New Delhi, Oct 14 : The Congress on Tuesday said that it is fully prepared to face elections and would highlight the party''s achievements during election campaigns, following the Election Commission’s announcement of polls in five states - Delhi, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan..

Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said, "We welcome the announcement. We are fully prepared and would go to the electorate with our achievements."

The polling in Delhi and Mizoram will be held on November 29 and in Madhya Pradesh on November 25. In Chhattisgarh, polling will be held in two phases on November

Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh), Oct. 14 : Describing Rae Bareli as her "Karma Bhoomi" or "Realm of Action", Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday criticised Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for trying to stop her from entering her parliamentary constituency.

Mayawati had diverted Sonia Gandhi’s route to Rae Bareli, but Gandhi reached her constituency on Tuesday.

Washington, Oct. 9: The economic upheaval in the United States is threatening to topple Republican Congressional candidates, putting more Senate and House seats within Democratic reach less than a month before the elections.

The New York Times quoted lawmakers and campaign strategists as saying that the intense focus on the economic turmoil and last week’s bailout vote have combined to rapidly expand a Democratic advantage in Congressional contests.

New Delhi, Oct 2: The Congress party on Thursday termed the approval of the Indo-US nuclear deal by the US Congress a "historic moment" for India as it has joined the elite nuclear club without signing the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) or the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi said, "It is definitely a historic moment calling for celebration. There is no other entity ever in the history of the nuclear development in the globe which has no CTBT, no NPT, no other commitments except 123 (accord with the US) which brings us into the nuclear club."

New Delhi, Sept 22 : The Cong