Seven Congress MPs from Telangana on Monday threatened to resign from the party as the protests intensified. The MPs said they will send in their resignations to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday. If they do resign, it would make the UPA's position in Parliament even more precarious. ...
05:16 PM, Jan 28, 2013
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday wrote a letter to anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare with assurance that the Lokpal Bill will be passed in the upcoming Budget Session. The Lokpal Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha in December 2011, but could not be put to vote in the Rajya Sabha due to shortage of time. Since then the government has not brought the Lokpal Bill to Parliament. ...
01:21 PM, Jan 28, 2013
After the government has said that it needs more time to decide on the Telangana statehood issue, strong reactions are coming from pro-Telangana Congress leaders. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Madhu Yashki Goud said that the demand for Telangana is not the same as the demand for other states. He said that he is hopeful that party president Sonia Gandhi will be able to convince the government to take a decision on ...
08:29 AM, Jan 28, 2013
The light hearted romantic flick will have actors Nitin Mukesh, Ameesha Patel and Puja Gupta in the lead roles. ...
07:05 PM, Jan 24, 2013
The Congress is divided over bifurcating Andhra Pradesh and creating a new state of Telangana. Several party leaders have questioned the timing and need for creating a separate state Telangana, sources say. ...
06:27 PM, Jan 24, 2013
Newly elected President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Rajnath Singh, on Thursday threatened to disrupt Parliament's Budget Session if Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is not sacked for alleging that the BJP and RSS have been running terror camps. ...
05:11 PM, Jan 24, 2013
The Congress top leadership met at party President Sonia Gandhi's residence to resolve the Telangana tangle a huddle over Telangana. ...
05:05 PM, Jan 24, 2013
Bharatiya Janata Party newly-elected president Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that if Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde was not sacked soon, his party would disrupt Parliament during the Budget Session. He also sought an explanation and apology from Congress chief Sonia Gandhi for Shinde's statement where he had alleged that the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ran training camps to promote Hindu terrorism. ...
02:37 PM, Jan 24, 2013
Will a change of guard be able to salvage BJP's situation? CNN-IBN's National Bureau Chief Bhupendra Chaubey joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
06:03 PM, Jan 23, 2013
As the scion of a dynasty stretching back to India's independence from Britain in 1947, the party wants him to be prime minister if it wins the elections. ...
04:53 PM, Jan 22, 2013
How does the RSS react to Union Home Minister Sushil kumar Shinde's 'Hindu terror' comment? RSS spokesperson Ram Madhav joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
04:25 PM, Jan 22, 2013
Can Rahul Gandhi turn the tide for the Congress before the 2014 polls? Political analyst and senior journalist Neerja Chowdhury joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
05:10 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Parliament attack convict Hafiz Saeed on Monday praised Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde for his remark that the principal Opposition party, the BJP and its ally, the RSS, were promoting Hindu terrorism through their training camps. Praising the minister, Saeed said, "Shinde has spoken truth finally. We consider this a help from Allah for Pakistan which is always (accused) by India for terrorism." Terrorist group, the Jamaat-ud-Dawa too tweeted, saying,...
02:58 PM, Jan 21, 2013
CNN-IBN's deputy bureau chief Pallavi Ghosh joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on what the 2-day Congress Chintan Shivir is likely to discuss. ...
02:57 PM, Jan 21, 2013
The newly-appointed Congress vice president, Rahul Gandhi, on Sunday made an emotional pitch to the Congress in Jaipur and proclaimed his love for the people of the country and his party. While addressing the party members at the end of the two-day Chintan Shivir, Rahul thanked the party members for appointing him as the party's vice president and said, "I will fight for Congress and people of India with whatever...
10:44 AM, Jan 21, 2013
At his first speech after being elevated as the Congress Vice President, Rahul Gandhi had party members in tears with an emotional appeal to transform the system. But it remains to be seen whether his speech will translate on the ground. ...
07:50 AM, Jan 21, 2013
Scalded by spontaneous anti-rape and corruption protests near the seat of government in New Delhi, India's ageing leaders are scrambling to win over an angry and influential young urban population ahead of elections due to be held by early next year. ...
07:12 AM, Jan 21, 2013
The three-day Chintan Shivir deliberations have filled the Congress with "new energy and resolve" and if the party abides by its new declaration, nothing can stand in the way of its progress, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi said in Jaipur on Sunday. ...
02:41 AM, Jan 21, 2013
The three-day Chintan Shivir deliberations have filled the Congress with "new energy and resolve" and if the party abides by its new declaration, nothing can stand in the way of its progress, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi said on Sunday. Thanking party delegates at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) meet here, Gandhi expressed happiness over the manner in which party business was transacted over the three days and hailed it...
08:35 PM, Jan 20, 2013
The newly-appointed Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday made an emotional pitch to the Congress in Jaipur and proclaimed his love for the people of the country and his party. ...
05:27 PM, Jan 20, 2013
