Politics

An ex-United Nations diplomat and a veteran politician emerged on Friday as contenders to lead India’s main opposition Congress party as it prepares to elect a new president from outside…

After over an hour-long meeting with Sonia Gandhi at her residence here, Ashok Gehlot said that he was not going to contest the Congress presidential poll and the issue of…

After the central government imposed a five-year ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its affiliates, the Karnataka Congress on Wednesday demanded a ban on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak…

Janata Dal-United (JD-U) in Bihar launched a block level “alertness and awareness” march to “expose the lies of Narendra Modi government”. In Patna, party leaders including national president Lalan Singh,…

Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath on Monday said that he doesn’t want to become the party President and wants to continue to work for the party in Madhya Pradesh. “I…

The coming week Congress leaders will be filing nomination papers for the presidential poll. It now seems that apart from Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor,…

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday said that he will not back out if the party wants him to contest the Congress presidential poll. Gehlot, who arrived at the…

 Two-time Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in presence of Union Ministers Narendra Tomar and Kiren Rijiju. Among those present included senior…

On the 12th day of his Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday appeared to have gone back into history and repeat what his great grandfather, the then…

Addressing Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) first Rashtriya Janpratinidhi Sammelan here on Sunday, Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal accused the Prime Minister’s media advisor of threatening the media.…

A cordial exchange on the social networking site Twitter between the regional National Conference (NC) vice president, Omar Abdullah and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president, Ravinder Raina is…

According to an old proverb, it is extremely simple to break a piece of wood but much harder to break a bundle constructed of them. With the 2024 parliamentary election…

In a major embarrassment to Punjab government, BMW Group in India stated that it has no plans for setting up additional manufacturing operations in Punjab. “BMW Group is firmly committed…

Amidst allegations of an ‘extortion’ conversation featuring its minister, AAP Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday accused the BJP government at the Centre of carrying out ‘Operation Lotus’ in…

Amidst allegations of an ‘extortion’ conversation featuring its minister, AAP Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday accused the BJP government at the Centre of carrying out ‘Operation Lotus’ in…

In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, a meeting convened by the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) decided to set up a committee to chalk out the future strategy…

The Congress on Sunday pointed out that petrol and diesel prices were regulated by the election dates and not due to the global rates. Addressing a press conference, party spokesperson…

After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took a dig at Rahul Gandhi indulging in sub-standard criticism by suggesting the price of the T-shirt which the Congress leader wore during the…

Four months after CBI conducted searches at his properties in connection with an alleged bank fraud case of over Rs 40.92 crore, Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on Thursday conducted searches…

The women wing of Trinamool Congress launched a 48-hour dharna in Kolkata on Tuesday in protest against the release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case, calling…

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday played Sardar Patel card in Ahmedabad to woo the voters ahead of the Assembly polls. Taking on the BJP, he raised a pointed question…

Addressing the ‘Mehngai Par Halla bol rally’ at Ramlila Maidan on Sunday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the BJP-led Central government and said fear and hate were on the rise…

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has suggested to Union Home Minister Amit Shah that September 17 be celebrated as National Integration Day and not as Telangana Liberation Day. Reacting to reports…

The Opposition is bound by the fundamental duty toward citizens of the country to call out and criticise bills introduced by the ruling government that are “detrimental to the rights…

Sources indicate that senior Congress politician Shashi Tharoor is considering a candidacy for Congress president but has not yet made a decision. According to many who know him, he has…

With the Congress on Sunday announcing the schedule for its Presidential elections, the anticipation over who will fill the post is mounting. The Congress Working Committee – the party’s highest…

A veteran leader of India’s main opposition Congress party quit on Friday, issuing a scathing resignation letter in which he blamed the scion of the influential Gandhi family for the…

A veteran leader of India’s main opposition Congress party quit on Friday, issuing a scathing resignation letter in which he blamed the scion of the influential Gandhi family for the…

An activist named Syed Abdahu Kashaf was reportedly arrested by Hyderabad cyber crime police on Thursday in connection with a video he posted of him chanting ‘Sar tan se juda’…

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called a meeting of the Public Affairs Committee (PAC), the AAP’s highest decision body, at his residence on Wednesday. The meeting scheduled for 4…