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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 […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday alleged that coal meant for Small and Medium Industries was sold to industries of other states and a scam of Rs 6,000 crore has come to light in Gujarat. The party demanded a time-bound investigation. It raised questions, whether it was coincidence that three chief ministers — Narendra Modi […]

Mumbai: A day after Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao met his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray, his cabinet ministers and NCP chief Sharad Pawar in Mumbai in a bid to stitch an anti-BJP alliance, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said that a political front will never be formed without the Congress. This meeting […]

"I cannot take this humiliation from a few leaders in the party," said Jagga Reddy. On the future plans or switching loyalties to other parties, he said no decision was taken yet.

Hyderabad: The city police took into custody Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president Revanth Reddy at Jubilee Hills on Thursday morning. Revanth Reddy was on way to Gandhi Bhavan where a protest was to be held coinciding with the birthday of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao. The followers of Revanth Reddy made attempts to prevent the […]

Hyderabad: Several Congress activists were taken into preventive custody when they staged a protest in front of the office of the Hyderabad Police Commissioner demanding a case against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his derogatory comments against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi. Congress supporters and senior party leaders including Anjan Kumar Yadav, Kodanda Reddy […]

Pathankot: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said Aam Aadmi Party is the photocopy of the Congress party and both are indulging in shadow boxing. “If Congress is original, AAP is its photocopy. One looted Punjab while the other one is involved in scam after scam in Delhi. Despite being ‘Ek hi thali ke chatte […]

Congress supporters and senior party leaders including Anjan Kumar Yadav, Kodanda Reddy and others came to the Hyderabad CP office and staged a sit-in protest.

New Delhi: Ahead of the Assembly polls in Punjab, the Congress suffered a big setback on Tuesday as former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar quit the party. He sent his resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi on Monday. “Having given my thoughtful consideration to the matter, I have concluded that in the present circumstances and consistent with […]

Hoshiarpur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over unemployment, saying he does not talk about it and black money in his election speeches. Addressing a poll rally here, Gandhi targeted the Narendra Modi-led government over demonetisation and goods and services tax, alleging that only two-three billionaires benefited from them. Stating […]