The West Bengal Congress on Thursday took out a massive rally in Kolkata to protest against political violence in the state. The rally turned violent in between as protesters tried to break through barricades at the administrative headquarters of the state - the Writers' Building. The protesters had planned to gherao the building. However, the police arrested a few of them as the protest turned violent. They were released later...
05:21 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Huge crowds were present at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi for the mega rally of Congress party. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi addressed the crowds on the government's decision to back the economic reforms. ...
09:33 PM, Nov 05, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption (IAC) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Monday questioned the source of funding of the Congress's mega rally on Sunday and asked it to reveal the details. "Congress should give details on how much was spent on Sunday's rally and the source of funding. I have been told that special trains were run and buses were hired. How much was spent on these arrangements?," Kejriwal asked. The...
02:07 PM, Nov 05, 2012
New Delhi: A strong pitch for giving a larger role to Rahul Gandhi was made by two Congress Chief Ministers at the party rally here today which saw the young leader underlining the need to further open up the political system for the youth. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and his Rajasthan counterpart Ashok Gehlot said Gandhi should be given a bigger role at the national level so that...
04:54 PM, Nov 04, 2012
New Delhi: With his government and some ministers hit by allegations of corruption, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday reiterated that the UPA government was determined to root out corruption but it should be done in a manner that honest officials do not become scared of working. Addressing a massive rally of the Congress party at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi, the Prime Minister said: "It is our duty that we...
03:30 PM, Nov 04, 2012
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday challenged the corruption charges levelled against the UPA government, and said the party and the UPA government will give a fitting reply to the allegations. "The Opposition is levelling several allegations of corruption against the government. What is the truth and untruth in these allegations needs to be understood well. We will give our opponents a fitting reply," a combative Sonia Gandhi...
03:14 PM, Nov 04, 2012
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Sunday promised that the UPA government will get the Lokpal Bill passed in Parliament in the coming months. "We will get the (Lokpal) bill passed in Parliament soon. Wait and watch," Rahul assured assured his party workers at the Congress's massive rally held in support of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's policies at the Ramlila Ground in New Delhi. He also...
02:55 PM, Nov 04, 2012
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Sunday hailed the reform measures taken by the UPA government and said his party wants to improve the country. Rahul added that the biggest problem of India is its political system as "its doors are closed for the common man" and said that it is only the Congress party which can "change the political system". "Till the time we don't open the...
01:17 PM, Nov 04, 2012
New Delhi: Surrounded by controversies and scams, the big three of the Congress - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will try to divert attention by showcasing the economic agenda of the government over the past few months at a mega rally of party workers at the Ramlila ground in New Delhi on Sunday. The PM is expected to focus on economic...
07:13 AM, Nov 04, 2012
New Delhi:3:00 pm: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said she will invite Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav for her rally in Lucknow against FDI. She also said she will bring a no-confidence motion if Mulayam supports her. "I will go everywhere in India to protect the Indian business, the farmers, the labourers and the people of India," Mamata said. 2:43 pm: Mamata...
02:00 PM, Oct 01, 2012
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Congress is expected to hold a massive rally in Gandhinagar on Monday in protest against the deaths of three Dalit men who were killed in police firing in Thangadh, Surendranagar on September 22. The party has demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the killings. Earlier, a CID probe had been ordered into the case and a police sub-inspector of Thangadh town suspended...
09:50 AM, Oct 01, 2012
New Delhi: Calling corruption a "plague", Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said the government was committed to eradicating it and hoped that the opposition would help in passage of anti-graft measures including Lokpal. She said together with the Lokpal bill, the government was working on a variety of legislations "which will systematically fight corruption." "I hope that the opposition will support us in passing these important measures," Gandhi said...
05:49 PM, Nov 29, 2011
New Delhi: There were clashes between the Congress activists and police at the party's nyaya yatra in Lucknow on Monday. The police resorted to lathicharge to push back the protesting Congress workers. Congress state president Rita Bahuguna Joshi and 500 other Congress workers were taken into custody for flouting prohibitory orders. Congress workers took out the rally though they were denied permission by the administration and section 144 was imposed...
02:02 PM, Jun 27, 2011
Thousands of motorists and passengers were forced out of the NH-1. ...
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