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  Attack on Manipuri youth: Congress seeks strictest action against culprits

  India | February 10, 2014 20:30 IST

  New Delhi: Congress today sought the “strictest possible action” against those involved in an alleged attack here on two youths from Manipur and said “our heads hang in shame” over the incident. “I am at

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  Abhishek Singhvi resigns over CD controversy

  India | April 23, 2012 20:56 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 23: Embroiled in a CD controversy, Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi today resigned as Chairman of a Parliamentary Committee and party spokesperson in a damage control exercise ahead of the resumption of the

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  Congress Asks Trinamool Not To Cross Laxman Rekha

  India | March 11, 2012 15:38 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 11: With Mamata Banerjee deciding to attend the swearing-in of Punjab chief minister this week, Congress today virtually told her not to cross the ‘Laxman rekha' of ‘coalition dharma', reminding the Trinamool

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  Lokpal Bill Single Most Powerful Anti-Corruption Law : Cong

  Politics | December 22, 2011 22:13 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 22: Hailing the Lokpal bill as the single most powerful anti-corruption law in Independnent India, Congress today cautioned parties obstructing the legislation that they will face the anger of the people.As the

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  Singhvi Lashes Out At Team Anna

  India | December 10, 2011 20:09 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 10: Accusing Team Anna of “practising an extreme form of intolerance”, Abhishek Singhvi, Chairman of the Parliamentary panel on Lokpal, said attacking those who do not agree with their view is a

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  We Are Not Here To Please Team Anna : Singhvi

  India | December 07, 2011 22:42 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 7: Asserting that it was for Parliament to take a final view on inclusion of Prime Minister under the ambit of Lokpal, Parliamentary Standing Committee chairman Abhishek Singhvi today said the panel

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  Team Anna Attacks Singhvi For Excluding Group C From Lokpal

  India | December 07, 2011 16:43 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 7: Lashing out at Abhishek Singhvi on the draft Lokpal Bill, Team Anna today accused the Congress leader of disrepecting Parliament by going against its commitment of including lower bureaucracy and Citizens'

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  Par Committee Scrutinising Lokpal Gets One Month Extension

  India | November 10, 2011 20:23 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 10: The Parliamentary Standing Committee going into the Lokpal Bill has been given a month's extension till December 7.Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has granted the extension to the committee headed by

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  Yeddyurappa Issue : Congress Slams BJP Morality

  India | October 15, 2011 20:17 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 15: With a Lokayukta court sending former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa to judicial custody in corruption cases, Congress today went on the offensive against the BJP, saying the development spoke

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  Singhvi Renominated As Par Committee Chairman On Lokpal

  India | September 15, 2011 23:12 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 15: Abhishek Singhvi was tonight reappointed chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances and Law and Justice, paving the way for early consultations over the Lokpal Bill.The 31-member Committee

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  Congress Welcomes Ending Of Fast By Hazare

  India | August 28, 2011 11:56 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 28 : Welcoming ending of fast by Anna Hazare, Congress today said it is a “win-win situation” for all stakeholders.“It's a historic occasion because it is a win-win situation for Indian democracy

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  Congress Defends Rahul's Remark On Terror Attacks

  India | July 14, 2011 18:43 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 14: The Congress on Thursday sought to defend Rahul Gandhi for his remarks that it is difficult to stop every single terror attack with party General Secretary Digvijay Singh saying India is

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  Cong Dares BJP To Spell Stand On Bringing PM Under Lokpal

  Politics | July 01, 2011 19:53 IST

  New Delhi, July 1: Questioning BJP's “silence” over Lokpal Bill, Congress today accused the opposition party of “political opportunism” and dared it to spell out its stand on the demand for bringing Prime Minister and

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  Politics Of Blackmail Not Proper: Cong

  India | June 03, 2011 21:48 IST

  New Delhi, June 3: Congress today spoke against the politics of blackmail but refrained from any comment on yoga guru Baba Ramdev's plans to start an indefinite fast here tomorrow on the issue of corruption.“I

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  Cong Dismisses Karunanidhi's Remark

  Politics | June 03, 2011 18:34 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 3: Congress today dismissed suggestions that DMK chief M Karunanidhi's statement that "bad friendship will end in trouble" was a threat to the tie-up between the two parties."There is no question of

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  Cong Dismisses Shourie's Claim Of Telling PM about 2G 'loot'

  Politics | February 12, 2011 13:27 IST

  New Delhi, Feb 12 :  Congress on Friday  rebutted former Telecom Minister Arun Shourie's reported claim that he had apprised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of the Spectrum scam and said it was a "travesty of

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  Abhishek Singhvi Reinstated As Cong Spokesman

  Politics | November 30, 2010 11:24 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 30:  Abhishek Singhvi has been reinstated as a Congress spokesperson after a gap of over one and half month since the party took him off as its public face following a controversy

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  Singhvi Loses Congress Post Because Of Lottery Controversy

  Politics | October 07, 2010 13:00 IST

  New Delhi: Annoyed with him for taking up the brief of Kerala's “lottery mafia”, the Congress leadership on Wednesday benched Abhishek Singhvi as the party's spokesperson, reports Times of India. Asked if he was being

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  Cong Raps Karna CM For Giving Clean Chit To Reddy Brothers

  Politics | July 19, 2010 16:19 IST

  Slamming the Karnataka government for avoiding a CBI inquiry in the illegal mining of iron ore and giving a clean chit to the Reddy brothers, Congress today charged Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa with being

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  Congress Asks Jagan Not To Go On Yatra

  India | July 06, 2010 15:56 IST

  New Delhi : Congress on Tuesday asked a defiant party MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy not to go ahead with his controversial yatra and threatened him with disciplinary action if he did not obey.  "All