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New Delhi: Amid a stalemate in Parliament, the Congress on Tuesday asked why the government is not allowing an urgent debate on price rise and GST when the entire opposition was demanding it. Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said a debate under Rule 267 has been held several times in the past on issues of […]
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Ahmedabad: With seven more people succumbing, the death toll in the hooch tragedy in Ahmedabad and Botad districts of Gujarat climbed to 24 on Tuesday morning, police said. According to Bhavnagar Range Inspector General of Police Ashok Kumar Yadav, of the deceased 15 were from Botad districts, while nine belonged to Ahmedabad rural areas. The […]
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Nalgonda: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) state secretary Chanagani Dayakar on Monday demanded the suspension of Munugode MLA Rajagopal Reddy from the party for his alleged conspiracy to weaken Congress in the state. Dayakar, in a media release here, said that Rajagopal Reddy was utilizing the politics for the purpose of his businesses. The comments […]
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Hyderabad: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Monday said the Munugode Assembly constituency would be developed on par with Suryapet district. Speaking after welcoming Gattuppal Mandal Sadhana Committee Chairman I Kailsam and others into TRS, he criticized the sitting MLA of Munugode Assembly constituency for having too many businesses and ignoring the welfare and development […]
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New Delhi: Top Congress leaders to meet on Monday to evolve the party’s strategy ahead of Sonia Gandhi’s questioning by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case related to the National Herald newspaper. The Congress president is scheduled to appear before the ED on Tuesday for the second round of questioning. She was earlier […]
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New Delhi: In a first of its kind move, the Delhi Police hired 100 private photographers to cover all happenings, including Congress protests, around the headquarters of the Enforcement Directorate when the Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi were summoned there for questioning. The strategic move, a senior police official said, was done by […]
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Hyderabad: Mild tension prevailed at Shaheennagar in Jalpally municipality following a clash between Congress and AIMIM party workers on Saturday night. According to local reports, Shaik Yousuf Quadri, who is a local Congress party leader, went to Nabil Colony, now flooded with rain water, to inspect the area and interact with the residents. However, the […]
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Mancherial: Wearing black badges, members and leaders of the Congress party staged a rasta-roko condemning the union government over interrogation of the party’s national president Sonia Gandhi by the Enforcement Directorate, here on Friday. Led by District Congress Committee president Kokkirala Surekha, hundreds of activists gathered at the busy Bellampalli Chowrasta and blocked traffic and […]
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Hyderabad: The State unit of Congress party took out a rally in the city on Thursday in protest against Enforcement Directorate questioning Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in connection with National Herald case. The rally was conducted from Indira Gandhi statue on Necklace Road to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) regional office in Basheerbagh. Addressing on the […]
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Sangareddy: Finance Minister T Harish Rao lashed out at the BJP-led union government for not announcing any flood relief to Telangana though the State was hit by heavy rains. Addressing the gathering after laying a foundation for Rs 50 crore works in Sangareddy Municipality here on Tuesday, the Minister said that Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar […]
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New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Margaret Alva is the opposition’s joint candidate for the August 6 vice presidential election. “Opposition’s candidate for the post of Vice President of India is to be Margaret Alva,” said NCP chief Sharad Pawar. The announcement came a day after the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) […]
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Hyderabad: Making light of the electoral survey report announced by an agency, the State unit of the Congress party asserted that it was a ploy to influence the voters in the State. The survey predicted that TRS would win the ensuing elections and form the government for the third consecutive term. The survey was backed […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will be the hat-trick Chief Minister for Telangana after 2023 elections and also South India’s first Chief Minister to assume the post for third consecutive time, declared TRS working president and Minister KT Rama Rao. He reminded that even the surveys publicised by the Congress and the BJP too […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana, which has the distinction of being the only State in the country to supply 24×7 free and quality power supply to the agriculture sector, also boasts of having a very nominal power tariff that is much lower than eight States ruled by the BJP and one by Congress. These are no mean achievements […]
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Hyderabad: In the wake of heavy rains lashing the State since last few days, the State unit of Congress party demanded the Telangana Government to assess the crop loss suffered and announce compensation immediately. To this effect, TPCC president A Revanth Reddy wrote an open letter to Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Tuesday. He […]
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Hyderabad: Fissures continue to surface in the State Congress unit with senior leaders expressing dissatisfaction over the TPCC leadership in welcoming leaders from other parties and according priority to such leaders. This dissatisfaction came to light on Sunday, when Bhongir MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy said the party leadership was according priority to leaders who joined […]
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New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and a G-23 member Anand Sharma has denied meeting BJP chief J.P. Nadda. The meeting was said to have taken place on Thursday. Sources said that Sharma spoke to Nadda over the phone on some programme related issue where both of them are the invitees. After the news spread, Sharma tried […]
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New Delhi: Ahead of the Gujarat Assembly elections, the Congress has appointed segment-wise observers in all the 26 parliamentary constituencies. A total of 37 leaders, including MLAs from various states, have been drafted to the party work. The leaders are mostly from Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. The Congress has held meetings in Delhi to […]
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Suryapet: TPCC former president and Nalgonda MP N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Tuesday made it clear that he would withdraw from the politics, if Congress candidate from Kodad assembly constituency did not get 50,000 votes majority in the next elections. Speaking at Congress Rachabanda programme held at Kapugallu of Kodad mandal where he shared the […]
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New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday came down heavily on the BJP over its alleged links with apprehended LeT terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir and killers of Kanhaiya Lal whose pictures with BJP leaders. Addressing a press conference here, Congress Communication In charge, Pawan Khera sought answers from the BJP. He said: “Two incidents in […]
