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The Allahabad Congress Unit passed a resolution on Tuesday, asking Priyanka Vadra to contest election from Phulpur, once represented by her great-grandfather and India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. The demand comes a day after…

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has projected Arvind Kejriwal as the Chief Ministerial candidate in Delhi. The AAP has expressed confidence that they will win in Delhi and Kejriwal will fulfill the aspirations of common people as the Chief…

Protesting over the proposed bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and carving out of a separate Telangana state, two Union Ministers K Chiranjeevi and Surya Prakash Reddy tendered their resignations to the Prime Minister's Office. Chiranjeevi…

Rejecting the views of many top Congress leaders from Andhra Pradesh led by Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy, the Union Cabinet has finally approved the formation of a separate Telangana state by bifurcating Andhra Pradesh. The decision…

It has been proved beyond doubt that only the Gandhi Family rules the roost within the Congress. The way Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi forced PM Dr. Manmohan Singh and many other top leaders of the party to eat the humble pie, it has…

Even as the Congress leaders have extended support to Rahul Gandhi's tirade against Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and backed the decision to withdraw ordinance on convicted politicians, there is a revolt within the UPA over the way the…

For the first time in Odisha, 50 per cent seats were reserved for women in the recently concluded urban local body (ULB) polls. And, the response was huge. The Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BMC) Mayor post went to K. Madhavi, a woman. In…

In a big development, a CBI court has sentenced Congress' Rajya Sabha MP Rasheed Masood to four years in jail, making him disqualified as the Parliamentarian. Masood, who created a stir by saying that a full meal is available in Delhi’s…

The US Government has begun shutdown of government agencies for the first time in 17 years after the Republican-led House of Representatives declined to approve a budget for next year despite President Barack Obama's last-minute appeal.…