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Kerala, March 15 – Political parties in Kerala are gearing up for a tough election after the Election Commission announced the election schedule on Sunday, with Left parties releasing their candidate lists first.With the Model Code of Conduct now in effect and a shortened campaigning period...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 15 Political parties in Kerala expressed confidence about the upcoming election battle shortly after the Election Commission announced the schedule for the Assembly polls on Sunday.The election for 140 seats in the state will be held on April 9.Both the CPI(M) and...

New Delhi/Guwahati, March 14 The Congress on Saturday released its second list of 23 candidates for the upcoming Assam assembly elections, with the party having so far named its nominees in 65 seats in the 126-member House.The party has also left 15 seats for its alliance partners in the...

New Delhi, March 14 The Congress on Saturday released its second list of 23 party candidates for the upcoming Assam assembly elections. It has also left 15 seats for its alliance partners in the northeastern state, where assembly elections are scheduled for April.With this, the party has...

New Delhi, March 11 Top Congress leaders discussed potential candidates for the upcoming Kerala assembly elections at a meeting of the party's central election committee held at the party's Akbar Road office here on Wednesday.The meeting was chaired by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and...

New Delhi, March 11 Congress leader K C Venugopal alleged on Wednesday that Speaker Om Birla's hands were "tied" by the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, forcing him to act according to the ruling party's wishes.Participating in the debate on the resolution to remove Birla from...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is on a two-day visit to Kerala, visited the Sivagiri Math in Varkala here on Saturday.Rahul, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, was greeted at the Math by Swami Satchidananda, the president of the ashram founded by the...

Alappuzha (Kerala), March 7 Senior Congress leader and AICC general secretary K C Venugopal said on Saturday that the current political situation in Kerala guarantees a resounding victory for the UDF, which is led by the party, by winning more than 100 seats in the upcoming Assembly elections...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 5 Congress general secretary K C Venugopal said on Thursday that the party would not comment on the dispute between the CPI (M) and its veteran leader G Sudhakaran, but added that the latter's recent grievances indicate a shift in the Left party from its earlier...

New Delhi, March 5 The Congress party on Thursday renominated Abhishek Singhvi and Phulo Devi Netam, two of its sitting MPs, from Telangana and Chhattisgarh for the Rajya Sabha election.The party also nominated party leader Karamvir Singh Boudh from Haryana and Anurag Sharma from Himachal...

New Delhi, March 3 The Congress on Tuesday released its first list of 42 candidates for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections, fielding state party chief Gaurav Gogoi from the Jorhat seat.Taking the initiative in announcing the names of its candidates even before the announcement of the polls...

New Delhi, March 3 The BJP on Tuesday cited a reported claim by the husband of a former Haryana Congress leader to allege that the Gandhi family tried to "extort" Rs 7 crore from the couple in exchange for an Assembly poll ticket in the state.BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari claimed that...

Hyderabad, March 2 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi participated in the concluding session of a training programme for District Congress Committee (DCC) presidents, which was held in the Vikarabad district, on Monday.He also attended a joint meeting of the Political Affairs Committees of the...

New Delhi/Chennai, February 23 The deadlock over seat-sharing between the Congress and the DMK persisted on Monday, with the ruling party demanding 45 seats and the M K Stalin-led outfit reluctant to go beyond 25, sources said.The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu began seat-sharing talks with allies...

New Delhi, February 23 The Congress on Monday condemned the arrest and detention of its youth wing leaders in connection with the shirtless protest at the India AI Impact Summit last week and demanded that their "harassment" must stop."Peaceful dissent" should not be treated as a crime or a...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 22 The Mahila Congress has announced a five-phase agitation against alleged price increases and anti-women policies of the Kerala government.As part of the first phase of the protest, a 24-hour-long hunger strike will be held in front of the state Secretariat here...

New Delhi/Hyderabad, February 19 Days after the Congress won the Telangana local body elections, the party’s top brass held a review meeting with state leaders, with AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge asserting that its resolve for social welfare, economic empowerment, and justice for all remains...

New Delhi, February 19. Days after the Congress won the Telangana local body elections, the party's top brass held a review meeting with state leaders, with AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge asserting that their resolve for social welfare, economic empowerment, and justice for all remains firm.The...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 19 Congress general secretary K C Venugopal on Thursday claimed that the upcoming movie 'Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond' aims to "insult and divide" Kerala by "fabricating false stories" about people being forced to eat beef in the state.Referring to the movie's...

Kottayam/Palakkad (Kerala), February 17 Two well-known figures who were previously associated with the CPI(M) were seen sharing the stage with the Congress in Kerala on Tuesday, a development that has drawn attention ahead of the crucial Assembly elections.Actor and former chairman of the...