All stories by Amit Agnihotri
Can Congress dent Modi's image in Varanasi?
Rediff.com1 Mar 2017To counter PM Narendra Modi's aggression, Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav will hold a joint road show on March 4 in PM's constituency, reports Amit Agnihotri.
Job alert: Parliament may soon hire students as interns
Rediff.com24 Feb 2017Taking a leaf from the US, Canada and the UK, where students and research scholars get to work with Parliamentary panels, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan is pushing for induction of interns in the Parliamentary standing committees.
4 banks to brief Parliament panel on loan defaulters
Rediff.com23 Feb 2017The PAC, headed by Congress lawmaker K V Thomas, is keen to find out the details of huge loans given by the banks to corporates including the basis on which such favours were extended.
Rahul skips seats in family bastion witnessing 'friendly fight'
Rediff.com17 Feb 2017The Congress vice president has eyes on the larger objective of his partnership with Akhilesh, which may provide the template against the BJP in 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Congress-SP tug-of-war reaches Priyanka's doorstep
Rediff.com26 Jan 2017Congress and SP tussle over 10 assembly seats in Amethi and Rae Bareli.
Limited campaign role for Priyanka in UP
Rediff.com24 Jan 2017The SP-Congress campaign will see Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi criss-cross the seats held by either party.
Who initiated note ban? RBI governor evasive
Rediff.com21 Jan 2017Unhappy PAC asks Urjit Patel to give written answers on note ban.
SP reduces Congress seats: Alliance in peril
Rediff.com21 Jan 2017Congress jolted by SP move in Uttar Pradesh.
Congress bargains hard with SP for UP seats
Rediff.com18 Jan 2017The Congress wants the 28 seats it won in 2012 plus 20 seats where the party was runner-up plus 57 seats where it was ahead of the SP in 2012.
SP poll alliance with Cong in day or two
Rediff.com17 Jan 2017Rahul Gandhi is more inclined towards Akhilesh, who has said their combination could win more than 300 of the 403 assembly seats.
Parliamentary panel to quiz Urjit Patel on note ban on Wed
Rediff.com17 Jan 2017Standing committee on finance to also focus on RBI autonomy and citizen's rights.
FinMin officials to brief Parliamentary panel on note-ban 20/1
Rediff.com14 Jan 2017Parliament's PAC rejects BJP MP Kirit Somaiya's plea that the briefing be postponed.
Rahul Gandhi hits the road against note ban
Rediff.com16 Dec 2016Fatorda, Belagavi, Jaunpur, Mehsana, Dehradun are on RG's itinerary.
Nabha jailbreak: Was the ISI involved?
Rediff.com12 Dec 2016Was the recent Nabha jailbreak a comment on lax security in Punjab jails? Or a sign that the separatist movement of the 1980s is dormant but alive?
Why does Modi want this cop as CBI boss?
Rediff.com8 Dec 2016The government didn't call a meeting of the selection committee deliberately to facilitate the appointment of a junior officer to the post, the committee's Congress member told the PM.
House panel to discuss note ban impact with Urjit Patel
Rediff.com2 Dec 2016PAC summons RBI Governor Urjit Patel, Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa and Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das.
Priyanka reviews UP poll strategy, fuels speculation
Rediff.com25 Oct 2016Even though she always knows what's happening, this was the first time she reviewed plans with party veterans.
Why Rita Bahuguna deserted Congress
Rediff.com24 Oct 2016Joining the BJP cannot have been an easy decision for former UP Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi, who grew up with secular values and appears to be a victim of the party's durbar politics. Amit Agnihotri reports.
'Politics over surgical strike is an insult to the army'
Rediff.com14 Oct 2016Former Defence Minister A K Antony tells Amit Agnihotri that Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's statement is an insult not only to the Indian Army but also the previous National Democratic Alliance government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Will Congress be evicted from Akbar Road headquarters?
Rediff.com24 Sep 2016'We have been allowed to stay till October 2018,' said the party about the notice asking them to vacate their premises, Amit Agnihotri reports.