Nationalist Congress Party (NCP): News

22 Oct 2018

Ashok Chavan

Congress worker stabbed to death in Mumbai, party blames BJP

A Congress worker was allegedly stabbed to death, reportedly over a post on social media, in suburban Ghatkopar in Mumbai in the wee hours on Monday.

Goa: Congress's Chellakumar says Vishwajit Rane wanted to split BJP

Congress's A Chellakumar has claimed that Goa BJP Minister Vishwajit Rane wanted to split the ruling saffron party in the state and join the main opposition party after the Lok Sabha polls due next year.

13 Oct 2018

Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh Congress chief quits and joins BJP ahead of elections

In what comes as a major blow to the Congress, veteran leader and working president of the Chhattisgarh Congress unit, Ramadayal Uike, has quit the Congress and joined political rivals BJP in Amit Shah's presence.

13 Oct 2018

Narendra Modi

Today's absurd news: BJP leader calls Modi Vishnu's 11th incarnation

Dr. BR Ambedkar had warned Indians of leader worship, saying it kills the essence of democracy.

12 Oct 2018

Shiv Sena

Goa: Shiv Sena meets Governor, asks to dissolve state assembly

The Goa unit of the Shiv Sena submitted a memorandum to Governor Mridula Sinha demanding that the State Assembly be dissolved due to "non-functioning" of the government and inability of any party to form an alternate government.

08 Oct 2018

Mumbai

Mumbai will come to halt if North-Indians stop working: Nirupam

Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam has said Mumbai will come to a standstill and its people will not even get food to eat if the North Indian community in the metropolis decides to stop working.

07 Oct 2018

Bihar

UP, Bihari migrant workers flee Gujarat in fear of violence

Following revenge attacks on them, hundreds of migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have started leaving northern Gujarat.

06 Oct 2018

Lok Sabha

NCP Chief Pawar won't contest 2019 Lok Sabha polls: Awhad

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar will not contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, party leader Jitendra Awhad told reporters in Mumbai today.

29 Sep 2018

Lok Sabha

Congress to appoint 10 million booth 'sahyogis' for 2019 polls

As part of its new strategy for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Congress will launch a nationwide mass contact and fund collection program on October 2, Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary.

27 Sep 2018

Maharashtra

Bring Sena to power on its own in 2019: Minister

Shiv Sena leaders exhorted party workers to show their strength during its Dussehra rally on October 19 and bring the party to power on its own in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

23 Sep 2018

Visakhapatnam

Visakhapatnam: Maoists, mostly women, shoot TDP MLA Kidari Sarveswara dead

Two Telugu Desam party leaders, including Araku MLA Kidari Sarveswara Rao and former MLA Siveri Soma were killed in a Maoist attack on Sunday in Visakhapatnam.

21 Sep 2018

Goa

Parrikar government on course to 'die natural death': Goa Congress

The Manohar Parrikar government in Goa is on course to "die a natural death" and the Congress will form the next government in the state, the opposition party's state in-charge A Chellakumar claimed today.

07 Sep 2018

India

Now, Congressman announces reward for BJP leader Ram Kadam's tongue

Amid the controversy which sparked after BJP leader Ram Kadam said he would kidnap girls for jilted boys, Congress leader and former Maharashtra minister Subodh Saoji has announced a reward on Kadam's tongue.

05 Sep 2018

Narendra Modi

Gujarati author-journalist Bhagwatikumar Sharma passes away at 84

Author and journalist Bhagwatikumar Sharma died at his residence in Surat city of Gujarat today morning, family sources said. He was 84 years old.

02 Sep 2018

Uttar Pradesh

Raj Babbar says Rahul Gandhi is Congress's PM candidate

Uttar Pradesh Congress President Raj Babbar, on Saturday, said INC President Rahul Gandhi is the party's natural Prime Ministerial candidate, but the citizens of the country will decide who will be the PM after 2019 general elections.

27 Aug 2018

Meghalaya

Meghalaya CM Sangma wins South Tura bypoll; beats Congress's Momin

Meghalaya Chief Minister and NPP President Conrad K Sangma today won the South Tura by-election by defeating his nearest rival Charlotte W Momin of the Congress by over 8,400 votes, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), FR Kharkongor, said.

25 Aug 2018

Mumbai

Nitin Gadkari apologizes for Mumbai-Goa Highway's poor condition

Union Transport and Highway Minister Nitin Gadkari recently apologized for the pathetic condition of Mumbai-Goa Highway and said he felt ashamed.

No NOTA in Rajya Sabha elections, rules Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has ruled the option of "none of the above" (NOTA) cannot be permitted in Rajya Sabha elections.

20 Aug 2018

Narendra Modi

Nation pays tribute to Rajiv Gandhi on 74th birth anniversary

PM Narendra Modi today led the nation in paying homage to former premier Rajiv Gandhi on his 74th birth anniversary.

05 Aug 2018

Shiv Sena

Former autorickshaw driver becomes new Pimpri-Chinchwad Mayor

If there's anything we can learn from new Pimpri-Chinchwad Mayor Rahul Jadhav's life, it's that hard work and smart decisions can turn lives around.

05 Aug 2018

Bihar

NDA allies in Bihar will cease to be politically-relevant: Congress

Parties like Nitish Kumar's JD(U) and Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP will cease to be politically relevant in Bihar if they stay in alliance with BJP, Congress leader in-charge of the state Shaktisinh Gohil said.

04 Aug 2018

Bihar

Bihar Social-Welfare-Minister should be sacked for Muzaffarpur shelter-home-scandal: NCP's Anwar

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) National General Secretary and MP, Tariq Anwar, demanded that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar sack his Social Welfare Minister, Manju Verma, for the failure to prevent sexual exploitation at the state-funded shelter home at Muzaffarpur.

31 Jul 2018

Muslims

NCP demands 5% quota for Muslims in education in Maharashtra

NCP MP Majeed Memon wrote a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today demanding 5% quota for Muslims in education.

31 Jul 2018

Mumbai

Maratha quota stir: Man ends life in Maharashtra's Nanded district

A 38-year-old man allegedly committed suicide in Maharashtra's Nanded district over the Maratha quota demand, police said today.

21 Jul 2018

Narendra Modi

#NoConfidenceMotion: PM assures development, welfare of people of Andhra Pradesh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured the people of Andhra Pradesh that they will not be left behind and the government will ensure their welfare and development.

20 Jul 2018

Narendra Modi

No-confidence motion: RaGa attacks Modi's 'jumla' in speech

Attacking the NDA regime in Lok Sabha, Congress President Rahul Gandhi today said India became a victim of 'jumla-strike' which he referred to as a 21st-century weapon.

20 Jul 2018

Shiv Sena

BJP will win no-confidence motion; why did Opposition move it?

BJP is set to face a trust vote in the Lok Sabha today, and despite Sonia Gandhi's insistence that they "have the numbers," the math is simple: NDA has 313 members in the 535-member House.

18 Jul 2018

Venkaiah Naidu

Rajya Sabha welcomes seven new members this Monsoon Session

RSS ideologue Rakesh Sinha, classical dancer Sonal Mansingh, and sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra were among the seven new members of Rajya Sabha who took the oath of office today.

25 Jun 2018

Maharashtra

Maharashtra Legislative Council polls: Voting underway in four seats

Elections are being held today for the Mumbai Graduates', Mumbai Teachers', Konkan Graduates' and Nashik Teachers' constituencies of the Maharashtra Legislative Council.

17 Jun 2018

Goa

Former Goa CM and Congress legislator Pratapsingh Rane hospitalized

Former Goa Chief Minister and incumbent Congress MLA Pratapsingh Rane has been admitted to a state-run hospital after he complained of fever.

17 Jun 2018

Maharashtra

BJP, Sena to clash again in Maharashtra Legislative Council polls

BJP and Shiv Sena are set to clash again in the biennial elections to the Legislative Council in Maharashtra, after a bitter face-off in Palghar Lok Sabha by-poll.

16 Jun 2018

Maharashtra

Maharashtra: Mungantiwar criticizes RaGa for blaming BJP for Jalgaon incident

Maharashtra Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said Rahul Gandhi's comments blaming BJP and RSS for the Jalgaon incident don't befit a person aspiring to become a PM.

11 Jun 2018

Mumbai

Pawar wasn't expected to 'stoop down to this level': Fadnavis

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today slammed NCP chief Sharad Pawar for suggesting that the BJP was playing a "threat letter card" to gain sympathy.

Delhi: Veteran Congress leader LP Shahi dies at 98

Senior Congress leader and former Union minister LP Shahi breathed his last at 98 earlier today at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi.

09 Jun 2018

Goa

Former Goa Congress chief Shantaram Naik dies at 72

Former Goa Congress chief Shantaram Naik died after suffering a heart attack today at 7 am, party officials said.

07 Jun 2018

India

No news yet, but families of missing Indians wait hopefully

Families of the Indian engineers kidnapped in Afghanistan last month await news of their kin with bated breath. "It's like clinging to hope," said Doman Singh of Bihar.

07 Jun 2018

Maharashtra

Maharashtra: Shah meets Uddhav Thackeray; discusses political-situation with BJP executive-committee

BJP President Amit Shah met the state executive committee of the Maharashtra BJP yesterday night to take stock of the political situation in the state.

03 Jun 2018

Petrol Diesel Prices

On rising fuel prices, Smriti Irani passes responsibility to states

Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani said states should bring fuel prices under GST framework to curtail exorbitant rates of petrol and diesel.

27 May 2018

Maharashtra

Congress may win in Maharashtra if BJP-Sena break ties: Minister

The BJP is compelled to have an alliance with the Shiv Sena. If the alliance is broken, then the Congress could come to power in Maharashtra (after the next Assembly elections)," Maharashtra PWD minister and senior BJP leader Chandrakant Patil said.