Ranchi, Nov 25 (IANS) Voting for 26 of the 81 assembly seats in Jharkhand began at 7 a.m. Wednesday amid heavy security arrangements, an official said.
In the first phase of the polling, 470 candidates including 194 independents are in the fray. Polling for this phase would be held at 8176 polling stations with the use [...]
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 [...]
Indore, Nov. 22 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Congress President Suresh Pachouri allegedly pushed and punched a party worker at the Indore airport after he was mobbed by a aspirants seeking nominations for upcoming civic polls in the state.
According to sources, Pachouri had come to Indore to attend a wedding.
A soon as he arrived at [...]
Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 16 (ANI): Malaysian Indian Congress President S. Samy Vellu has urged party leaders to go to the ground to resolve the Indian community’s problems in order to prove critics wrong.
“The MIC is constantly being blamed for many of the short-comings in our society. I call upon [...]
Kathmandu, Nov 11 (ANI): The health of former Nepal Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala who has been kept under medical observation, is gradually improving, doctors said today.
Koirala was admitted to the Sahid Gangalal Rastriya Hridaya Kendra [...]
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 7 (IANS) Kerala saw heavy polling of around 70 percent in the three assembly constituencies of Kannur, Ernakulam and Alappuzha in largely peaceful by-polls Saturday.
Though the final percentage is to be officially announced, Kannur recorded the maximum turnout. According to district collector P.B. Salim, the final tally in Kannur would be between 75 [...]
Chandigarh, Oct 23 (IANS) The Congress Friday staked claim to form the next government in Haryana with support from six independent legislators.
State Congress president Phool Chand Mullana, who lost his election, took the letter from the party as well as letters of support from the six independent legislators to Governor Jagannath Pahadia.
In the Oct [...]
Ranchi, Oct 19 (IANS) Sushila Kerketta, 71, a former Congress Lok Sabha MP died following a heart attack here Monday.
According to family members, Kerketta suffered a heart attack Monday morning and was admitted to a private hospital where she died.
Kerketta was a Lok Sabha MP from 2004 to 2009. She was also a legislator in [...]
Lucknow, Oct 11 (IANS) Terming Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati’s rule as ‘jungle raj’, Uttar Pradesh Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi Sunday said the conditions prevailing in the state were paving the way for the party’s revival here.
Joshi was addressing a well-attended rally in Chandausi, about 300 km from here, a party release said.
At the [...]
Lucknow, Oct 9 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi Friday announced the party’s nominees for three of the 11 assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat that would go for by-elections Nov 7.
The three names were announced after prolonged debate and discussions within the party.
In the absence of any formidable names, the [...]
Kathmandu, Oct 6 (ANI): Maoist chairman Prachanda has dismissed news reports that he offered Prime Minister’s post to Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala during a secret meeting held at former royal aide Lokman Singh Karki’s house on Sunday.
Speaking at a programme here on Monday, Prachanda said, “The rumours that he offered support to Koirala [...]
Chennai, Sep 25 (IANS) A whopping 1.3 million youngsters have sent in applications for membership to the Congress party’ youth wing in Tamil Nadu within two weeks of party general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the state.
According to Congress officials, the membership enrolment drive for the party’s state youth wing started by Rahul Gandhi has [...]
Havana, Sep 23 (Prensa Latina) The US government has banned its doctors from participating in the 20th International Congress on Orthopaedics and Traumatology, which started Tuesday in the northeastern Cuban city of Bayamo.
‘This decision is a new example of the validity of the US blockade against Cuba, that has been in force for almost 50 [...]
Bhopal, Sep 17 (IANS) Leaders from various political parties descended on Madhya Pradesh’s Dindori town Thursday to protest the police firing Tuesday that killed three tribals.
State Congress president Suresh Pachouri reached Dindori Thursday, while Communist Party Of India (CPI) sent its team to probe the case and the Bharatiya Gondwana Party (BGP) demanded registration of [...]
Kuala Lumpur, Sep. 9 (ANI): Malaysian Indian Congress President S. Samy Vellu has said that party will take disciplinary action against former deputy president S. Subramaniam for making a derogatory remark against the MIC on the “stolen votes” issue.
He said the party’s central working committee (CWC) decided to issue a show-cause notice to Subramaniam, asking [...]
Kathmandu, Aug 14 (ANI): Nepal Constituent Assembly chairman Subash Nemwang has expressed confidence that the country will get a new Constitution within the stipulated time.
At a time when constitution-drafting process has taken a backseat amid growing political rift, Nemwang said: “We have ten months to go. We must be able to draft the Constitution by [...]
Raebareli, Aug 12 (ANI): Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi inaugurated 3G mobile services of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd on Wednesday at Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh.
After four major cities of the state including Lucknow, Allahabad, Kanpur and [...]
