The BJP, which has emerged as a major political force in the state after the Lok Sabha polls, however, rejected the charge as “baseless”. Kolkata: The mention of Gorkhaland by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in a letter to Darjeeling MP Raju Bista, who had sought protection for Gorkhas in the national capital, has kicked up a row, with West Bengal’s ruling TMC seeing in it a “plot” to divide the state. The BJP, which has emerged as a major political force in the state after the Lok Sabha polls, however,Read More

Former minister Usman Majeed and various other leaders, including Hilal Ahmad Shah, have been detained at undisclosed locations, the J&K Congress Committee said in a statement. Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) has expressed serious concern over the detention of senior party functionaries by the state administration and demanded their immediate release, a spokesperson said on Friday. Senior party leaders Saifuddin Soz, Peerzada Mohd Sayeed, Haji Abdul Rashid Dar, Gulam Nabi Monga, Farooq Andrabi, Mohd Amin Bhat, Gular Ahmad Wani and others have been placed under house arrestRead More

Former Union ministers and Gandhi family loyalist Mallikarjun Kharge and Mukul Wasnik are the front runners to succeed Rahul Gandhi. Both Wasnik and Kharge are Dalit leaders. New Delhi: Ahead of crucial Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, party president Rahul Gandhi is said to have intervened in the selection process of the new president. Sources said that he does not want to leave the election on old guards in Congress Parliamentary Party (CEC). The CWC, the highest decision-making body of the party, will meet here on Saturday to nominate a newRead More

The Gandhis knew it would not go unnoticed that they decided not to turn up at the Darbar Hall when Pranab Mukherjee, a career Congressmen, was being conferred with the highest civilian honour of the land. In the last one week, the Congress has squandered two opportunities to claw back at least some amount of control over the political discourse in the country. Both were lost without much ado. At the Bharat Ratna award ceremony at the President’s House on Thursday evening, the Congress’ first family was conspicuously absent. ThisRead More

After two hours of the CWC meeting, Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi walked out of the AICC headquarters, saying it would be improper for them to be a part of the consultations on new Congress chief. New Delhi: The Congress has begun work on its biggest battle: to find a successor to Rahul Gandhi as party president, someone who can take on the onerous task of resurrecting the grand old party after suffering two of the biggest defeats. After two hours of a meeting of the party’s top decision-making body, theRead More