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Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam

LS polls: Cong clears 2 more lists, fields Nirupam from North West...

In the first list put out on Monday, 26 candidates were announced by the party, out of which 25 were for West Bengal.

26 March 2019 8:59 AM IST

Rajen Gohain gets clean chit in rape case

Mr Gohain had announced he would not contest the elections as a rape case was pending against him.

26 March 2019 1:49 AM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi with former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and ex-defence minister A.K. Antony during the Congress Working Committee meeting, in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Loan waiver and uniform GST in Congress manifesto

The Congress, sources said, aims to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party's formula by promising the C2 formula.

26 March 2019 1:45 AM IST

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, MNM president Kamal Haasan and state finance minister Amit Mitra at Nabanna in Kolkata, Monday. (Photo: PTI)

BJP flays Mamata Banerjee over cops' terror'

Rejecting BJP's allegations, Mr Banerjee suggested that his wife was chosen by the customs officials because of her...

26 March 2019 1:44 AM IST

Jaya Prada likely to join BJP, may get Rampur seat

After getting expelled from the Samajwadi Party, Jaya Prada contested the 2014 Lok Sabha polls on an RLD ticket but...

26 March 2019 1:43 AM IST

SP president Akhilesh Yadav addresses a press conference in Agra on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Assets case: Akhilesh, Mulayam may land in deep trouble

The court directed the CBI to submit a report to the Union of India and the latter may take further steps depending upon...

26 March 2019 1:04 AM IST

Congress leader Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union Minister P Chidambaram, on Monday filed nomination for the ensuing Lok Sabha polls from Sivaganga parliamentary seat. (Photo: ANI)

Karti Chidambaram files nomination from Sivaganga seat

Cong will contest on 9 out of 39 parliamentary seats in TN along with the sole seat in Puducherry, while its ally DMK...

25 March 2019 8:53 PM IST

Manohar Parrikar, who succeeded UPAs Antony as Defence Minister when NDA came to power in 2014, was speaking at the Goa Arts and Literature Festival in Panaji after launching a book Securing India The Modi Way, penned by Nitin Gokhale. (Photo: PTI)

BJP has requested Parrikar's sons to join party: Vinay Tendulkar

Parrikar, a senior BJP leader, died on March 17 evening after a prolonged battle against cancer at the age of 63.

25 March 2019 8:48 PM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addressing the media in New Delhi on Monday.

Cong's bid to 'cheat' poor again: Jaitley slams Rahul's minimum income...

The government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been giving away Rs 5.34 lakh crore to the poor families, Jaitley...

25 March 2019 8:44 PM IST

Former Union Telecom Minister Sukh Ram and his grandson Aashray Sharma on Monday joined Congress in the presence of party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala and party in-charge of Himachal Pradesh Rajani Patil. (Photo: ANI)

Sukh Ram returns to Congress, calls it homecoming

Sukh Ram's son Anil Sharma is a cabinet minister in Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur-led BJP government in Himachal...

25 March 2019 8:29 PM IST

Paralympian Deepa Malik and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) MLA Kehar Singh Rawat joined BJP on Monday. (Photo: ANI)

Paralympian Deepa Malik, INLD MLA Kehar Singh join BJP

Both Malik and Rawat joined the BJP in the presence of the party's Haryana unit chief Subhash Barala and general...

25 March 2019 8:25 PM IST

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) general secretary K Anbazhagan on Monday suspended actor Radha Ravi (pic) from the party following his remarks against actor Nayanthara. (Photo: ANI)

DMK suspends actor Radha Ravi over derogatory remarks against...

The actor earned a lot of backlash after the clip of his speech at the event went viral.

25 March 2019 7:39 PM IST