Karnataka Congress MLA in hospital, party denies brawl allegations
Jan 20, 2019, at 05:49 pm
Bengaluru, Jan 20 (IBNS): The Congress on Sunday tried to establish all was well in the party here even as an MLA was admitted to a private hospital after allegedly being hit on the head by a colleague.
Congress best-equipped to lead anti-BJP alliance: Tejashwi Yadav
Jan 20, 2019, at 05:01 pm
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IBNS): RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday said the Congress was "best-equipped" to lead the alliance of anti-BJP parties.
2019 battle is to restore nation's faith in democracy: Sonia in message to Brigade
Jan 19, 2019, at 02:49 pm
Kolkata, Jan 19 (IBNS): Congress' former president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday skipped West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's mega rally at the icnonic Brigade Parade Ground here but sent a message through her senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge.
Karnataka: Congress lodges MLA in resort to avoid BJP poaching
Jan 18, 2019, at 11:50 pm
Bengaluru, Jan 18 (IBNS): The Congress has lodged all its MLAs who had come to the legislative party meeting earlier this morning, in the Eagleton Resort on the city outskirts to keep them safe from BJP poaching.
Four Karnataka MLAs stay from Congress meet
Jan 18, 2019, at 09:26 pm
Bengaluru, Jan 18 (IBNS): Four Congress MLA remained away from a Congress Legislative Party meeting here on Friday adding fuel to speculations that the BJP is trying to topple its government led by H.D.Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal (Secular).
AAP to contest Lok Sabha elections alone in Delhi, Punjab and Haryana: Gopal Rai
Jan 18, 2019, at 05:23 pm
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IBNS): The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday said they are going to contest the Lok Sabha polls in Delhi, Punjab and Haryana alone.
No talk of truck with AAP: Sheila Dikshit
Jan 16, 2019, at 01:42 pm
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IBNS): Delhi Congress chief Sheila Dikshit has said her party is not looking for an alliance with the AAP at this stage.
SP-BSP alliance enough to beat BJP in UP: Tejashwi Yadav on Congress question
Jan 14, 2019, at 04:42 pm
Lucknow, Jan 14 (IBNS): Reacting to the non-inclusion of Congress in the Uttar Pradesh alliance, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday said the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) are enough to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2019 General Elections, media reports said.
Mamata Banerjee, Congress remember Mahaswetah Devi on birth anniversary
Jan 14, 2019, at 10:05 am
Kolkata, Jan 14 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday remembered late writer Mahaswetah Devi on her birth anniversary.
SC judge says no to post-retirement job offer from govt
Jan 13, 2019, at 10:08 pm
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IBNS): Supreme Court judge A.K. Sikri has said no to a post-retirement job offer made to him by the Union government, reports said.
Congress to fight in 80 seats in Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh: Ghulam Nabi Azad
Jan 13, 2019, at 03:21 pm
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IBNS): Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday said his party will contest in 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Ahead of Makar Sankranti, Rajasthan Cong distributes kites with questions on Rafale printed on them
Jan 13, 2019, at 12:14 pm
Jaipur, Jan 13 (IBNS): Launching a new attack on the Narendra Modi government, the Congress party ahead of the Makar Sankranti, is distributing kites with four questions regarding Rafale deal printed on them, media reports said.
Akhilesh-Mayawati's alliance decision is political: Rahul Gandhi
Jan 12, 2019, at 10:34 pm
Dubai, Jan 12 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the decision taken by the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to form an alliance without the country's oldest outfit in Uttar Pradesh is a political one.
Congress fields Randeep Surjewala as candidate for by-poll in Haryana's Jind
Jan 10, 2019, at 10:45 am
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IBNS): The Congress has fielded its spokesperson Randeep Surjewala as the candidate for the upcoming by-poll in Haryana's Jind assembly constituency.
Sharad Pawar meets Rahul Gandhi, discusses Lok Sabha poll strategy
Jan 09, 2019, at 09:25 pm
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IBNS): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday met Congress president Rahul Gandhi to discuss strategy to fight the upcoming Lok Sabha election, which will be held in less than 100 days.
Rahul Gandhi visits Rajasthan, calls farmers as 'assets'
Jan 09, 2019, at 04:42 pm
Jaipur, Jan 9 (IBNS): Gearing up for the Lok Sabha polls and to fight against Narendra Modi to come back to power at the Centre, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the Prime Minister and said he has ignored the farmers of the country for the past five years.
Congress appoints first transgender national general secretary
Jan 08, 2019, at 11:17 pm
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IBNS): The Congress has appointed its first transgender national general secretary, the party announced on Tuesday.
Where will PM hide? Congress after SC reinstates Alok Verma as CBI chief
Jan 08, 2019, at 12:32 pm
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IBNS): Welcoming the Supreme Court's judgement which quashed the Centre's decision to send Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chief Alok Verma on leave over fight within the federal probe agency, Congress, the country's main opposition party, took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Nirmala Sitharaman is not Defence Minister but PM's spokesperson: Rahul Gandhi
Jan 07, 2019, at 03:18 pm
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IBNS): Hitting out at the Defence Minister over Rafale once again on Monday, Congress president Rahul Gandhi has termed Nirmala Sitharaman as a "spokesperson of Prime Minister Narendra Modi".
AAP-Congress to contest Lok Sabha polls in Delhi together, says politician Ashutosh
Jan 06, 2019, at 08:02 pm
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IBNS): Ashutosh, a journalist-turned-politician, has claimed that the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party might contest the Lok Sabha polls in Delhi together.
Jan 06, 2019, at 06:30 pm
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IBNS): The Parliament is likely to witness another round of fireworks on Monday as Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Congress president Rahul Gandhi got engaged in a Twitter battle over the issue of procurement orders worth Rs. 1 lakh crore given to the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited or HAL.
Small section of people protesting, many have supported us: Sabarimala women
Jan 06, 2019, at 12:37 pm
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 6 (IBNS): Only a small section of people in Kerala are against women entering the Sabarimala temple and are turning violent for political reasons, said Bindu Ammini, one of the two women in their 40s who entered the shrine on Wednesday.
After Akhilesh-Mayawati alliance talk, Congress says will go solo
Jan 05, 2019, at 09:33 pm
Lucknow, Jan 5 (IBNS): With several media reports claiming the Samajwadi party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) are looking for an alliance without the Congress in Uttar Pradesh, the country's oldest party said it will go solo in the 2019 General Elections in the state.
Rahul Gandhi 'winks' in Parliament again during Rafale debate, BJP slams
Jan 05, 2019, at 08:47 am
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi was caught 'winking' in the Parliament during the debate on the Rafale deal on Friday.
PM Modi, BJP leaders appreciate Nirmala Sitharaman for her 'Rafale' debate in Parliament
Jan 04, 2019, at 07:48 pm
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IBNS): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman earned appreciation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top BJP leaders for the way she countered the allegations made against the government by the Congress in Parliament on Friday.
Lanka woman contradicts with Kerala police over Sabarimala entry
Jan 04, 2019, at 03:10 pm
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 4 (IBNS): Contradicting with Kerala police's statement, Sri Lanka woman Sasikala, who was earlier reported to have entered Sabarimala temple, has said she was not allowed to enter the shrine, media reports said.
Twitterati slam Shashi Tharoor for his 'unnecessary' comment on Sabarimala
Jan 04, 2019, at 12:57 pm
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IBNS): Several Twitter users have launched an unsparing attack on senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor for terming entry of two women recently into Kerala's Sabarimala temple as "unnecessary" and accusing the Congress of hypocrisy on the issue of women's rights.
Modi attacks Congress for appointing "anti-Sikh riot accused" as MP CM
Jan 03, 2019, at 06:38 pm
Gurdaspur, Punjab, Jan 3 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit out at the Congress for the involvement of its leaders in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and for appointing Kamal Nath as the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh.
Rafale deal : Congress releases audio clip, claims Manohar Parrikar has all files in bedroom
Jan 02, 2019, at 01:51 pm
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IBNS) :The Congress on Wednesday released an audio clip in which a Goa minister purportedly claims that former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar possesses files with all the of the India-France Rafale jet deal, media reports said.
Narendra Modi defends BJP on triple talaq and Sabarimala
Jan 01, 2019, at 10:15 pm
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday denied that his party, the BJP, had double standards when it came to the two issues of triple talaq and the Sabarimala temple.