Former defence minister A.K. Antony on Monday said the government has no option but to order Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into Rafale deal after French Public Prosecution Services appointed a judge to investigate the corruption, influence paddling...

Congress Working Committee member and Rajya Sabha MP A.K. Antony on Thursday said that the Left forces were mere onlookers in this Lok Sabha elections."The fight is between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), while the Left is nowhere in the picture...

Amid the political slugfest between the BJP and the Congress over AgustaWestland middleman Christian Michel making apparent reference to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi, former Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Monday asserted...

Former Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Monday said he did not require Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's certificate to prove his secular credentials.Antony was responding to Vijayan's criticism that it was the Congress leader who was giving an impetus...

A Congress delegation on Wednesday met the Comptroller and Auditor General to seek a probe into the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets by the Narendra Modi government.The delegation consisting of senior party leaders A.K. Antony, Ahmed Patel, Ghulam Nabi...

Senior Congress leader A.K. Antony on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "gravely compromising national security and defence preparedness" by reducing to 36 the number of Rafale fighter jets purchased from France."In 2000, the Indian Air Force...

Congress leader A.K. Antony on Wednesday asked the Modi government to rewrite the rules so that financial support can come from abroad for flood-hit Kerala."If the rule was changed by the previous government, I have no qualms to say that the Modi government should...

The Congress on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of misleading the Lok Sabha by not revealing the price of the Rafale fighter jets bought from France and indicated it could move a motion of breach of privilege...

The Kerala unit of the Congress has started preparing for the Lok Sabha polls after former Defence Minister A.K. Antony said last week that the Central government might go for elections later this year.Congress General Secretary Thampanoor Ravi on Tuesday...

Former Defence Minister and senior Congress leader A.K. Antony on Sunday asked the Central government to reveal the purchase price and other terms and conditions of the Rafale fighter deal with France to clear doubts about the controversial defence contract."In...

Senior Congress leader A.K. Antony on Sunday slammed the CPI-M's Kerala delegation, whom he termed as instrumental in the decision, arrived at the party's Central Committee meeting in Kolkata, ruling out any alliance with the Congress to fight the BJP.Speaking...

Senior Congress leader and former Defence Minister A.K. Anthony on Wednesday attacked the Centre, saying demonetisation and GST had ruined the economy and the only way it could be set right was to ensure that the Modi government is defeated in the next Lok...

Senior Congress leader and former Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Tuesday accused the BJP government at the Centre and states of "trying to tinker" with history to suit its needs."The BJP is trying to tinker with history by trying to place Bharatiya Jana Sangh...

The Congress on Tuesday accused the Modi government of "crushing voices of dissent" and attacked it over its performance in the last three years, calling it a "hero on TV and zero on the ground".Briefing reporters after a meeting of the Congress Working...

Congress leader A.K. Antony on Sunday said his party will bounce back strongly after the defeats in the February-March assembly elections in five states."Setbacks are only a temporary phenomenon as the Congress will bounce back very strongly. The need of the...

Congress leader A.K. Antony on Tuesday said that in his eight years as Defence Minister during the UPA regime just one incident of mutilation of Indian soldiers' bodies had taken place, but since the BJP-led NDA came to power in May 2014 three such incidents...

Senior Congress leader A.K. Antony on Sunday asked his partymen to ensure that the upcoming organisational polls, if they take place, should not end up in fracas.He said this while speaking to reporters at his home here soon after renewing his party membership.State...

Senior Congress leader A.K. Antony on Sunday lashed out at the Catholic priest accused of rape, saying that he should be dealt with like a criminal.The priest, 49-year-old Robin Vadakkanchery, has been accused of raping a 17-year-old girl, who later delivered...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi must be ousted in elections to save Indian diversity, Congress leader A.K. Antony said on Monday.The strength of India was the unity in diversity that the country was known for and today that has been destroyed by the RSS-controlled...

Former Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Thursday said there were no skeletons in the UPA's closet pertaining to the AgustaWestland helicopter deal."We have nothing to hide, nothing to fear, no role in it. We are very clear," Antony said outside Parliament."Many...