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20 rebel TMC MPs merge with NCPI, a little-known Tripura party

New Delhi, June 15 -- At least 20 rebel lawmakers of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday told speaker Om Birla that they have merged with a little-known Tripura-based party, strengthening the Natio... Read More


West Asia conflict's economic impact may linger till 2027: Finance ministry

New Delhi, June 5 -- The restoration of trade patterns to pre-West Asia conflict levels might take time till late-2026, even if shipping through the Strait of Hormuz normalises by June, the Union fina... Read More


Mix of castes, minority faces in new Karnataka cabinet

New Delhi, June 4 -- The cabinet led by new Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar has the stamp of social engineering, featuring a mix of important castes and two minority faces - a Muslim and a Chri... Read More


Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar accuses Kalyan Banerjee of misogyny amid rift in TMC

New Delhi, May 29 -- Trinamool Congress' (TMC) lawmaker Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar has sought Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's permission to file a complaint accusing party colleague Kalyan Banerjee of misogyn... Read More


Abhishek Singhvi helps out TVK with legal woes, again

New Delhi, May 11 -- On Sunday, when senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi shared the stage with Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president C Jopesh Vijay as the latter took oath as the chief minister of ... Read More


Congress to push for women reservation within existing Lok Sabha seats

New Delhi, April 14 -- The Congress will try to push for 33% women's reservation within the existing 543 seats in the Lok Sabha and push the government to delay the proposed delimitation exercise for ... Read More


Mohsina Kidwai: Staunch Nehru-Gandhi family loyalist till the end

New Delhi, April 9 -- Nine days after Raj Kumar Hirani's "Lage Raho Munnabhai" hit the theatres, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) met in New Delhi on September 10 to plan the centenary commemorati... Read More


HT interview: Congress is a feeder organisation of BJP, says CPI(M)'s MA Baby

New Delhi, April 2 -- Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary MA Baby, in an interview with HT, expressed confidence that the Left Democratic Front (LDF) would win the upcoming Kerala ass... Read More


Niti Aayog to revamp Aspirational Districts Programme

New Delhi, March 30 -- The Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP), the flagship scheme to transform 112 underdeveloped districts, will be revamped as the NITI Aayog aims to incorporate "major refineme... Read More


Parliamentary committee pushes for 'real' Make in India to fix trade deficit

New Delhi, March 19 -- The standing committee of Commerce, led by TMC MP Dola Sen, recommended the government on Wednesday to further strengthen domestic manufacturing facilities to "improve overall t... Read More