The Congress party is set to have an upper hand in Maharashtra and an outright win in Haryana, according to exit polls Tuesday evening as millions voted in largely peaceful assembly elections in three states, including Arunachal Pradesh. 

The balloting was marred by the murder of a polling ...

The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party have announced on Tuesday that the parties will contest for the Maharashtra polls, slated to go on Oct 13, together.
 
The Chief Minister of Maharshtra, Ashok Chavan, Maharashtra Congress president Manikrao Thakre as well as Union Civil ...

NCP leader Praful Patel said that the Congress will be contesting for more seats at the forthcoming by-polls of Maharashtra as Nationalist Congress Party has expressed its willingness to allocate more seats to its ally. He also mentioned that the seat-sharing discussion between the two parties is ...

The Congress- Nationalist Congress Party meeting, which was held in Mumbai on late Tuesday night for three long hours, for discussing the seat-sharing formula in the forthcoming Maharashtra assembly elections, remained indecisive.
 
According to sources, yet another meeting has been ...

Nationalist Congress Party and The Congress will be holding formal talks today to discuss the seat-sharing formula for the Maharashtra assembly elections,
 
"The first official talks with the NCP for seat sharing will take place in the evening in Mumbai," Manikrao Thakre, chief of ...

AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has admitted that Tamil Superstar Rajnikant can join Congress and will have a warm welcome.
 
"He is most welcome to come. We don't put any roadblocks," Gandhi told the media in Chennai. Rahul Gandhi is on a three-day itinerary in Tamil ...

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi has kicked off his three-day Tamil Nadu tour on Tuesday. This tour is an attempt for giving Congress a total revamping in the state.
 
His tour is packed with a series of meetings, mainly addressing the youth and hopping from one town to another. ...

AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Tamil Nadu on a three-day itinerary from Sep 8. This decision has been taken by Rahul Gandhi for strengthening the party from its base level.
 
Congress had never come to power in the state since 1967.
 
Rahul’ visit will ...

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked the party members to give 20% of their salaries for the measures that are being adopted by central and state governments to pacify drought effects.
 
"The Congress president proposed that party MPs, legislators, ministers and other salaried ...

Sonia Gandhi, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson and Rae Bareli MP who is in Lucknow has plans toll make surprise visits in villages in her constituency to check out development works there.
 
Sonia Gandhi left for Rae Bareli after she reached Lucknow on Monday morning, where ...

Youth Congress’ "Youth March" which will be launched from this month is a venture in which Rahul Gandhi will be playing a key role.  This is a venture that will act as the delegate of Congress.
 
Aiming to reach the IndianYouths, the Indian Youth Congress has plans to ...

The growing controversy over the India-Pakistan statement signed in Egypt was discussed in a meeting that was headed by Sonia Gandhi, the Congress President, on Friday.
 
"It's a routine meeting, but the issue will be over the joint statement with Pakistan and the opposition that it is ...

Bridging the digital divide so that the 'other India' has access to high-speed broadband connectivity and getting villages into the tele-loop are top priorities for Minister of State for Communications and IT Sachin Pilot.
 

"I don't want this ministry to be perceived as elitist. I ...

Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s magic worked once again as the Congress retained power in Andhra Pradesh with a comfortable majority. Facing a united opposition alliance and the Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) of superstar Chiranjeevi, YSR emerged victorious and achieved the distinction ...

Congress party on Saturday (May16) announced to keep Dr Manmohan Singh as the prime minister for the next five. Congress-led UPA is all set to form the government at the center as the alliance is much ahead of its rival NDA. While confirming the news about Manmohan Singh, AICC General Secretary ...

Bowing to the agitation by Sikhs in New Delhi and in Punjab, Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar have opted out of the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. The decision was taken after intense deliberations, in which it was decided that it would be best not to field Tytler and Sajjan Kumar, who were the ...

After getting elected as member of Rajya Sabha senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad has resigned as member of the State Legislative Assembly.  
 
Azad submitted his resignation on February 19 to pro-tem speaker of J&K assembly ...

Former captain of the Indian cricket team, Mohammed Azharuddin joined the Congress Party on Thursday (19th February). However, there was no decision on whether he will contest the upcoming elections, the party clarified.
 
Congress leader Veerappa Moily, in charge of party affairs in ...

Narayan Rane, senior Congress leader from Maharashtra, who was suspended earlier, is likely to be taken back into the party fold soon. Sources said that, revocation of his suspension order is under consideration. He was suspended from the party following his outburst against senior leaders of the ...

On Saturday (31st January), the Congress party said that, the government is seized of the recommendation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) N. Gopalaswami to remove Election Commissioner Navin Chawla. This removal recommendation ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, has divided legal ...

Congress president Sonia Gandhi introduced a scheme called Priyadarshini for the welfare of the women and children in Amethi. During the launch of the welfare scheme, both Sonia and Rahul Gandhi jointly addressed a public rally in Amethi. While addressing the rally, the Congress chief stated that ...

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has approved the name of former chief minister, Ashok Gehlot for Rajasthan's chief minister once again. The decision was taken after the newly elected Congress MLAs passed a resolution to make Gehlot the leader of state legislative party. The 57-year-old leader ...

Congress leadership is likely to decide the fate of Maharashtra chief minister, today (December 4). According to media reports, both Pranab Mukherjee and A K Antony will reach Mumbai to decide the name of new chief minister of the state. The Congress party is reported to have already accepted the ...

The Bharatiya Janata Party, incensed over the latest acts of the terrorists, said that it will not allow any official of the Inter Services Intelligence, Pakistan’s premier intelligence agency to land in Mumbai to probe the recent terror attack. BJP general secretary Gopinath Munde on Sunday ...

A day after the Congress Working Committee showed “the exit” to anti-incumbent Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil on Monday morning (December 01) resigned from his chair. Patil termed the abdication as a decision taken as per his conscience ...

58 year old Vaithilingam has become new CM of Puducherry; it is his second tenure as Union Territory's CM. Lt Governor Govind Singh Gurjar administered the oath of office and secrecy to Vaithilingam and others. Along with chief minister, five other members of the cabinet took oath in the function ...

Come Lok Sabha elections and UP will see an alliance of un-conventional political partners in the form of Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP). The agreement is true to proverb that 'there are no permanent friends, only permanent interests.' Both the parties shedding their bitter past are now ...

Fali S Nariman, senior advocate talking on behalf of government said that the structure was not man made and was made by some superman and he himself destroyed the same. He presented Center’s stand on the issue before a bench of CJI, K G Balakrishnan, and justices R V Raveendran and J M ...

Inflation seems to be the most important concern for the Indian government these days. Prime Minister Mr. Manmohan showing his concern on the high rising inflation rate said that this is a major challenge for government. Also, he stressed that curbing high inflation rate and maintaining lower ...

Tarun Gogoi, the chief minister of Assam at a function at Judges Field to celebrate the completion of his government’s two years in office announced Rs 1500 crore development package for the state. The development package is expected to be implemented in the next three years, the benefits of ...