The Congress on Wednesday welcomed the decision to confer Bharat Ratna to former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur and said it reflects the Narendra Modi government's desperation and hypocrisy.

 Congress Working Committee (CWC) member and MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said that every 'Ram bhakt' was not a BJP supporter and he saw no reason why he or the grand old party should relinquish Lord Ram to the saffron party.

 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday resumed 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' with a roadshow in Barpeta district of Assam.

Hours after after Congress leaders were booked for "wanton acts of violence" by the Assam Police, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to Home Minister Amit Shah on "security issues" faced by party leader Rahul Gandhi during the Assam leg of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday admonished the Gujarat Police over its officials publicly flogging five people belonging to the Muslim community at a village in Kheda district in 2022, asking angrily from where did they draw the authority to tie people to poles and beat them up.

New Delhi: An internal note circulated by the office of Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer having April 16 as the tentative "poll date" to help officials schedule various activities "in the build up" to the Lok Sabha elections created a flutter among journalists about the possible schedule of the upcoming polls.

Kolkata: Kolkata Police had to make a promise of employment and lure a man with a biryani packet in order to convince him to come down from a bridge he had climbed with the intention of committing suicide, an officer said.

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the city police to respond to appeals filed by the four convicts handed down life imprisonment in the Soumya Vishwanathan murder case challenging their conviction and sentence.