Former Union Minister Kapil Sibal today revealed that he has resigned from the Congress, dropping the bombshell after filing his nomination as the Samajwadi Party's candidate for Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. "I had resigned from the Congress party on May 16," Kapil Sibal told reporters. | Read more|
A magisterial court in Mehsana, on Thursday, convicted Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani and nine others in connection with a criminal case related to unlawful assembly registered against them over a rally that they in July 2017 sans police permission. | Read more|
Gujarat's Independent MLA Jignesh Mevani will today move a fresh bail plea in Assam, where he was arrested in a case of assault and molestation of a woman police constable. | Read more|
With protests led by the Opposition and civil society organisations disrupting the survey and social assessment for the proposed K-Rail Silverline project, the ruling CPI(M) in Kerala has opened a new battlefront — alleging that an “unholy political alliance’’ is at work against the government and the developme | Read more|
As petrol and diesel rates continue to soar for the ninth consecutive day, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday led a group of his party MPs to stage a protest against the fuel price hike in New Delhi. | Read more|
Opposition parties protested in Lok Sabha today against the increase in prices of fuel and cooking gas and staged a walkout demanding a rollback. | Read more|
At a meeting of the Congress "G-23" or rebel group last night, leaders ruled out splitting the party for now, but called for the Gandhis to remove their loyalists from key posts to enable a resurrection of India's oldest party, sources said today. | Read more|
The Congress may advance its internal elections, amid fresh questions on leadership after its latest state election defeats. The party's top decision making body, the Congress Working Committee or CWC, will meet this evening. | Read more|
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday said that Congress leaders can blow the trumpet just for a few days since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would again be forming the government in the state. | Read more|
Ruling DMK is leading the urban local body polls In Tamil Nadu that were conducted today after a gap of a decade. The BJP has split from AIADMK, the main opposition in the state, and is contesting alone. The results would be seen as a report card on Chief Minister MK Stalin's nine-month performance. | Read more|
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today attacked Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi over his "UP, Bihar ke bhaiye" comment and even targeted Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, saying the "family from Delhi was clapping". | Read more|
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai yesterday accused Congress of violating the flag code in the Assembly. The Chief Minister charged that Congress failed to act as a responsible Opposition party. | Read more|
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) Monday is all set to make a clean sweep in West Bengal civic polls with its candidates leading in all four municipal corporations. | Read more|
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a fierce attack on the Congress and the Gandhis in parliament today, said "talent is the first casualty of dynastic politics" and listed how the country would have been different "if Congress had not there". | Read more|