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  Sonia to decide on leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, RS

  Politics | May 24, 2014 20:56 IST

  New Delhi: The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok SabhaRajya Sabha Sonia GandhiRahul GandhiCongress Parliamentary PartyA K AntonyGhulam Nabi Azad and the party leader in will be decided by soon amid a view in

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  Sonia hosts dinner in PM's honour

  Politics | May 15, 2014 11:16 IST

  New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday hosted a farewell dinner in honour of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and lauded his contribution to the country.A leader who attended the dinner said there were emotional moments

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  Top naval officer superceded for Navy chief's post suffers heart attack

  India | April 29, 2014 21:58 IST

  New Delhi:  Former Western Naval commander Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha, who took voluntary retirement last week after being superceded for the post of Chief of Naval Staff, has suffered a heart attack and has been

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  Antony blasts BJP's stand on J & K

  Politics | April 08, 2014 13:42 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Holding that BJP's manifesto revealed its “communal agenda”, Congress leader and Defence Minister A K Antony today said the saffron party's stand on special status to Jammu and Kashmir was a matter of serious

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  Every vote for CPI-M in Kerala will help BJP: Rahul

  Politics | April 06, 2014 11:26 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Every vote for the CPI-M in Kerala would end up helping the BJP when it comes to the big electoral picture. This was Congress star campaigner Rahul Gandhi's main thrust during his campaign blitz

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  Book Modi for Pakistani agent comment: Congress MP

  Politics | April 03, 2014 18:40 IST

  Panaji: BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi should be booked for sedition for calling Defence Minister A.K. Antony a Pakistani agent, Congress leader Shantaram Naik said Thursday.Naik, a Rajya Sabha MP and All India Congress

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  Disaster for country if BJP comes to power: Antony

  Politics | April 03, 2014 12:03 IST

  Kozhikode: Senior Congress leader and Defence Minister A K Antony today said it would be a “disaster” for the country if BJP comes to power at the Centre and dubbed surveys predicting the party having

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  Congress to release manifesto tomorrow

  Politics | March 25, 2014 16:26 IST

  New Delhi: With Rahul Gandhi in the vanguard, Congress is expected to fall back upon left-of-centre politics focusing on welfare measures after pursuing a policy of economic liberalisation under Manmohan Singh for 10 years.  Widening

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  Kerala: Stiff Fight Expected in 'Venice of the East'

  Politics | March 18, 2014 13:28 IST

  Alappuzha (Kerala): Alappuzha, the ‘Venice of the East' famed for its backwaters and houseboats, is all set to witness an aggressive battle in the April 10 Lok Sabha polls in Kerala between Minister of state

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  Leaders plunge into campaign in Kerala

  Politics | March 17, 2014 14:02 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: With the voting for Lok Sabha just three weeks away, leaders of ruling Congress-led UDF and opposition LDF have plunged into campaign in Kerala, which gives 20 members to the lower house of Parliament.Though

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  Antony not to contest Lok Sabha polls: Congress

  Politics | March 10, 2014 11:34 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Defence minister AK Antony will not contest the Lok Sabha polls from Kerala, a senior Congress leader said on Sunday.Addressing reporters here, Congress' Kerala unit president VM Sudheeran said Antony, a Rajya Sabha member,

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  Congress's LS first list likely today

  Politics | March 05, 2014 12:49 IST

  New Delhi: Congress is likely to announce its first list for Lok Sabha polls tomorrow after discussing candidates for a number of seats in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh.At a meeting of Congress Election Committee,

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  'Let's establish facts over bribery allegations in HAL deal'

  March 03, 2014 18:04 IST

  Nay Pyi Taw: India today said it is trying to establish facts over allegations of bribery into a Rs 10,000 crore deal for supply of aircraft engines to state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) by Rolls

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  Antony orders CBI probe in bribe charges in aircraft eng deal

  India | March 02, 2014 16:49 IST

  New Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony has ordered a CBI probe into allegations that a global engine manufacturing firm had paid bribes to Indian defence officials to bag military contracts from 2007 to 2011 in

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  No possibility of armed coup in India ever, says Defence Minister Antony

  India | February 24, 2014 9:01 IST

  Kochi(Kerala): Seeking to put a lid on fresh controversy over movement of two army units near Delhi in 2012, Defence Minister A K Antony Sunday  said Indian military is a responsible force which obeys the

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  24x7 vigil needed in maritime domain: Antony

  India | February 23, 2014 17:19 IST

  Kochi: Pointing out that maritime security was central to the overall global presence of the country, Defence Minister A K Antony today stressed the need for a 24x7 vigil, coordination and pro-active approach from all

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  Army units movement in 2012 was routine training: Antony

  India | February 21, 2014 16:08 IST

  New Delhi: Defence Minister A.K. Antony Friday said that the movement of two army units near Delhi in January 2012 was "a routine training programme".He denied there was any trust deficit between the government and

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  AgustaWestland deal: Jaitley seeks clarification from Antony

  Politics | February 09, 2014 10:48 IST

  New Delhi: BJP leader Arun Jaitley Saturday sought clarifications from Defence Minister A.K. Antony on his statement on the now-cancelled VVIP chopper deal, raising doubts over the meaning being given to word "FAM" in documents

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  Strict action necessary to check malpractices in acquisition says Antony

  India | February 06, 2014 16:15 IST

  New Delhi: After scrapping the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland chopper deal, Defence Minister AK Antony today said the cancellation of contracts leads to delays in modernisation of armed forces but the Government will continue to

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  Peace can't come at cost of India's security concerns: Antony

  India | February 06, 2014 13:44 IST

  New Delhi : Defence Minister A K Antony today said peace cannot come at the cost of India's security concerns and emphasised that all steps are being taken to modernise armed forces so that they