Congress Campaign committee chief in Uttarakhand, Harish Rawat has targeted the party for not giving him a free hand in the party affairs and in a series of tweets he said that "it's time to rest, it has been enough.""Is this not strange? When we have to swim...

After a Dalit Chief Minister in Punjab, Congress General Secretary and Chairman of the campaign committee Harish Rawat said that he wants to see a Dalit as CM in Uttarakhand which goes to the polls early next year.Addressing a parivartan yatra,the former Chief...

Amid indications that he may quit politics, former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat, who recently resigned as General Secretary of the Congress, on Sunday said he has played his inning and would decide his next course of action after meeting party...

The Congress on Sunday said its candidates for 10 of Assam's 14 Lok Sabha seats would be declared on Monday and former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi will not be contesting the elections.Putting to rest speculations about the candidature of Gogoi, Congress General...

Congress General Secretary Harish Rawat on Friday said the party will launch sincere efforts to build a grand Ram Temple at Ayodhya if it comes to power after the Lok Sabha elections.'On two previous occasions, the Congress made sincere attempts to build the...

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of undermining the autonomy of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).The Gandhi scion said the central bank was not given due importance while implementing demonetisation.Speaking at...

Anguished over the Modi government’s complete lack of concern for their welfare, the Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement, which hit the limelight recently over its prolonged protest at Jantar Mantar on the OROP issue, has extended its support to the Congress in Punjab,...

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Tuesday said that cooperative federalism was suffering under the Narendra Modi regime.Speaking at Agenda Aaj Tak here, he questioned the role of NITI Aayog and claimed non-Bharatiya Janata Party ruled states have to struggle...

Actor Kunal Kapoor has been felicitated by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat.The actor tweeted a few photographs in which he is seen with Rawat. Kunal thanked him for lending support while shooting in Uttarakhand for his upcoming film "Raagdesh", helmed...

President Pranab Mukherjee visited the famous Lord Shiva temple at Kedarnath in Uttarakhand on Wednesday.Accompanied by Governor K.K. Paul and Chief Minister Harish Rawat, the President appeared happy after the 'Darshan' of the Kedarnath 'Shivalinga' -- one of...

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat led the hill state in celebrating the 70th Independence Day on Monday. He hoisted the national flag at the Parade Ground in the state capital and felicitated freedom fighters.In his address, Rawat paid homage to the freedom...

Uttrakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Wednesday said the Supreme Court has upheld the values of the Indian democracy and the Constitution by directing restoration of the ousted Nabam Tuki government in Arunachal Pradesh."The decision (of the Supreme Court)...

Uttarakhand will soon have a Lokayukta, Chief Minister Harish Rawat said on Saturday.Emerging out of the meeting of the Lokayukta Selection Committee where assembly Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal, Leader of Opposition Ajay Bhatt, Justices Irshad Hussain and Justice...

Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot on Friday urged Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat to set up a monitoring system in the state for effective implementation of central government schemes.Rawat met Gehlot here on Friday...

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Friday took a dig at the BJP's 'achche din' slogan and said the people were buying binoculars to try and see the promised good days.Rawat also accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not fulfilling tall promises made to...

The CBI on Tuesday questioned Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat for about five hours in an alleged political horse-trading case, in the wake of a "sting" video showing him offering bribes to buy legislative support in the assembly. He is likely to...

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Monday took stock of the amenities for tourists and pilgrims coming for the annual Char Dham Yatra.The chief minister flew to the Kedarnath shrine in the foothills of the Himalayas on Sunday and interacted with the pilgrims...

Even as the dust seemed to have settled down over political acrimony with regard to dismissal of Harish Rawat-led Congress ministry in Uttarakhand, state Governor K.K. Paul has apparently defended his decision not to have dismissed the chief minister after...

Reinstated as the chief minister of Uttarakhand, Harish Rawat said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would think twice before imposing President's Rule under Article 356 in any state."What was the need to impose President's Rule in the state? The floor test in Uttarakhand...

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Thursday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi, a day after his government was reinstated following a floor test as per the Supreme Court order.The chief minister said the hill state's development remained his focus, adding...