Newshour| The JPC Report which was leaked yesterday has come in for a lot of controversy as the BJP party leaders allege that the report was made in favor of the Congress Party. They also allege that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was given a clean chit while a...
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi seems to be unhappy with the performances of the UP Congress's zonal chief. According to sources, Rahul is now looking at giving more power to the UP Congress president. Last year, as a structural change in the party workin...
Harvard University's invitation to UP CM Akhilesh Yadav and SP leader Azam Khan has raised many questions from the Congress. They were invited to speak on the Mahakumbh, where 38 people were killed because of mismanagement.
Days after his son UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav made clear SP's national ambitions, party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav has pitched for a Third Front in the upcoming general elections, hinting at an alliance with the NCP. SP chief has invited parties with co...
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav says that Third Front is certainly a possibility. He claims that in politics nothing is predictable. He makes no efforts to hide his detachment towards both Congress and BJP.
Rahul Gandhi takes on the Akhilesh Yadav-led Uttar Pradesh government heads on by saying the government has failed to deliver its promises. However, the Samajwadi Party retorts by saying that Rahul should look into the central government's problems instead of ...
Congress MP Krishna Tirath responds to the Delhi gangrape incident and the call from different netas for women to dress more decently. Krishna Tirath believes that women have a right to wear whatever they choose to with discretion and categorically states that...
Congress MLA from Barwala, Haryana offers defense for beating up the occupants of a car that did not give the Minister's vehicle way. Ram Niwas and his gunmen, beat up a family including women, for not giving way to the Minister's car. The family blocked the H...
As voting for first phase of elections takes place in Gujarat, political analyst Achyut Yagnik along with Headlines Today reporters Gaurav Sawant and Kartikeya Sharma take a look at the issues that might be pivotal in the election. Saurashtra, which goes to po...
Gujarat's Congress leaders had an egg on their face after a campaign poster issued by the party used a picture of a farmer from the neighbouring State of Rajasthan. The poster was meant to show the pitiable condition of farmers in Gujarat under Chief Minister ...
They were posters being issued by the Gujarat Congress to raise the issue of condition of farmers and malnutrition in the State. But the BJP issued a counter attack after it became known that the farmer in the poster was actually from Rajasthan. In an earlier ...
It was a malnourished child and his mother from Sri Lanka. Now it is a farmer from Rajasthan. The poster released by the Gujarat Congress as part of its campaign to highlight the lack of development in the state has backfired for the second time. The farmer in...
Centre Stage | Congress chief Sonia Gandhi may have sought maximum punishment for the rapists in Haryana. But a Congress leader from the state, Dharamveer Goyat, has shamed the party by claiming that 90 percent rapes are consensual and most of the time the rap...
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi may have sought maximum punishment for the rapists in Haryana. But a Congress leader from the state, Dharamveer Goyat, has shamed the party by claiming that 90 percent rapes are consensual and most of the time the rape stories are c...
The Sharad Pawar-led NCP has hinted that political parties are gearing up for an early general election. Party supremo and Union Minister Sharad Pawar is keeping the UPA on a tight leash, claiming that every party including the NCP is ready for elections. Fire...
The Bahujan Samaj Party will be conducting a national executive meeting today. Yesterday in her speech, the BSP Chief Mayawati had declared her party would take a decision on whether to continue supporting the UPA from outside or not. She had also claimed that...
After RTI activist, Anjali Damania allegedly accused BJP president Nitin Gadkari for intentionally staying quiet on the Maharashtra irrigation scam issue, a feud over BJP's involvement in the scam has begun. Anjali alleges that when she had approached him, he ...
The Bharatiya Janata Party has chalked out a three-day meeting, starting from today, in Surajkund, Haryana, where a strategy session would be organised to device an election strategy and a plan on how the party would retain its pressure on the Congress. Issues...
The Bharatiya Janata Party has chalked out a three-day meeting, starting from today, in Surajkund, where a strategy session would be organised to discuss the future of the party, make necessary amendments in the constitution to facilitate party Chief Nitin Gad...
A political crisis is unfolding in Maharashtra after Deputy CM Ajit Pawar submitted his resignation to the CM Prithviraj Chavan, over allegations of corruption. While the other National Congress Party leaders have followed the suit, party Chief Sharad Pawar sa...
The UPA Chief, Sonia Gandhi is all set to introduce new members and exclude a few from the Congress Working Committee, during the last term of PM Manmohan Singh in UPA-2. After a few ministers were shortlisted to be a part of the Congress Working Committee, ye...
The general elections of 2014 may be at least two years away, but the Samajwadi Party has startled everyone by announcing that it is ready with its list of party candidates for Lok Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh. This list will be out next week. But what's on ...
Blaming the Naveen Patnaik led government for the crack down on Congress protesters, the party has called for a state-wide bandh. Ahead of the bandh, security has been beefed up in the state. Meanwhile an FIR has been lodged against Congress leader Jagdish Tyt...
Social activist Arvind Kejriwal is expected to sit on a dharna outside the residence of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Bhopal. Kejriwal will hold the sit-in to protest the police action taken against his supporters. He alleges that peop...
Congress MP Vijay Darda, who praised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi at a public event, calling him the 'Lion of Gujarat', has now denied making any such statement. After his comments kicked up a political storm both within the party and among the people,...
It comes as a huge setback for veteran Congress leader and former UP Chief Minister ND Tiwari. The DNA test results have proved that Rohit Shekhar is ND Tiwari's son. The DNA analysis reveals that the samples provided by ND Tiwari and Rohit Shekhar are a match...
The Congress seems to be going all out to woo Mulayam Singh Yadav and getting Samajwadi Party firmly on board. In a special meeting of the PMO, the Government will consider bailing out UP with a financial package for special schemes. Mamata Banerjee who demand...
Congress MLA Rumi Nath, who had been beaten up by a 100-strong mob at a Guwahati hotel, recounts how she had been abused and thrashed and claims that the mob had intended to rape and murder her. The Congress leaders in the state appears to condone the mob just...
BJP leader LK Advani says that NDA will meet tomorrow to discuss Presidential candidature. He also lashes out at the UPA saying there is no consensus amongst the allies.
BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitaraman criticises Congress led government for the religion based reservation, saying that the government is trying to appease a particular section of the society for political mileage. She says that the government is playing with th...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh rejects Team Anna's allegations of corruption against him, remarking that he will give up public life if the charges on coal block allotments are proved.
Rebutting Team Anna's allegations of corruption against him, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh remarks that that he is ready to give up his public life if the allegations made against him are proved.
It is high time people of UP realise that BSP and SP do not have any ideology and hooliganism will continue as long as they are in power, says Congress leader Digvijay Singh.
Key team Anna member Kiran Bedi denies report of writing a letter to Anna Hazare, slamming Arvind Kejriwal's NGO Public Cause Research Foundation over alleged mismanagement of funds.
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh avoids answering questions on AK Antony's UP poll debacle report, saying that he cannot comment on a report that has never come out.
Congress leader Jagadambika Pal reacts to AK Antony's UP poll debacle report by saying that it is time for the party to introspect and revive itself in time for 2014 elections.
Defence Minister AK Antony submits a report on the Congress' UP poll debacle that gives a clean chit to Rahul Gandhi and says that controversial remarks by senior leaders confused the voters.
Defence Minister AK Antony submits a report on the Congress' UP poll debacle that states that contrary statements by leaders damaged the image of the party and confused the voters.
Newshour | Are Congress ministers expressing their loyalty to the party or are there any hidden agendas in their willingness to quit the cabinet and work for the party?
Following the debacle in the UP polls, Congress leaders reportedly express their willingness to quit the cabinet and work towards strengthening the party in the state.
Following the party's poor performance in the UP polls, senior Congress leaders reportedly express their readiness to quit their posts and work towards strengthening of the party in UP.
Newshour | The CD row allegedly involving Abhishek Manu Singhvi raises the question of whether the politicians in our country are entitled for a private life?
Centrestage | Is it possible for the Congress to defend Abhishek Manu Singhvi and save its face even as the contents of the controversial CD has gone viral?
Abhishek Manu Singhvi resigns as Congress spokesperson and as the head of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on law and justice in order to prevent possible Parliamentary disruptions.
Thanking the electorate and party sympathisers, BJP President Nitin Gadkari says that people in Delhi have voted against the corrupt rule of the Congress.
Centrestage | Are non-congress Chief Ministers trying to gain political mileage by ganging up against the Centre instead of focusing on issues that cause threat to national security?
In an attempt to corner the Central government on the formation of National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa holds a meeting with other non-congress Chief Ministers.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is expected to meet Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to discuss the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC) issue.
Rahul Gandhi threatened swift and strict action against non-performers in UP elections, triggering uncertainty about the status of Union ministers from Uttar Pradesh.