A meeting of the Congress will be held on May 24 at 5pm in Parliament to elect the chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party. After the party managed to bag just 44 seats in the recently-concluded Lok Sabha elections, all indications point to the fact that supremo Sonia Gandhi would be made the chairperson of the party.
The ED has now seized the property, agency sources said.
'HEADLINE HUNTING. A NUMBER -20 LAKH CRORES. NO DETAILS'
With hi-tech Narendra Modi at the helm of Bharatiya Janata Party's election campaign, its Mission 272 plus is all set to cash in on the popularity of the Internet and the social media. The Congress has a lot of catching up to do. Anita Katyal reports
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the "unfortunate" and "unprecedented" developments in West Bengal
Citing certain examples, Naik said the defence minister 'falsely claims that India never conducted surgical strikes in the past'.
However, Nishant has made it clear several times that he has no interest in politics like the children of other prominent politicians of the state.
The Congress party continues to be racked by arbitrary decision-making and the absence of accountability.
A picture has been created that present government is anti-farmer, which is absolutely wrong, says BJP MP Bhupender Yadav.
"The granting of the Freedom of the City of London recognises how they have added their voices to the growing global movement to stamp out racism."
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday carried out a major reshuffle in the party set-up
Breaking a long tradition, the PMO has ensured that specific divisions in each ministry are allocated to junior ministers.
The beleaguered chief of Andhra Pradesh Police V Dinesh Reddy appears to be descending into deeper trouble. The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday formally launched its probe into his alleged disproportionate assets following a Supreme Court order.
From Bollywood strong men to cricketing greats, celebrities upped the glam quotient this poll season. Some we will see as future MPs, the others just have to get back to business. Rediff.com takes a look at some popular faces, who fought Election 2019 and here's the verdict on them.
'If the Congress is to challenge the NDA government, Rahul Gandhi will have to shed his indifference to Parliament, become more visible and vocal and, essentially, lead from the front,' says Rediff.com contributor Anita Katyal.
'The Congress president gets into samurai mode only when there is a direct attack on her and her family.' 'Is being the president of the oldest and one of the most respected parties in India only about personal reputation and survival?' asks Sudhir Bisht.
The BJP has 165 first-time MPs. Are we to expect such utterances from all 165 of them? Or only those from a rural background? Because that is the explanation given by the PM, says Jyoti Punwani.
Television news. Anarchists. Special Status for UP! And that man-who-wants-to-be-Pradhan Mantri so baaad. Sherna Gandhy takes them on.
In his reply to the debate over the bill, the home minister rejected the charge that it is 'unconstitutional', 'divisive' or 'anti-Muslim'.
He said whoever supported the Palaniswami rule cannot go to the people for votes.
The chief government whip on Thursday sought their disqualification for alleged anti-party activities.
'The allegations of misconduct made against me are false and fabricated, spiced up by innuendo and malice'
Students who have received admission to foreign universities are struggling with unexpected delays, additional living costs and scarcity of vaccine supplies.
With Scindia quitting the party, the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh appeared headed for a collapse.
The IMG meeting will be convened shortly.
The bill seeks to ensure health-care, treatment and rehabilitation of persons with mental illness "in a manner that does not intrude on their rights and dignity."
The Congress, however, downplayed it saying the party did not want to involve its senior leaders in the issue.
Mulayam, Akhilesh shout at each other as SP supremo defends Shivpal, Amar Singh.
'We can't underestimate future threats.'
The Congress vice president also alleged that the National Democratic Alliance government was delaying the Winter Session of Parliament as Modi was not ready to discuss the Rafale and Jay Shah issues in the House before the Gujarat polls.
This was the first major election in the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Obviously, the women of Bihar were not intimidated by the pandemic and came out in large numbers to vote.
The great Indian election is over and now the wait for the results is shrinking with every passing moment. Though exit polls hint at a cakewalk for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his National Democratic Alliance, there are some battles which will be keenly observed on the result day.
Both Houses adjourned till Wednesday amid din.
We don't have confidence in the chief minister, the MLAs said.
'It's a classic conflict between the old and the new BJP. The new BJP is made up of turncoats and the old of veterans who slogged for decades when the BJP barely existed in West Bengal'
As the Indian Army reported its first case of the infection with a 34-year-old soldier testing positive in Leh, the Army said it has taken a series of precautionary measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus among the forces such as checking flu symptoms among soldiers on their return from leave and cancelling non-essential travel, conferences and recruitment drives.
The man who threw stones at Rahul's vehicle has been detained.
Even as Sonia Gandhi was on Saturday re-elected chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party and asked party men not to bicker in public amid a fierce blame game in the party, the anger and anguish was visible after the meet was over. Anita katyal reports
At an online book release event, former vice president Hamid Ansari lays to rest the controversies surrounding his tenure.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said no one has the right to ask someone to leave this country.
