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  Joined hands with BJP to end uncertainty in J&K: CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed

  Politics | July 17, 2015 18:34 IST

  Jammu:   Under constant criticism for joining hands with BJP, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today insisted that he was not hankering for power but had taken the step to "put an

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  1984 riots: Court to record prosecution evidence on Aug 5

  India | July 17, 2015 18:26 IST

  New Delhi:  A Delhi court would next month record the statements of prosecution witnesses in a 1984 anti -Sikh riots case in which Congress leader Sajjan Kumar is facing trial, along with others.District Judge Kamlesh

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  Scrapped IT provision was poorly drafted, misused: P Chidambaram

  Politics | March 24, 2015 13:53 IST

  New Delhi: Congress leader P Chidambaram today welcomed the Supreme Court judgement holding Section 66A of the IT Act as unconstitutional, saying it was poorly drafted and misused."I welcome the judgement of the Supreme Court

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  Priyanka is Congress leader 'even now': Harish Rawat

  Politics | October 20, 2014 21:26 IST

  Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat today said Priyanka Gandhi “even now” is a Congress leader but whether or not she should be assigned a job in the party is something which can be decided

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  Mallikarjun Kharge will be Congress leader in Lok Sabha

  Politics | June 02, 2014 20:57 IST

  New Delhi: In a suprise decision, Mallikarjun Kharge, a senior leader from Karnataka, was today named the Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, in a race in which he has pipped veteran Kamal

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  Senior Cong leader Darbari Lal joins BJP

  India | April 27, 2014 23:44 IST

  Amritsar: In a jolt to the Congress, veteran party leader, former Deputy Speaker and Cabinet minister, Professor Darbari Lal today joined BJP.He said Congress has lost its colour and the country now needs Modi. Lal

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  Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan owns no immovable property

  India | April 02, 2014 16:24 IST

  Bhopal: Congress candidate from Mandsaur Lok Sabha constituency Meenakshi Natarajan does not own any immovable property in her name, but has movable assets worth Rs 46.62 lakh.The 40-year-old senior Congress leader has declared this in

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  Amarinder Singh lashes out at Jaitley for raising Sonia Gandhi's origin issue

  Politics | March 23, 2014 20:12 IST

  Chandigarh: Congress leader Amarinder Singh today lashed out at BJP leader Arun Jaitley for raking up the issue of Sonia Gandhi's origin and reminded him of Indian tradition where daughter-in-law is the "real inheritor" of

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  Veteran Congress leader Gegong Apang joins BJP

  Politics | February 21, 2014 13:12 IST

  Itanagar: Former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Gegong Apang, who served as the second longest serving Chief Minister in the country with a record 22 years, mostly with the party, has resigned

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  Drug racket case: Congress leader hurt in clash with police

  India | January 08, 2014 19:51 IST

  Amritsar: A senior state Congress leader was injured today after police used mild force to thwart partymen from laying siege to the residence of Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia here.Reiterating their demand of a CBI

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  Believe it or not, actor arrested in Kerala for laughing during Congress leader's speech

  Politics | November 24, 2013 6:38 IST

  Kochi: Can you believe that a person can be arrested just for laughing during speech of a political leader, especially in a vibrant democracy like India?But it has happened in India's one of  the progressive

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  Paternity case: Tiwari seeks adjournment of hearing for 8 weeks

  Politics | October 06, 2013 11:04 IST

  New Delhi: Veteran Congress leader N D Tiwari, who is to appear on October 8 for cross-examination in connection with the paternity suit against him, has moved a plea in the Delhi High Court seeking

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  MBBS seats case: Congress MP Rasheed Masood jailed for four years

  Politics | October 01, 2013 16:07 IST

  New Delhi:  Rajya Sabha member Rasheed Masood of the Congress was Tuesday sentenced to four years in jail for fraudulently nominating undeserving candidates from across the country to MBBS seats in 1990-91, making him the

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  'Can a leopard change its spots': Digvijay targets Modi again

  Politics | September 22, 2013 21:23 IST

  New Delhi: Narendra Modi was today again at the receiving end of Congress leader Digvijay Singh who dubbed the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate as “Feku Modi” giving “fake” figures of growth, wondering whether a “leopard

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  Trinamool MLA threatens to behead Congress leader

  India | July 22, 2013 16:23 IST

  Kolkata, July 22: As a controversy rages over a ruling Trinamool Congress leader asking party workers to attack houses of Independent candidates in the ongoing panchayat polls, a Trinamool legislator Sunday publicly threatened to decapitate

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  I am not anti-Hindu: Digvijay Singh

  Politics | July 16, 2013 17:05 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 16:  Congress leader Digvijay Singh, who has often been accused of playing to the gallery on minority issues, today accused Narendra Modi, RSS and BJP of spreading “blatant lies” and painting him

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  At a glance: Renuka Chowdhary, the firebrand Congress leader

  Politics | July 14, 2013 10:13 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 14: The most outspoken Congress spokesperson in recent times, Renuka Chowdhary has created a niche amongst a wide list of blunt and candid politicians who hold forth their thoughts without any fear.

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  Women invite harassment, Madhya Pradesh Congress leader says

  India | April 24, 2013 13:08 IST

  Bhopal, Apr 24: A Congress leader in Madhya Pradesh has landed himself in a controversy by making sexist remarks that women invite trouble by looking at men in a suggestive manner.The Congress leader's comments have

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  Top Congress leader Narhari Amin joins BJP

  Politics | December 06, 2012 13:00 IST

  Ahmedabad, Dec 6:  In a major blow to Congress ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls, senior party leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Narhari Amin switched sides and joined the BJP with his supporters here

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  Hyderabad lab receives blood samples of N D Tiwari, others

  India | June 01, 2012 21:53 IST

  Hyderabad, June 1: The Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics here today received the blood samples of N D Tiwari, the youth who claims to be his biological son and also the youth's mother for