Rare pictures of Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee

We present verbatim the full speech given by Congress president Sonia Gandhi at the release of UPA II’s report card in New Delhi on Wednesday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,UPA allies, colleagues and friends. My greetings to you all on the fourth anniversary of UPA-IIIt is an appropriate moment to reflect on what we have sought to do during these past few years. Our focus has never been in doubt and we have never deviated from our priorities: to strengthen our secular ethos, to address ...

The JDS shadow over the Congress’ Karnataka win made the party High Command partial to Siddaramaiah, but sources say the new CM was imposed, not elected 25 May 2013 BY: Anil Budur Lulla

Congress has denied by discrediting WikiLeaks. But the Shah Commission report points to Rajiv Gandhi’s inordinate interest in the affairs of Indian Airlines. 20 April 2013 BY: Hartosh Singh Bal

Daily revelations about the wealth amassed by Bansal’s family made it increasingly difficult for the Congress leadership to protect him, reports Anita Katyal It is often said that a week is a long time in politics. It proved to be dead right in the case of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. When reports first filtered in that Bansal’s nephew Vijay Singla had been caught red-handed by the Central Bureau of Investigation while accepting a bribe of Rs 90 lakh on behalf of now ...

K Siddaramaiah, who led the Congress to victory in the May 5 assembly elections in Karnataka, took oath as the state’s 22nd chief minister on Monday.  State Governor H R Bhardwaj administered the oath of office to Siddaramaiah at a ceremony at the Sri Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore. Siddaramaiah, a five-time MLA from Varuna in south Karnataka, was on Friday elected as the leader of the Congress Legislative Party in the state. The decision in this regard was taken after four AICC ...

New Delhi: In the wake of the perception that there are ‘dual power centers’ in the Congress-led UPA government, senior party leader Digvijay Singh has clarified that party President Sonia Gandhi never interferes into the functioning of the ...

Bangalore, May 12: Siddaramaiah, who led the Congress’ battle against BJP Government’s corruption in Karnataka, will take oath tomorrow as the 22nd Chief Minister of the state.64-year-old Siddaramaiah will be sworn in alone by the state Governor H ...

Bangalore, Apr 12: Congress has “excellent” chances of coming to power after the next month’s Karnataka Assembly elections as the BJP rule is marked by maladministration and corruption, Union Minister M Veerappa Moily said today.Moily told ...

Bhopal, Apr 26: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s recent Madhya Pradesh visit provided the much-needed impetus to Congressmen in the state but containing groupism and declaring party tickets by July will be a daunting task for the faction-ridden ...