Centre asks Twitter to remove 'manipulated media' tags from alleged 'Congress toolkit' tweets
May 22, 2021, at 02:59 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian government has asked Twitter to remove "manipulated media" tag from tweets that claimed to expose the alleged "Congress toolkit"aimed at discrediting Centre's Covid-19 efforts, terming it "prejudicial, a clear overreach and unwarranted", media reports said.
Covid deaths increasing, vaccines decreasing: Rahul Gandhi
May 19, 2021, at 08:10 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused the Centre of diverting the attention from the main issues while the Covid-19 deaths are increasing and the vaccines are reducing in the country.
Congress MP Rajeev Satav dies of Covid-19
May 16, 2021, at 05:30 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Satav died due to Covid-19 on Sunday at a private hospital in Pune.
'Put our house in order': Sonia Gandhi tells Congress leaders on party's debacle in state elections
May 11, 2021, at 04:19 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday demanded that the party "take note of our serious setbacks (and) put our house in order", after disappointing performances in state elections.
Covid-19: TMC wants virtual parliamentary committee meetings, Congress backs
May 11, 2021, at 03:46 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s appeal to the central government to hold virtual parliamentary committee meetings in the wake of Covid-19 spike was on Monday backed by several Congress leaders.
Didn't want to see them as zero: Mamata Banerjee on Left's performance in Bengal
May 04, 2021, at 04:20 am
Kolkata/IBNS: After making a landslide victory in the West Bengal elections and sealing her return as the chief minister of the state for the third time, Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed sympathy for her arch-rival -the Left front-who had been completely decimated with no representation in the state assembly for the first time since independence.
CPI(M) politbureau hails resounding victory of LDF in Kerala
May 03, 2021, at 04:21 am
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: CPI (M) Politburo on Sunday hailed the resounding victory of CPI(M)-led LDF in the Assembly elections in Kerala.
Congress sweeps Urban Local Body polls in Karnataka
May 02, 2021, at 06:16 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: Congress has won seven out of eleven Urban Local Bodies in Karnataka.
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:07 am
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Four of seven exit polls conducted by various agencies in India have predicted Mamata Banerjee-led powerful regional satrap Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s return to power in West Bengal with the country's ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as a strong opposition to reckon with.
Exit polls predict return of Mamata in Bengal, BJP to emerge as major force
Apr 30, 2021, at 02:03 am
Kolkata/IBNS: As the eight-phased high-octane West Bengal assembly election concluded on Thursday, most of the exit polls predicted a return of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) to power for the third term.
Congress launches its digital platform INC TV
Apr 25, 2021, at 12:03 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Congress on Saturday launched its new digital media platform INC TV, through which it assures to highlight problems faced by people and question the dispensation.
Voting for five municipal councils underway in Goa
Apr 23, 2021, at 08:36 pm
Panaji/UNI: Voting for the five municipal councils in Goa is being held today.
Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala tests COVID-19 positive
Apr 16, 2021, at 03:04 pm
New Delhi: Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Friday tweeted to confirm that he has tested COVID-19 positive.
Anurag Thakur asks Cong to clarify stand on its alliance with Communists in West Bengal
Apr 16, 2021, at 01:34 am
Hamirpur (HP)/UNI: Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur on Thursday blasted the Congress party for its 'policies of appeasement' towards the leftists and asked its leader Rahul Gandhi to clarify what was the real position of the party towards the Leftists.
EC adjourns byelection to Pipili Assembly seat in Odisha after Congress candidate dies of Covid
Apr 15, 2021, at 08:45 pm
Bhubaneswar/UNI: By election to the Pipili Assembly seat in Odisha scheduled to be held on April 17 has been adjourned following the demise of Congress candidate Ajit Mangaraj.
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey demands immediate arrest of Cong MLA Irfan Ansari for visiting temple
Apr 15, 2021, at 06:11 pm
Ranchi/IBNS: Jharkhand Congress MLA Irfan Ansari's visit to a temple has offended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey with the saffron party member demanding the arrest of his political foe.
Assam: AIUDF shifts candidates to Congress-ruled Rajasthan fearing poaching by BJP
Apr 10, 2021, at 04:28 am
Guwahati/Jaipur/IBNS: The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) on Friday shifted 18 of its 20 candidates, who contested the just-concluded Assembly elections in Assam, to Jaipur in Congress-ruled Rajasthan, fearing that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would influence and poach them.
We will form the next government in Assam by winning 90 seats: BJP
Apr 09, 2021, at 06:16 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: After the completion of the assembly election in Assam, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has claimed that the saffron party and its ally parties will form the next government in the state by winning at least 90 seats.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra opposes holding of CBSE examinations amid Covid-19 surge
Apr 09, 2021, at 05:11 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has opposed the conduct of central board examinations amid the massive surge in Covid-19 cases in the country.
Assam polls: Congress demands access to CCTV links of strong rooms
Apr 08, 2021, at 06:04 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The Congress party has demanded the Election Commission of India (ECI) to provide access /link of the CCTV cameras of the strong rooms to the contesting candidates where Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are kept before counting of votes.
Congress urges EC to provide CCTV surveillance of strong rooms to contesting candidates
Apr 08, 2021, at 01:23 am
Guwahati/UNI: Assam Congress has requested the election commission to provide access or link of the CCTV surveillance of strong rooms to the contesting candidates of all the constituencies to ensure the protection of the EVMS from rigging.
Apr 07, 2021, at 05:30 pm
Kolkata: In the triangular fight for West Bengal, Sanjukta Morcha-supported Indian National Congress (INC) candidate in Sreerampore Assembly seat in Hooghly district, Alok Banerjee, has set his focus is on two major issues of the state- unemployment and daily struggle of the lower-middle-class and poor people, which are mostly "unhighlighted" by the two derby sides- Trinamool Congress and BJP.
Tamil Nadu polls: Congress leader tweets unusual image to mark end of campaign
Apr 06, 2021, at 04:29 am
Chennai/IBN: As Tamil Nadu gears up for Assembly polls on Tuesday, Congress leader Mohan Kumaramangalam tweeted an unusual picture to mark the end of the campaign in the state on Sunday.
Assam polls: Rahul Gandhi slams Election Commission with a two-worded tweet over EVM controversy
Apr 04, 2021, at 03:44 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi came down heavily on Election Commission with a two-word tweet after controversy erupted after polling officials were seen carrying an electronic voting machine (EVM) in a BJP candidate's car in Assam.
Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma banned from poll campaign over NIA threat to Congress
Apr 03, 2021, at 04:53 am
New Delhi/Guwahati: Assam Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Himanta Biswa Sarma has been banned from campaigning for 48 hours ahead of the third and final phase of the state assembly election, which is due on Tuesday.
Assam: EVMs allegedly found in BJP candidate's car in Patharkandi, Congress furious
Apr 02, 2021, at 05:05 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: In a video which has been trending on Twitter since morning, Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were allegedly found in a car of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Assam's Patharkandi, Krishnendu Paul.
76.76 pct voters' turn out recorded in Assam's second phase polling
Apr 02, 2021, at 04:10 am
Guwahati/IBNS/UNI: The eastern state of Assam recorded a voters turnout of 76.76 per cent in the second phase of Assembly polls till the end of the stipulated time that is 6 pm on Thursday.
Over 73.44 lakh voters to decide fate of 345 candidates in second phase of Assam poll
Apr 01, 2021, at 02:16 am
Guwahati/IBNS: The stage is set for the second phase of the Assam assembly poll for 39 constituencies which will be held on April 1.
Assam hitting politics of hatred out of the park: Congress leader Ripun Bora
Mar 29, 2021, at 08:37 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Ripun Bora on Monday said that, with the Assam assembly elections approaching the slog overs, things are becoming clear with each passing day.
Both BJP, Congress claim to form next government in Assam
Mar 29, 2021, at 08:33 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: While the first of Assam assembly polls for 47 assembly constituencies were held on Saturday with over 79 percent voter turnout and two phases of polls for 79 seats are still remaining, the alliances of both the ruling BJP and opposition Congress have claimed to form the next government in the state.