Veteran Congress leader Ahmed Patel who tested Covid positive, shifted to ICU
Nov 15, 2020, at 10:35 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Veteran Congress leader Ahmed Patel, who had tested positive for Covid-19 on October 1, has been shifted to ICU of Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon, his family stated, reported media.
Ahead of Assam assembly polls, two sitting Congress MLAs set to join BJP
Nov 14, 2020, at 08:10 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Ahead of the assembly poll in Assam which is scheduled in April next year, the ruling party BJP is gearing up for the polls and trying to build up its strength.
Counting 'completely transparent' : EC on Congress, RJD's allegations of miscounting
Nov 13, 2020, at 09:08 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission (EC) has denied allegations of miscounting of votes in Bihar elections and claims that the successful candidates were not give certificates, asserting that they were not based on facts.
Madhya Pradesh bypolls: Jyotidatiya Scindia scores, Congress trails
Nov 11, 2020, at 03:06 am
Bhopal/IBNS: Ex-Congressman Jyotiraditya Scindia's power-packed campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) helped the saffron party secure a big lead in Madhya Pradesh as counting of votes was underway for the vacant seats in the state.
Bihar poll results: NDA set to return to power as per trends
Nov 10, 2020, at 08:36 pm
Patna/IBNS: Defeating all exit polls which had predicted a new Bihar Chief Minister, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), as per the trends so far, is set to return to power with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as the single largest party.
Congress slams BJP over 'selective outrage' in Arnab Goswami arrest
Nov 05, 2020, at 04:45 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Congress on Wednesday slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for what they called selective outrage over the arrest of Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami and said the law will take its own course.c
Former PM Indira Gandhi remembered on her 36th death anniversary
Oct 31, 2020, at 09:41 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was remembered on Saturday on her 36th death anniversary with tributes pouring in from all corners of the country, cutting across political ideologies.
Oct 30, 2020, at 11:27 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A day after a Pakistani lawmaker suggested his country's role in Pulwama attack in 2019 in which at least 40 soldiers were killed, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar demanded that the Congress must apologise to the country for floating "conspiracy theories" and remarks about the incident.
Dynasty of corruption over generations makes country hollow: PM Modi
Oct 28, 2020, at 05:04 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In a veiled attack on the Congress party and the Gandhi family Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said generational corruption is a major challenge that has been gradually growing in the past decades and has taken a formidable form in the country.
Vote for grand alliance to build a new Bihar: Sonia Gandhi appeals to voters
Oct 27, 2020, at 08:10 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Accusing the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar of deviating from its path, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday appealed to the people of the state, to vote for the grand alliance to build a new Bihar.
Madhya Pradesh: Diggy slams Jyotiraditya
Oct 27, 2020, at 07:01 am
Bhopal/UNI: Continuing his assault on Jyotiraditya Scindia, who earlier this year abandoned Congress and joined Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh’s Digvijaya Singh said Monday that it would be “injustice” to compare Scindia with his sire.
Oct 24, 2020, at 04:52 am
Chennai/New Delhi/PatnaIBNS: Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Friday slammed BJP and its ally AIADMK for promising free Covid-19 vaccine in its Bihar election manifesto and a similar promise made by the latter in Tamil Nadu, said media reports. Others in the opposition, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Shiv Sena laeder Sanjay Raut, also came down heavily on BJP's assurance of "free-vaccine".
Senior Congress leader Gurupada Nanda passes away
Oct 21, 2020, at 01:41 am
Bhubaneswar/UNI: Senior Congress leader and former Rourkela MLA Gurupada Nanda passed away while undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Odisha's Cuttack on Tuesday. He was 77.
Didn't mean to insult, forgot her name: Kamal Nath explains 'item' jibe for Imarti Devi
Oct 20, 2020, at 03:38 am
Bhopal/IBNS: After being snubbed for his "item" jibe at former party colleague Imarti Devi, ex-Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Monday tried to explain his remark claiming that he was not insulting anyone but forgot "the person's" name.
Kamal Nath makes 'sexist' comment on BJP's Imarti Devi, Jyotiraditya Scindia hits back
Oct 19, 2020, at 05:13 pm
Gwalior/IBNS: Congress leader Kamal Nath has stirred a row by allegedly making a sexist comment on Madhya Pradesh minister Imarti Devi, only to be hit back by his former party colleague and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jyotiraditya Scindia.
Prakash Javadekar slams Chidambaram, Digvijaya on their remarks on Art 370
Oct 18, 2020, at 02:33 am
New Delhi/UNI: Criticizing statements of Congress leaders P Chidambaram and Digvijaya Singh regarding Article 370, Information and Broadcasting Minister and senior BJP leader Prakash Javadekar on Saturday said that the Congress leaders are speaking in unison with the separatists.
Oct 17, 2020, at 04:00 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Actor Vivek Oberoi should be investigated for possible links with the drugs scandal involving the Kannada film industry being probed by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said Friday, reported media.
Congress not protectors of Karnataka people: HD Kumaraswamy
Oct 15, 2020, at 06:37 pm
Bengaluru/IBNS: Almost putting an end to the bonhomie with Congress in Karnataka, former Chief Minister and Janata Dal Secular chief HD Kumaraswamy on Thursday made an unsparing attack on his former ally ahead of the byelection in Rajarajeshwarinagar constituency.
Khushbu Sundar joins BJP hours after quitting Congress
Oct 12, 2020, at 08:33 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In a jolt for the country's oldest political outfit, Tamil Nadu actor-turned politician Khushbu Sundar on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hours after quitting the Congress.
Khushbu Sundar quits Congress, likely to join BJP today
Oct 12, 2020, at 04:16 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In a jolt to the country's oldest political outfit, Tamil Nadu Congress leader Khushbu Sundar on Monday quit her party amid rumours of her joining in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), media reports said.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury bats for Congress and Left Front alliance for 2021 Bengal assembly elections
Oct 10, 2020, at 09:29 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Congress parliamentary party leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has asserted that there will be an alliance between Congress and Left Front ahead of 2021 assembly elections.
Assam: Congress expels sitting MLA Rajdeep Gowala and ex-MLA Rumi Nath from party for six years
Oct 10, 2020, at 04:18 am
Guwahati/IBNS: The Congress on Friday expelled its sitting MLA Rajdeep Gowala and an ex-MLA Rumi Nath from Barak Valley, Assam for a period of six years for anti-party activities.
UP bypolls: Notification to be issued for 7 Assembly seats tomorrow
Oct 08, 2020, at 06:18 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Notification for the November 3 by-elections to seven Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh will be issued on Friday.
Rahul Gandhi's anti-farm laws rally briefly stopped at Haryana border
Oct 07, 2020, at 01:42 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was stopped briefly on Haryana border as he led the rally against the Centre's new farm laws from party-ruled Punjab.
Congress' 15 years rule in Assam is the epitome of corruption: Sarbananda Sonowal
Oct 06, 2020, at 02:07 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday said that, in last four years, his government has given regular and contractual jobs to 80 thousand youths of the state on the basis of merit and in a very transparent manner. No one could cast any aspersion on the recruitment process, he said.
'Rahul Gandhi's march towards Hathras for politics, not for justice': Smriti Irani
Oct 03, 2020, at 10:14 pm
Varanasi/IBNS: Union women and child welfare minister Smriti Irani on Saturday called Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's march towards Hathras gang rape victim's house a political stunt rather than an effort to ensure justice for the victim.
Congress announces nationwide agitation against Hathras incident on Oct 5
Oct 03, 2020, at 08:54 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Congress party on Saturday announced nationwide protest against the Hathras gang-rape incident on October 5.
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Vadra to meet Hathras victim's family today
Oct 03, 2020, at 07:53 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra will meet the kin of the 19-year-old Dalit woman, who was gang-raped by four upper-caste men in Boolagarhi village of Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh and later succumbed to her injuries in Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital, along with other leaders on Saturday, two days after they were stopped by the state police on their way to victim's house, the party said.
Congress leader Ahmed Patel tests Covid-19 positive
Oct 01, 2020, at 11:37 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel tested positive for Novel Coronavirus or Covid-19.
Oct 01, 2020, at 09:06 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were detained by UP Police while on their way to meet Hathras gangrape victim’s family.