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Rahul Gandhi unhappy with RJD in Bihar

NEW DELHI: Despite the BJP’s top leadership including PM making several visits to Bihar in the first phase of LS polls, Rahul Gandhi being...

Congress party’s top organisational machinery lacking ground feedback

NEW DELHI: Congress leaders in different states claim that their organisational machinery is not working properly, with some of their state in-charges involved in...

Kalpana Soren makes better connect with Congress in Jharkhand

NEW DELHI: After the arrest of Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren by Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’s (JMM) informal transfer of leadership...

There’s no stone pelting, militancy also gone down: Mehbooba Mufti

But why raids are being conducted and people being thrown out of jobs in the name of militancy, asks PDP chief. With the collapse of...

Changed demography opens up possibilities in Anantnag

PDP’s existential threat perception led to Mehbooba Mufti fighting from Anantnag. The Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir—specifically in the Valley—is seen to...

Congress fails to contest from Valley, cadre demotivated

The NC did not give the Anantnag seat to the Congress. After the Congress failed to secure a seat to contest from in the Kashmir...

Omar changes mind, set to contest from Baramulla

His party did not think Srinagar would be a safe seat for him, say sources. The National Conference leadership in Jammu and Kashmir, during its...

Akhilesh wants Rahul, Priyanka to contest from Amethi, Rae Bareli

The Samajwadi Party chief does not want anyone except the two Gandhis to contest from these seats. Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav is seen...

Congress pins hopes on Jats in Rajasthan

There are approximately 65 lakh (12%) Jats in Rajasthan, making Jats the most populous caste in Rajasthan. Congress party in Rajasthan is expecting change in...

Congress identifies three LS candidates for Delhi

A Congress spokesperson seeking anonymity said, ‘The three candidates are almost final but there is no finality till the candidates are announced...’ After pulls and...

Volunteers coming from abroad to support parties

Several Indians settled abroad have started coming to India for campaigning for the parties they support since the declaration of the schedule of the...

Ex-MP CM Digvijaya Singh unhappy that he has been fielded from Rajgarh

BJP’s Rodmal Nagar has been winning this seat since 2014 by securing over 60% votes. Though Congress finalised the candidature of its senior leader Digvijaya...

Maharashtra Congress not happy with seat sharing

‘For the bigger picture Congress finds it important to accommodate and give space to other parties, and for that bigger picture it has stepped...

Baramati LS seat to witness a battle of the Pawars for the first time

Supriya Sule has already been fielded from Baramati seat; from Ajit’s side (NDA), his wife’s candidature was announced on Saturday.  The Baramati Lok Sabha constituency...

PM Modi’s image may benefit Nitish in Bihar: Survey

Views of about 30,000 electors of different sections in 20 out of total 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar were taken during the survey. Prime...

Congress-RJD seat sharing pact set to be finalised

Congress wants 10 seats, RJD wants to give it 5. The seat sharing deal between the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress in Bihar...

Congress has an edge over CPM in Alappuzha

AICC organisation general secretary, K.C. Venugopal is contesting from this seat. The constituency to watch in Kerala in the general elections is Alappuzha, where Congress...

Congress in a flux in MP, executive body not formed

Party is in a wait-and-watch mode as several leaders are deserting the Cong. The Congress leadership in Madhya Pradesh, led by state president Jitu Patwari...

BJP eyeing Anantnag LS seat in Kashmir

‘BJP thinks adding Rajauri and Poonch to Anantnag will be of help’. With the redrawing of constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP is said to...

Shivpal Yadav not keen to contest LS elections

Akhilesh’s uncle is unhappy that he has been given Budaun to fight from. Samajwadi Party veteran and the uncle of Akhilesh Yadav, Shivpal Singh Yadav...

Congress cadre losing enthusiasm to fight Lok Sabha battle in UP

The demotivation has started from western UP where Congress is going to contest around half a dozen seats. The Congress may have got 17 seats...

Gehlot’s diminishing influence may affect son’s LS prospects

Congress veteran and former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s importance in the party has diminished to the extent that it might affect his son’s...

‘Plan to demotivate BRS in Telangana’

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha’s arrest by enforcement directorate this week has been done under a plan to demotivate its cadre and...

Congress factionalism in Karnataka likely to explode after LS polls

Shivakumar is focused on becoming CM by replacing Siddaramaiah. After almost a year of the Karnataka Assembly elections bringing the Congress to power in the...

Kamal Nath failsto patch up with Rahul

This move of the former chief minister the central state is giving rise to the notion that the two leaders were unable to mend...

Congress fields top leaders for LS, Priyanka could contest from Rae Bareli

The Congress on Friday announced its first list of candidates which included the candidature of its General Secretary (Organisation), K C Venugopal from Alappuzha,...

Venugopal under attack from within Congress

In a meeting that saw the participation of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, a senior leader had told party’s organisation general secretary...

NC in no mood to leave any Kashmir seat to ‘allies’

Democratic Party (PDP) and National Conference (NC) of I.N.D.I.A bloc is underway, sources suggest that there are less chances the NC will leave any...

Kamal Nath’s future seems uncertain

Months after the failure in assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, ex-chief minister and Congress veteran Kamal Nath is seen to be fading into oblivion...

After RLD exit, weak prospects for SP-Congress alliance in UP

After the two I.N.D.I.A bloc partners, Samajwadi Party and Congress sealed alliance in Uttar Pradesh, it is seen that the two may have challenging...

Majority BRS leaders want alliance with BJP in Telangana

After the decisive loss in the state of Telangana, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) led by firebrand leader K. Chandradhekhar Rao (KCR) is contemplating to...

ITV network’s media school in Mumbai to train 800 students

‘Around 800 people will be trained in that school. That means 800 more media persons will come up. That is why I want to...

Uncertainty over Priyanka contesting from Rae Bareli

With Sonia Gandhi leaving the Congress stronghold of Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh for a Rajya Sabha berth from Rajasthan, speculation...

Speculation rife about Pawar’s negotiations with Congress

Before the Lok Sabha elections, the Sharad Pawar-led NCP is believed to be in talks with Congress’ top leadership. Sources claim that negotiations are...

‘Congress MLAs are in touch with Ashok Chavan’

After the ex chief minister of Maharashtra Ashok Chavan left the Congress to join the BJP, party insiders suggest that the veteran could make...

Rahul’s Yatra keeps party leaders busy and unprepared

With Congress’ focus on the Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra (BJNY) during the crucial pre-election phase, alliance partners as well as senior leaders...

Rahul Gandhi has stopped talking to Kamal Nath

More than a month after the assembly election debacle in Madhya Pradesh, Rahul Gandhi is said to have shut the communication channels with the...

Lok Sabha polls could be battle for survival for BRS in Telangana

After the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Member Parliament Borlakunta Venkatesh Netha from Telangana’s Peddapalli quit the party recently and joined the Congress party, the...

‘RLD left after SP wanted to field own candidates from its seats’

SP wanted to field own candidates with RLD symbol in some seats. RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary has left Samajwadi Party’s “bicycle” to hold the BJP’s...

‘Revanth Reddy trying to break BRS in Telangana’

‘Congress is talking to around 10 BRS MLAs in the state.’ The state leadership of the Congress in Telangana is trying to break the main...

Congress could see changes in Kerala after LS polls

K.C. Venugopal could be shifting to state politics after the general elections. The Congress party in Kerala could see major organisational changes after the Lok...

Talks on about Congress-SP Seat Sharing

The Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh has started announcing candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, taking the Congress, by surprise, as both are part...

Congress system has collapsed: Acharya Pramod Krishnam

‘In Congress, around four people have destroyed the party from within.’ Acharya Pramod Krishnam, a religious leader, who heads the Kalki ashram in Uttar Pradesh’s...

‘BSP and AIMIM are talking alliance in UP’

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is trying to create a third front in Uttar Pradesh and is secretly in talks with All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen...

Congress appoints Bhupesh Baghel for crisis management in Bihar

Amid Janata Dal United Chief Nitish Kumar’s switchover claims, Congress has appointed the former chief minister of Chhattisgarh as the observer of Bharat Jodo...

JMM eyeing more seats in and outside Jharkhand

A constituent of I.N.D.I.A alliance, JMM is eyeing more Lok Sabha seats within and outside Jharkhand for the coming general elections. JMM is seeking...

AAP-Congress alliance in Punjab a challenging task

Congress has hit the nadir in Punjab and many in AAP are not willing to help resurrect it. As the AAP-Congress talks for seat sharing...

MP Congress complains of administrative glitches

The party leaders are not aligned the way they should be, but hope to win 8 LS seats. The Congress party in Madhya Pradesh is...

Jagan’s popularity in Andhra remains high: Survey

Although the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has unleashed a high-octane campaign against the current Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, an independent survey...

Seat sharing seems no easy task for Congress, TMC, AAP and SP

Seat sharing is seemingly not an easy task for the I.N.D.I. alliance as TMC, AAP and SP keep on putting pressure on Congress to...

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