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Three-term MP from Uttarakhand Ajay Tamta says 'fortunate to get opportunity' in Modi 3.0 governmentAjay Tamta, newly elected from Uttarakhand's Lok Sabha constituency, expressed gratitude for being inducted into PM Modi's ministerial team...
Sonia Gandhi appoints office bearers of Cong Parliamentary PartyCongress president Sonia Gandhi has appointed party MPs Santokh Singh Chaudhary, M K Raghavan and Amee Yajnik as secretaries of the Congres...
90 per cent Indian states want to retain death penalty: Kishan ReddyIn August 2015, the Law Commission had recommended abolition of death penalties except in cases of terrorism and waging war against India.
BJP may face tough fight to retain all 5 seats in UttarakhandThe party has fielded state unit president Ajay Bhatt from Nainital and his predecessor and Khanduri's mentee, Tirath Singh Rawat from Paur...
Kedarnath yatra halted due to snowfallPilgrims have been asked to wait at yatra halts like Bhimbali and Linchauli till the weather improves, the DM said, adding, there is a two-...
Chandrababu Naidu for interlinking of rivers to prevent water disputesThe chief minister was speaking at his camp office here with members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Water Resources, who were o...
Congress wins lone Rajya Sabha seat from Uttarkhand, defeating BJP-backed candidateA total of 58 members of the state Assembly cast their votes out of which 32 went to Tamta and 26 to Goel, Vidhan Sabha Secretary Jagdish C...
Battlelines drawn: Congress determined to increase Rajya Sabha numbersCongress has signaled its determination to counter the BJP in Haryana by announcing support to INLD-backed independent RK Anand against BJP...
Why seven contests in Saturday’s Rajya Sabha elections promise to be photo-finishesThe dramatic entry of BJP-sponsored Preeti Mahapatra as an independent candidate has made the fight for the eleventh seat interesting in UP.
Harish Rawat hints that leaders from Garhwal may get place in his cabinetResentment prevails in a section of the state Congress over all important positions in the party and government going to the leaders from K...
Rajya Sabha nomination: Harish Rawat meets Congress high command, defuses crisis"He is a senior leader. Senior leaders do not get angry. They place their suggestions, put forth their views. There is no anger," Rawat sai...
Progressive Democrat Front announces its own candidate for Rajya SabhaTamta's nomination by Congress had not gone down well with the conglomerate, says PDF stood steadily by the Congress during the recent poli...
Intense lobbying on within Congress for lone Rajya Sabha seatCM Harish Rawat wants the seat for one of his team members while Bahuguna wants it for himself, party functionaries here said requesting an...
Elections 2014: 5/5 for BJP in Uttarakhand, Narendra Modi factor tilts scale in hill stateThe saffron wave swept Uttarkhand with BJP winning all five Lok Sabha seats, snatching four of them from the ruling Congress with wide vict...
Elections Results 2014: BJP snatches early lead over Congress in all Uttarakhand seatsBJP snatched an early lead over ruling Congress in Uttarakhand relegating the ruling Congress to the second spot in all the five seats.
Lok Sabha Polls 2014: Rawat's wife, Bahuguna's son, first lady DGP among 74 nomineesPolitical fate of Renuka, Kanchan Chaudhry Bhattacharya and Saket Bahuguna will be sealed with Uttarakhand going to polls tomorrow.
Congress to announce nominees for remaining seats in Uttarakhand soonCong which has announced candidates for two out of the five Lok Sabha seats in Uttarakhand will soon announce its nominees for rest of the ...
- Congress pits Manpreet Badal from Bathinda against Harsimrat
To avoid confusion Manpreet will contest from the seat on the Congress symbol, though he has not yet merged his party with the Congress.
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Vijay Bahuguna set to contest on Congress ticket, ND Tiwari may not be luckyBahuguna, who represented Tehri in the Lok Sabha before he quit the seat after taking over as CM, is likely to get the party nod ahead of o...
Rahul Gandhi pitches for strengthening party at grassroots levelCongress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi, who is on his maiden visit to the state post his elevation, today pitched for strengthening the party...