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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...

Chennai, February 17 TNCC chief K Selvaperunthagai said on Tuesday that the Congress high command was "monitoring those who are violating" its directive to refrain from commenting on power-sharing with the DMK and would decide on the action to be taken.In effect endorsing Selvaperunthagai's...

New Delhi, February 17 Veteran leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Tuesday said that if the Congress cannot tolerate dissent, it is the party's "doom," and if it doesn't have the courage to respond to dissenting voices in a "polite but firm manner," it doesn't deserve to rule.Aiyar also recalled...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 16 The Congress decided on Monday to conduct house-to-house visits at the booth level across Kerala from February 20 to 28 as part of its campaign for the upcoming Legislative Assembly elections.The decision was taken at a KPCC leadership meeting held here.The...

On Monday, senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar publicly criticized his party colleagues, a day after stating that the LDF, led by Pinarayi Vijayan, would retain power in Kerala.In a series of sharp remarks, Aiyar branded Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor a "dishonest careerist" and...

Kochi, February 15 Senior Congress leaders in Kerala held a meeting on Sunday to review preparations and discuss potential candidates for the upcoming elections, which the party is confident of winning, following its successful local elections.Speaking to reporters, Kerala Pradesh Congress...

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 15 The issue of women's entry into the Sabarimala temple resurfaced on Sunday, sparking a political debate in Kerala, with the opposition urging the LDF government to clarify its stance on the entry of young women into the shrine.This issue has led to renewed clashes...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 14 The opposition Congress in Kerala intensified its attack on the state government over the audit report of the recently held Global Ayyappa Sangamam, alleging that it was a continuation of the "gold theft" that occurred at Sabarimala.The sangamam was organized at...

New Delhi, February 11 Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday claimed that 20 to 25 Congress MPs had misbehaved with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in his chamber, and that senior leaders K C Venugopal and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who were present, did not intervene.The minister of parliamentary...