Congress

SC asks Centre to place letters of Governor & Fadnavis, no order on floor test in Maha

8:15 pm November 24, 2019

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Sunday asked the Centre to place before it on Monday morning the letters of Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari inviting Devendra Fadnavis and of the BJP leader staking his claim to form the government in the state. In an unprecedented hearing on a Sunday, the apex court, however, did […]

MVA govt in Maha will complete full term: Pawar

Rift within Pawar family helped BJP execute its Plan B

8:42 pm November 23, 2019

Mumbai/New Delhi: The BJP leadership seems to have cashed in on a simmering feud within NCP patriarch Sharad Pawar’s family by managing an overnight coup just as final contours of a coalition between the Congress, NCP and Shiv Sena to form government in Maharashtra were emerging. The dramatic swearing-in of BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis as chief […]

Cong leader Abhishek Singhvi tests positive for COVID-19

Cong-NCP-Shiv Sena negotiations took too long: Singhvi

9:38 am November 23, 2019

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi on Saturday expressed surprise at the political developments in Maharashtra and said the Congress-NCP-Shiv Sena negotiations took too long as the window was grabbed by “fast movers”. The month-long political impasse ended dramatically with Devendra Fadnavis returning as the chief minister again, backed by the Sharad Pawar-led NCP. […]

100 booked for violating Covid guidelines in J-K's Samba

NC, Cong workers join BJP in Jammu and Reasi

10:11 pm November 22, 2019

Jammu: Several National Conference and Congress activists on Friday joined the BJP at separate functions in Jammu, Kathua and Reasi districts of this region, a saffron party spokesman said. Two prominent NC activists from Kishtwar — Inderjit and Ranjit — along with their supporters joined the party in the presence of senior leaders including Jammu […]

Four Congress MLAs in Kerala censured by Speaker

7:17 pm November 21, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Assembly Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan on Thursday censured 4 opposition Congress MLAs for climbing on to his dais and raising slogans during a protest. The incident occurred on Wednesday during a protest by Congress-led UDF MLAs against the police lathicharge on Palakkad legislator Shafi Parambil and some Kerala Students Union activists during a march […]