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Bihar election LIVE: Days of 'lantern' over, Modi hits out at Lalu Prasad

PM Modi will address three rallies at Dehri-on Sone (Rohtas district), Gaya and Bhagalpur to seek support for NDA nominees. Stay tuned for LIVE updates on Bihar election 2020 campaigns

Modi, Patnaik banking on marketing to continue in power in Odisha: Congress

Senior Congress leader A Chellakumar accused them of solely banking on marketing to be in power instead of working for the people

Congress urges govt to rollback raised railway fares for festive season

The Congress on Wednesday accused the railways of charging higher fares for festival special trains and urged the government to roll back the raised prices to help people during the festive season.

Congress has become "synonymous" with anti-national forces: BJP

The BJP alleged that the Congress stands with "anti-national" forces after the wife of Siddique Kappan, a Kerala journalist arrested by the UP Police on terror charges, met Rahul Gandhi in Kerala.

Cong Bihar poll manifesto promises drinking water, free education for girls

The Congress is one of the key partners in the opposition Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) in Bihar

RJD tops the list in giving tickets to candidates with criminal record

According to the report, 244 (23%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves

Works worth Rs 1,559 cr done in Bihar out of package of Rs 1.25 trn: Cong

Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala claimed that works worth only Rs 1,559 cr, out of the special package of Rs 1.25 trn announced by PM Modi in 2015 for Bihar

Punjab has given govt another chance to rectify farm laws 'blunder': Cong

Congress said that Punjab has given yet another opportunity to the PM and the BJP central leadership to listen to the voice of farmers and rectify the "historic blunder" of bringing in the farm laws

Country wants solutions against Covid, not plain speeches on TV: Cong to PM

The Congress on Tuesday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi come out with concrete solutions to control the COVID-19 pandemic and revive the economy, instead of giving "plain speeches". After the prime minister's televised address this evening, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala claimed that the Modi government has "failed" on both the fronts and India has become the "Corona capital" of the world with the "highest" number of daily cases and deaths. "It is easy to give sermons. The country does not need plain speeches but concrete solutions," he said in a tweet, quoting a phrase from saint Tulsidas. With the onset of festival season, Prime Minister Modi on Tuesday made an impassioned appeal to people to follow COVID-19 guidelines, saying this is not the time to be careless as the virus is still around and even a little negligence can dampen the festive spirit. Surjewala and Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera, in a joint statement, said, "The prime minister must answ

Congress-RJD to win Bihar elections, will go there for campaigning: Pilot

Mr Pilot said Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar's claim of "good governance" has already been exposed

Luv contesting as Bihar putra; I'm not saying quiting politics: Shatrughan

Shatrughan Sinha Monday said it's an encouraging trend that youths are entering politics, but made it clear that he himself is not retiring

1,510 candidates in fray for 2nd phase of Bihar elections after scrutiny

A total 1,510 candidates are left in the fray for the second phase of polling to 94 assembly seats in Bihar after the scrutiny of nomination papers

Congress chalks out plan to corner govt on farm crisis, PSU, women's safety

The party has asked its state units to organise tractor rallies across the country in each state

Amendment in J&K Panchayati Raj Act an attempt to delay Assembly poll: Cong

The Jammu and Kashmir unit of Congress on Sunday launched a scathing attack against the BJP over the amendment in J&K Panchayati Raj Act, 1989 and claimed it was another attempt to further delay the assembly polls in the Union territory. BJP does not want to face the people in the assembly elections as it apprehends backlash over its anti-people decisions and policies which deprived the people of their identity and special rights to jobs and land, Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma said in a statement here. The Jammu and Kashmir government had on Saturday amended the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act to provide for setting up of District Development Councils (DDCs) in each district which will have directly elected members. The DDCs of each district shall have 14 constituencies after their delimitation by the respective deputy commissioners, an official spokesman had said, asserting that the move marked the implementation of the entire 73rd ...

Indian democracy passing through most difficult phase: Sonia Gandhi

Addressing a meeting of AICC general secretaries and state-incharges, which she presided over, Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the government

Sonia asks Congress leaders to wage struggle for people's issues

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday exhorted party leaders to wage a struggle for people's issues while noting that democracy was passing through "most difficult times". Sonia Gandhi's assertion came at a meeting of AICC General Secretaries and state-incharges which was presided over by her. Tweeting about the meeting which began at 4 pm, the Congress' chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said, "Sonia ji exhorted everyone to wage a struggle for people's issues and ameliorating their sufferings as our democracy is passing through most difficult times." The meeting assumes significance as it comes ahead of the crucial Bihar polls and key bypolls in various states, including in 28 Assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh. The Congress has been vehemently raising issues like the passage of farm bills, the alleged gang-rape and death of a Dalit girl in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh, the state of the economy and the government's handling of it. The

Chidambaram urges voters in Bihar, MP to take vow of 'unity over division'

Besides the Assembly polls in Bihar in three phases starting October 28, bypolls to one Lok Sabha and 56 assembly seats including 28 in Madhya Pradesh, spread across 12 states, will be held in Nov

BJP dares Cong to mention Article 370 restoration in Bihar poll manifesto

A day after Congress pitched for restoration of Article 370 in J&K, the BJP dared it to say so in its manifesto for the Bihar assembly polls and accused it of speaking the language of "separatists"

Rahul Gandhi to visit Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency from Oct 19 to 21

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be on a three-day visit to his parliamentary constituency in Kerala's Wayanad from October 19 to October 21

Rahul Gandhi attacks Modi govt for 'filling pockets of its special friends'

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked the Narendra Modi government, saying it is busy "filling the pockets of its special friends" and that is why the country's poor are hungry