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  M K Stalin defends move to go back on resolution against TN Speaker

  June 30, 2019 16:42 IST

  Terming it as a "strategy" learned from his father and former chief minister late M Karunanidhi, Stalin said the decision to withdraw the motion was not taken out of fear.

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  Delhi: Gopal Rai inaugurates mohalla clinics, shown black flags by BJP workers

  June 29, 2019 20:19 IST

  Delhi Labour Minister Gopal Rai Saturday inaugurated two mohalla clinics in his Babarpur constituency amid a protest by BJP workers.

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  Party wants Rahul Gandhi to continue as president: Pawan Khera

  June 29, 2019 19:09 IST

  At a press conference, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said many party leaders have resigned, but the prevailing sentiment is that Rahul Gandhi should continue as the party president.

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  Kerala local body bypoll results: CPM-led LDF wins big, UDF second, BJP gets 5 seats

  June 28, 2019 17:26 IST

  Kerala local body bypoll results: The ruling Left Democratic Front or LDF have won 22 seats in Kerala local body bypolls. The bypolls to 44 local body seats in Kerala concluded on Friday. How many seats UDF and BJP managed to get in Kerala bypolls? Read to know more

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  PM Modi abroad, Amit Shah leads from the front in Lok Sabha | 10 Highlights

  June 28, 2019 17:09 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not in the country but the government's business in Parliament has been usual. One name you can credit this for is of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Amit Shah today spoke on an array of topics. We bring to you 10 things that Amit Shah spoke about in Lok Sabha today. 

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  Congress Party restructuring: Many top leaders quit to give Rahul Gandhi free-hand

  June 28, 2019 18:55 IST

  Several leaders of the Congress have resigned from their posts to give Rahul Gandhi a free hand to choose a new team in the wake of the Lok Sabha election disaster although he is adamant on giving up the presidency.

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  Mohan Markam is new Chhattisgarh Congress President

  June 28, 2019 16:15 IST

  Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday appointed Mohan Markam head of the party's Chhattisgarh unit, replacing Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.

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  Poll strategist Prashant Kishor meets Mamata again

  June 27, 2019 22:16 IST

  Election strategist Prashant Kishor on Thursday again met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the state secretariat here on Thursday.

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  Priyanka plans to revamp party in UP with new blood

  June 27, 2019 17:03 IST

  Stunned by the rout in the Lok Sabha battle, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi is working on a plan to revamp the country's oldest political party across Uttar Pradesh keeping in mind the 2022 Assembly elections.  

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  Rahul Gandhi remains adamant on quitting as Congress President: K. C. Venugopal

  June 27, 2019 15:45 IST

  Congress President Rahul Gandhi remains adamant on stepping down as the party President despite growing demands that he must continue in the post.

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  Mamata appeals for Left, Congress, TMC to join hands; Sudhakar Reddy says what about attacks on CPI (M) workers

  June 27, 2019 13:50 IST

  The national General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) said the Trinamool Congress chief still sees the Left parties as "enemies and not as political opponents".

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  Mamata urges Congress, CPI-M to join hands with her against BJP

  June 27, 2019 0:03 IST

  The Chief Minister, however, clarified that she was not suggesting that the three parties need to join hands politically.

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  Congress opposes diability pension tax on armed forces

  June 26, 2019 23:29 IST

  The Congress on Wednesday criticized imposition of tax on disability pension of armed forces personnel, and called the ruling BJP a habitual offender in insulting the forces by "back door" cuts in spending.

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  AAP MLA moves SC challenging disqualification notice

  June 26, 2019 23:11 IST

  A Delhi Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA who apparently crossed to the BJP, Devender Sehrawat, moved the Supreme Court on Wednesday challenging the disqualification notice under the anti-defection law.

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  I'm not Cong president, won't go back on my decision: Rahul to party MPs

  June 26, 2019 21:48 IST

  Im a meeting of the Congress MPs, Rahul Gandhi stated that he had no plans of going back on his decision to step down from the post of Congress Party President.

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  PM Narendra Modi targets Congress on NRC

  June 26, 2019 20:52 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday slammed the Congress for opposing the National Register of Citizens (NRC), saying they cannot claim partial credit as former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had accepted it in the Assam Accord.  

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  Congress flays Centre for going back on special status to Andhra Pradesh

  June 26, 2019 20:35 IST

  The Congress on Wednesday accused the BJP government of trampling "constitutionalism" by disregarding the promise of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to provide special status category to Andhra Pradesh and said it was akin to betraying the nine core people of the state.

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  KCR may bring back son K T Rao, nephew T. Harish Rao into cabinet

  June 26, 2019 19:54 IST

  Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao is likely to expand his cabinet early next month and bring back back his son K.T. Rama Rao and nephew T. Harish Rao.  

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  Several Congress workers join Aam Aadmi Party

  June 26, 2019 20:19 IST

  The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday said several Congress workers, including some from Valmiki community, joined the party in presence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

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  'One election, one ideology' not acceptable to India: Congress leader Anand Sharma

  June 26, 2019 18:21 IST

    The Congress on Wednesday said in Rajya Sabha that the idea of "one election, one face, one ideology" is not acceptable to India and asked the BJP to desist from "dividing the country for votes".  

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  Congress demands CM clarification on BJD support to "corrupt" Vaishnav

  June 26, 2019 17:52 IST

  Odisha Assembly Wednesday was adjourned several times as the opposition Congress members created a ruckus demanding a clarification from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on ruling BJD's support to BJP nominee Ashwini Vaishnav for the Rajya Sabha elections.

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  Building demolition triggers political uproar in Andhra

  June 26, 2019 17:46 IST

  The demolition of an annexe of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu's residence in Amaravati has triggered an uproar with main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) questioning the rationale behind YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government's action.

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  Mamata urges CPI (M), Congress to come together to fight BJP in West Bengal Assembly polls

  June 27, 2019 0:08 IST

  ​West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday urged Congress and CPI(M) to unite in fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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  Jagan Mohan Reddy orders legal action against Chandrababu Naidu in power purchase agreements

  June 26, 2019 16:22 IST

  Jagan Reddy said there were huge irregularities in the power purchase agreements and ordered legal action against then Chief Minister, then Energy Minister and senior officials who entered into the agreements.

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  Centre must fulfill its promise to check black money: AAP MP

  June 25, 2019 23:21 IST

  Urging the Centre to take strict action against economic fugitives, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Tuesday said mere talking was not enough and that the government can not run away from its responsibility to check black money.

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  Cut money row rocks WB House, Mamata govt for life term for those found guilty

  June 25, 2019 21:24 IST

  Elected public representatives and government officials in West Bengal who accept "cut money" from beneficiaries of welfare schemes will now be charged under a tough law that provides for life imprisonment in the event of conviction.

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  Party over for Chandrababu Naidu? Over a dozen TDP MLAs in touch with BJP

  June 25, 2019 20:52 IST

  After engineering the defection of four Rajya Sabha members of Telugu Desam Party, the BJP is now in touch with more than two-thirds of TDP MLAs in Andhra Pradesh who may join the BJP soon.  

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  Jharkhand lynching: Rahul says silence of powerful voices in BJP-ruled central, state govts shocking

  June 25, 2019 20:50 IST

  Congress president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday termed the alleged lynching of a 24-year-old man in Jharkhand as a "blot on humanity" and said the "silence" of powerful voices in the BJP-ruled central and state governments over the incident is shocking.