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Congress leaves three seats for NCP in Gujarat, no word on two others
Ahmedabad: The Congress will not contest three Gujarat Assembly seats – Umreth, Devgadh Baria, and Naroda, from where the Nationalist Congress Party will field its candidates, but there is no understanding so…
- India
Himachal polls: Key constituencies to watch out in high-stakes battle
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh will go for assembly polls on Saturday in a high-stakes battle between the ruling BJP and Congress with the Aam Aadmi Party also trying to put up a strong…
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Shameful, says Digvijaya on release of 6 convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case
Nagpur: Congress Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh has said the release of the killers of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was “shameful”. The Supreme Court on Friday set free Nalini Sriharan and…
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ED instrument of ‘harassment, torture, oppression’: Cong on Raut’s bail order
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday hit out at the Centre over a special court describing the arrest of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut in a money laundering case as “illegal”, and…
- India
Key dates in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case trial and after
January 28, 1998: Poonamallee trial court convicts 26 in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case including Nalini Sriharan and sentences all of them to death. May 11, 1999: Supreme Court confirms death sentence…
- India
SC decision to free killers of ex-PM Rajiv Gandhi unacceptable, erroneous: Cong
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday termed “totally unacceptable and completely erroneous” the Supreme Court order directing the premature release of six convicts serving a life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination…
- India
Gujarat Assembly polls: Congress releases second list of 46 candidates
New Delhi: Congress released its second list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Gujarat on Thursday, which consisted of 46 candidates. The party had announced its first list on November…
- India
Modi could become prime minister because Congress saved Constitution: Kharge
Aurangabad: Narendra Modi could become prime minister of the country because the Congress “saved” the Constitution, party president Mallikarjun Kharge said on Thursday. He was speaking at a rally during Congress leader…
- India
MP’s economic condition likely to be an issue in assembly polls
Bhopal: The economic condition of the state will likely be one of the key issue in the upcoming assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, with the Opposition Congress hitting out at the ruling…
- India
Jairam Ramesh says ‘Modi ke do bhai, ED and CBI’
Nanded: In a scathing attack, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for misusing central probe agencies to settle political scores, against…
- India
Sharad Pawar not to join Cong’s Bharat Jodo Yatra: Jairam Ramesh
Nanded: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar will not join the Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra due to health issues, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday. Addressing media persons here, Ramesh…
- India
Gujarat: Congress leader quits as MLA, joins BJP
Gandhinagar: Congress legislator from Talala in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath district Bhagabhai Barad on Wednesday resigned as MLA as well as from the party’s primary membership, and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).…
- India
I will resign if proven wrong: Congress MLA Satish Jarkiholi over remarks on Hindu
Belagavi: Karnataka Congress working president Satish Jarkiholi, who sparked a controversy with his remarks over the word “Hindu” on Monday, has said that he would resign as MLA if proven wrong and…
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Hindu word origin row: Karnataka BJP plans big protests
Bengaluru: The ruling BJP in Karnataka has decided to launch a big agitation all over the state over the Hindu word origin row. According to the insiders in the state BJP unit,…
- World
US midterm elections underway, Americans to decide who will control Congress
Washington: Millions of Americans are heading towards their polling booths to cast their votes in the mid-term elections, whose results will decide the nation’s future. The polls opened for their voters on…