi, April 19: The Shashi Tharoor controversy is a closed chapter, the Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said today, a day after he resigned as minister of state fo....
- Congress issues whip to Lok Sabha MPs
New Delhi, April 19: In a bid to ensure that the Finance Bill is passed without any hitch, the Congress has issued a whip to all its MPs to be present for seven days of the Lok Sabha proceeding....
- Tharoor steps down, PM sends resignation to president
New Delhi, April 19: Embattled Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor resigned on Sunday night, informed sources said here. A formal announcement was still awaited and was like....
- Congress core committee meeting ends
New Delhi, April 18: The crucial meeting of the Congress' Core Committee held against the backdrop of Minister of State of External Affairs Shashi Tharoor's alleged involvement in an ug....
- Congress core committee meets to decide Tharoor's fate
New Delhi, April 18: Hours after Minister of State of External Affairs Shashi Tharoor met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a meeting of the Congress party's core committee is taking place tod....
- Sonia asks party MPs to be regular in parliament
New Delhi, April 16: With the government bracing up to face the opposition-sponsored cut motions on the Finance Bill, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today asked party MPs to attend parliament ....
- Digvijay should raise issues at party forum: Congress
New Delhi, April 15: The Congress today objected to its senior leader Digvijay Singh's remarks, in an article, against Home Minister P. Chidambaram' "rigid" stance on tackling M....
- Congress stays away from Tharoor row
New Delhi, April 13: The Congress today stayed clear of the Indian Premier League (IPL) row involving Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor even as his boss S.M. Krishna met par....
- In Rahul's footsteps, Congress builds a youth base
New Delhi, April 13: Under Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's keen eye, the Congress plans to induct and train 15,000 volunteers, drawing them from every village block, in the next s....
- Congress does not rule out air power against Maoists
New Delhi: Echoing the government line in the fight against Maoists, the Congress on Friday did not rule out the possibility using air power to deal with Left-wing ultras.
"As of ....
- Himachal Congress activists baton charged, detained
Shimla: At least 11 Congress activists were injured and 40 detained here today after police resorted to baton charge to disperse them while they were blockading the Shimla-Chandigarh highway to....
- Congress downplays Chidambaram's resignation offer
New Delhi: The Congress today sought to downplay reports about Home Minister P. Chidambaram offering to resign, owning responsibility of Tuesday's massacre of security officials by Maoists ....
- Officials examining Joshi's speech for remarks against Mayawati
Lucknow: Acting on reports that Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi allegedly made some disparaging remarks against Chief Minister Mayawati at a rally, officials are examining the ....
- Congress members wear black badges in Himachal assembly
Shimla: Sporting black bands inside the Himachal Pradesh assembly, the opposition Congress members today staged a silent protest over the registration of a criminal case against one of the part....
- Karunakaran not unwell, just deeply saddened: Son
Thiruvananthapuram: Senior Congress leader K. Karunakaran, who is in hospital, does not have any medical problem -- the nonagenarian is just deeply saddened over being slighted by the party, sa....
- Was Chhattisgarh attack intelligence failure, asks Congress
New Delhi: Terming the killing of 75 security personnel in Chattisgarh by the Maoists as an act of terror, the Congress today said "there might have been an intelligence failure and the rea....
- Mayawati is stone-hearted 'Murti-devi', says Congress
New Delhi: The Congress today lashed out at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for seeking funds for implementing Right to Education Act in the state, calling her a stone-hearted "murti-....
- Why Ambani is not chosen as Gujarat ambassador: Congress
New Delhi/Vadodara: Congress continues to remain rigid in its stance of not accepting Bollywood Megastar Amitabh Bachchan as Gujarat's brand ambassador.
Congress general secretar....
- I was a victim of CPI-M's conspiracy: Congress leader
Thiruvananthapuram: Days after his party revoked his suspension, senior Congress leader Rajmohan Unnithan today lashed out at the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) for "spread....
- Congress to try for consensus on women's bill
New Delhi: The Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) said today they will convey their strong opposition to the women's reservation bill at Monday's all-party meeting call....
- Congress, alliance partner to contest Tripura council polls alone
Agartala: The 28-year-old alliance between the main opposition Congress and the tribal Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT) ended today with both parties deciding to contest next mont....
- No instructions to party activists on Amitbah: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress today denied it had issued instructions to its leaders and party workers not to take part in meetings where Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan is present.
'Th....
- Congress walkout in Himachal over suicide probe
Shimla: The opposition Congress today staged a walkout in the Himachal Pradesh assembly, demanding transfer of a case of suicide by an unmarried woman to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CB....
- Now, Congress mum on Bachchan row
New Delhi: Having criticised actor Amitabh Bachchan over the past few days for accepting to be Gujarat's brand ambassador, the Congress on Wednesday refused to comment further on the issue.....
- Will Dawood's facing law be a favour? Congress asks BJP
New Delhi: The Congress today hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for lauding Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's appearance before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing t....
- Rahul compelled to shift Ambedkar Nagar rally venue
Lucknow: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi had to change the venue of his rally in Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkar Nagar after the local administration denied permission for the original spo....
- Congress fires fresh salvo at Amitabh
New Delhi: Putting further pressure on megastar Amitabh Bachchan for accepting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's offer to be the state's brand ambassador, the Congress today asked ....
- Modi's Taliban comments a frustrated outburst: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress today hit back at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his "Taliban" comments, saying it was a "frustrated" outburst after his long questioning by th....
- It is for organisers to answer Amitabh's query: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress reacted cautiously to the controversy over removal of actor Abhishek Bachchan's posters and his video message at an Earth Day function attended by Delhi Chief Minist....
- Congress will profit from DMK's sibling rivalry
New Delhi: Just as sibling rivalry can cause fissures in a corporate empire, political parties too can break up for similar reasons.
One recent example was the disintegration of the S....
- Rahul Gandhi meets officials to review projects
Amethi: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today met officials and public representatives to review developmental projects funded by the central government in his constituency here in Amet....
- Sea Link row: Congress not happy with Amitabh's presence
Mumbai: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is not in the good books of many and that was reflected in Maharshtra CM's remarks on Wednesday. Although, Maharashtra government invited Amitabh....
- Congress MP seeks postponement of census in Mumbai
Mumbai: Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam today appealed to the Maharashtra government to postpone the forthcoming census campaign in Mumbai, scheduled in May-June, to prevent injustice to millions of....
- Opposition to nuclear liability bill baseless, says Congress
New Delhi: Defending the nuclear liability bill which is facing stiff opposition from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Left parties, the Congress said on Monday that their stand was "un....
- Congress to bail out former hockey Olympian
Bhopal: The opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh has decided to come to the rescue of former Hockey Olympian Aslam Sher Khan, who has been slapped with non-payment of property tax notice and h....
- Punish Vedanta chief for Balco mishap: Congress
Raipur: Chhattisgarh's opposition Congress today demanded that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government act against London-based Vedanta Resources Plc chairman Anil Agarwal over a chimne....
- No pressure from allies on women's quota bill: Congress
New Delhi: Ruling out quota within quota in the bill providing 33 percent reservation for women in all legislatures, the Congress party today said there was "no pressure" on it from its....
- When Rahul speaks, Maya's throne shakes: Congress
New Delhi: 'When Rahul speaks, Maya's throne shakes,' said Congress today, reacting to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's warning to the people to guard against Congress ge....
- Party reached new peaks under Sonia Gandhi: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress today hailed Sonia Gandhi's leadership on her completing 12 years as party president, and said the party's journey under her stewardship was of "solid achiev....
- Congressmen in Jharkhand seek CBI probe into scams
Ranchi: Thousands of Congress workers staged protests outside the state assembly today, demanding CBI probe into scores of scams and early holding of panchayat elections.
Congress lea....
- Congress suspends Sadhu Yadav for remarks on women's bill
Patna: The Bihar unit of the Congress today suspended Sadhu Yadav for criticising the national leadership of the party for passing the women's reservation bill.
A show cause notic....
- Congress boycotts Orissa governor's address
Bhubaneswar: Congress members boycotted the address of Governor Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare today and walked out after the 10-day assembly session began over the government's alleged fai....
- MP demands Rs.5 lakh compensation for stampede victims
New Delhi: Congress MP Rajkumari Ratna Singh today asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to provide Rs.5 lakh compensation for the kin of those killed in a stampede in an ashram near Kunda town i....
- Congress opposes inauguration of bridge by Uttar Pradesh minister
Lucknow: Inauguration of a bridge over the Ganga river in Congress president Sonia Gandhi's parliamentary constituency, Rae Bareli, has become a bone of contention between Uttar Pradesh'....
- Pranab briefs party MPs on fuel price hike
New Delhi: Ahead of the stormy session in both houses of parliament, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today briefed Congress MPs on the reasons behind the fuel price hike.
He explain....
- Party, government satisfied with Tharoor, says Congress
New Delhi: The ruling Congress today said the party and the government were completely satisfied with the explanation Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has given on his stat....
- Naked Russians corrupt minds: Goa Congress MP
Panaji: Russian tourists in Morjim, a beach village in north Goa, move around naked on the beach or are scantily clad, Congress MP Shantaram Naik said today after touring the area popular with ....
- NC-Congress to jointly fight municipal polls
Jammu: Ruling coalition partners in Jammu and Kashmir -- National Conference (NC) and Congress -- will jointly contest the upcoming municipal polls in the state, according to official sources.
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- India should talk to Pakistan over Sikh beheading: Congress
New Delhi: India needs to talk to Pakistan over the beheading of a Sikh near Pakistan's Peshawar city, the ruling Congress said today.
"It is a serious issue and there is a ne....
- 'Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh ministers should declare property'
Raipur: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said today that chief ministers and ministers in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh should declare their property details.
Talking to re....
- Orissa Congress seeks white paper on farmers' suicides
Bhubaneswar: More than 50 farmers have committed suicide in different parts of Orissa due to crop losses, the Congress claimed today, asking the state government to come out with a white paper ....
- New Congress women chiefs in five states
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has appointed new chiefs of the Mahila Congress in five states.
According to a Congress release, Abha Sinha will be the president of the wom....
- Congress refuses comment on Sajjan Kumar warrant
New Delhi: The Congress today refused to comment on the non-bailable arrest warrant issued against party leader Sajjan Kumar in connection with 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases. The party said it was....
- Goa Congress blasts navy jets' sonic booms
Panaji: The state Congress has accused the Indian Navy of acting "irresponsibly" and scaring the wits out of the local populace in the wake of the Pune terror strike, a Goa Pradesh Cong....
- Congress condemns action against party workers in Lucknow
New Delhi: The Congress today condemned police caning of party workers in Lucknow on Tuesday, saying it reflected the Mayawati government's "autocratic behaviour".
"Po....
- BJP politicising Pune blast, says Congress
New Delhi: The Congress today accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of politicising the terror attack in Pune by demanding that talks with Pakistan be called off and said such a step would b....
- Congress on massive recruitment drive in Bihar among youth
New Delhi: Having altered the electoral calculus in Uttar Pradesh in his party's favour, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is hoping to replicate the same in Bihar by sending out 16 y....
- 'Dikshit, Digvijay not provided security on Bareilly visit'
Lucknow: The Congress' Uttar Pradesh unit on Saturday accused the Mayawati government of not providing adequate security to Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit and former Madhya Pradesh chi....
- Rahul Gandhi articulates Nehruvian vision of modern India
New Delhi: The first major intervention which Rahul Gandhi made in government policy was on the nuclear deal. But for his support, Manmohan Singh would not have been able to secure the party....
- No information on National Advisory Council, says Congress
New Delhi: The Congress said today it did not have information about the government again forming a National Advisory Council (NAC) headed by party president Sonia Gandhi to oversee its welfare....
- Tie-up with DMK strong, says Congress
New Delhi: There were no hiccups in the Congress' alliance with the DMK and there were no possibilities of the party tying up with the AIADMK ahead of elections in the state next year, a pa....
- Digvijay Singh briefs Sonia on Azamgarh visit
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh today briefed party chief Sonia Gandhi about his visit to Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh where he received petitions from families of young me....
- Digvijay to give Sonia report on Azamgarh visit
New Delhi: Special courts should be set up to fast-track terrorism cases involving youth from Azamgarh, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh has suggested after his "fact finding" ....
- Controlling prices mandate of agriculture ministry: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress party today said the mandate of controlling food prices lay with the agriculture and food ministries but added that inflation was the concern of the central government t....
- No recommendation on two former CPI-M MPs joining party: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress today said it had not received any recommendation from its Kerala state unit in favour of two former MPs of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) joining the part....
- Price situation will improve soon, PM tells CWC
New Delhi: The government is trying to check price rise and control inflation by boosting agricultural production, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meetin....
- PM, Chidambaram brief CWC meeting
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today briefed the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party's highest decision-making body, about the steps taken by the government to bring down ....
- Price rise on mind, PM and Sonia attend CWC meeting
New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee (CWC), including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, met here today amid concerns ove....
- New Tripura Congress chief appointed
Agartala: Surajit Dutta, former minister and senior Congress legislator, has been appointed as Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee chief by party president Sonia Gandhi, a party spokesman said t....
- Amid Shiv Sena tirade, Rahul Gandhi to step in tiger's den
Mumbai: Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi arrives here today morning to interact with Mumbai students and youth, two days after he was warned by the Shiv Sena to "keep off Maharashtra"....
- Congress distances itself from Digvijay's remarks
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday sought to distance itself from some of party general secretary Digvijay Singh's remarks during his Azamgarh visit on Wednesday, saying that it was for hi....
- On eve of Rahul Gandhi visit, Congress hits back at Shiv Sena
Mumbai: On the eve of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's visit to Mumbai, leaders of the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) today hit back at the Shiv Sena and Maharashtra....
- Didn't say Batla House gunbattle was fake: Digvijay Singh
Lucknow: Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh, who has come under attack over his comments on Batla House shootout in Delhi, today said he never termed the gunbattle fake.
"I am ....
- CWC meeting on Friday to focus on price rise
New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee (CWC) will meet here on Friday amid concern in the party over price rice and efforts by the opposition to pin the government on the issue.
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- Congress leaders in Azamgarh greeted by black flags
Lucknow: Members of the Ulema Council, a body of clerics, waved black flags and shouted slogans as senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh and other party leaders today arrived in Azamgarh on a t....
- Congress working committee meets on Friday on price rise
New Delhi: The Congress has convened a meeting of its working committee, the party's highest decision making body, on Friday to discuss price rise and organisational elections.
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- Bal Thackeray has lost his balance, says Congress
New Delhi: The Congress hit back at Bal Thackeray for his vicious attack on its general secretary Rahul Gandhi today, with one leader labelling the Shiv Sena chief a "paper tiger" and a....
- Digvijay Singh to go ahead with Azamgarh visit
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said today he would go ahead with his visit to Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh town on Wednesday, despite objections by some political parties ....
- Congress non-committal on Amar Singh joining party
Lucknow: Congress leaders today declined to comment on the possibility of inducting expelled Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary Amar Singh into the party.
Replying to a barrage of....
- Russian ballet at tribal fest criticised by Congress
Bhopal: The Congress today slammed the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh for the performance by a skimpily-clad Russian ballet troupe at a tribal festival organised at the s....
- Every part of India belongs to every Indian: Rahul Gandhi
Patna: Every part of India belongs to every Indian, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said today while hitting out at the Shiv Sena for its 'Mumbai for Marathis' slogan and assert....
- Congress dares BJP to break alliance with Sena
New Delhi: The Congress today said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should sever its alliance with the Shiv Sena "in the interest of accountability" against its partner's '....
- RSS concern for Hindi-speakers not sincere, says Congress
New Delhi: The Congress today accused the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of "double-speak" on preventing spread of linguistic chauvinism in Maharashtra.
Congress spokesman ....
- Congress slams Gadkari for Modi-Gandhi remarks
New Delhi: The Congress today reacted strongly to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari's comparison of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi with Mahatma Gandhi, saying it wa....
- Kerala gets new Congress-backed diaspora outfit
Thiruvananthapuram: The Overseas Indian Cultural Congress (OICC), an organisation bringing non-resident Keralites (NRKs) in various countries under one umbrella, came into being today with supp....
- Modi takes pot shots at Sonia; invites Congress' ire
Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, airing his concern at rising prices, has again raised the question of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin, prompting an angry....
- Congress brings various NRK groups under one umbrella
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala unit of the Congress has formed the Overseas Indian Cultural Congress (OICC) as the first step in bringing the various non-resident Indians of the state under one....
- Rahul Gandhi to evaluate welfare schemes in Amethi
Lucknow: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will start a two-day tour of his constituency Amethi on Thursday during which he will evaluate a number of public welfare schemes sponsored by t....
- Congress says no to Muraleedharan again
Thiruvananthapuram: The state official of the Congress party in Kerala today once again decided that K. Muraleedharan, son of former chief minister K. Karunakaran, need not be re-admitted to th....
- Congress debates Muraleedharan's return - again
Thiruvananthapuram: As a crucial meeting of the Congress takes place here on Wednesday, the topic, yet again, is whether 91-year-old former Kerala chief minister K. Karunakaran's son K. Mur....
- Probe will reveal who was responsible for ad: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress today refused to comment on the role of the Women and Child Development Ministry in the inclusion of a former Pakistan Air Force chief's photograph in a government a....
- Congress to appoint new general secretaries
New Delhi: The Congress will soon appoint new general secretaries and other top office-bearers as many of the posts were now held by central ministers, says party leader Oscar Fernandes.
- A year after heart surgery, PM fitter than ever
Mumbai: A year after he underwent five by-pass graft surgeries lasting 12 hours, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is probably one of the most active and agile Indian leaders.
Ramakant Pa....
- Congress demands probe into baton charge on staff, teachers
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi on Friday demanded a high-level judicial probe into baton charge on agitating state government employees and teachers in the state capi....
- Congress Working Committee to meet over price rise
New Delhi: A meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party's highest decision making body, is expected to take place in the next few days to discuss price rise and issues relat....
- Kerala home minister should quit over Muthoot murder probe: Congress
Thiruvananthapuram: The Congress party today demanded that Kerala Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan quit after the state high court asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take ove....
- Congress leadership in Himachal is ineffective: Virbhadra Singh
New Delhi: Steel Minister and former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh has accused the state leadership of his Congress party of failing to put up an effective challenge to the Bh....
- Congress, Janata Party oppose Nalini's release
Chennai: Even as the five-member Prison Advisory Board formed by the Tamil Nadu government is preparing its report on the premature release of 11 life convicts, Congress leaders and Janata Part....
- Prices will come down soon, PM tells Rahul Gandhi
Bhopal: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said today that he had discussed the "serious issue" of prices with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who assured him that the government'....
- The Gandhi surname has its own advantages: Rahul Gandhi
Bhopal: The general secretary of the AICC, Rahul Gandhi confessed on Monday that it was indeed his surname and the privileges associated with it that provided him with a comparatively convenien....
- Rahul Gandhi interacts with engineering students in Bhopal
Bhopal: Congress party general secretary Rahul Gandhi interacted with students of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), one of the country's leading engineering colleges, h....
- Congress expels student leader for attacks on Reliance outlets
Hyderabad: The ruling Congress party in Andhra Pradesh today expelled a leader of National Students Union of India (NSUI) from the party for his alleged involvement in the recent attacks on Rel....
- Congress core committee discusses new governors, Telangana
New Delhi: The Congress' core committee met here today evening to discuss the appointment of new governors in six states and the vexatious Telangana statehood issue, but failed to arrive at....
- Congress rebels from Bihar leave without meeting Sonia
New Delhi: A delegation of Congress leaders from Bihar who had come to Delhi to express their resentment over "lopsided" list of state unit office-bearers and seek replacement of state ....
- Congress rebukes Rathore for invoking Nehru
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday rebuked former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted of molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra, for invoking the name of the country's first prime ....
- Rumblings in Goa government, Congress says all is well
Panaji: Some legislators and ministers in the Congress-led coalition government in Goa are unhappy with the way the administration is being run and a few are even tentatively seeking a change o....
- Congress rebutts Thackeray's Australia bashing
New Delhi: The Congress has rejected Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's criticism of India maintaining cricketing ties with Australia in the aftermath of attacks on Indians there, saying that ....
- Jyoti Basu still critical, urine output down
Kolkata: Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu's health condition remained critical today. His urine output had also come down, a doctor attending on him said.
"No fresh change ha....
- Bihar dissident Congress leaders seek meeting with Sonia
New Delhi: Demanding the removal of Bihar state Congress chief Anil Sharma and Jagdish Tytler, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) official in charge of the party's affairs there, Congr....
- Bihar Congress leaders meet Rahul Gandhi over 'lopsided list'
New Delhi: The announcement of list of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee office-bearers has resulted in a crisis in the state unit with its senior leaders meeting party general secretary Rahul G....
- Congress probing caste slotting of its Bihar leaders
New Delhi: The Congress today said the list containing caste description of Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and its Bihar unit office-bearers was not released formally and that the party was inqu....
- Congress to cut down the number of party members in Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi: Congress has decided to get rid of the obese membership structure of the party in Uttar Pradesh. According to the reports, Congress is bent upon trimming down membership in the state....
- Now, Congress leader calls Karnataka regime 'idiot government'
Bangalore: After former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda's invective against Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, a Congress leader today added his bit to name-calling in state politics....
- Congress non-committal on barring criminally tainted legislators
Panaji: Congress leaders today remained non-committal on the issue of barring criminally tainted people from entering India's oldest national party, which is in the middle of a countrywide ....
- Congress criticises UPA government on price rise
New Delhi: In a a veiled criticism of the party-led United Progressive Alliance government over rising prices of essential commodities, the Congress today said that the job of ministers was not....
- Congress legislators revolt against party chiefs in Tripura, Nagaland
Agartala/Kohima: A section of Congress leaders and legislators in Tripura and Nagaland have revolted against their state party chiefs and have demanded their immediate removal, party sources sa....
- Congress at 125 - defied doomsayers to reach commanding heights
New Delhi: In the Congress's centenary year in 1985, Rajiv Gandhi delivered his famous "brokers of power" speech in Mumbai, castigating the party for converting a "mass movement....
- New Congress headquarters to have six floors
New Delhi: With six floors, the Congress plans to make up in height what it will lose in expanse at its new central office.
The Congress plans to construct a six-storey office on the ....
- Congress slams BJP for holding function inside Bhopal airport
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh unit of the Congress today slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party for "violating" the security of Bhopal airport by holding a function within its premises to welc....
- Fugitive Congress councillor surrenders before police
Chandigarh: After playing hide and seek with Chandigarh police for over four months, Congress councillor Devinder Singh Babla finally surrendered before the police late on Monday evening.
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- Rahul Gandhi not present at Congress function
New Delhi: The Congress launched its year-long 125th anniversary celebrations here today, and the theme was 'Building the Future on the Foundation of the Past', but the party's yout....
- Congress refuses to comment on N.D. Tiwari
New Delhi: The Congress today refused to officially comment on the sex scandal involving Andhra Pradesh Governor N.D. Tiwari, but party leaders privately said that the octogenarian leader will ....
- Inglorious end to N.D. Tiwari's five-decade political career
New Delhi: It was a sorry end to an illustrious political career. Narayan Dutt Tiwari, who resigned as Andhra Pradesh governor today after being caught on videotape in an alleged sex romp with ....
- Congress to support Gujarat golden jubilee functions
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Congress has extended its support to the state government for the "Swarnim Gujarat" (golden jubilee) celebrations next year but criticised Chief Minister Narend....
- Karunakaran determined on son's return to Congress
Thiruvananthapuram: Four-time Kerala chief minister K. Karunakaran said today it was time the Congress' state official immediately called a meeting to discuss the return of his son K. Mural....
- Jharkhand results short of expectations, says Congress
New Delhi: The Congress said today that its improved performance in the Jharkhand polls was "short of expectations" and that the party will take a view on government formation after the....
- Was unsure of winning majority, admits PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today he had doubts whether the Congress would win a working majority in the April-May 2009 general elections.
"Well, the honest answ....
- Don't see Dinakaran issue in caste terms, says Congress
New Delhi: The Congress said on Sunday that it does not see the matter of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran, who is facing an impeachment motion, in terms of caste, community or....
- Rahul Gandhi on another 'secret' trip to Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Undaunted by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's repeated complaints to his "unannounced" visits to the state, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi was once again un....
- Congress, Left oppose Gujarat move on compulsory voting
New Delhi: The Congress and Left parties have opposed the Gujarat government's move to make voting compulsory in local body elections in the state.
Congress spokesman Shakeel Ahme....
- Uttar Pradesh membership drive proving successful: Youth Congress
Lucknow: The ongoing Youth Congress membership drive in Uttar Pradesh is attracting keen interest, a party member said today.
Even as membership has been opened in only 26 of the stat....
- BJP leadership change its internal matter: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress today described the change of guard in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as an internal matter of the party, while the Left said it "doesn't mean there will be an....
- Congress says it's not toppling Karnataka's BJP government
Bangalore: Ahead of Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa's meeting with dissidents of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress said today it was not attempting to topple his gove....
- Congress terms JMM, RJD 'natural allies'
Ranchi: The Congress described the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) as "natural allies" as the fifth phase of assembly polls concluded today.
Congre....
- Goa's Congress minister questions NREG Scheme
Panaji: Goa's Rural Development Agency (RDA) Minister Churchill Alemao today questioned the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee....
- Mayawati's smaller states demand 'political stunt': Congress
Allahabad: Terming Chief Minister Mayawati's demand of carving out smaller states out of Uttar Pradesh as a "political stunt", the Congress today claimed her main motive was to dive....
- Division of Andhra Pradesh not acceptable: Congress MP
New Delhi: Vowing he would do anything for a united Andhra Pradesh, L. Rajagopal, a Congress MP from Vijayawada, Sunday said the division of the coastal state for a proposed Telangana would not....
- BJP, Congress take help of CMs in Jharkhand campaign
Ranchi: The Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are trying to woo voters in the ongoing Jharkhand assembly polls by bringing chief ministers - considered role models of development - of d....
- Now, Congress demands higher sugarcane price
Lucknow: The Congress party in Uttar Pradesh has offered its support for the agitating sugarcane farmers in the state and urged the Mayawati government to announce a higher price for cane.
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- Rising clamour for new states puts Congress on defensive
New Delhi: The central government's acceptance in principle of demand for a separate Telangana state has set off a chain reaction, prompting political leaders to raise old demands for Vidar....
- Guard against religious majorityism, stresses Chidambaram
New Delhi: Two legal luminaries locked horns in the Rajya Sabha today, with Home Minister P. Chidambaram cautioning against dividing the country's polity on religious lines and Leader of Op....
- Congress expels Shimla deputy mayor from party
Shimla: The Congress has expelled from its Himachal Pradesh unit Shimla deputy mayor Harish Janartha for anti-party activities.
"The state-level disciplinary committee Wednesday decided t....
- BJP taking country in wrong direction, says Congress
New Delhi: Terming Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) position on demolition of the Babri mosque as a "national shame", the Congress said today that the opposition party was taking the ....
- Minister rebukes party worker on Sonia's birthday
Jammu: On Congress president Sonia Gandhi's birthday, Jammu and Kashmir's Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma roughed up a party worker who pointed out that the ministers were inaccessible ....
- Congress leadership holds discussions on Telengana
New Delhi: The top brass of the Congress party held a series of meetings here through today to discuss the Telangana issue, party sources said here.
The Congress core committee first ....
- Pranab and co. cut cake on Sonia Gandhi's birthday
Ranchi: The lady might have been missing but members of her party, including union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, duly celebrated Congress president Sonia Gandhi's birthday by cutting a....
- PM apologises for MP's remarks against Vajpayee
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today apologised for Congress MP Beni Prasad Verma's derogatory remarks against former prime minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Atal B....
- Rahul denies dangerous landing in darkness
Lucknow: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today denied that he persuaded his helicopter pilot to land in darkness in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur town and chided the state party chief Rit....
- I owe Vajpayee deep respect, says Rahul
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today refused to comment on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee's indictment by the Liberhan Commission saying that t....
- Andhra Congress chief to meet Sonia on Telangana
New Delhi: With the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh facing growing heat on the demand for a separate Telangana state, the party's state chief D. Srinivas arrived here today to meet pr....
- I want to change politics in Uttar Pradesh: Rahul
Lucknow: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today said that he wanted to give a new vision to politics in Uttar Pradesh by roping in more youth.
"I want to change the way pol....
- Congress seeks opinion of all parties on Telangana
Hyderabad: With Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao continuing his fast unto death to demand a separate Telangana state, the ruling Congress party today intensified effor....
- Haryana Congress issues notice to Kiran Choudhry
Chandigarh: The ruling Congress in Haryana has issued show cause notice to former tourism minister Kiran Choudhry and some other party leaders following complaints that they had sabotaged the c....
- Political parties should embrace democracy: Rahul
Aligarh: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today lamented the lack of internal democracy in political parties, saying party organisations needed to be democratised.
Gandhi made ....
- Weakened Karnataka Congress banks on JD-S
Bangalore: Beaten in all elections since 2004 in Karnataka, the Congress appears to lack the confidence to take on even a faction-ridden Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on its own in the Dec 18 el....
- Orissa opposition protests house adjournment
Bhubaneswar: Orissa's opposition, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), continued to protest inside the state assembly today against the abrupt adjournment of the winter sessio....
- Narasimha Rao was denied Lok Sabha ticket over Babri demolition: Congress
New Delhi: After admitting there were perceptions that former prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao did not do enough to prevent demolition of Babri mosque at Ayodhya in 1992, the Congress today sa....
- Sonia Gandhi to lay foundation of new Congress office
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi will lay the foundation stone of the party's new office at the capital's Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg on Dec 28 to kick off the functions commemor....
- 'Court verdict or negotiated accord only solution to Ayodhya'
New Delhi: The Congress said today that a court verdict or comprehensive settlement accepted by all stake-holders were the only possible solutions to the Ayodhya dispute.
Answering a ....
- Rahul Gandhi to campaign in Jharkhand on Friday
Ranchi: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will campaign in Jharkhand on Friday, a party leader said here today. He is scheduled to campaign in the constituencies that go to the polls on D....
- Congress applauds PM's visit to US
New Delhi: The Congress today hailed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to the US, saying New Delhi and Washington are united in promoting "peace and stability in Afghanistan".
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- Congress' Assam unit holds record 18,828 meetings in a day
Guwahati: The ruling Congress party in Assam today created a history of sorts by holding more than 18,500 meetings across the state as it kicked off its campaign for the 2011 state assembly ele....
- 20 Congress leaders served notice for acting against party candidates
Chandigarh: The October 13 Haryana Assembly polls witnessed a heavy infighting within the Congress party and that has proved it very costly for the Congress. In a response to such unwanted acti....
- Congress-called shutdown evokes mixed response in Agartala
Agartala: The opposition Congress-sponsored dawn to dusk shutdown today in the Tripura capital to protest the killing of a Youth Congress leader two days ago saw many shops and business establi....
- Congress to meet Friday to elect Rosaiah as leader
Hyderabad: The much-awaited Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting will be held here on Friday when Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah is likely to be formally elected as the new leader....
- I am not a leader, I am just a catalyst: Rahul Gandhi
Jaipur: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has made a surprising comment today after he described himself as 'old'. While talking to the reporters, the Gandhi stated that he is jus....
- Government will act on Liberhan recommendations: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress today said the government will act on the recommendations of the Liberhan Commission and a supplementary charge sheet will be filed "if any new details emerge after ....
- Government will act on Liberhan recommendations: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress today said the government will act on the recommendations of the Liberhan Commission and a supplementary chargesheet will be filed "if any new details emerge after t....
- Congress has dual position on Babri, says Brinda Karat
New Delhi: Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Brinda Karat today accused the Congress of having a "dual position" on the Babri Masjid issue by not referring to the demolish....
- Liberhan Report: Congress starts trying to win UP back
New Delhi: The Congress would be taking its initial steps in winning back lost ground in Uttar Pradesh when the Liberhan report is tabled at the Parliament today. This report is sure to resume ....
- Bihar hero picked to clean up by Rahul
New Delhi: Kommajosyula Jagannadha Rao became a part of the Election Commission in 1966 when Congress was the king of all it surveyed. Back then there were a few opposition parties who accused ....
- Madhya Pradesh Congress chief slaps party worker
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Congress president Suresh Pachouri allegedly pushed and slapped a party worker at the Indore airport after he was mobbed by aspirants seeking nominations for the upcoming....
- Muraleedharan meets Congress leaders in Delhi to push for re-entry
Thiruvananthapuram: K. Muraleedharan, the son of former Kerala chief minister K. Karunakaran, met Congress leaders, including party general secretary in charge of Kerala Mohsina Kidwai and Defe....
- Police jeep hits Rahul Gandhi's 'favourite' vehicle
Amethi: A police jeep escorting Priyanka Gandhi's cavalcade here today lost control and hit a green Qualis that is said to be Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's favourite vehicle....
- Congress wants to withdraw the life ban on Azharuddin
New Delhi: The Congress MP's are trying to lift the life ban that was put on former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin. The cricketer was banned from playing in Indian cricket team ....
- PM wants performance report from ministers
New Delhi: On Friday the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, asked all his colleagues in the cabinet to present a report of performance that he would be monitoring personally. He has set t....
- Congress discusses banning Sanatan Sanstha
Panaji: The Congress today discussed the issue of banning right-wing Hindu outfit Sanatan Sanstha, some of whose members have been arrested in connection with the Diwali-eve blast in Goa.
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- Congress criticises navy for delaying Goa airport expansion
Panaji: The Congress today criticised the Indian Navy for its delay in parting with 2.5 acres of land sought by government agencies for the expansion of Goa's only airport at Dabolim.
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- Tribals will benefit from Congress govt in Jharkhand: Sonia
Dhanbad: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today asked the people of Jharkhand to vote for her party in the coming assembly elections so that the state could have a stable and corruption free gov....
- Sugarcane pricing row: Rahul Gandhi meets PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi that the government would suitably amend the ordinance regarding fair and remunerative pricing (FRP)....
- Don't consider me as future PM, says Rahul Gandhi
Vijayawada: When some factions in India have started considering him as the future Prime Minister of India, Rahul Gandhi today responded to the people by urging them not to consider him as futu....
- Karunakaran seeks his son's re-admission to Congress
Thiruvananthapuram: The Congress party's Kerala unit president Ramesh Chennithala today said he has received a letter from party veteran K. Karunakaran asking that his son K. Muraleedharan ....
- Karunakaran seeks his son's re-admission to Congress
Thiruvananthapuram: The Congress party's Kerala unit president Ramesh Chennithala today said he has received a letter from party veteran K. Karunakaran asking that his son K. Muraleedharan ....
- Congress members walk out of Madhya Pradesh house
Bhopal: Members of the Congress, the main opposition, today walked out of the Madhya Pradesh assembly to express their dissatisfaction over the government's reply to a question over the rol....
- Congress refutes BJP allegations on Koda
New Delhi: With the BJP attacking it over the corruption allegations against former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, the Congress today said it had not been part of Koda's government an....
- Thackeray's comments not worth a reaction: Congress
New Delhi: Strongly condemning Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's strong reaction to cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar's assertion of his identity as an Indian, the Congress party said toda....
- Amarinder smells politics as woman alleges 'sexual exploitation'
Chandigarh: Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday denied allegations levelled by a woman that he had "sexually exploited" her with the promise of getting her a job.
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- Salman was dissuaded from campaiging for me: Raj Babbar
New Delhi: Victorious Congress candidate from Firozabad parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh Raj Babbar today said that efforts were made by "certain people" to persuade actor Sa....
- Congress sets up committee to celebrate 125th anniversary
New Delhi: The Congress is to commemorate its 125th anniversary next year on a grand scale and today set up a 19-member organising committee headed by party chief Sonia Gandhi to celebrate the ....
- Haryana's 'Aya Ram-Gaya Rams' survive despite anti-defection law
Chandigarh: The Anti-Defection Act? What's that, voters in Haryana might well ask given the revolving door policy followed by many state politicians - and demonstrated most recently when fi....
- Congress leader Karunakaran in hospital
Thiruvananthapuram: Veteran Congress leader and former Kerala chief minister K. Karunakaran was admitted to a hospital here today after he complained of breathlessness and fever. Doctors said h....
- Congress reaches half-way mark in Haryana assembly
Chandigarh: The ruling Congress reached the half-way mark in the 90-member Haryana assembly after one more legislator from former chief minister Bhajan Lal's Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) j....
- Four HJC lawmakers join Congress in Haryana, one more to join
Chandigarh: Four of the six newly-elected legislators belonging to former chief minister Bhajan Lal's Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) on Monday joined the Congress party in Haryana, and anoth....
- Congress admits infighting cost dearly in Haryana polls
Chandigarh: The Congress today admitted that infighting within its ranks in Haryana cost it dearly in last month's assembly poll.
"We suffered setback on several seats due to ....
- Haryana CM begins second innings with hands tied
Chandigarh: In trying to become the first party in 30 years to return to power in Haryana for a second consecutive term, the Congress, along with its Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, has e....
- Sonia Gandhi sets up coordination committee for Haryana
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today set up a coordination committee for Haryana, hours after Chief Minister Bhoopinder Singh Hooda expanded his new ministry.
The seven-me....
- Congress, NCP end deadlock over power sharing in Maharashtra
Mumbai/New Delhi: The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) finally broke their deadlock over power sharing in Maharashtra on Thursday, paving the way for a new government by the we....
- Raids at Koda's places not a political issue: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress party today denied that it was in the know of the raids conducted on former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda's residence and his associates' offices across th....
- Congress wins speaker, deputy speaker's posts in Arunachal
Itanagar: Candidates of the ruling Congress, Wanglin Lowangdong and Tapang Taloh were today elected unopposed as the speaker and deputy speaker respectively of the Arunachal Pradesh assembly.
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- Congress wins speaker, deputy speaker's posts in Arunachal
Itanagar: Candidates of the ruling Congress, Wanglin Lowangdong and Tapang Taloh were today elected unopposed as the speaker and deputy speaker respectively of the Arunachal Pradesh assembly.
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- Chief minister violating election code: Himachal Congress
Shimla: The Congress has filed a complaint with the election commission alleging violation of the poll code by ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Himachal Pradesh, a party official said her....
- Maharashtra governor fails to break Congress-NCP deadlock
Mumbai: Maharashtra Governor S.C. Jamir's efforts to resolve the deadlock in government formation failed today, with both constituents of the ruling front -- Congress and Nationalist Congre....
- Congress-called shutdown hits parts of Tripura
Agartala: Over 400 Congress activists were arrested in Tripura today as they tried to enfore a 12-hour shutdown in parts of the state to protest an alleged attack on their legislator by cadre....
- Rahul Gandhi addresses huge rally in Firozabad
Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh): A massive crowd waited patiently for over two hours to catch a glimpse of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi who addressed a rally here today in support of party....
- 'Achuthanandan seeking political mileage through Mullaiperiyar dam'
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi today alleged that the Kerala government headed by V.S. Achuthanandan was seeking political mileage through the Mullaiperiyar dam issue.
- Andhra minister wants Jagan as chief minister, resigns
Hyderabad: Unhappy over the Congress party's decision not to make Y.S.Jaganmohan Reddy the Andhra Pradesh chief minister, state Women Development and Child Welfare Minister Konda Surekha re....
- Congress-NCP talks on portfolio allocation continues
New Delhi: The continuing deadlock over portfolio allocation in Maharashtra between the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is likely to be over in a day or two, a party officia....
- Let's follow Indira's austere lifestyle, Sonia urges partymen
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has urged her party leaders to follow the "simple and austere manner of living" of her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi.
Remembering the ....
- BJP stoking religious fundamentalism, says Congress
Lucknow: Charging the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with stoking religious fundamentalism, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh today said using religion as a medium to spread hatred was ....
- Congress cries foul over defamatory question on Mercy Ravi
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress leaders in Kerala protested on Saturday after the name of the late Congress leader Mercy Ravi, who was the wife of Overseas Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi, appeared ....
- Hooda to be sworn in today in Chandigarh
Chandigarh: Bhupinder Singh Hooda will take oath as chief minister of Haryana for a second time today.
Hooda's name was announced early today by the Congress high command in New D....
- Congress chooses Bhupinder Singh Hooda to be Haryana CM
New Delhi: Bhupinder Singh Hooda has been chosen for the second time to be the chief minister of Haryana. The decision was announced by the Congress party high command here early today morning ....
- Congress rewards Ashok Chavan with a second stint as Maharashtra CM
Mumbai: The Congress leadership rewarded Ashok Chavan with a second term as Maharashtra Chief Minister for his good performance and record of winning two elections for the party within a gap of....
- Maharashtra Congress leaders called to Delhi for talks
New Delhi/Mumbai: Amid hectic lobbying for the post of Maharashtra chief minister, the Congress high command today evening summoned the three main contenders Ashok Chavan, Narayan Rane and Vila....
- Suspense continues over new Haryana CM
Chandigarh: The suspense over the next chief minister for Haryana continued through today with the Congress high command in New Delhi taking its time to decide.
Sources in the Congres....
- Sonia Gandhi to choose Maharashtra chief minister
Mumbai: Amidst hectic lobbying for the post of Maharashtra chief minister, the 81 newly-elected legislators of the Congress party met here today in the presence of central observers to choose t....
- No bipolarity in Indian politics any more: Congress
New Delhi: Any talk of bilpolarity in Indian politics has become irrelevant after people voted overwhelmingly for the Congress in the assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pr....
- Congress stakes claim to form government in Haryana
Chandigarh: The Congress today staked claim to form the next government in Haryana with support from six independent legislators.
State Congress president Phool Chand Mullana, who lost his ele....
- Congress accepts Sukhbir's call for political debate
Chandigarh: The Congress today accepted a challenge by ruling Akali Dal president and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal to have a debate on the issue of development in the state.....
- Former Congress MP dies in Jharkhand
Ranchi: Sushila Kerketta, 71, a former Congress Lok Sabha MP died following a heart attack here today.
According to family members, Kerketta suffered a heart attack today morning and ....
- Congress veterans may not match their victory margins
Chandigarh: The Congress may win the Haryana assembly elections, but it is widely believed that its three leading lights may not be able to match their own earlier victory margins.
Al....
- Arunachal is like any other Indian state: Rahul
Ranchi: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today brushed aside Chinese claims over Arunachal Pradesh saying it was like any other Indian state.
Gandhi made the remark when journa....
- No tie-up with Raj Thackeray, asserts Congress
New Delhi: The Congress today ruled out the possibility of any kind of tie-up with Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) as Maharashtra voted to elect its new state legislative a....
- Congress trying to woo tribals, Dalits in Jharkhand
Ranchi: With an eye to the upcoming Jharkhand assembly elections, the Congress party is keen to woo the tribals and Dalits of the state who constitute a sizeable chunk of the population. Congre....
- Party leaders, workers should visit Dalits' houses: Mulayam
Lucknow: Taking a cue from Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today urged his party leaders and workers to camp in villages for serving the Dal....
- Rahul Gandhi visiting Himachal to strengthen students' wing
Shimla: Congress general secretary and MP Rahul Gandhi is set to visit Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday to woo students and infuse new life into the party's students' wing - the National Stu....
- Congress determined to make Mumbai international financial centre: Sonia
Mumbai: The Congress was committed to the development of Mumbai on a grand scale, including making it an international financial centre, party president Sonia Gandhi said here today as she appe....
- Congress suggests twin approach to deal with Maoists
New Delhi: The Congress party today suggested a twin approach to curb the Maoist terror: deal strongly with perpetrators of violence and also address the socio-economic issues behind the growth....
- Court reserves order on CBI's plea on Quattrocchi
New Delhi: A city court today reserved its order on the plea of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking withdrawal of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi's name from the Bofors gu....
- Rahul Gandhi to visit Shimla next week
Shimla: Congress general secretary and MP Rahul Gandhi will visit the Himachal Pradesh capital next week, state party chief Kaul Singh Thakur said today.
"Rahul Gandhi will visit ....
- Vote Congress in Maharashtra for close ties to Delhi: Chidambaram
Mumbai: Home Minister P. Chidambaram today asked the people of Maharashtra to vote for the Congress-National Congress Party (NCP) alliance and said "strong connections" with the central....
- Media has thrust Dalit 'frame' on my village visits: Rahul
Thiruvananthapuram: The media had thrust a Dalit "frame" on his visits to poor areas of the country, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said here today while stressing that he did ....
- JMM-Congress alliance on brink of collapse
Ranchi: More than five years after striking up a successful alliance in Jharkhand, the Congress and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) are gearing up to fight the assembly polls separately.
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- Uttar Pradesh a victim of short-sighted politics: Rahul
Agartala: Uttar Pradesh is a victim of short-sighted politics as "narrow-minded" politicians have hampered its development over the years, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said h....
- Sonia slams Sena-BJP for 'using' Shivaji for votes
Nashik: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today slammed the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (SS-BJP) alliance for 'using' the name of Chhatrapati Shivaji to garner votes.
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- Sonia, Rahul campaign in Maharashtra
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi will campaign extensively for the Oct 13 assembly elections in Maharashtra.
According to party sources, the Gandhis....
- Will give all help to deal with floods: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress party today said that all possible steps are being taken to deal with the flood situation in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
"Every possible ef....
- Hooda govt has fulfilled all promises: Sonia Gandhi
Karnal (Haryana): Saying that the state has made all-round progress, including "phenomenal development" in the field of education, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today asked the people....
- Vote Congress back to power for development: Sonia tells Haryana
Karnal (Haryana): Congress president Sonia Gandhi today asked the people of Haryana to return the Congress to power in the upcoming assembly polls if they wanted the state to progress further.
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- Congress leaders in Jammu call for boycott of Chinese goods
Jammu: Congress leaders in Jammu and Kashmir today called for a boycott of Chinese goods in protest Beijing's "mischief" in treating Jammu and Kashmir as a "disputed territory&#....
- Sonia Gandhi is like my mother, says YSR's son
Hyderabad: Member of Parliament Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy today said Congress president Sonia Gandhi was like his mother and asked the party cadre to strengthen her leadership.
The young ....
- Congress uses Gandhi Jayanti to dent Mayawati's Dalit vote bank
Lucknow: Inspired by their leader Rahul Gandhi's forays into Dalit villages, Congressmen in Uttar Pradesh today used Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary to dent Chief Minister Mayawati&#....
- Congress forms Siliguri civic board with Left support
Kolkata: After a long-drawn political battle over the mayor's seat in Siliguri Municipal Corporation, the Congress today formed the city civic board with support from West Bengal's ruli....
- Congressmen in UP to celebrate Oct 2 with Dalits
Lucknow: Congress MPs, legislators and other office bearers in Uttar Pradesh have got instructions from the 'high command' to spend Gandhi Jayanti with the Dalits in their constituencie....
- Jaganmohan Reddy vacates chief minister's camp office
Hyderabad: Amid indications that the Congress central leadership may ask acting Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah to continue in office, Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, son of late Y.S. Reddy, to....
- Congress shakes hand with Left Front in Siliguri, Trinamool fumes
Kolkata: After a long-drawn tug of war over the mayor's seat in Siliguri Municipal Corporation, the Congress finally formed the city civic board today with the support of West Bengal's ....
- Raj Thackeray is the newly found Jinnah of Maharashtra: Saamna
Mumbai: This is a vehement attack on the ideologies of Raj Thackeray, the founding president of Mahanagar Shiv Sena. In a poignant editorial of Saamna, a news organ of Shiv Sena, Raj Thackeray ....
- Balladeer stirs row by singing in praise of YSR
Hyderabad: Revolutionary balladeer Vangapandu Prasada Rao, whose popular "Em pillado" was a war cry and stimulated hundreds to join the Naxalbari movement in Andhra Pradesh, has stirred....
- YSR shock deaths are bogus, says senior Congress leader
Hyderabad: A senior Congress leader in Andhra Pradesh has termed as "bogus" the shock deaths of 600 people following the demise of chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in a helicopter ....
- Bofors never stood test of law, says Congress
New Delhi: The Congress party on Tuesday said the Bofors payoff case had never stood the test of law, hours after the central government told the Supreme Court about its decision to stop prosec....
- Congress rebel in fray to challenge President's son in polls
Nagpur: Former state minister Sunil Deshmukh of the Congress will contest the Maharashtra assembly elections against President Pratibha Patil's son, he announced today evening after quittin....
- 'Time for NCP to merge with Congress'
New Delhi: A senior Congress leader here today said time had come for the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to merge with it since the reason for the formation of the NCP was no longer relevant.....
- Congress playing big brother in Goa: NCP
Panaji: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the junior partner in Goa's ruling coalition, has alleged that the Congress is trying to marginalise it, accentuating the rift within the allia....
- Congress infighting erupts again: Jagan's followers torch buses
Hyderabad: The differences in Andhra Pradesh's ruling Congress over Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy's successor again erupted today as a group claiming to support the late chief minister's s....
- Congress nominee from Puducherry elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha
Chennai The Congress candidate for Rajya Sabha from Puducherry, P. Kannan, will be declared elected unopposed today evening.
Kannan, a former state assembly speaker, had merged his pa....
- Rahul effect - 1.3 mn want to join Youth Congress in Tamil Nadu
Chennai: A whopping 1.3 million youngsters have sent in applications for membership to the Congress party' youth wing in Tamil Nadu within two weeks of party general secretary Rahul Gandhi&....
- Rahul Gandhi stays in Dalit hut again
Lucknow: Rahul Gandhi has done it again. The Congress general secretary took his party colleagues and the state administration by surprise when he landed here unannounced and then spent Wednesd....
- 'PM, Sonia, Rahul to campaign aggressively for polls'
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and general secretary Rahul Gandhi will campaign "aggressively" to ensure the victory of the party and its alli....
- Rahul Gandhi on a surprise visit to Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi reached Uttar Pradesh today on an unannounced visit, to the surprise of his party leaders and state police alike.
Gandhi landed at Luc....
- Congress to probe 'illegal diamond mining'
Raipur: The Congress party today alleged that Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was backing illegal diamond mining in Raipur district and said it had formed a panel to cond....
- Tharoor meets Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi: Amid calls for his resignation over his "cattle class" remarks, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor today met Congress president Sonia Gandhi after returnin....
- Rajiv Gandhi assassins continue protest fast
Chennai: S. Nalini and Robert Payas, in prison for the 1991 killing of former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, Tuesday continued their fast demanding their immediate release.
While....
- 'Missing' Navjot Sidhu posters come up in Amritsar
Amritsar: Congress activists today put up posters claiming that cricketer-turned-politician and Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu was "missing" and also filed a police complaint.
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- Congress condemns Mayawati over violence threat
New Delhi: The Congress today condemned Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's comment that any attempt to demolish Dalit icons' statues will lead to a law and order situation, and sai....
- Congress loses both seats in Delhi by-polls
New Delhi: The Congress today lost two seats in the Delhi by-elections with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) winning one seat each.
While BJP's ....
- Congress-NCP agree to contest polls together
Mumbai: The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) agreed in principle to contest the Oct 13 Maharashtra assembly elections jointly after the third round of their marathon meetings c....
- Shashi Tharoor taunts about austerity through Twitter, Congress not happy
New Delhi: Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor's candid remarks about austerity on Twitter has incensed Congress. When Mr Tharoor was asked if he will travel in cattle cla....
- Tharoor's taunt on austerity drive angers Congress
New Delhi: The Congress today said Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor's remarks that he was prepared to travel in the "cattle class out of solidarity with all our hol....
- Other parties question Congress's austerity measures, label it as drama
New Delhi: As Congress leaders are going the Gandhian way by implementing austerity measures, other political parties are questioning their initiative, baptizing it as "mere lip service"....
- Andhra ministers confident of Jagan as YSR's successor
Hyderabad: Ministers in Andhra Pradesh loyal to late chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy are confident that the central leadership of Congress party will name his son Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy as....
- Congress, NCP to hold seat-sharing talks today
New Delhi: The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are set to hold formal talks later today for a seat-sharing formula for the Maharashtra assembly elections, party officials said....
- Kerala opposition stages walks out
Thiruvananthapuram: The Congress-led opposition today staged a walk-out from the Kerala assembly alleging that the ruling Left Front government wants to bring in a law to curb the freedom of pr....
- Sonia inaugurates campaign in Maharashtra, recalls old bonds
Mumbai: Recalling the Congress' "deep bonds" with Mumbai and Maharashtra, party president Sonia Gandhi today urged the people of the state to return it back to power in the state in....
- Pawar busy, no seat-sharing talks with Congress slated
New Delhi: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today said he was not meeting any Congress leader today and on Tuesday to discuss seat-sharing for Mahara....
- Congress see Vijayan's hidden agenda in Muthoot murder probe
Thiruvananthapuram: Pinarayi Vijayan, state secretary of Kerala's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), has a hidden agenda in the probe into the murder of Paul M. George, son of....
- After ministers, Congress MPs asked to be thrifty
New Delhi: After ministers were asked to practise thrift by travelling economy on domestic flights and avoid five-star hotels as meeting venues, MPs of the ruling Congress party too have been a....
- Veteran Congress leader Karunakaran hospitalized
Thiruvananthapuram: Four-time Congress Chief Minister of Kerala K. Karunakaran was admitted to the Sree Chithra Thirunal hospital here today following a case of fever.
According to do....
- Congress can rule Tamil Nadu in five years: Rahul Gandhi
Chennai: The Congress will come to power in Tamil Nadu in five years if its youth wing works hard unitedly, party general secretary Rahul Gandhi said here today.
"The Congress par....
- Rahul Gandhi asks Tamil Nadu farmers to join Congress
Chennai: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today exhorted young farmers in Tamil Nadu to join the party, saying it was not just for moneyed people.
He was in Thanjavur as part o....
- Efforts to find YSR's successor gather momentum
Hyderabad: The central leadership of the Congress party has intensified efforts to find a successor to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who died in a helicopter crash last ....
- Congress to send senior leaders to Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Congress central leadership is likely to send senior leaders Pranab Mukherjee, M. Veerappa Moily and Digvijay Singh here on Sep 10 as part of its efforts to find a successor to l....
- Congress leadership begins process to pick YSR's successor
Hyderabad: The central leadership of the Congress has launched the process of finding a successor to late Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who died in a helicopter crash la....
- Jagan supporters disrupt condolence meet, told to pipe down
Hyderabad/New Delhi: Amid growing chorus that he be named the next Andhra Pradesh chief minister, in succession to the late Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, his son Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy on Sunday appea....
- Chouhan's chopper undergoes checks after YSR accident
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's helicopter is being subjected to thorough checks as the state government doesn't want to take "any chances" followi....
- Who will succeed YSR: Sonia meets Moily
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today met union Law Minister and senior leader M. Veerappa Moily amid a strong campaign by party workers in Andhra Pradesh for Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy t....
- Only death could end their friendship
Hyderabad: It was late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy's best friend who broke the news of his death to the leader's shocked family.
It was left to K.V.P.....
- PM mourns death of Vayalar Ravi's wife
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manomhan Singh today mourned the death of Mercy Ravi, wife of union Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi.
Mercy, also a Congress leader from Kerala,....
- YSR's helicopter had once landed on a road
Hyderabad: Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who died in a helicopter crash on Wednesday, had a narrow escape last year when the helicopter carrying him made an emergency landing on a road.
The....
- Andhra Pradesh limps back to normalcy
Hyderabad: Still recovering from the shock of the death of Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash, Andhra Pradesh is limping back to normalcy. After remaining shut for two ....
- Congress names screening panels for assembly polls
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday constituted screening committees for shortlisting the candidates for assembly elections in three states scheduled to be held in October.
"The Con....
- Make YSR's son the Andhra CM, cabinet urges Sonia Gandhi
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh cabinet has written to Congress president Sonia Gandhi urging her to make late Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy's son Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy the next chief minister of th....
- From dust to dust - YSR laid to rest in homestead
Pulivendula (Andhra Pradesh): The late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy was today buried at his homestead here - laid to eternal rest in the place he loved the most with his....
- Idupulapaya Estate was always close to YSR's heart
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy has been laid to rest at a place dear to his heart.
Idupulapaya Estate in his Kadapa district was the place he loved th....
- YSR's death leaves many in despair, leader's loss felt across Andhra
Kolkata: Death of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy (8 July 1949 to 2 September 2009) on Thursday took the whole nation by surprise. And rightly so. An undaunted political fi....
- Over 100 die after YSR's death, son appeals for calm
Hyderabad: As many as 122 people across Andhra Pradesh reportedly died of shock or committed suicide after the death of their chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, prompting his MP son Y.S. Ja....
- YSR death: Condolence messages of PM, Sonia Gandhi
Hyderabad: Following are the messages Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and party general secretary Rahul Gandhi wrote in the condolence book after paying homage to And....
- Public emotion vindicates YSR's mass appeal
New Delhi: Was Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy one of India's most popular leaders in terms of crowd appeal? If the turnout for his funeral, the public display of emotion by thousands and the number....
- YSR's body flown to native town in Kadapa for burial
Hyderabad: The body of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy was flown today afternoon to Pulivendula, his native town in Kadapa district, for burial.
The body was flow....
- 'Probing earlier crashes may have saved YSR'
Bhubaneswar: While mourning the death of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash, the brother of an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer who had died in an air cras....
- Sonia, PM to attend YSR's funeral today
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party general secretary Rahul Gandhi will leave for Hyderabad today to attend the funeral of Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy....
- Madhya Pradesh 'under' RSS, VHP, alleges Congress
Bhopal: All India Congress Committee general secretary Digvijay Singh on Thursday night alleged that the Madhya Pradesh administration is working "under the pressure" of the Rashtriya S....
- Chandrababu Naidu, Chiranjeevi pay homage to YSR
Hyderabad: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu and actor-turned-politician K. Chiranjeevi were among prominent state leaders who paid homage to chief minister Y.S. Rajasekha....
- Bodies of YSR, four others being brought to Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The bodies of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others killed in a helicopter crash were today being brought to Hyderabad after an autopsy in Kurnool town....
- Timeline of YSR search operations
New Delhi: The following is the timeline of the search operations to locate the helicopter carrying Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy:
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