Congress
- Delhi
AAP fields industrialist Rajinder Gupta for RS bypoll from Punjab
Chandigarh: The ruling Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday announced industrialist Rajinder Gupta as its candidate for the Rajya Sabha bypoll in Punjab, scheduled to be held on October 24. The decision was…
- India
Hold Bihar elections soon after Chhat in minimal phases: Parties to ECI
New Delhi/Patna: Political parties in Bihar told the Election Commission on Saturday to hold assembly elections “immediately after” the Chhat festival to ensure increased voter participation and in as few phases as…
- India
Congress alleges deleted votes in Bihar exceed victory margins of last polls
New Delhi: Alleging several irregularities in the final voters list in Bihar, the Congress on Saturday claimed that the number of voter names deleted exceeds the victory margin of the last assembly…
- Bangalore
KC Venugopal rejects speculation over CM change in Karnataka
Bengaluru: Amid ongoing speculation about a possible change in chief minister later this year in Karnataka, AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal on Friday dismissed the rumours, asserting that the Congress is…
- India
Decline in farmer suicides from 2022, says NCRB; organisations disagree
Hyderabad: The latest report by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) reveals that at least one person in the farming sector died by suicide per hour in the year 2023, with 10,786 recorded…
- India
Mahatma Gandhi described RSS as ‘communal body’, claims Congress
New Delhi: In a scathing attack on the RSS on its 100th anniversary, the Congress on Thursday cited excerpts from a book to claim that Mahatma Gandhi described the Sangh as a…
- Telangana
Telangana Assembly Speaker adjourns BRS MLAs defection hearing to Oct 4
Hyderabad: Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar, on Wednesday, October 1, adjourned the disqualification hearings of 10 defected BRS MLAs to October 4. Advocates representing petitioners Chinta Prabhakar, Palla Rajeshwari Reddy, and…
- Telangana
KTR ridicules Congress MLAs, calls Telangana government a circus
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR), on Wednesday, October 1, ridiculed Congress MLAs for criticising their own party. He also referred to the Congress government in Telangana…
- India
Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge hospitalised
Bengaluru: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge was hospitalised as he developed fever, party sources said here on Wednesday. Doctors at the city’s MS Ramaiah Hospital are treating the 83-year-old leader, they said. “The…
- India
Rains in Maharashtra: Congress demands special session of legislature
Mumbai: Congress Legislature Party leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Monday demanded that a special session of the Maharashtra legislature be convened immediately to discuss the flood situation and extensive damage caused by heavy…
- India
Venugopal writes to Amit Shah over ex-ABVP leader’s ‘threat’ to Rahul
New Delhi: Congress general secretary K C Venugopal on Sunday wrote to Home Minister Amit Shah over a former ABVP leader’s controversial remarks targeting Rahul Gandhi during a televised debate, saying a…
- India
GST cut meaningless if firms hike prices, says Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday cited a media report which claimed that the prices of several products were hiked by big firms before the GST rate reduction and asked what is…
- Telangana
Defected MLA disqualification hearing: Telangana Assembly bans media
Hyderabad: Ahead of the disqualification hearing of the defected BRS MLAs, the Telangana Assembly issued a notice barring the entry of media personnel from the legislature buildings. They have also banned press…
- Hyderabad
BJP won 8 MP seats in Telangana through ‘vote chori’: Congress
Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Mahesh Kumar Goud alleged that the BJP secured 8 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana through ‘vote chori’, and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi managed to…
- Telangana
Telangana Assembly Speaker to hear defected MLAs case on Sept 29
Hyderabad: Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar will hear the petitions related to the disqualification of defected Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs on Monday, September 29. The petitioners in the case are…
