Indian National Congress

Kanpur Election Results 2017: SP's Amitabh Bajpai wins from Arya Nagar; Irfan Solanki bags Sisamau seat

SP's Amitabh Bajpai won from Arya Nagar and Irfan Solanki bagged Sisamau seat.

Mar 08, 2017, 19:22 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2017: Over 60% voting recorded in final phase

Over 50 percent polling was reported on Wednesday in the seventh and last phase of Uttar Pradesh elections covering 40 Assembly seats spread over seven districts.

Mar 08, 2017, 18:02 PM IST

Campaigning ends for Karnaprayag seat in Uttarakhand

Karnaprayag goes to polls on March 9.

Mar 07, 2017, 19:40 PM IST

Royal wedding: Captain Amarinder Singh's grandson ties the knot with Karan Singh's granddaughter

Nirvan Singh, a scion of the erstwhile Patiala royal family, tied the nuptial knot with Mriganka Singh.

Mar 06, 2017, 12:39 PM IST

UP sees over 57 percent voter turnout in phase six: As it happened

Prominent candidates in the fray include Bharatiya Janata Party's Swami Prasad Maurya (Padrauna) and jailed don Mukhtar Ansari contesting from Mau on a Bahujan Samaj Party ticket.

Mar 04, 2017, 18:25 PM IST

Manipur Assembly Elections 2017, Phase 1: As it happened

Manipur records 84.8% voter turnout till 6 pm in Phase 1 of assembly elections.

Mar 04, 2017, 17:05 PM IST

Clash of titans: Varanasi to host PM Narendra Modi, Rahul-Akhilesh, Mayawati today

Varanasi and neighbouring districts will go to the polls in the final phase on March 8.

Mar 04, 2017, 09:14 AM IST

Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, Congress will get electric shocks on March 11: PM Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks at an election rally in the backward eastern region of Uttar Pradesh came amid a war of words on the supply of electricity in the state.

Mar 03, 2017, 15:34 PM IST

'Upgrading Goa roads to highway will shut 90% liquor vends'

A two-month-old notification of the Union Ministry of Roads, Transport, Highways and Shipping, which in January upgraded 21 major state roads to the status of national highways, will put 90 per cent of the state`s liquor outlets out of business, the opposition alleged on Friday.

Mar 03, 2017, 15:22 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi quotes Rahul Gandhi to attack Akhilesh Yadav in Mirzapur

Taking a dig at Akhilesh Yadav, PM Narendra Modi said those who are not able to perform are beating the drums of their work.

Mar 03, 2017, 15:21 PM IST

BJP adamant, seeks sacking of Bihar Congress minister who asked crowd to beat PM Narendra Modi's photo with slippers

Leader of Opposition Prem Kumar said the BJP will not compromise on the issue and will continue to protest to expose Congress minister Abdul Jalil Mastan.

Mar 03, 2017, 13:43 PM IST

Manipur goes to polls on Saturday

The polling will start at 7 am tomorrow in Manipur where elections are be held in two phases.

Mar 03, 2017, 12:33 PM IST

Balloon, baby walker, noodle bowl among symbols for smaller parties

164 'free symbols' announced by the Election Commission to be used by registered political parties which are unrecognised.

Mar 02, 2017, 17:21 PM IST

Congress rules out sacking of party minister in Bihar

Bihar Excise and Prohibition Minister Abdul Jalil Mastan is a Congress leader and the only minister from the backward and under-developed Seemanchal belt.

Mar 02, 2017, 14:11 PM IST

Congress' Rajya Sabha MP Haji Abdul Salam passes away

Haji Abdul Salam is the first Manipuri Muslim to be a member of Rajya Sabha from Manipur.

Mar 01, 2017, 11:38 AM IST

How clean was Samajwadi Party's clean sweep last time

Did the ruling Samajwadi Party score a clean sweep in the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections that catapulted the party to its place of pride?

Mar 01, 2017, 10:52 AM IST

Donald Trump looks to reboot in first address to Congress

Trump`s focus will be "solving real problems for real people" said a senior administration official, previewing an address centered on "economic opportunity."

Feb 28, 2017, 11:27 AM IST

Issue of division of UP back in focus

The issue of division of Uttar Pradesh has once again bounced back to the centre stage of state politics with BSP supremo Mayawati raking up the issue that had been lying dormant in the polls till now.

Feb 27, 2017, 14:23 PM IST

Uttarakhand: Payments from disaster funds insult to celebrities and victims, says BJP

The Uttarakhand government using funds meant for disaster victims to make payment to cricketer Virat Kohli and musician Kailash Kher for a promotional video for the state is an insult to them, the BJP has said.

Feb 27, 2017, 13:40 PM IST

Smriti Irani refers to Karnataka diary issue, claims it mentions 'RG'

Union Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday cited a media report to claim that diaries seized during an IT raid on a Congress leader in Karnataka had mention of 'RG' and sought to know whom it refers to.

Feb 25, 2017, 20:26 PM IST