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Congress postpones party president election till Covid situation improves

Top Congress leaders were of the view that holding the election right now would not be proper as the coronavirus situation in the country was very grim

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Govt must follow suggestions of experts to impose lockdown: Congress

The Congress on Saturday accused the Central government of failing to protect the lives of the people amid the Covid-19 pandemic

Collapse of governance: Moily slams Centre over Covid-19 handling

Slamming the Centre over its handling of the second wave of Covid-19 infections, senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily on Saturday alleged there is a "total collapse of governance"

Congress likely to hold CWC meet on May 10 over Covid-19 situation in India

As the second wave of Covid-19 continues to ravage the country, Congress is likely to hold a Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on May 10 to discuss the pandemic situation in India

Shekhar Gupta: Flailing state in Covid storm

Modi government didn't strengthen the foundations of basic governance in the last 7 years. Now, the PM has retreated, ministers failing and the government is in denial

MLAs are getting richer; politics is getting dirtier, shows ADR report

Kerala assembly has the worst criminal track record, Tamil Nadu will be the richest

West Bengal election result LIVE: Mamata takes oath as CM for 3rd term

West Bengal election result 2021 LIVE updates: Mamata Banerjee-led TMC has won 213 seats. Stay tuned for final West Bengal election result

Puducherry polls: On back of ally, BJP finds another key opening in South

A Namassivayam of the BJP emerged victorious from Mannadipet constituency after defeating his DMK rival A Krishnan

Veteran Kerala politician R. Balakrishna Pillai is no more

The 87-year-old R. Balakrishna Pillai, one of Kerala's stalwart politician breathed his last at a hospital at Kottarakara on Monday, said family sources

Tamil Nadu bypolls result: Congress retains Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha seat

The Congress party retained the Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha seat in the bypoll with its candidate V. Vijayakumar trouncing former Union Minister and BJP's Pon Radhakrishnan

BJP-led NDA retains power with majority 75 seats in Assam, Congress wins 29

The BJP-led NDA secured a comfortable majority in Assam Assembly elections paving its way to form the government in the state winning 75 seats of the total 126 constituencies

Kerala election results 2021: LDF wins 97 seats, UDF 41; BJP draws a blank

Kerala election results 2021 LIVE updates: LDF rewrote history by breaking Kerala's four-decade-old trend of swinging between the communists and the UDF

Kerala Assembly elections: Welfare thrust helps left rewrite history

The state alternates between UDF and LDF even when governments perform reasonably well. Except in 1977, no ruling front has been re-elected

Cong 'lost' elections but not its 'morale or resolve' to be people's voice

The Congress on Sunday said it has "lost" elections in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry and West Bengal but has not "lost its morale or resolve" to continue to be people's voice in these tough times

'Will introspect': Congress accepts its mauling in Kerala polls

Top Congress leaders in Kerala on Sunday gracefully accepted their as it seemed the party-led United Democratic Front will, in all likelihood, end up with less seats than 2016

Puducherry Assembly polls: Will NR Cong chief N Rangaswamy become CM again?

When the Puducherry assembly election results are declared on Sunday evening, former Chief Minister of the Union Territory and All India NR Congress (AINRC) party chief, N Rangaswamy expects to win

Pondy poll results: AINRC-led NDA continues to maintain lead in 8 seats

The AINRC-led NDA maintained its lead in 8 out of 30 assembly seats in Puducherry while the Congress-led front was ahead in two segments.

Big setback for Congress as it is set to lose Assam, Kerala, Puducherry

In the early trends, the Congress is losing high stakes battle in the five states, but the real surprise is Kerala where the party is set to lose the state.

Congress not to participate in TV debates on election on counting day

The Congress on Saturday decided that it will not participate in election debates on television on Sunday when the results for assembly polls for five states are out. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said in view of the serious coronavirus situation in the country, the party's spokespersons will not participate on the TV debates after poll results are out. The results for assembly elections in states of Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala would be declared on May 2. "At a time when Nation is facing an unprecedented crisis, when Govt under PM Modi has collapsed, we find it unacceptable to not hold them accountable and instead discuss election wins and losses. We @INCIndia have decided to withdraw our spokespersons from election debates," he said on Twitter. "We shall remain available for any comment that media friends want. We may win, we may lose, but at a time when people are looking for oxygen, beds, medicines, ventilators; our duty tells us to stan