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T'gana taking Rs 50,000 cr as loan every yr, may land in debt trap: Cong

Telangana Congress Legislative Party Leader Batti Vikramarka said the state government is taking around Rs 50,000 crore as loans every year and it may land into a "debt trap" if this continues

Priyanka Gandhi takes dig at BJP leaders over 'ripped jeans' remark

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took a dig at BJP leaders over the 'ripped jeans' controversy, tweeting pictures of various saffron party leaders in 'khaki' half pants

Rahul Gandhi to interact with college students in poll-bound Assam

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will interact with college students and meet tea estate workers as part of his poll campaign in Assam on Friday, the party said. Gandhi will be on a day-long tour to the poll-bound state where the Congress is seeking to wrest back power from the BJP. The former Congress chief will be interacting with college students in Lahoal in Dibrugarh on Friday morning and then attend the tea estate workers rally in Dinjoy in Panitola block of Dibrugarh later, the party said. He will also address a public meeting in Town Field in Doom Dooma in Tinsukia district of Assam, it said. This is the second time Gandhi would be campaigning in Assam. Earlier, his sister and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had also campaigned for the party in the state and met tea estate workers. Assembly elections in Assam are slated in three phases on March 27, April 1 and April 6, to elect the 126 member house. The results will be out on May 2.

Assam polls: Congress announces names of candidates for three more seats

Congress on Wednesday announced three candidates for three Assembly seats in Assam going to polls in the third phase.

Congress releases list of remaining four candidates for Tamil Nadu polls

The Congress on Tuesday released the second list of four candidates for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections

Saddam Hussein, Gaddafi used to win elections too, says Rahul Gandhi

Lambasting the Centre over reports claiming decline of democracy in India, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said Iraq's dictator Saddam Hussein and Libya's Muammar Gaddafi used to win elections as well

Puducherry assembly elections: Congress releases list of 14 candidates

The Congress party on Tuesday released a list of 14 candidates for the upcoming assembly polls in Puducherry.

Congress releases list of remaining four candidates for Tamil Nadu polls

The Congress on Tuesday released the second list of four candidates for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections.According to the list, JG Prince has been fielded from Colachel, from where he is the sitting MLA currently.Another party MLA S. Vijayadharani will contest from the Vilavancode constituency.Tamil Nadu Youth Congress President JMH Hassan will contest the polls from the Velachery constituency. S Rajakumar has been fielded from Mayiladuthurai.Congress had released the first list of 21 candidates for the Tamil Nadu polls on March 14.The 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly elections will be held in a single phase on April 6 and the counting of votes will be done on May 2.Tamil Nadu Congress chief KS Alagiri had said that the party has reached a seat-sharing pact with Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and will contest 25 assembly seats in the upcoming Tamil Nadu elections.

Congress announces list of 21 candidates for Assam Assembly polls

The Congress on Tuesday came out with lists of candidates for elections for the upcoming state polls, including 21 for the Assam Assembly elections. With this, the Congress has announced candidates for 92 seats in Assam. The party also came out with separate lists of candidates for polls in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Puducherry. For Assam, the party announced a list of 21 candidates, for Kerala six candidates, for Puducherry 14 candidates, and for Tamil Nadu, it named four candidates. Voting for five assembly elections will begin on March 27, with West Bengal having the maximum eight phases continuing till April 29, while counting of votes for the four states and one union territory will be done on May 2, the Election Commission said on Friday. The Assam assembly polls will be conducted in three phases on March 27, April 1 and April 6, while polling for the Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry assembly elections will take place in a single phase on April 6. Elections for the West

Cong names candidates for Puducherry polls, former CM doesn't find place

The Congress announced names of candidates for 14 seats for the April 6 Puducherry Assembly elections but the list did not contain the name of party veteran and former chief minister V Narayanasamy

Bank strike: Govt privatising profit, nationalising loss, says Rahul Gandhi

Taking a dig at the government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that selling public sector banks to "cronies" will compromise the country's financial security

Puducherry polls: Congress is 'dismantled', says P Kannan after joining BJP

After joining the BJP ahead of Puducherry Assembly polls, former Puducherry minister P Kannan said he resigned from the Congress as the party is dismantled

Party should break tradition, project CM candidate to counter BJP: Rawat

He said that he wants this issue should be discussed in the party meetings therefore he is publicly giving his opinion

AP local body elections highlights: Ruling YSR Congress sweeps to victory

YSR Congress in Andhra Pradesh swept the elections to the urban local bodies, literally burying the main opposition TDP in 75 municipalities and 11 municipal corporations

Kerala: Candidates list a generational change in Cong, says Chennithala

Chennithala on Sunday termed the candidate list of Congress for Kerala Assembly polls "a revolution" as Congress has given "46 out of 92 seats in Kerala to new faces" aiding "a generational change"

Bengal wants 'Vikas' not 'Khela', will vote for Cong-Left alliance: Jaiveer

Speaking to ANI about Congress' agenda for the campaign in West Bengal, Shergill told ANI that people of Bengal are paying a heavy price for the political violence in the state

U'khand: Congress holds rally against BJP govt over inflation, fuel prices

To protest the rising inflation, fuel prices, unemployment, and anarchy in Uttarakhand, the Congress on Sunday took out a protest march against the BJP government in the state.

Assam Assembly polls: A look at CM Sonowal's achievments in past 5 years

In 2016, when the state last had elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power, dislodging a Congress government led by stalwart Tarun Gogoi

Uttarakhand CM Rawat faces an uphill task a year ahead of Assembly polls

Rawat has crossed the big hurdle of expanding his cabinet. A couple of MLAs might be sulking for not getting a berth but there is no revolt

Confident yet cautious: BJP bets on polarisation, Centre's schemes in Assam

As for the vastly tweaked CAA, the BJP has been curiously silent about it after it provoked adversarial reactions