Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government today agreed to withdraw 135 cases against 834 persons involved in various agitations demanding the formation of a separate Telangana state, even as 11 Congress MPs launched a hunger strike on the issue. This is in... (Continue reading)
Hyderabad: The fasting Congress MPs from Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh today made it clear that they will not call off their protest until all police cases against the students are withdrawn. State Social Welfare Minister B Sariah, hailing from Telangana,... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: Congress’ young turks as well veterans today lent their voice to a call for Rahul Gandhi to “put in place his own team” with Home Minister P Chidambaram even likening him to his father Rajiv Gandhi, who was... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government will take “corruption head-on”, Congress president Sonia Gandhi reiterated here Monday. “We will take corruption head-on and demonstrate through our action and not through words alone that we mean what we say,” Sonia... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: In a sharp reaction to Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s charges against the party, BJP today said the ruling party was suffering from a ‘siege mentality’ and hence using ‘abusive’ language against the opposition to deflect... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: Addressing the Congress plenary meet on Sunday, the Congress president Sonia Gandhi said that “We have to pay attention to our weaknesses also, which are visible from time to time”. She also said that Congress would hold brainstorming sessions... (Continue reading)
Kozhikode: Senior Congress leader and KPCC General Secretary Kodoth Govindan Nair died in the wee hours today after a brief illness, party sources said here. Nair, 68, died at the Vellur Christian Medical College hospital. He is survived by two daughters. A... (Continue reading)
Mumbai: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today alleged that inputs provided by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi that “radicalised Hindu groups” could pose a bigger threat than outfits like Lashkar-e-Taiba were responsible for the “pro-Pakistan policies” of the US. “Now it is... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: Congress is holding a two-day Plenary here from tomorrow at a time when the party and the government are facing tough times in the wake of a rash of scams and controversies thrown by them. It is also being... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: Congress today remained non-committal on the issue of action against Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh in the wake of the Supreme Court’s sharp rebuke to him for his interference in shielding a Congress MLA’s family from money-lending complaints by... (Continue reading)