According to sources, Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor and Manish Tewari told the Amethi MP that the party takes collective responsibility of the Congress’ drubbing in the recently held general elections adding that the party chief is not the one to be... read more

Congress leaders termed PM Modi’s speech invoking former PM Jawaharlal Nehru during the motion of thanks - a sign of success since the Prime Minister used to be ‘reluctant to quote a Congress leader’, said party’s leader in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan C... read more

When the walls come up, and stay up, after someone is cheated on or left in the lurch. read more

The second NDA government started its legislative innings on Friday by introducing in the Lok Sabha a controversial bill that makes the Muslim practice of instant triple talaq a criminal offence. read more

That feeling of misplaced glee you feel at someone else’s misfortune. read more

The Congress won only 52 seats nationally in the recently-concluded parliamentary polls and its leaders A K Antony and party general secretary in-charge of Karnataka K C Venugopal were criticised in the social media in Kerala for the drubbing. read more

Expressing grief at the death of actor and playwright Girish Karnad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, MP Shashi Tharoor, actor Kamal Haasan and more shared messages on Twitter. read more

There are some people who can’t see beyond the rash of ailments they believe they suffer from. There’s a word for that. read more

National Commission for Scheduled Tribes chairman Nand Kumar Sai had on Thursday said that Sanskrit should be made the official language of the country. read more

In the draft National Education Policy 2019, the three-language formula recommends inclusion of English and Hindi besides mother tongue in non-Hindi speaking states, while Hindi speaking states should include English and one Indian language from other... read more

The erudite Congress leader links quizzing, campus slogans and the pursuit of knowledge. read more

Shashi Tharoor feels it is far too premature to write an obituary for the Congress and, being the only credible national alternative to the BJP, the party cannot afford to roll over and die read more

Asked about Gandhi’s offer to resign and if he was still Congress’ best bet in terms of leadership, Tharoor said attempts in the media to pin all the blame for the party’s electoral setback on his shoulders are simplistic and unfair. read more

What’s claque and how does one use this word in a conversation? Shashi Tharoor tells us in his weekly column ‘Word Of The Week’ read more

The court noted that though the provision in CrPC allowed any private person to instruct the prosecutor, this individual cannot be a “complete stranger to the case”. read more