New Delhi: Faced with a tough situation in the Andhra Pradesh by-elections, Congress on Friday made it clear that it does not see the bypolls as a "referendum". "This is no referendum. These are by-elections and not general election.... We give them due importance a by election deserves," party spokesperson Renuka Chowdhary said. She was replying to questions on whether the Congress believes that the results in Andhra Pradesh by-elections...
01:58 AM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday made light of the proposed fast by Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare on Sunday and accused them of "vitiating" the atmosphere by putting out "half baked, out of reference stories". "Fasting is good for health in summers. You should eat less and drink more water in the hot months," Congress spokesperson Renuka Chowdhury said on the proposed fast by the activists on the issue...
08:20 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday washed its hands of the controversy surrounding veteran leader ND Tiwari, who has been ordered by a Delhi court to give blood sample for DNA test in a paternity suit and restrained from leaving India until the test. "This is his personal matter and we will not be able to offer any comment on behalf of the party in this regard. He is a...
10:19 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday kept up the suspense on whether it would make Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee its Presidential poll nominee by remarking that "such people are required everywhere for the benefit of society". To a series of questions on Mukherjee including on his much-acclaimed reply to the Finance Bill in the Rajya Sabha, party spokesperson Renuka Chowdhary said "this is nothing new for Pranabda. He has always...
07:57 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: Congress spokesperson Renuka Chowdhury created flutters on Thursday when she talked of how valuable Pranab Mukherjee is to the government but the party stepped in immediately to clear the air saying the Finance Minister is not ruled out from the Presidential race. The clarification by Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi came at the party briefing on Thursday when reporters plied him with questions about Chowdhury's statement earlier in the...
05:51 PM, May 03, 2012
Hyderabad: Superstar-turned-politician Chiranjeevi, former Union Minister Renuka Choudhary (both from ruling Congress) and former state Home Minister T Devender Goud of Telugu Desam Party were on Thursday declared elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh along with three others. The election result was announced here after the deadline for withdrawal of nominations ended this afternoon. The three others elected to the Upper House of Parliament in the biennial election...
05:16 PM, Mar 22, 2012
Hyderabad: Superstar-turned-politician Chiranjeevi, former Union Minister Renuka Choudary (both from ruling Congress) and former state Home Minister T Devender Goud of Telugu Desam Party were on Thursday declared elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh along with three others. The election result was announced after the deadline for withdrawal of nominations ended this afternoon. The three others elected to the Upper House of Parliament in the biennial election were...
05:14 PM, Mar 22, 2012
New Delhi: Congress on Monday took a jibe at Anna Hazare and his team for asking the party to disclose expenses incurred over hiring choppers especially for Sonia Gandhi and Rahul during Assembly polls in five states and the source of their funding, saying the social activist should instead take care of his health. "Anna should take care of himself and of his blood pressure," party spokesperson Renuka Chowdhary said...
10:12 PM, Mar 05, 2012
New Delhi: Reacting sharply to Nitin Gadkari's criticism of Rahul Gandhi, Congress on Friday told the BJP president that he should focus on his work and "not become an astrologer". "It will be better if he does not become an astrologer and focus on his work as party chief," party spokesperson Renuka Chowdhary told. She was responding to a media query on Gadkari dubbing the Congress General Secretary as "immature"...
03:27 AM, Feb 18, 2012
New Delhi: Congress on Wednesday accused the Narendra Modi government of "misrule and non-governance" after the Gujarat High Court issued a contempt notice to it for not obeying its order to compensate people whose shops were burnt in the post-Godhra riots. "It is for the Modi government to take note of. It should bring to an end what they have been doing so far. It brings out the misrule and...
07:26 PM, Feb 15, 2012
The SC observed that DoT didn't listen to the Finance Ministry while going ahead with the first-come, first-serve policy in allotting spectrum. ...
10:27 PM, Feb 02, 2012
Kolar: A day after RSS directed the Karnataka BJP unit to put an end to internal squabbling over the leadership issue, Excise Minister MP Renukacharya, a loyalist of former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, on Thursday said DV Sadananda Gowda is his CM and Yeddyurappa leader. "Gowda is my CM and Yeddyurappa my leader," Renukacharya, a trusted lieutenant of Yeddyurappa, told reporters here. Until the RSS direction to the state BJP...
02:05 AM, Jan 13, 2012
New Delhi: Two Congress leaders in Uttarakhand including Haldwani municipality Chairperson Renu Adhikari along with their supporters on Sunday joined the BJP ahead of Assembly elections in the state to be held on January 30. Barkha Rani is the other Congress leader who joined the the BJP in the presence of party in-charge for Uttarakhand Rajnath Singh, Chief Minister BC Khanduri, Bhagat Singh Koshiyari and other senior leaders. Rani was...
09:33 PM, Jan 01, 2012
Shimla: The ruling BJP wrested the Renuka (reserve) Assembly seat from the Congress but suffered defeat in its hands in its stronghold Nalagarh in Himachal Pradesh. Hridaya Ram of BJP defeated Vinay Kumar of Congress by 3,526 votes. Ram polled 20,804 votes against 17,278 votes polled by his rival while. In Nalagarh, Lakhvinder Singh Rana of Congress defeated BJP's Gurnam Kaur by 1598 votes. Rana polled 28,797 votes against 27,199...
12:18 PM, Dec 04, 2011
New Delhi: Congress party on Tuesday slammed Anna Hazare's ultimatum to go on fast, saying government is committed to a strong Lokpal bill to fight corruption. "I don't understand this disquiet when we have continuously said that we are committed to a strong Lokpal bill to fight against corruption, " Law Minister Salman Khursheed said. Another Congress leader Renuka Chaudhary said, "It is very confusing and there is no clarity....
03:40 PM, Nov 01, 2011
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