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Rajasthan Chief minister Ashok Gehlot has approved Saur Krishi Aajeevika Yojana (Solar Energy Agriculture Employment Scheme) to help farmers set up solar power plants on their unutilised or barren land.

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh was all set to run for the Congress president, but a twist of fate saw him pulling out of the race.

The entry of Kharge, who is also the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, has made the contest triangular with veteran party leaders Digvijaya Singh and Shashi Tharoor already in the fray

Hours after Rajasthan Chief minister Ashok Gehlot met Sonia Gandhi, his former deputy Sachin Pilot also met the Congress interim chief late on Thursday evening.

Ending all speculation, embattled Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced on Thursday that he would not run for Congress president in the aftermath of the succession fiasco in his state.

As showcause notices were shot off to the Congress leaders in Rajasthan following a rebellious move by MLAs supporting CM Ashok Gehlot, they are figuring out how to respond to them even as they reaffirm their support for the party's high command while taking a mellowed stance.

In the show cause notices to Rajasthan cabinet minister Shanti Dhariwal, party chief whip Mahesh Joshi and Rajasthan Tourism Development Council (RTDC) chairman Dharmendra Rathore, the Congress dubbed their actions as an "act of grave indiscipline".

Rajasthan Chief minister Ashok Gehlot gets a clean chit for the Rajasthan fiasco from the party’s state in-charge, Ajay Maken.

In another intriguing twist to the Congress Presidential election that is set to take place after a gap of almost 21 years, it has come to the fore that senior party leader, party treasurer, and former Railway Minister Pawan Bansal has also taken nomination forms “as a supporter” for someone who wants to contest for […]

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) grilled Kalyanmoy Bhattacharya, the son-in-law of suspended Trinamool Congress minister Partha Chatterjee, in connection with the probe into SSC recruitment scam. The ED started questioning Kalyanmoy on Monday morning and it lasted till late at night. Kalyanmoy, who lives in New York, reached Kolkata on Saturday immediately after receiving the second […]