Congress East To West

As curtains came down on the Congress plenary in Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur, the party said it is planning a new mass contact programme similar to the Bharat Jodo Yatra, this time cross-country march from east to west.

The Congress is considering a Pasighat-to-Porbandar yatra, party general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday after Rahul Gandhi called for taking the "tapasya" of the Bharat Jodo Yatra forward.

Speaking to reporters on the last day of the Bharat Jodo Yatra's Madhya Pradesh leg, before it entered Rajasthan, Congress leader Kamal Nath said it is a possibility that Rahul Gandhi may embark on another yatra from "east to west" of the country

Somendu Adhikari, the brother of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, was today reportedly attacked by alleged Trinamool Congress workers in Contai town of West Bengal's East Midnapur district. His car was targeted and his driver thrashed, according to Mr Adhikari. He accused the ruling party of attacking him for impeding its attempts to rig the ongoing po...

The first phase of the 2021 Bengal Assembly election begins today, with over 73 lakh voters from 30 constituencies - covering the districts of Purulia and Jhargram, and parts of Bankura, West Medinipur and East Medinipur - heading to the polls to select from 191 candidates.

The Congress on Monday launched its campaign for the Bihar polls by organising a virtual meeting in the two districts of East Champaran and West Champaran to reach out to people ahead of the elections due in October- November.

A bust of former West Bengal chief minister Bidhan Chandra Roy was found vandalised in West Bengal's East Burdwan district on Sunday, leading to a slugfest between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the BJP.

The third and largest phase of the national election witnessed a drop in poll percentage, with only 66 per people turning out to vote. Polling across 117 seats in 13 states and two Union Territories was marred by complaints of glitches in Electronic Voting Machines and violence in several states, in which a man died. The whole of Gujarat and Kerala...

Congress general secretaries for Uttar Pradesh east and west, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Jyotiraditya Scindia, held a meeting with the state's Congress chief Raj Babbar on Thursday to strategise for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Rajkot West has been a BJP stronghold for almost four decades, but in this assembly election, it is witnessing what could be perhaps its fiercest battle. In the fray are the richest man of the Gujarat assembly, Congress's Indranil Rajguru and the most powerful man in the government, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.

After spending days on campaign trail, Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has decided to take a break. The spot she has chosen is Chalsa - a town near Cooch Behar district, which is going to polls tomorrow in the last phase of elections in the state.

From the west to east, rebellion is troubling the Congress party, which is still coming to terms with its enormous defeat in this year's general elections.

Flood fury raged in four West Bengal districts claiming nine lives over the past four days while the army was deployed in East Midnapore district to repair a 75-metre embankment, officials said today.

Singur and Nandigram, known for the intense protests against farmland acquisition that caused the ouster of the Left Front government and propelled Mamata Banerjee to power in West Bengal, will cast its vote in the second phase of panchayat polls today.

Union Minister and Congress high command emissary Vayalar Ravi- who wound up his four-day tour of Andhra Pradesh yesterday- after discussions with ministers, lawmakers and senior leaders and an assessment of the party position at ground level in East and West Godavari districts, today submitted his report to party President Sonia Gandhi.

As curtains came down on the Congress plenary in Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur, the party said it is planning a new mass contact programme similar to the Bharat Jodo Yatra, this time cross-country march from east to west.

The Congress is considering a Pasighat-to-Porbandar yatra, party general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday after Rahul Gandhi called for taking the "tapasya" of the Bharat Jodo Yatra forward.

Speaking to reporters on the last day of the Bharat Jodo Yatra's Madhya Pradesh leg, before it entered Rajasthan, Congress leader Kamal Nath said it is a possibility that Rahul Gandhi may embark on another yatra from "east to west" of the country

Somendu Adhikari, the brother of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, was today reportedly attacked by alleged Trinamool Congress workers in Contai town of West Bengal's East Midnapur district. His car was targeted and his driver thrashed, according to Mr Adhikari. He accused the ruling party of attacking him for impeding its attempts to rig the ongoing po...

The first phase of the 2021 Bengal Assembly election begins today, with over 73 lakh voters from 30 constituencies - covering the districts of Purulia and Jhargram, and parts of Bankura, West Medinipur and East Medinipur - heading to the polls to select from 191 candidates.

The Congress on Monday launched its campaign for the Bihar polls by organising a virtual meeting in the two districts of East Champaran and West Champaran to reach out to people ahead of the elections due in October- November.

A bust of former West Bengal chief minister Bidhan Chandra Roy was found vandalised in West Bengal's East Burdwan district on Sunday, leading to a slugfest between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the BJP.

The third and largest phase of the national election witnessed a drop in poll percentage, with only 66 per people turning out to vote. Polling across 117 seats in 13 states and two Union Territories was marred by complaints of glitches in Electronic Voting Machines and violence in several states, in which a man died. The whole of Gujarat and Kerala...

Congress general secretaries for Uttar Pradesh east and west, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Jyotiraditya Scindia, held a meeting with the state's Congress chief Raj Babbar on Thursday to strategise for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Rajkot West has been a BJP stronghold for almost four decades, but in this assembly election, it is witnessing what could be perhaps its fiercest battle. In the fray are the richest man of the Gujarat assembly, Congress's Indranil Rajguru and the most powerful man in the government, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.

After spending days on campaign trail, Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has decided to take a break. The spot she has chosen is Chalsa - a town near Cooch Behar district, which is going to polls tomorrow in the last phase of elections in the state.

From the west to east, rebellion is troubling the Congress party, which is still coming to terms with its enormous defeat in this year's general elections.

Flood fury raged in four West Bengal districts claiming nine lives over the past four days while the army was deployed in East Midnapore district to repair a 75-metre embankment, officials said today.

Singur and Nandigram, known for the intense protests against farmland acquisition that caused the ouster of the Left Front government and propelled Mamata Banerjee to power in West Bengal, will cast its vote in the second phase of panchayat polls today.

Union Minister and Congress high command emissary Vayalar Ravi- who wound up his four-day tour of Andhra Pradesh yesterday- after discussions with ministers, lawmakers and senior leaders and an assessment of the party position at ground level in East and West Godavari districts, today submitted his report to party President Sonia Gandhi.