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Hyderabad: The meeting of senior Congress leaders from the State unit at former Minister Marri Shashidhar Reddy’s residence here on Monday triggered speculations. This meeting apart, Bhongir MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Senior leaders including former Ministers Ponnala Laxmaiah, J Geetha Reddy, D Sridhar Babu, Sangareddy MLA T […]

Hyderabad: The State Assembly on Monday witnessed pandemonium for a while after Congress MLA Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy made baseless remarks against Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav during the discussion on budget. Rajgopal Reddy faced the ire of Industries and Municipal Administration Minister KT Rama Rao and other Ministers and MLAs, who demanded that the […]

Band-aid doesn’t help when the problem requires surgery. This prescription applies to the Congress as well. What the grand old party needs now is neither the token gestures, fake resignation dramas nor an empty pep talk from its beleaguered leadership but a radical overhaul of the organisation to stem the rot. The drubbing in the […]

New Delhi: After humiliating defeat in the five state elections, the big Sunday Congress Working Committee meet could be a stormy one as resignations may pour in from the leaders who have been involved in election management. In the past however, Sonia Gandhi had offered to quit but it was rejected by the CWC while […]

Hyderabad: The CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka found himself at the receiving end when he alleged that the government was trying to use funds from Assembly Constituency Development Programme (ACDP) for ‘Mana Ooru-Mana Badi’. Responding to the observation in the Assembly on Saturday, the Municipal Administration Minister KT Rama Rao said that the Congress ruled […]

Hyderabad: After indulging in a war of words in recent times, TPCC president A Revanth Reddy and Sangareddy MLA T Jagga Reddy met cordially at the CLP office in the Assembly premises here on Friday. As soon as the TPCC president arrived, Jagga Reddy extended greetings and the duo even posed for photographers in the […]

Dehradun: Congress leader and former chief minister Harish Rawat, who was the party’s campaign face in Uttarakhand assembly polls, on Thursday took responsibility for the party’s defeat. Rawat is trailing from Lalkuwa behind BJP’s Mohan Singh Bisht by over 17,000 votes. BJP is set to retain Uttarakhand and has won 20 seats and is leading […]

Chandigarh: All the Badals, led by five-time Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, the eldest candidate at 94 in fray for the 117-member Punjab Assembly, as well as their kin, on Thursday lost to AAP’s greenhorns. The eldest Badal, who won the seat five times in a row since 1997, lost to Gurmeet Khuddian from Lambi […]

New Delhi:  The chief ministerial candidates of the BJP, Congress and AAP faced defeat in the Uttarakhand Assembly polls. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami lost to Congress candidate Bhuvan Chand Kapri in Khatima constituency. Kapdi bagged 52 per cent (44,479) votes while Dhami secured 37,425 votes. In Lalkuan constituency, former chief minister and senior […]

New Delhi: After the Congress’ dismal performance in the Assembly elections in five states, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said he accepted the people’s verdict and congratulated the winning parties. Rahul Gandhi tweeted in the afternoon: “Humbly accept the people’s verdict. Best wishes to those who have won the mandate. My gratitude to all Congress workers […]

New Delhi: It seems that BJP’s decision to replace two chief ministers within a short span of four months in Uttarakhand has paid good dividends to the saffron party. As per the Election Commission data, the ruling BJP is leading in 42 assembly constituencies while Congress is leading in 25, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) […]

Hyderabad: Cutting across the party lines, opposition parties on Monday said the budget presented by the Finance Minister T Harish Rao did not fulfill the aspirations of the people in the State. The Congress, BJP, CPI and CPM took exception to the State government for presenting the budget without the Governor’s address in the State […]

Robertsganj: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday said that the people have to take a lead and find a solution to their problems as the state government has failed. The Chief Minister, who is in Varanasi region as part of the last leg of campaigning for assembly elections in UP, took a dig at […]

Hyderabad: As fissures continue to surface among leaders in State Congress, TPCC president A Revanth Reddy on Friday warned that leaders, who skip party meetings or programmes, would not be given priority in allocation of key posts or tickets to contest elections. For finalizing tickets to aspiring candidates in the next elections, the party high […]

Mancherial: Mild tension prevailed when women activists of the Congress and members of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi exchanged heated arguments at the residence of MLA Nadipelli Diwakar Rao here on Thursday. A large number of women activists laid siege to the residence of Diwakar Rao, objecting to remarks of his son Vijith Kumar against the […]

Imphal: High drama was witnessed as a Congress candidate was arrested for allegedly assaulting an on-duty polling personnel during the first phase of Manipur assembly elections, and later released on bail. Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has decried the action against party candidate Lamtinthang Haokip in Saitu constituency of Kangpokpi district as a “murder of […]

Hyderabad: In what is being seen as controversial remarks, TPCC president A Revanth Reddy said on Monday that if the Congress comes to power in the State, the benefits of all the government schemes would be restricted to Congress workers only. “I promise you that Indiramma houses, pensions, jobs and other benefits will be given […]

Khammam: Congress was wiped out completely in 57th division of Khammam Municipal Corporation with about 600 leaders and activists from Congress joining TRS on Sunday. At a programme organised by TRS town party president Pagadala Nagaraj here on Sunday, Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar welcome the Congress workers into the TRS fold as a result […]

Sanagreddy: Congress MLA from Sangareddy and party working president T Jagga Reddy has said that he will not resign from the party until he gets a chance to meet Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. Accusing some Party leaders of resorting to false propaganda, the Sangareddy MLA said that some party leaders were spreading misinformation about […]

Mancherial: Vexed by the internal bickering among cadres and lack of efficient leaders in the party, Jaipur mandal Congress president Chippakurthi Venkanna resigned from the post and primary membership of the party on Wednesday. Venkanna quit the party citing infighting among the party leaders. He stated that the party had no leaders to lead it […]