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Punjab Cong leader Ashwani Sekhri to join BJP
Chandigarh: Congress leader and former MLA Ashwani Sekhri on Sunday said he will join the BJP and alleged that several senior leaders were feeling suffocated in the Congress state unit. Sekhri stated…
- India
26 Opposition parties likely to attend 2-day meet to fight BJP
New Delhi: Top leaders of as many as 26 opposition parties are likely to attend the two-day brainstorming session in Bengaluru from Monday where they will chalk out their strategy to unitedly fight…
- India
Opposition parties forming ‘Protection of Dynasties Alliance’: J P Nadda
Jaipur: BJP president J P Nadda charged on Sunday that opposition parties were in the process of forming an alliance to “protect” their dynastic politics and that the UPA of Congress stood…
- India
Assam Oppn slams CM’s remark blaming Miya Muslims for rising vegetable prices
Guwahati: Opposition parties in Assam on Sunday slammed Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma after he blamed local Bengali speaking Muslims for rising vegetable prices, saying he is playing communal politics. While AIUDF…
- Bangalore
Opposition meet in Bengaluru will have no impact: Bommai
Hubballi: Ahead of the meeting of opposition parties in Bengaluru, senior BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said such gatherings have no political meaning, and many such meetings may take place in the…
- India
UP: Cong reaching out to minority, backward communities ahead of LS polls
Lucknow: The Congress in Uttar Pradesh is consistently working for bringing members of minority and backward communities into its fold, party leaders said and highlighted the several outreach programmes, including tea stall…
- Telangana
We promise to bring Indiramma Rajyam: Bhatti
Hyderabad: CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka yesterday wished for the return of Indiramma Rajyam in Telangana. Speaking to media persons on Saturday, Bhatti Vikramarka said Congress party should come to power to…
- Politics
PM’s silence on Manipur unforgivable, say NE Congress leaders
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday termed the silence of Prime MInister Narendra Modi on the over two-month long violence in Manipur as “unforgivable”, and vowed that the party’s northeastern state committees…
- India
Raj Cong leader held for taking bribe promising job; Shekhawat releases pic with Rahul
Jaipur: Four persons including a Congress leader Gopal Kesawat were arrested in Rajasthan on Saturday while accepting a bribe of Rs 18.5 lakh, an official said. The bribe amount was sought to…
- India
Will demand discussion on Manipur in Parliament: Congress
New Delhi: Ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, the Congress on Saturday said it will demand a discussion on the Manipur situation in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and would…
- India
Rahul moves SC against Gujarat HC refusal to stay conviction in defamation case
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi moved the Supreme Court on Saturday challenging the Gujarat High Court’s July 7 order which dismissed his plea seeking a stay on his conviction in a defamation case…
- India
Odisha: Congress suspends two senior leaders
Bhubaneswar: All India Congress Committee (AICC) suspended two senior leaders — MLA Mohd. Moquim and ex-MLA Chiranjib Biswal for indulging in anti-party activities, a Congress leader said on Saturday. AICC General Secretary…
- India
Mayawati slams Cong govt in Rajasthan over Karauli murder
Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday lashed out at the Congress government in Rajasthan over the murder of a Dalit girl in Karauli district in the state and demanded strict action against…
- India
Indian version of Richard Nelson’s essay may read, ‘The Moon and Manipur’: Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi: In his latest jibe against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence on the Manipur violence, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the Indian version of noted economist Richard Nelson’s essay ‘The…
- India
Dharavi project gift from Maha govt to Modi’s crony Adani: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Maharashtra government formally awarding the Dharavi Redevelopment project to an Adani Group firm, alleging that BJP state governments have…