Chamarajanagar: BS Yeddyurappa challenged chief minister, Siddaramaiah to contest from Chamundeshwari constituency and to prove that he has worked up to the expectation of the people from here. Addressing the gathering at Parivartana Yatra at Chamarajanagar he challenged CM Siddaramaiah to contest and win at Chamundeshwari constituency. “Siddaramaiah should not run away from his original […]

Udupi: President of the Indian National Congress Rahul Gandhi will be in the state in the month of February. Gandhi is scheduled to the visit Shringeri Sharada Peeta and Udupi Sri Krishna Mutt on February 21 and 22. It has also been gathered that a road show from Mangaluru to Udupi is scheduled on February […]

New Delhi: Fresh from giving a tough fight to the BJP in Gujarat, AICC president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the party was well prepared for the Karnataka elections. “We are well prepared. We have a good team in place. We have a solid leader in the chief minister and we will win the elections,” […]

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi today took charge as the president of Congress in the presence of the 132-year-old party’s top brass and his family members. The Congress’ central election authority (CEA) handed him over the certificate of his elevation to the top post during a grand event held at the lawns of the All India […]

New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi has retired as Congress president and not from politics, party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala today said, dismissing speculation that she has quit public life. He said Sonia Gandhi will hand over the baton to Rahul Gandhi but her wisdom will continue to be the guiding light for the party. Asked what role […]

Kerala: Congress President-elect Rahul Gandhi today visited some places hit by the Cyclone Ochki in southern Kerala that has claimed 66 lives, most of them fishermen, and pitched for a better warning system to prevent recurrence of such tragedies. Addressing the families of fishermen who died in the cyclone and interacting with them, Gandhi said […]

New Delhi: Congress’s president-elect Rahul Gandhi today hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over alleged atrocities on Dalits in Gujarat, insisting the community feels insecure in the state despite several laws for their protection. Gandhi wanted to know who will take responsibility for the Una incident where young Dalit men were flogged for skinning […]

New Delhi: India’s opposition Congress party named Rahul Gandhi as its new leader on Monday after years of speculation, calling it a “historic occasion”. Senior Congress leader Mullappally Ramachandran said the 47-year-old had stood unopposed for election as the president of the party his family had led for generations. “I hereby declare Shri Rahul Gandhi […]

Gujarat: As Gujarat votes in the first phase of its two-part Assembly election, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has some questions for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party. Posting a message on Twitter, Rahul wondered why “vikas” was “missing” from PM Modi’s election speeches in Gujarat. He also asked why the Prime Minister […]

Bengaluru : Union Minister for Statistics and Programme Implementation D V Sadananda Gowda on Saturday described Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi as ‘Bhasmasura’ (a demon in Hindu mythology). “Rahul Gandhi is like Bhasmasura. Those who go with him will be reduced to ashes. The JD(S) will face the same consequences if the party decides to […]