Congress
- Hyderabad
10th Congress MLA defects to TRS
Hyderabad: The opposition Congress’s strength in the Telangana Assembly came down to single digits on Wednesday as its 10th legislator crossed over to the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS). J. Surender, who…
- India
LS Polls: Congress to release manifesto on April 2
New Delhi: Congress party will release its manifesto for the ensuing Lok Sabha polls on April 2, said a source on Wednesday. The manifesto will be released by party president Rahul Gandhi…
- Bollywood
Urmila Matondkar joins Congress
New Delhi: Two weeks ahead of the commencement of Lok Sabha polls, Bollywood actor Urmila Matondkar joined the Congress party on Wednesday after meeting party president Rahul Gandhi here. “Congress President @RahulGandhi…
- India
NYAY will cost about 1.8 per cent of India’s GDP: P Chidambaram
Chennai: Former Finance Minister and Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Wednesday asserted that complete rollout of party’s promised minimum income guarantee initiative, NYAY (Nyuntam Aay Yojana), will cost about 1.8 per cent…
- Politics
Miffed over being denied ticket, Abdul Sattar takes away 300 chairs from Congress’s Aurangabad office
Aurangabad: Congress lawmaker Abdul Sattar took away about 300 chairs from the Gandhi Bhawan (party office) here on Tuesday after he was denied a ticket for contesting the Lok Sabha elections. Following…
- Politics
“Shotgun” to join congress on Thursday
NEW DELHI: Rebel Bharatiya Janata Party MP Shatrughan Sinha is set to join the Congress party on March 28 after being replaced by senior BJP leader and Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.…
- Politics
BJP, Congress are ‘birds of the same feather’, says Mayawati
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Wednesday said the BJP terming the Congress’ Nyunatam Aay Yojana (Nyay) scheme a bluff is true but added that the two parties are “birds of…
- Politics
Mayawati calls Congress, BJP ‘birds of same feather’
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Wednesday hit out at the ruling BJP and the Congress for their ‘garibi hatao’ promise calling it a bluff. She accused both of the parties…
- News
Congress names three more Lok Sabha candidates
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday declared three more Lok Sabha candidates from Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. Naresh N. Maheshwari will be the party candidate from Gujarat’s Kutch and Dharmesh Bhimbhai Patel…
- India
Congress announces two more candidates for Gujarat
Gandhinagar:The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Tuesday announced two more candidates for Gujarat for the 2019 general elections. The AICC came out with a list of three candidates on Tuesday, of…
- India
Rahul, Sonia among Cong’s star campaigners for Chhattisgarh
New Delhi: Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress party has released a list of 40 star campaigners in Chattisgarh led by its president Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.…
- News
Rahul wants to siphon off Rs 2 lakh crore of public money: Smriti Irani
Bhadohi (Uttar Pradesh): Slamming the Congress and its president Rahul Gandhi for their proposed minimum income guarantee scheme, Union Minister Smriti Irani said that Rahul wants to siphon-off Rs 2 lakh crore…
- News
Desperate Congress leveling bogus charges, using abusive language: Prakash Javadekar
Pune: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday slammed the Congress saying that its leaders are desperate to return to power and hence, levelling “bogus charges” against the NDA government. Earlier in the…
- News
Bengal: Congress names nominees for Assembly bypolls
Kolkata: The Congress on Tuesday announced the names of its candidates for the bypolls in two Assembly constituencies in West Bengal scheduled to be held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls in…
- News
BJP accuses Congress, AIUDF of ‘unholy nexus’ in Assam
NEW DELHI: Badruddin Ajmal-led All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) on Monday announced that it will contest from only the three Lok Sabha constituencies out of 14, in Assam to “stop division…
