Congress leaders Saturday remained non-committal on the issue of barring criminally tainted people from entering India’s oldest national party, which is in the middle of a countrywide membership drive.
Congress leader Dwijendranath Sharma, addressing a press conference here, said there are procedures to screen those with criminal backgrounds, but refused to say that legislators with a [...]
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Congress leader Sajjan Kumar could be in for trouble with Delhi Lt-Governor Tejendra Khanna Thursday giving the go-ahead to prosecute him in cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
‘Lt-governor Tejendra Khanna has given the nod to the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) to prosecute Sajjan Kumar,’ a Raj Bhavan source [...]
Bangalore, Dec 30 (ANI): Flood-hit farmers on Tuesday protested outside Karnataka Assembly, demanding compensation for damaged crops.
Upset over not getting the assured compensation, thousand of farmers marched to Bangalore and tried to lay siege to the state Assembly.
The Congress party has supported the protest.
The [...]
Lucknow, Dec 29 (IANS) Nearly 200 freedom fighters were honoured Tuesday by the Congress’ Uttar Pradesh unit chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi to mark the 125th anniversary of the party’s foundation.
Joshi presented shawls to the freedom fighters and eulogised their contribution to the freedom movement at a function at the party’s headquarters here.
‘We dedicate this day [...]
Dehradun, Dec 29 (IANS) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ Tuesday sought a high level probe into the charges levelled against veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari, who quit as Andhra Pradesh governor Saturday after allegations of his involvement in a sex scandal.
‘Considering that such wild allegations have been levelled against a person who has always [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 27 (IANS) Protests continued in Andhra Pradesh’s Telangana region for the fifth day Sunday demanding that the central government immediately initiate the process for separate statehood to Telangana while students of Osmania University here called for a ‘Chalo Hyderabad’ march Jan 3.
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Osmania University students Sunday set an [...]
New Delhi, Dec.26 (ANI): Congress Party on Saturday welcomed the resignation of Andhra Pradesh Governor and senior Congress leader Narayan Dutt Tiwari from his post.
Reacting on Tiwari’s resignation, Congress party said that Tiwari resigned by taking a high moral ground with his step.
“I think he has taken an appropriate decision, keeping [...]
Ranchi, Dec 25 (ANI): There are reports that Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren may meet the Governor on Friday to discuss the formation of the new government in the state.
It has been three days now, after the results of the polls for the Jharkhand [...]
Ranchi, Dec 25 (IANS) The Congress and it’s ally, the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P), were Friday mulling the possibility of forming a government without the support of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) as they are against the idea of its leader, Shibu Soren, becoming the chief minister.
JVM-P president Babulal Marandi said Shibu Soren’s demand was [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 24 (IANS) Setting aside their differences, all the political parties and various groups in Telangana Thursday came together to launch a united struggle to achieve separate statehood for the region.
The Congress, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and groups of students, teachers, employees [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 23 (IANS) The central government’s latest statement Wednesday on Telangana, stressing the need to hold consultations with all political parties on the formation of a separate state, evoked mixed reactions in Andhra Pradesh.
While the ruling Congress party leaders welcomed the statement made by Home Minister P. Chidambaram late Wednesday evening, saying it would [...]
Ranchi, Dec 23 (IANS) Jharkhand Wednesday slipped into more political uncertainty with a messy, fractured verdict that saw both the Congress and the BJP led alliances jockey for power as the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) was pitchforked into the role of kingmaker in the 81-member assembly.
The staggered election threw up no clear victor and paved [...]
Ranchi, Dec 23 (IANS) Jharkhand speaker and Congress leader Alamgir Aalam Wednesday lost in the Jharkhand assembly elections.
Aalam was defeated by Aquil Akhtar of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh), Dec.19 (ANI): Congress leader and Member of Parliament M Rajagopal was arrested in Vijayawada and admitted to a hospital on Saturday after his condition started deteriorating.
He was observing indefinite fast against the proposed division of the State of Andhra Pradesh to carve [...]
Gandhinagar, Dec 19 (IANS) After a marathon debate that stretched from afternoon into the night, the Gujarat assembly has again passed a bill proscribing the maximum of death penalty for those trading in spurious liquor.
The Bombay Prohibition (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 2009, was first passed in July after a liquor tragedy left 136 people dead. Governor [...]
New Delhi, Dec 14 (ANI): Congress leader and former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler on Monday clarified that the case in which Central Bureau of Investigation has reportedly sought permission for prosecution or re-investigation in connection with the [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 13 (IANS) Hyderabad Police Sunday said they have not permitted Congress MP from Andhra L. Rajagopal to launch a hunger strike here while leaders of his own party from the Telangana region demanded his arrest.
Police also arrested at least seven followers of the Vijayawada MP while they were coming to the city a [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 13 (IANS) The decision of Congress MP from Vijayawada L. Rajagopal to launch a hunger strike here from Monday to protest the proposed bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh has evoked strong reaction from his own party leaders in Telangana.
Senior Congress leader and former minister P. Goverdhan Reddy demanded that the MP [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 13 (ANI): D Srinivas, the Congress chief in Andhra Pradesh has insisted on the MLAs withdrawing their resignations.
APCC president D Srinivas said, “MLAs must withdraw resignations to avert a constitutional crisis.”
Cutting across party lines, 135 MLAs resigned in a 294-member Assembly refusing to accept the Centre’s nod for initiating the process of the [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 13 (ANI): Senior Andhra Pradesh Congress leader J.C. Diwakar Reddy on Sunday urged the Union Government to send an emissary to clarify doubts raised by legislators representing the Rayalseema and coastal Andhra regions.
Diwakar Reddy was the first one to put in his papers as a legislator after opposing the Centre’s announcement [...]
Kolkata, Dec 12 (IANS) Activists of the Maoist-backed People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) Saturday torched a truck on the National Highway-6 while observing a 24-hour shutdown in three western districts of West Bengal, police said.
Police said the incident took place near Lodhashuli forest area in trouble-torn West Midnapore district Saturday morning as a group [...]
Mumbai, Dec 3 (ANI): According to latest reports, a protestor has died outside the Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) office here, and 25 other protestors have been taken into police custody.
The BMC today witnessed hundreds of angry residents, who [...]
New Delhi, Dec.2 (ANI): After Congress leader Renuka Chowdhary’s home was attacked on Tuesday night allegedly by Telengana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) workers, she refused to be bogged down by such acts or hooligans.
Speaking to Times Now on Wednesday, Renuka said that she did not expect such behaviour from the TRS who claim to [...]
Agartala, Nov 26 (ANI): A 12-hour general strike in Agartala, called by the Tripura Youth Congress Committee (TYCC), began this morning to protest against the murder of former youth congress leader Mantu Das (43) who was shot dead on November 24 night in his house by some [...]
Agartala, Nov 25 (IANS) A youth Congress leader was shot dead late Tuesday in this Tripura capital, police said Wednesday.
‘Tripura youth Congress vice president Mantu Das was shot dead by some people at his house,’ West Tripura district police chief K.V. Sreejesh told IANS.
‘Armed miscreants stormed Mantu Das’ house Tuesday midnight and fired at him [...]
Jeddah, Nov 24 (IANS) A 25-member Indian Haj goodwill delegation visited this port city of Saudi Arabia and interacted with Haj pilgrims there, expressing their satisfaction with the arrangements made by the Indian Haj mission.
The delegation, which was led by senior Congress leader Saifuddin Soz, reached the Jeddah Haj terminal Sunday. On Monday the delegates [...]
Ranchi/Jamshedpur, Nov 23 (IANS) The gulf between the haves and the have-nots in Jharkhand has never been wider and more apparent as during this election.
On one side of the scale are people like Dasharath Murmu, a 45-year-old tribal daily wager in Jamshedpur West, who earns a paltry Rs.70 every week from a construction that he [...]
Bhopal, Nov 22 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Congress president Suresh Pachouri allegedly pushed and slapped a party worker at the Indore airport after he was mobbed by aspirants seeking nominations for the upcoming civic polls in the state.
Pachouri lost his cool as people from the party chased him near the airport for party nominations for the [...]
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 17 (IANS) The Congress party’s Kerala unit president Ramesh Chennithala Tuesday said he has received a letter from party veteran K. Karunakaran asking that his son K. Muraleedharan and his supporters should be admitted to the Congress.
Chennithala said he would discuss the issue with Karunakaran since the Congress party in its last [...]
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Congress general secretary Mohsina Kidwai Tuesday said the controversy over ‘Vande Mataram’ was needless and added that it was up to the people whether they wanted to sing the national song or not.
‘Those who say that if you sing the song, you are not Muslims and those who say that [...]
