The counting of votes on Tuesday for the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has revealed a rot in the Congress that has been decimated to a big zero. While the shameful performance of Congress is not confined to Surat, what has become a major concern for the century-old party is that many of its veteran leaders...

The Supreme Court would hear on March 20 the appeal filed by Congress leader Hardik Patel challenging the Gujarat High Court order which had rejected his anticipatory bail plea in a case related to violence during the Patidar quota stir in 2015. The apex court had on February 28 granted interim protection from arrest to...