Rahul Gandhi asks people to chant 'Jai Mata Di' in Jammu gathering
Sep 10, 2021, at 10:54 pm
Jammu/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday asked the party workers to chant 'Jai Mata Di', which literally means 'Hail the Mother Goddess', while addressing a public gathering at a stage in Jammu.
Amid Chhattisgarh Congress crisis, CM Bhupesh Baghel to meet Rahul Gandhi tomorrow
Aug 27, 2021, at 05:19 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will meet Rahul Gandhi for the second time this week amid a crisis within the Congress party in the state.
Congress MLA Hardeep Singh Dang resigns from Madhya Pradesh Assembly
Mar 05, 2020, at 10:03 pm
Bhopal/IBNS: One of the four missing Congress MLAs from Madhya Pradesh, Hardeep Dang, has sent his resignation letter to state assembly Speaker NP Prajapati, media reports said on Thursday.
Nov 16, 2019, at 05:05 pm
New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: The Congress will organise a 'Bharat Bachao Rally' on Nov 30 at the Ramlila Maidan against the economic policies of the Narendra Modi government.
Sonia Gandhi not keen to take charge of Congress
Jul 11, 2019, at 04:50 pm
New Delhi, July 11 (IBNS): Despite urge from several quarters of the party, senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi is not keen to take charge of the outfit after her son Rahul Gandhi stepped down from the topmost position, an NDTV report said.
Congress leader held for blackmailing BVA corporator
May 31, 2019, at 05:04 pm
Palghar, May 31 (UNI) A Congress leader of the district has been booked on charges of allegedly blackmailing the Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) corporator of the Vasai Virar Muncipal Corporation (VVMC) and extorting money from him, police said on Friday.
Verdict 2019: Narendra Modi set to become PM for second term as BJP storms back to power
May 23, 2019, at 01:39 pm
New Delhi, May 23 (IBNS): Narendra Modi, whose tenure witnessed measures like GST and demonetization and a fierce attack from a united Opposition over everything from Rafale to his foreign visits, is all set to return as the Prime Minister of the country for a second term with his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) guided by its chief election strategy architect and national president Amit Shah marching ahead in the Lok Sabha polls as counting of votes progressed on Thursday.
Congress moves Supreme Court against PM Modi, Amit Shah over violation of MCC
Apr 29, 2019, at 01:41 pm
New Delhi, Apr 29 (UNI): Congress leader Sushmita Dev on Monday moved the Supreme Court over alleged violation of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah in their poll speeches.
After being denied ticket, BJP MP Udit Raj joins Congress
Apr 24, 2019, at 12:20 pm
New Delhi, Apr 24 (IBNS): After being denied ticket to contest the Lok Sabha polls, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s MP from North-west Delhi constituency, Udit Raj, joined the Congress on Wednesday.
Congress has no real issues to campaign against PM Modi: Jaitley
Mar 17, 2019, at 03:04 pm
New Delhi, Mar 17 (IBNS): Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said the Congress is creating fake issues for the election campaign as they have no real criticism against the government.
Remove PM Modi's hoarding at petrol pumps, airports, railway stations, Congress to ECI
Mar 15, 2019, at 05:13 pm
New Delhi, Mar 15 (UNI) A Congress delegation on Friday approached the Election Commission with a complaint that the BJP has violated Model Code of Conduct by putting up hoardings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi across the country.
NPP MLA joins Congress in Arunachal
Mar 12, 2019, at 09:05 pm
Itanagar, Mar 12 (UNI): National People’s Party (NPP) MLA Tanga Byaling came back to the Congress fold here on Tuesday.
Ex-Karnataka minister Vaijnath Patil quits Congress, to support BJP candidate
Mar 11, 2019, at 02:36 pm
Kalaburagi, Karnataka, Mar 11 (UNI): As dates for polling for general elections were announced, Congress, the coalition partner with JDS in Karnataka, suffered a setback with former minister and Hyderabad-Karnataka Horata Samiti president Vaijnath Patil tendering his resignation from the primary membership of Congress party and deciding to support the BJP candidate.
Mar 07, 2019, at 10:58 pm
New Delhi, Mar 7 (IBNS): The Congress party on Thursday announced its first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections where it stated that UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will contest for Rae Bareli and her son Rahul will once again be fielded from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.
Centre urges SC to exercise restraint while delivering observation on Rafale
Mar 06, 2019, at 08:18 pm
New Delhi, Mar 6 (IBNS): The Centre on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to "exercise restraint" while delivering its observation on the procurement of Rafale fighter jets.
Congress doing politics on death of jawans, spreading fake news: Rajnath Singh
Feb 22, 2019, at 05:40 pm
New Delhi, Feb 22 (UNI/IBNS) Dismissing the charges leveled by the Congress on Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not being sensitive to the death of CRPF jawans in the Pulwama attack, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday charged the opposition party of doing politics on the martyrdom of the soldiers.
DMK announces alliance with Congress in Tamil Nadu
Feb 20, 2019, at 09:21 pm
Chennai, Feb 20 (IBNS): DMK president M.K. Stalin formally on Wednesday announced his party's alliance with the Congress in the coming Lok Sabha elections.
No democracy in Congress, says BJP president Amit Shah
Feb 17, 2019, at 07:32 pm
Guwahati, Feb 17 (IBNS): BJP national president Amit Shah on Sunday has hit out at Congress and said it was a family party that did not have any place for democracy in it.
Modi govt failed to prevent terror attacks: Randeep Singh Surjewala
Feb 14, 2019, at 10:48 pm
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IBNS): The Congress party on Thursday slammed the Narendra Modi government over the terrorist attack in south Kashmir district of Pulwama on Srinagar-Jammu national highway which left at least 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel martyred, and said the national security has been compromised.
Congress has "more or less" said no to alliance with AAP: Arvind Kejriwal
Feb 14, 2019, at 03:51 pm
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IBNS): Delhi chief minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal today said Congress had "more or less" said no to an alliance with his party in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
We will fight with all our might: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Feb 13, 2019, at 09:47 pm
Lucknow, Feb 13 (IBNS): Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Jyotiraditya Scindhia today announced an alliance with regional outfit Mahan Dal.
Will fight with Left, Congress at the national level against BJP: Mamata Banerjee
Feb 13, 2019, at 08:00 pm
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IBNS): West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said he party would fight together with the Congress and the Left at the national level against the BJP.
Congress part of alliance against BJP in UP, says Akhilesh Yadav
Feb 12, 2019, at 07:53 pm
Lucknow, Feb 12 (IBNS): Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav today said the Congress was part of the Opposition alliance against the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
No mention of prices in CAG's Rafale report to be tabled in Parliament tomorrow
Feb 11, 2019, at 09:22 pm
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IBNS): A CAG report on the Rafale deal for 36 fighter jets that will be tabled in Parliament tomorrow does not mention prices, NDTV said, citing sources.
Cheap politics has become the identity of Congress: Nitin Gadkari
Feb 11, 2019, at 07:51 pm
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IBNS): Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said indulging in cheap politics has become the identity of the Congress after the Madhya Pradesh Congress tweeted a news report to suggest that the lawmaker from Nagpur is attacking his own party and prime minister Narendra Modi for its "caste politics".
Can't imagine how illicit liquor trade flourished at this scale: Priyanka Gandhi
Feb 10, 2019, at 07:52 pm
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IBNS): The illicit liquor death tragedy in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh has become a major political issue with the Congress too joining the controversy at a time the SP-BSP combine is already trading charges with BJP, which rules both these states.
TDP, Congress and Left to protest against PM Modi's Andhra visit today
Feb 10, 2019, at 09:46 am
Hyderabad, Feb 10 (IBNS): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday will protest against Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister is scheduled to visit Guntur, Tiruppur and Raichur in the state.
PM Modi takes dig at Congress over Rafale, jobs in Raebareli
Dec 16, 2018, at 03:04 pm
Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, Dec 16 (IBNS): Days after a Supreme Court clean chit on the defence aircraft procurement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed a rally in Congress bastion Raebareli and slammed the party over its allegations on Rafale deal, joblessness and farmers' woes.
Exit Polls: Advantage Congress, BJP on back foot
Dec 07, 2018, at 11:22 pm
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IBNS): The results aren't out yet, but if majority of the exit polls are any indication, the Modi wave appears to have hit a roadblock in Congress.
Congress expels Christian Michel's lawyer from party
Dec 05, 2018, at 09:16 pm
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IBNS): The Congress has expelled Aljo K Joseph, the lawyer who represented AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case alleged middleman Christian Michel in the CBI court on Wednesday.