Delhi government's odd-even scheme was launched in the national capital on Monday with common citizens giving it a mix response.
The Congress president accused the AAP of taking a U-turn over alliance talks.
Congress president implored the party to have a 'concrete agitational agenda' to go directly to the people instead of merely being aggressive on social media.
The move came at a time when deliberations between the Congress, the NCP and the Shiv Sena seemingly reached the final stage on Friday.
Anguished over the rape of a five-year-old girl in Delhi, Congress President Sonia Gandhi is holding consultations to work out an action plan with quick response system to check such incidents.
Almost all the deceased were migrant labourers hailing from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
However, in reality, Mukherjee neither wore a cap nor did he give any salute.
Party leaders, sources said, maintained that Congress cannot afford to have a new leader at the helm for rebuilding the organisation at this juncture and that the responsibility for the defeat is collective and not individual.
The Congress leader said she would lodge a complaint with the cyber cell of Delhi Police.
The Congress has distanced itself from Khurshid's remarks, saying it is his personal view.
Why her own party's top brass was cold to campaigning in the capital. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com
Scuttled holiday plans, clashes with entrance dates, another round of tuitions and above all the 'phobia' of facing the examination day yet again -- sum up the dilemma being faced by class 10 and 12 students of Central Board of Secondary Education across the country.
Reacting sharply to former Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal's allegation that the Central Bureau of Investigation raids on certain coal firms were staged, the Congress on Thursday demanded evidence from the anti-graft activist.
The Congress, which provides outside support to the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi, on Thursday asked Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung to direct the police to take action against controversial Law Minister Somnath Bharti for allegedly leading a group of assaulters in a midnight raid last week.
Akhilesh Yadav confirmed in a television interview that the press conference is on the alliance in Uttar Pradesh, while parrying questions on the Congress.
The Delhi Police on Tuesday made a fresh appeal to yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters to vacate Ambedekar Stadium, citing security concerns ahead of Independence Day.
During an interaction -- Shiksha: Dasha Aur Disha -- with university students at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi, he also alleged that the country's wealth is "concentrated" in the hands of "a few people".
According to Congress sources, few ministers from the party have even offered to step down in the larger interest and to keep the coalition intact.
With Rahul showing a significant lead over Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi in opinion polls across southern India but lagging in the north, the Congress believes his contesting from the south will help galvanise cadres.
The crisis in the ruling Uttarakhand Congress persisted as 17 of the 32 party members of Legislative Assembly supporting Union Minister Harish Rawat, abstained from taking oath in Uttarakhand assembly on Thursday.
The people of Delhi are the victims, Gandhi alleged.
Gandhi also assured support of her party to the legislation, which she said would be a "significant" step forward in the empowerment of women.
Communist Party of India - Marxist veteran Prakash Karat was on Monday re-elected general secretary for the third consecutive term at the party's 20th Congress, which concluded in Kozhikode, Kerala. Karat, 64, was elected as general secretary in 2005 at the New Delhi Congress and reelected at Coimbatore for the second term. Attended by over 700 delegates from all states, the meet, which had deliberated on the poll debacle the CPI-M suffered in West Bengal and Kerala.
Lamba claimed after the walkout, "I got a message from the CM to tender my resignation. I'm ready to do so".
Former Union minister C K Jaffer Shareif, in a letter to Mukherjee, expressed surprise over the move and said he like other secular people was 'stunned' to hear about his attending the RSS function.
The Congress on Wednesday made it clear that there is no going back on the issue of its support to the Aam Aadmi Party for government formation, saying it was giving its backing to the newbie's manifesto.
AAP nearly doubled its vote share since last elections to a phenomenal 54.3 per cent.
Digvijay Singh said that PM Narendra Modi would be forced to introspect if polls are correct.
His deputy Manish Sisodia termed the judgement 'historic' and recalled the landmark mandate that the people of Delhi had given to the Aam Aadmi Paarty in the assembly elections in February 2015 when the party won 67 of 70 seats.
The BJP leaders denounced the Congress raising flags and placards and accused them of propagating false facts in connection with the Batla House case.
Should Kanimozhi be spared from imprisonment in the 2G spectrum scam because she is a woman, as Sonia Gandhi implied on Tuesday? Sheela Bhatt presents the counter-argument
Congress on Tuesday said it will not support the Jan Lokpal bill if it is brought by the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi without following "constitutional norms".
The Congress on Wednesday said a group of children "playfully" stoned the train carrying its leader Rahul Gandhi back from Punjab to Delhi.
The President is bound by the recommendation of the Commission.
The ruling party sharply countered the comment, saying the Congress had "demeaned and defamed" Hindus of India.
The Apex court said, "It appears that the Lieutenant Governor (Najeeb Jung) has made positive moves in exploring the possibility of government formation in Delhi. There could be a minority government with an outside support of a political outfit. Let us wait for sometime".
A senior Congressman from Uttar Pradesh explained that there was a clear attempt by the BJP to underplay the Hindutva sentiment so that they could appeal to the Indian youth, who doesn't want riots and seek to move on.
Surjewala made the case for state-specific alliances while arguing for a larger coalition with like-minded parties in 'national interest'.
The CBSE issued a circular on Wednesday informing about the re-examination and said dates and other details for it would be posted on the board's website.
NSUI demanded re-election with paper ballot while the EC said the EVMs used were not provided by it.
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