Reported By Sunil Prabhu With Inputs From Agencies

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has lashed out at reports that he had changed his Twitter bio after being awarded the Padma Bhushan, the country's third-highest civilian honour, and called it "mischievous propaganda".

Acknowledging the economic slowdown, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday defended the state of the economy and dismissed concerns of a recession. "If you are looking at the economy with a discerning view you see that growth may have come down, but its not recession yet or it won't be recession ever," said Nirmala Sitharaman, responding...

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday met Muslim intellectuals and is believed to have told them that his party would adopt an inclusive approach for all sections of the society with an agenda to provide justice to all, addressing concerns that it was adopting a "soft-Hindutva" agenda.

The Centre's plan to appoint BJP leader KJ Alphons the administrator of the union territory Chandigarh was put on hold this evening, sources said, following a fierce reaction not only from the opposition, but ally Akali Dal, which co-governs the state with the BJP. Punjab is headed for assembly elections next year.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appealed to the Opposition to help pass the crucial Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill in the monsoon session of Parliament that starts tomorrow.

The Parliament canteen will no longer sell food at subsidised prices, ending a decades-old provision that has often drawn criticism.

Deriding what he called a "Suit, Boot and Loot Sarkar," Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government while touring Rajasthan, where the ruling BJP is caught in the Lalit Modi controversy.

Amethi, Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh is in the spotlight. While Mr Gandhi is set to join issue with the Narendra Modi government in Parliament today over the closure of a food park there, the Centre has bigger plans - to develop Amethi as a smart city.

The Congress today appointed new chiefs in five major states including Delhi, Gujarat and Maharashtra, in a major reshuffle ahead of the possible elevation of Rahul Gandhi as party president next month.

Rahul Gandhi has taken a few weeks' leave from the Congress party to "reflect upon recent events and the future course of the party," say leaders.

Rahul Gandhi has taken a few weeks' leave from the Congress to "reflect upon recent events and the future course of the party," sources have said.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi told NDTV today that the new government is being politically vindictive by targeting her and other Congress leaders including her son, Rahul, in a case that alleges they misused the funds of a newspaper once run by the family.

The government is expected on Tuesday to announce that it will proceed to create a new state of Telangana. In the two other regions of Andhra Pradesh - coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema, protests against the bifurcation are intensifying.

Since the fatal gang-rape of a medical student on a Delhi bus three months ago, the government has professed that improving women's safety is at the top of its agenda.

30 members of Parliament will investigate India's agreement to buy 12 helicopters from AgustaWestland, a deal worth nearly 3,600 crores that was allegedly organised in exchange for kickbacks. The BJP, which has described the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) as "an exercise in futility," will not participate.

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has lashed out at reports that he had changed his Twitter bio after being awarded the Padma Bhushan, the country's third-highest civilian honour, and called it "mischievous propaganda".

Acknowledging the economic slowdown, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday defended the state of the economy and dismissed concerns of a recession. "If you are looking at the economy with a discerning view you see that growth may have come down, but its not recession yet or it won't be recession ever," said Nirmala Sitharaman, responding...

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday met Muslim intellectuals and is believed to have told them that his party would adopt an inclusive approach for all sections of the society with an agenda to provide justice to all, addressing concerns that it was adopting a "soft-Hindutva" agenda.

The Centre's plan to appoint BJP leader KJ Alphons the administrator of the union territory Chandigarh was put on hold this evening, sources said, following a fierce reaction not only from the opposition, but ally Akali Dal, which co-governs the state with the BJP. Punjab is headed for assembly elections next year.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appealed to the Opposition to help pass the crucial Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill in the monsoon session of Parliament that starts tomorrow.

The Parliament canteen will no longer sell food at subsidised prices, ending a decades-old provision that has often drawn criticism.

Deriding what he called a "Suit, Boot and Loot Sarkar," Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government while touring Rajasthan, where the ruling BJP is caught in the Lalit Modi controversy.

Amethi, Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh is in the spotlight. While Mr Gandhi is set to join issue with the Narendra Modi government in Parliament today over the closure of a food park there, the Centre has bigger plans - to develop Amethi as a smart city.

The Congress today appointed new chiefs in five major states including Delhi, Gujarat and Maharashtra, in a major reshuffle ahead of the possible elevation of Rahul Gandhi as party president next month.

Rahul Gandhi has taken a few weeks' leave from the Congress party to "reflect upon recent events and the future course of the party," say leaders.

Rahul Gandhi has taken a few weeks' leave from the Congress to "reflect upon recent events and the future course of the party," sources have said.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi told NDTV today that the new government is being politically vindictive by targeting her and other Congress leaders including her son, Rahul, in a case that alleges they misused the funds of a newspaper once run by the family.

The government is expected on Tuesday to announce that it will proceed to create a new state of Telangana. In the two other regions of Andhra Pradesh - coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema, protests against the bifurcation are intensifying.

Since the fatal gang-rape of a medical student on a Delhi bus three months ago, the government has professed that improving women's safety is at the top of its agenda.

30 members of Parliament will investigate India's agreement to buy 12 helicopters from AgustaWestland, a deal worth nearly 3,600 crores that was allegedly organised in exchange for kickbacks. The BJP, which has described the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) as "an exercise in futility," will not participate.