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By Arun Sinha Midway through the election battle Mamata Banerjee has realised she cannot defeat the BJP alone. She wants the Congress to come along with her. That was not the case in the beginning. She came on a high horse from Bengal, gung ho, adventuresome and cocksure she could vanquish the BJP in Goa […]

Mancherial: Government whip Balka Suman said that Opposition parties which lost their existence in the country were making baseless allegations against the government. Addressing a press conference here on Tuedsday along with MLA Diwakar Rao, Suman said both the Congress and the Telugu Desam Party had not developed Mancherial district even after ruling the State […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday accused Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of betraying the country’s salaried and middle classes by not announcing any relief measures for them in the Union Budget. Congress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the salaried and the middle classes have been affected due […]

Dehradun: Daughters of two former chief ministers have been fielded in the Uttarakhand Assembly elections, apparently in an attempt to reclaim the legacy of their fathers. Congress leader Anupama Rawat, the daughter of Congress election campaign committee chief and former CM Harish Rawat, has been fielded from Haridwar Rural. In the 2017 Assembly polls, Harish […]

By Ratan Mani Lal Defections prior to any election are not uncommon in Uttar Pradesh. In the Assembly elections in 2012 and 2017 too several leaders had quit one party and joined another, with varying results. But the defections this year have been remarkable in the sense that the many defectors are not only high-profile, […]

New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday released its candidates for all 60 seats for the Manipur assembly polls. Chief Minister N. Biren Singh will contest from Heingang assembly constituency. The BJP has given tickets to three women candidates — Nemcha Kipgen from Kangpokpi, S.S. Olish from Chandel and Soraisam Kebi Devi from Naoriyapakhanglakpa. The BJP […]

Amritsar: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is on a day-long visit to Punjab for campaigning of the upcoming assembly polls, visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Thursday. The Congress leader was accompanied by Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and the party’s state chief Navjot Singh Sidhu. Following his visit to Golden Temple, Rahul […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday said its leader Rahul Gandhi’s stand that democracy and social media platforms cannot be suppressed or subjugated by the ruling government and allowed to become a space for mere abuse and trolls stands vindicated. This came out after Twitter said it is committed to India and healthy debate on […]

Hyderabad: The CPI (M) State unit has resolved to put up a relentless fight against the divisive politics of BJP and its attempts to derive political mileage by triggering communal differences. BJP leaders were making desperate attempts to cover up the injustice and discrimination towards Telangana by the Central Government by instigating communal hatred. Apart […]

Chandigarh: Bharatiya Janata Party will contest 65 seats, Amarinder Singh’s Punjab Lok Congress 37 seats and Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) 15 seats in the upcoming Punjab assembly polls, said BJP national president JP Nadda. Earlier on Sunday, Amarinder Singh announced his decision to fight from his home constituency of Patiala Urban. His party released the […]

Hyderabad: Describing Congress as a secular party, Sangareddy MLA and TPCC working president T Jagga Reddy charged that the BJP was an expert in triggering communal politics, besides provoking people towards violence. In an informal chit chat with media persons here on Sunday, the TPCC working president said while construction of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya […]

New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday gave a hint that she would be the chief ministerial face of the party in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. “Do you see anyone else’s face from the Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh? You can see my face everywhere,” said Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on being […]

Hyderabad: Describing the BJP-led Central Government as anti farmer Government, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister E.Dayakar Rao said the Centre’s latest move of revising fertilizers prices was a testimony of the anti farmer policies. He said Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao already written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has commenced an […]

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Khammam: Several Congress leaders joined TRS in presence of IT Minister and TRS working president KT Rama Rao in Hyderabad on Friday. At a programme at Telangana Bhavan, Khammam Municipal Corporation Congress corporators — Motarapu Sravani (55th division), Dhanala Radha (17th Division) and Raghunathpalem mandal, Budidampadu village sarpanch Meera joined the TRS. TRS working president […]

Lucknow: The Congress on Wednesday cancelled its four marathon races listed this week and also decided not to hold any big rallies in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh amid rising cases of the novel coronavirus infection. Party sources said apart from the infection scare, the decision also took into account the recent stampede-like situation in Bareilly where […]

Hyderabad: Continuing with his tirade against Telangana Congress leadership, Sangareddy MLA T Jagga Reddy on Sunday said he has several issues to discuss at the party meeting scheduled for Wednesday. Taking serious objection to a campaign on social media projecting him as a covert, Jagga Reddy said: “If I am a covert, then TPCC president […]

Hyderabad: AICC National Spokesperson Mohan Prakash lashed at the BJP-led NDA government saying the hard times faced by people due to escalating prices of essential commodities in 2021, would continue in the New Year as well. “Like during the last seven years, this year also the gift given to the people by Prime Minister Narendra […]

New Delhi: Clearing the air on the much-awaited question many ask, Congress’ Central Election Authority president Madhusudan Mistry on Wednesday said the party would get its new national president by the end of September 2022. The grand old party is presently headed by interim president Sonia Gandhi, who took over after her son and Congress […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday slammed the Modi government over its refusal to renew the FCRA registration of the Missionaries of Charity, accusing it of targeting Christians to advance its majoritarian agenda. “Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity are the latest victims of Modi Government’s vicious, vengeful and hate driven agenda against minorities,” Randeep […]