Jairam Ramesh

Sonia Gandhi Made No Request To End ED Questioning: Congress

  NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday refuted the reports that its party chief Sonia Gandhi requested the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to end her question as “baseless and lie”. Congress said that she was ready to answer all questions till night and was also ready to join the probe on Friday. In a video statement, […]

Insinuations Against Ex-VP Are Character Assassination Of Worst Form: Ramesh

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday condemned what it termed attempts to cast insinuations and innuendos’ against former Vice-President of India Hamid Ansari. While Ansari refuted the reports and the charges as a “litany of falsehood”, Congress slammed the ruling party saying insinuations by its leaders are “character assassination of the worst form”. The strong […]

BJP Leader’s Agniveer Remark Draws Criticsm

  NEW DELHI: The national general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kailash Vijayvargiya brewed controversy on Sunday when he said he will recruit Agniveers as security guards for the BJP’s offices. “When an Agniveer comes out of the service after four years he will have the tag of an Agniveer which he can […]

No Priyanka, Congress Names 10 For RS

NEW DELHI: Ending all speculations, Congress will not nominate Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for Rajya Sabha. The Congress on Sunday released the list of party candidates for Rajya Sabha. The list, announced by Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi, includes the names of former finance minister P Chidambaram, former Union ministers Jairam Ramesh and Ajay Maken among […]

Rajya Sabha Polls In Jun: Chidambram, Nirmala, Soni, Sibal, Goyal Who Will Make The Cut Again?

NEW DELHI: Hours after Rajiv Kumar was announced as new chief election commissioner (CEC), the apex poll body on Thursday declared polls for 57 Rajya Sabha seats which will fall vacant during June-August period this year. The elections is crucial for both BJP and regional parties as the saffron party last month become the first […]

No Magic Wands, Only Selfless Work: Sonia Gandhi For Congress’ Revival

NEW DELHI: It was a statement of admission as Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Monday acknowledged that there are no magic wands for her party’s revival of fortune. Sonia Gandhi was speaking at the Congress Working Committee meeting ahead of the party’s three-day Chintan Shivir in Udaipur, Rajasthan from May 13 to 15. Speaking […]