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  • Bihar Election 2025 Phase 1 Updates: State records 64.66% polling turnout, surpasses 2020 figure

    Bihar Assembly Election 2025: Bihar is witnessing a two way clash between the NDA and the opposition's Mahagathbandhan

  • 'Jhuthon ke sardar': Congress president Kharge calls PM Modi 'chief of liars', questions Nitish Kumar's absence from NDA events

    'Jhuthon ke sardar': Congress president Kharge calls PM Modi 'chief of liars', questions Nitish Kumar's absence from NDA events

    Kharge said, "PM Modi jhuthon ke sardar hain. Jhuthon ke sardar har jagah jaa ke jhuth baatein bolte hain."

  • ‘India Gate disappeared’: Congress, AAP take potshots as smog, very poor AQI choke Delhi

    ‘India Gate disappeared’: Congress, AAP take potshots as smog, very poor AQI choke Delhi

    Sharing a photo of faintly visible India Gate amid smog in the Capital, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said on its X handle that the iconic structure had “disappeared."

  • 'Indian politics have become a family business': Shashi Tharoor slams dynastic politics

    'Indian politics have become a family business': Shashi Tharoor slams dynastic politics

    n the article, published on Project Syndicate, Tharoor says dynasty politics has cemented the idea that political leadership can be a birthright.

  • Begusarai assembly election 2025: All about constituency, party-wise candidates, past winners and more

    Begusarai assembly election 2025: All about constituency, party-wise candidates, past winners and more

    Begusarai constituency is set to witness a tough contest between BJP and Congress candidates. Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj party has also fielded its candidate on the seat.

  • Congress leader sings Bangladesh national anthem in Assam, BJP cries foul | Watch

    Congress leader sings Bangladesh national anthem in Assam, BJP cries foul | Watch

    While the BJP slammed the Congress for being “Bangladesh-obsessed” and questioned its sense of national pride, the Congress has brushed off the criticism as “politically motivated".

  • Congress MP Imran Masood stirs row, compares Bhagat Singh to Hamas: ‘Both were fighting for their land’

    Congress MP Imran Masood stirs row, compares Bhagat Singh to Hamas: ‘Both were fighting for their land’

    The Congress MP became agitated on being told that Hamas was a terrorist organisation and asked “Was Bhagat Singh a terrorist as well?”

  • Polls: Public frustration mounts as Trump, lawmakers equally faulted for ongoing shutdown

    Polls: Public frustration mounts as Trump, lawmakers equally faulted for ongoing shutdown

    A new AP-NORC poll shows most Americans blame both President Donald Trump and Congress for the prolonged government shutdown, viewing it as a major problem with no resolution in sight.

  • Congress leaders manhandled by party workers at Patna airport over ticket distribution | Watch

    Congress leaders manhandled by party workers at Patna airport over ticket distribution | Watch

    The leaders arrived in Patna after attending the party's CEC meeting in Delhi on Tuesday evening.

  • 'Blatant misuse of govt platforms': BJP vs Congress on Quran recital at Karnataka event

    'Blatant misuse of govt platforms': BJP vs Congress on Quran recital at Karnataka event

    The Congress rubbished the allegations on all counts, including disputing the claim that it was a government programme.

  • Bihar SIR raises more questions than answers, over 5 lakh duplicate voters in final electoral roll: Congress

    Bihar SIR raises more questions than answers, over 5 lakh duplicate voters in final electoral roll: Congress

    In total, 67.3 lakh voters have been deleted in the SIR exercise and more than one-tenth of these deletions are in just 15 assembly constituencies, it claimed.

  • Congress announces Naveen Yadav as its candidate for Jubilee Hills bypoll

    Congress announces Naveen Yadav as its candidate for Jubilee Hills bypoll

    Yadav had contested the 2014 Telangana assembly polls on behalf of Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM and as an independent in the 2018 elections. Yadav (41) had joined Congress in 2023.

  • 'Congress should tell nation who prevented retaliation after 26/11': PM Modi rakes up Chidambaram's remark

    'Congress should tell nation who prevented retaliation after 26/11': PM Modi rakes up Chidambaram's remark

    "For us, nothing is more important than national security and the safety of our citizens," PM Modi said, referring to Operation Sindoor launched after the Pahalgam terror attack.

  • Congress alleges 'scam' in medical purchases in Uttarakhand, demands high-level probe

    Congress alleges 'scam' in medical purchases in Uttarakhand, demands high-level probe

    Uttarakhand's Director General of Health, Sunita Tamta, rubbished the allegations, saying all machines have been purchased as per rules and equipment bought before have been installed at hospitals.

  • Congress alleges voter deletions exceed victory margins in some seats of Bihar in 2020 assembly polls

    Congress alleges voter deletions exceed victory margins in some seats of Bihar in 2020 assembly polls

    Citing media report, Ramesh pointed to glaring inconsistencies in the voters’ list, such as “247 voters in a single household in Jamui” and the same individual’s name appearing “three times on the same booth.”

  • Congress pulls up LR Shivarame Gowda with notice following Shivakumar’s warning on CM post talk

    Congress pulls up LR Shivarame Gowda with notice following Shivakumar’s warning on CM post talk

    The disciplinary action follows Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar’s stern warning to party leaders and legislators against speaking on any change of guard in the state, asserting that such remarks were damaging the Congress.

  • Congress cites book to claim Gandhi described RSS as 'communal body with totalitarian outlook'

    Congress cites book to claim Gandhi described RSS as 'communal body with totalitarian outlook'

    After Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the RSS for its role in nation-building on Wednesday, the Congress reminded him that Patel said that the Sangh's activities created an atmosphere that led to the killing of Mahatma Gandhi.

  • BJP slams Rahul Gandhi after EC releases Bihar's final voter list: 'Spit and run politics'

    BJP slams Rahul Gandhi after EC releases Bihar's final voter list: 'Spit and run politics'

    Taking a dig at Gandhi over his 'vote theft' allegations, BJP questioned the lack of an official complaint by the Congress leader and his party against the SIR in Bihar.

  • ‘Had fought valiantly in Kargil War’: Congress slams Centre over death of ex-serviceman in Ladakh protests

    ‘Had fought valiantly in Kargil War’: Congress slams Centre over death of ex-serviceman in Ladakh protests

    Congress' Jairam Ramesh said the ex-serviceman was 'protesting peacefully' for the inclusion of Ladakh in the sixth schedule

  • 'Paper chor': Rahul Gandhi targets BJP over paper leak, unemployment after vote fraud charge

    'Paper chor': Rahul Gandhi targets BJP over paper leak, unemployment after vote fraud charge

    The repeated paper leaks happening across the country have ruined the lives and dreams of millions of hardworking youth, the Congress leader said

  • Bihar Assembly Polls: Rahul Gandhi's quota hike promise for backwards a ploy to benefit Muslims, says BJP

    Bihar Assembly Polls: Rahul Gandhi's quota hike promise for backwards a ploy to benefit Muslims, says BJP

    This came after Gandhi promised, among other things, increase in quotas for the Economically Backward Classes (EBCs) in local bodies and panchayats, 50 per cent reservation for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and EBCs in government contracts and a law for protection against atrocities on the lines of the SC/ST Act, if the INDIA bloc is voted to power in the state.

  • Karnataka caste census: BJP demands masking of 14 SC/ST castes with Christian identity

    Karnataka caste census: BJP demands masking of 14 SC/ST castes with Christian identity

    It urged the commission to "mask" 14 SC/ST castes having dual identity nomenclature -- with Christian word suffixed to them.

  • Congress deploys 'vote rakshaks' to check 'vote chori': All about Rahul Gandhi's pilot project

    Congress deploys 'vote rakshaks' to check 'vote chori': All about Rahul Gandhi's pilot project

    The initiative aims to train party workers to detect wrongful voter additions or deletions, track duplication, and file objections with the Election Commission.

  • 'PM claiming sole ownership of amendments by constitutional body GST council': Congress leader Jairam Ramesh

    'PM claiming sole ownership of amendments by constitutional body GST council': Congress leader Jairam Ramesh

    He noted that outstanding issues remain, especially with MSMEs — the country’s main employment generators.

  • ‘People of Tamil Nadu love me’: Kangana Ranaut responds to Congress leader's 'slap her' remark

    ‘People of Tamil Nadu love me’: Kangana Ranaut responds to Congress leader's 'slap her' remark

    Responding to the Congress leader, Kangana Ranaut said she "can go wherever she wants" across India.

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