Digvijaya Singh

In what could be seen as a proof of growing bonhomie between the Congress and the Samjawadi Party, Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh said he will not field any candidate in the Kannauj Lok Sabha by-poll against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's wife, Dimple, who will be filing her nomination on Tuesday.

While Booker-winning author Salman Rushdie has refused to back down after being denied his live video link at the Jaipur Literature Festival, the Congress has come out in defence of the Rajasthan government.

Anna Hazare's comments that a person has no option but to slap the corrupt when he runs out of tolerance and patience has stoked a fresh controversy. Hazare's comments have come in for sharp criticism from the political class with several leaders condemning it.

Disregarding vocal protests from the minority communities, the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh has decided to go ahead with its annual state-wide Surya Namaskar show, hoping to get it into the Guinness Book of World Records.

Congress's 'Chanakya' Digvijaya Singh has once again used the Batla House encounter to woo the Muslims of Uttar Pradesh. In Azamgarh, as young Muslims expressed their anger against Rahul Gandhi by waving black flags, Digvijaya pulled out the Batla House encounter tool to convert adversity into an opportunity.

Team Anna member Kiran Bedi has dismissed the controversy over Anna Hazare's picture with RSS ideologue Nanaji Dehsmukh.

Team Anna Core Committee member Arvind Kejriwal has lashed out at Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh for his remarks apparently taking potshots at them earlier in the day. Singh had said that Team Anna was simply enjoying the fruits, while the "old man" was being "harassed in the cold".

As the government looks for a solution to the impasse on FDI, Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh continues to target the BJP.

As the BJP stood firm on complete rollback of foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail sector, the Congress critisised the main Opposition party of playing poll politics.