April 21, 2018 03:59 PM IST
Congress finalized the names of nine new ministers on Friday after meetings, spread over two days, between party chief Rahul Gandhi and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh in New Delhi.
April 20, 2018 06:14 PM IST
BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi told reporters that the impeachment move is an attempt to pressure the judiciary and send out the message that "either you do what we say and if you dare not do as we command", then it will impeach judges.
April 20, 2018 05:14 PM IST
Kapil Sibal said there is only one thing that the constitution allows— impeachment, and the choice was not easy for the Opposition
April 20, 2018 05:11 PM IST
This time, however, all these factors are non-existent and the party will have to rely solely on the performance of the Siddaramaiah government
April 20, 2018 04:31 PM IST
His remarks came as the Congress and six other opposition parties moved a notice for impeachment of the Chief Justice of India, a day after the apex court rejected pleas for a probe into the death of Loya, who was hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh alleged fake encounter case.
April 20, 2018 03:47 PM IST
In a scathing Facebook post, the senior BJP leader said the 114 page judgement in the Judge Loya death case authored by Justice D Y Chandrachud on behalf of the three Judge Bench of the Supreme Court "exposes every fact of the conspiracy" to generate falsehood as propaganda in the public and political space.
April 19, 2018 09:24 PM IST
According to sources, the meeting between Gandhi and Pawar last night lasted around 1.5 hours at Pawar's residence, during which the political situation in each state, including Karnataka, was discussed.
April 19, 2018 06:42 PM IST
Congress senior spokesperson Anand Sharma said the prime minister's "boastful" claims on surgical strike neutralising cross-border terror is "embarrassing" as India continues to be exposed to multiple terrorist strikes from across the border, losing brace officers and soldiers.
April 19, 2018 03:58 PM IST
Attacking the BJP for accusing Congress president Rahul Gandhi's as being the “invisible hand” behind the petitions seeking the probe, party spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala termed the allegations as a “malicious attempt” which showed the ruling party's “jitteriness”.
April 19, 2018 11:44 AM IST
The apex court has maintained that the Special CBI Judge died of natural causes.
April 18, 2018 04:00 PM IST
"The great Hindu culture taught the world about culture, peace and civilisation for lakhs of years, and the Congress party has committed a sin by linking it to saffron terror," he said in his address at a meeting of party "Shakti Kendra" here.
April 17, 2018 07:45 PM IST
With the BJP likely to fight a united opposition in big, politically crucial states such as Uttar Pradesh, many experts believe the party would find it difficult to repeat its 2014 performance when it had won 282 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha.
April 17, 2018 06:06 PM IST
Though Shah will be in Rae Bareli, party workers from neighbouring areas, including Congress president Rahul Gandhi's constituency Amethi, will be attending the programmes, the leader said.
April 17, 2018 04:56 PM IST
Modi has his "magic" and the people of the country stand by him, Singh said, stressing that the BJP would do even better in the next general elections than it did in 2014 because of the NDA government's policies.
April 17, 2018 03:40 PM IST
The Congress chief, who is in his Parliamentary constituency Amethi, took to Twitter to attack Modi, alleging he "snatched" the Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes from every Indian's pocket and "gave" it to Nirav Modi, but was neither speaking a word about it nor facing Parliament.
April 17, 2018 03:33 PM IST
Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill denied the speculation that the Congress had put on hold the ticket of Mehul Choksi’s lawyer, HS Chandramouli.
April 16, 2018 09:36 PM IST
According to AICC in-charge of Chhattisgarh P L Punia, the Congress chief has given his consent for attending the event, which will mark the anniversary of the 73rd amendment of the Constitution granting more powers to Panchayati Raj Institutions.
April 16, 2018 08:10 PM IST
The party's reaction came after the BJP attacked it following the acquittal of right wing activist Aseemanand and four others in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast, alleging that the Congress had defamed Hindus by using the term "saffron terror" and demanding an apology from Rahul Gandhi.
April 16, 2018 05:02 PM IST
With just under a month to go for the crucial Assembly elections in Karnataka, here’s how Congress and the BJP stack up on various issues and after recent developments.
April 16, 2018 04:20 PM IST
Congress communications in-charge Randeep Surjewala alleged that Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani wanted to now know what shows people watch within the four walls of their bedrooms.
April 13, 2018 04:42 PM IST
Sources said Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has asked party cadres to organise similar protests today in support of protection of women.
April 13, 2018 03:23 PM IST
The Central Election Committee (CEC), presided over by party chief Rahul Gandhi, held first round of discussion in the morning and will deliberate again in the evening and finalise the first list.
April 12, 2018 09:57 PM IST
Details of team members will be kept confidential so that no one can influence the selection process
April 12, 2018 08:42 PM IST
It also said but for the demonetisation of high value currencies by the Narendra Modi government, India would have been much more prosperous. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday had said India’s two-year trend of declining growth will reverse in the Financial Year 2018.
April 12, 2018 03:59 PM IST
As BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, observed a fast to "expose" the Congress over the issue of disruption of Parliament, Shah accused the opposition of working to obstruct the prime minister's pro-poor and development agenda.
