RSS mouthpiece slams Modi
June 2nd, 2012 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Close on the heals of veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K.Advani slamming the feuding factions within the party, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has ... Read more...
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Media creation, says Vijayan of Achuthanandan letter
May 21st, 2012 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 21 (IANS) Pinarayi Vijayan, Kerala state secretary of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), Monday tried to brush off veteran communist V.S. Achuthanandan's reported demand for his removal ... Read more...
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Better leader-workers connect, more discipline needed: Antony panel
May 8th, 2012 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) A panel headed by Defence Minister A.K. Antony to look into the Congress' poor performance in recent assembly polls has recommended better connect of ... Read more...
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Prepare for 2014 general elections, Rahul tells Congressmen
April 5th, 2012 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Thursday exhorted the party's candidates who contested the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls to unitedly start working for the 2014 ... Read more...
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Sonia blames party weakness for debacle (Second Lead)
March 7th, 2012 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The Congress debacle in state elections will not "damage" the UPA government, party president Sonia Gandhi said Wednesday, blaming weak organizational structure and wrong ... Read more...
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Party organisation weak in UP: Sonia (Lead)
March 7th, 2012 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The Congress organisational structure in Uttar Pradesh was weak, party president Sonia Gandhi said Wednesday after the dismal performance (28 of 403 seats) in ... Read more...
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Party organisation weak in UP: Sonia Gandhi
March 7th, 2012 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The party's organisational structure in Uttar Pradesh was weak, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said Wednesday. She told reporters that the wrong choice of candidates ... Read more...
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Badal vs Badal: who will be Punjab chief minister?
March 6th, 2012 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 6 (IANS) It was an election fought in the name of one Badal but led from the front by another, a two-pronged strategy that propelled the Shiromani ... Read more...
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Three UP BJP leaders resign after elevation of Rajnath’s son
January 23rd, 2012 - 1:26 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 22 (IANS) The infighting within Bhartiya Janata Party's (BJP) Uttar Pradesh again came to the fore here Sunday, when three functionaries resigned from their positions to protest against ... Read more...
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Mayawati crosses first hurdle, what next? (News Analysis)
November 22nd, 2011 - 11:39 am ICT by IANS
Agra, Nov 22 (IANS) With the Uttar Pradesh assembly passing a resolution amid bedlam, Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati has crossed the first hurdle on ... Read more...
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Threats to Trinamool leaders: Mamata hints at ‘Marxist-Maoist’ plot
November 18th, 2011 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 18 (IANS) In the wake of recent life threats to the state food minister by the Maoists, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday indicated that the ... Read more...
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Rahul to visit northeast next week
November 3rd, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala/Imphal, Nov 3 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will next week visit election bound Manipur as well as Tripura and Nagaland, ruled by non-Congress governments, party leaders said ... Read more...
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CPI-M to induct younger members in party committees
October 31st, 2011 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 30 (IANS) Ahead of its crucial West Bengal party conference, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday announced that at least 25 percent of members in all its ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi to kick start poll campaign in Tripura
October 17th, 2011 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Oct 17 (IANS) With the visit of the Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi next month, the main opposition party in Tripura will kick start its campaign for the ... Read more...
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Using lunch box to mobilise party - the Modi way
August 12th, 2011 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Aug 12 (IANS) After becoming the longest serving chief minister in Gujarat's history, Narendra Modi has hit upon a unique idea to mobilise his supporters: the lunch box.Although ... Read more...
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Mayawati demands roll back of fuel price hike
June 25th, 2011 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 25 (IANS) Demanding a roll back of the hike in prices of cooking gas, diesel and kerosene, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader ... Read more...
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Rahul as PM: Congress voices rise as he turns 41
June 18th, 2011 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) As Rahul Gandhi turns 41 Sunday, voices in the Congress are rising touting the young leader as fitting the bill to become the next ... Read more...
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Congress to revamp Kerala unit
June 8th, 2011 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 8 (IANS) The executive committee of the Congress in Kerala Wednesday decided to go for a total revamp of the party organisation in the state before August, a ... Read more...
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Botsa Satyanarayana to head Congress in Andhra
June 6th, 2011 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) The Congress Monday appointed Andhra Pradesh Transport Minister Botsa Satyanarayana as the president of state unit, replacing D. Srinivas."Congress president Sonia Gandhi has ... Read more...
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Tripura’s Left government promises corrective measures
May 14th, 2011 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 14 (IANS) Tripura's Left Front government, the only state where the Communists are in power after their ouster in West Bengal and Kerala, Saturday said it will ... Read more...
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BJP to step up campaigning in Bastar
April 25th, 2011 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 25 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and the majority of his 13-member council of ministers will intensify campaigning for the May 8 Bastar Lok Sabha constituency ... Read more...
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CPI-M wants cadres to apologise to people: Biman Bose (Interview, Lead)
March 28th, 2011 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) West Bengal's ruling Left Front chairman Biman Bose is confident that the combine will return to power in the April-May assembly polls, saying CPI-M workers ... Read more...
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We have rectified our mistakes: Biman Bose (Interview)
March 28th, 2011 - 2:35 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) Accusing the Trinamool Congress-led opposition of basing its campaign on "falsehood", West Bengal's ruling Left Front chief Biman Bose exudes confidence that the combine would return ... Read more...
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Factionalism widens in Chhattisgarh Congress after bypoll loss
February 19th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 19 (IANS) The rivalry within the Chhattisgarh unit of the Congress has escalated after it suffered a crushing defeat in an assembly by-poll where senior party leader Ajit Jogi ... Read more...
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Congress sets up coordination panel in Himachal Pradesh
February 9th, 2011 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Tuesday set up a coordination committee for the party in Himachal Pradesh to bring greater vitality in the organisation ahead of next ... Read more...
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Happiness gained from money, power limited: Sonia
February 2nd, 2011 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) As the government battles several allegations of corruption, Congress president Sonia Gandhi Tuesday said there was a limit to happiness gained from money and power and ... Read more...
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Congress non-committal about cabinet reshuffle
January 17th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Amid speculation of a cabinet reshuffle later this week, the Congress Monday remained non-committal about any proposed changes in the government and party organisation. ... Read more...
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Salient points in Sonia’s plenary speech
December 19th, 2010 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Following are the salient points of Congress president's Sonia Gandhi's speech at the 83rd plenary of the party.- Recognising Rao's contributions: P.V. Narsimha Rao (former prime ... Read more...
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Congress is opposed to fundamentalism of all shades: Sonia Gandhi
December 19th, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 19 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Sunday said the party is opposed to fundamentalism of all shades -- whether by majority or minority organisations.Addressing the party's ... Read more...
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Congress workers’s views must be heeded: Sonia
December 19th, 2010 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi said it was necessary that the views of grassroots workers in states should be heeded because they are the "ears" and know ... Read more...
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Congress likely to make top level party changes in Bihar
November 25th, 2010 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) Having received a severe drubbing in the Bihar assembly polls that halved its existing single-digit strength, the Congress is likely to revamp the top level ... Read more...
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JMM celebrates opening its Bihar account
November 24th, 2010 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Nov 24 (IANS) The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Wednesday celebrated winning one seat in the Bihar assembly elections."Our party nominee Sumit Singh won Chakai assembly seat. We fought for the ... Read more...
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‘Bihar Congress leadership changes will curb factionalism’
June 3rd, 2010 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The Congress will benefit in election-bound Bihar with a new state unit chief as the appointment will help to end factionalism, a party leader said Thursday.
"The ... Read more...
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BJP determined to ensure passage of women’s bill: Gadkari
March 6th, 2010 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is determined to ensure the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill, party president Nitin Gadkari Saturday said and appealed to all ... Read more...
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New Tripura Congress chief appointed
February 5th, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 5 (IANS) Surajit Dutta, former minister and senior Congress legislator, has been appointed as Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee chief by party president Sonia Gandhi, a party spokesman said Friday.
Dutta, ... Read more...
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