Rahul Gandhi In Meghalaya

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today posed a series of pineapple questions to the BJP-led central government and the Meghalaya government the BJP is part of

Coming down heavily on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his charge that the Trinamool Congress was in cahoots with the BJP, Trinamool leader Mahua Moitra on Thursday said her party was the only national alternative to the BJP.

So far, the top Congress leadership has been absent from the campaign scene in the three northeastern poll-bound states of Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland barring party president Mallikarjun Kharge.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi made an appeal to the Meghalaya government on Friday to make as a first priority the rescue of the people who are trapped in a coal mine for more than a month.

Over two weeks after a rat-hole mine collapsed in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, trapping 15 people underground, the Indian Air Force has finally come forward to help. Kirloskar Brothers has offered to expedite the rescue operation by sending powerful pumps to draw water from the pit, and a team of experts from state-run Coal India Limited is bein...

Nearly two weeks have passed since a freak accident trapped 15 miners in a rat-hole mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, and the authorities have all but given up hope of rescuing anybody alive. According to sources, rescue operations have now been suspended for want of high-powered pumps to flush water out of the pit.

Attempts to rescue at least 15 miners trapped since December 13 in a flooded "rat-hole" mine in Meghalaya have been stopped because of the lack of equipment, mainly pumps to drain out water. The challenging rescue has taken a political turn with Congress president Rahul Gandhi tweeting for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's attention.

After four decades of working with the Congress, former Meghalaya Chief Minister DD Lapang quit the party on Thursday with a letter to Rahul Gandhi, pointing at senior leaders being sidelined in the party.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, back last night in India from a short vacation, assessed the results of assembly elections in the northeast today, accusing the BJP of "usurping" power through a proxy in Meghalaya.

Himanta Biswa Sarma, the BJP's main strategist in the northeast who stitched up the brand-new coalition in Meghalaya, took a sharp dig at the Congress and its chief Rahul Gandhi for what he called was their immature handling of the job at hand. The Congress, which emerged as the largest party in Saturday's election results, had flown in its four se...

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah today defended Congress president Rahul Gandhi over the party's debacle in the assembly polls in three northeastern states, stating that the party scion needed some time to deliver results.

BJP president Amit Shah, celebrating his party's gains in the northeast today, took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi, who flew to Italy to be with his grandmother on the Holi weekend. "Italy mein chunao bhi toh hai (Italy is holding elections too)," he quipped at a press conference.

Ahead of next week's assembly elections in Meghalaya, Congress president Rahul Gandhi returned to the state for the second spell of his campaign, dedicating one day for the Garo hills.

People in Meghalaya and Nagalandare voting in the assembly elections today. The assembly election in Left Front-ruled Tripura was held on February 18. Counting of votes in all the three states in the north-east is on March 3. The model code of conduct is in force in the three states since January 19. All the three states have 60 seats each in their...

Representatives of churches and tribal leaders in Christian-dominated Meghalaya Wednesday told Congress President Rahul Gandhi that a "deep sense of insecurity" has gripped them following reports of attacks on minority institutions across the country.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today posed a series of pineapple questions to the BJP-led central government and the Meghalaya government the BJP is part of

Coming down heavily on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his charge that the Trinamool Congress was in cahoots with the BJP, Trinamool leader Mahua Moitra on Thursday said her party was the only national alternative to the BJP.

So far, the top Congress leadership has been absent from the campaign scene in the three northeastern poll-bound states of Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland barring party president Mallikarjun Kharge.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi made an appeal to the Meghalaya government on Friday to make as a first priority the rescue of the people who are trapped in a coal mine for more than a month.

Over two weeks after a rat-hole mine collapsed in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, trapping 15 people underground, the Indian Air Force has finally come forward to help. Kirloskar Brothers has offered to expedite the rescue operation by sending powerful pumps to draw water from the pit, and a team of experts from state-run Coal India Limited is bein...

Nearly two weeks have passed since a freak accident trapped 15 miners in a rat-hole mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, and the authorities have all but given up hope of rescuing anybody alive. According to sources, rescue operations have now been suspended for want of high-powered pumps to flush water out of the pit.

Attempts to rescue at least 15 miners trapped since December 13 in a flooded "rat-hole" mine in Meghalaya have been stopped because of the lack of equipment, mainly pumps to drain out water. The challenging rescue has taken a political turn with Congress president Rahul Gandhi tweeting for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's attention.

After four decades of working with the Congress, former Meghalaya Chief Minister DD Lapang quit the party on Thursday with a letter to Rahul Gandhi, pointing at senior leaders being sidelined in the party.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, back last night in India from a short vacation, assessed the results of assembly elections in the northeast today, accusing the BJP of "usurping" power through a proxy in Meghalaya.

Himanta Biswa Sarma, the BJP's main strategist in the northeast who stitched up the brand-new coalition in Meghalaya, took a sharp dig at the Congress and its chief Rahul Gandhi for what he called was their immature handling of the job at hand. The Congress, which emerged as the largest party in Saturday's election results, had flown in its four se...

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah today defended Congress president Rahul Gandhi over the party's debacle in the assembly polls in three northeastern states, stating that the party scion needed some time to deliver results.

BJP president Amit Shah, celebrating his party's gains in the northeast today, took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi, who flew to Italy to be with his grandmother on the Holi weekend. "Italy mein chunao bhi toh hai (Italy is holding elections too)," he quipped at a press conference.

Ahead of next week's assembly elections in Meghalaya, Congress president Rahul Gandhi returned to the state for the second spell of his campaign, dedicating one day for the Garo hills.

People in Meghalaya and Nagalandare voting in the assembly elections today. The assembly election in Left Front-ruled Tripura was held on February 18. Counting of votes in all the three states in the north-east is on March 3. The model code of conduct is in force in the three states since January 19. All the three states have 60 seats each in their...

Representatives of churches and tribal leaders in Christian-dominated Meghalaya Wednesday told Congress President Rahul Gandhi that a "deep sense of insecurity" has gripped them following reports of attacks on minority institutions across the country.