New Delhi, Nov 3,Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel Tuesday said his party will “definitely” be part of the Congress-led ministry in Maharashtra, but asserted that the NCP will stick to the 1999 berth-sharing formula.
Agartala, Nov 3, Over 400 Congress activists were arrested in Tripura Tuesday as they tried to enfore a 12-hour shutdown in parts of the state to protest an alleged attack on their legislator by cadres of the ruling the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), police said.
Mumbai, Nov 3,Maharashtra Governor S.C. Jamir’s efforts to resolve the deadlock in government formation failed Tuesday, with both constituents of the ruling front — Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) — sticking to their positions on power-sharing.
Kolkata, Nov 2,The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday strongly defended its veteran leader Jyoti Basu’s appeal to Congress supporters to vote for West Bengal’s ruling Left Front candidates in the coming bypolls to 10 assembly seats.
Hyderabad, Nov 2, Serious differences have cropped up in the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh following its state chief’s decision to forge an alliance with the Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) of actor-cum-politician Chiranjeevi for the ensuing Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections.
A day after state Congress chief D.Srinivas said the party would have an alliance [...]
Kolkata, Nov 1, Seeking to counter West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s charge that her party was hand-in-glove with the Maoist rebels, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Sunday demanded action against the state’s ruling communists for “carrying out armed operation” against political rivals.
New Delhi, Oct 31, Congress president Sonia Gandhi Saturday paid tributes to her mother-in-law and late prime minister Indira Gandhi, saying her leadership during the liberation of Bangladesh was a “prime example of her commitment” to protect India and its people.
New Delhi, Oct 31, A city court Saturday allowed the counsel of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims to examine the CD in which Congress leader Jagdish Tytler has been shown standing next to the body of former prime minister Indira Gandhi.
Tegucigalpa/Washington, Oct 30, The Organisation of American States announced that an agreement has been reached, whereby the Honduran Congress is to decide whether Zelaya is reinstated as president, after being authorised to handle the matter by the Supreme Court.
New Delhi, Oct 30, Twenty five years after the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, those who lost their family members have not given up hope of getting justice, and are pinning their hopes on the court hearing the case against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler.