There has been speculation about Hooda announcing his own party at Sunday’s rally, billed as a show of strength by him ahead of the assembly elections due later this year. read more

Heavy rain and landslides had wreaked havoc in many parts of the state, especially north Kerala for the past one week leaving a trail of death and destruction. read more

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad condemned the arrest of the party’s Jammu and Kashmir unit chief Ghulam Ahmed Mir and senior leader Ravinder Sharma in Jammu on Friday. read more

Party leaders said the fresh consignment had 50,000 kgs of rice and other essentials like sugar, salt and different varieties of pulses. Besides food, the consignment also carried bed sheets, blankets and mats for the flood-hit people. read more

Rahul Gandhi had decided to step down following the party’s dismal performance in the recent national elections in which the Congress managed to get just 52 Lok Sabha seats. read more

Earlier this year, while campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls in May, the brother-sister duo of Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi had expressed their affection for each other on social media when they happened to meet suddenly at the Kanpur airport. read more

In her Independence Day message, Sonia Gandhi, 72, said India has surged ahead exponentially in all arenas but at its core are the founding principles of “truth, non–violence, compassion and unwavering patriotism”. read more

Prime Minister had spoken of “one-nation, one-constitution”, “one-nation, one-election” and “one-nation, one-tax” as main initiatives to streamline governance, while speaking on the need for greater integration within the country. read more

Gandhi had on Tuesday accepted Malik’s public invitation to have him over in J&K so that the Congress leader could be better informed about the ground situation there. Malik attempted to rub it in, offering to send a plane for Gandhi to travel to Ka... read more

Following last year’s floods, RBI gave a moratorium on the repayment of farm loans -- Kerala has around 7.5 million farm loans worth Rs 80,803 crore -- till July 31. The state was trying to have this extended even before heavy floods of the past week... read more

P Chidambaram said alleging that Rahul Gandhi has put conditions is rubbish, as he only asked for freedom to meet everyone, including soldiers. read more

A statement from Governor Satya Pal Malik’s office on Tuesday evening accused Rahul Gandhi of politicising the Kashmir situation and blamed the Congress of imposing too many “pre-conditions”. read more

On Monday, Malik also offered to send Gandhi a plane (to travel to Kashmir). “You are a responsible person and you should not speak like this,” Malik said, referencing Gandhi’s comments on reports of violence in the Kashmir valley. read more

Rahul Gandhi had surprised Raj Bhavan Tuesday afternoon when he took up Governor Malik on his invitation to visit the state to see the ground situation for himself. read more

Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik had accused Rahul Gandhi of speaking irresponsibly about the situation in the valley. read more