NEW DELHI: Hundreds of Congress workers were detained while police blocked several roads in Central Delhi on Monday ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s appearance before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the National Herald case. Rahul Gandhi, along with Congress workers, planned to march to the ED office from the Congress headquarters. Though the police […]
NEW DELHI: Less than 48 hours after Congress Rajya Sabha candidate from Haryana Ajay Maken lost his election, the party leaders feel that he has been “deliberately deflated” to weaken the authority of party chief Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi. Several senior leaders voiced their concern over the defeat of Maken, against Bharatiya […]
NEW DELHI: Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi was admitted to Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital for Covid-related complications on Sunday, the party said. Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said, “Congress President Sonia Gandhi was admitted to Ganga Ram Hospital today owing to Covid-related issues. She is stable and will be kept at the hospital for […]
NEW DELHI: Congress on Saturday expelled its Haryana MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi from all party posts including a special invitee of the powerful Congress Working Committee (CWC) for cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha elections. Congress Rajya Sabha candidate Ajay Maken had to lose the polls by a thin margin after Bishnoi voted in favour of […]
NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: In a dramatic turn of events, full of twists and turns, Congress candidate Ajay Maken saw his fortunes take a 360-degree turn in the Rajya Sabha polls in Haryana. While Maken lost the elections, hours after Congress supporters congratulated him on social media for his win, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Krishan Panwar and […]
BENGALURU/ NEW DELHI: The BJP won three seats while Congress bagged one in the Rajya Sabha polls in Karnataka. In a big jolt, former Prime Minister HD Devegowda’s Janata Dal (Secular) could not manage to win any seat in the state. Even one of his MLAs went on record to say that he voted for […]
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi to appear before it on June 23 in connection with the National Herald money laundering case, officials said on Friday. Confirming the development an ED official told The New Indian, “She has been asked to appear before the agency on June 23.” […]
NEW DELHI: Moments after a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation approached the Election Commission demanding to declare the Rajya Sabha polls in Haryana and Maharashtra null and void, the Congress also approached the poll panel seeking to reject the demands. A delegation of the Congress-led by senior party leaders Vivek Tankha, Pawan Bansal and Ranjeet […]
JAIPUR: Congress on Friday won three, out of four, Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan with cross-voting by BJP members. The BJP has managed to win one seat, while independent candidate and media baron Subhash Chandra lost. The Congress has fielded Mukul Wasnik, Randeep Singh Surjewala and Pramod Tewari as its candidates for the Rajya […]
NEW DELHI: Interpol on Thursday issued a Red Corner Notice (RCN) against Satinderjeet Singh alias Goldy Brar, who claimed responsibility for the murder of popular Punjabi singer and Congress leader Sidhu Moosewala. Moosewala, who had fought the recent Punjab assembly elections on a Congress ticket, was shot dead by assailants on May 29 in Jawaharke […]