Congress

NEW DELHI: Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for second time in the National Herald money laundering case on Tuesday. On July 21, she was questioned for more than 2.5 hours by the ED. Her daughter and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was present at the ED office during the […]

  NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday hit out at Union Minister Smriti Irani over reports that a Goa restaurant allegedly run by her daughter Zoish was served a notice for acquiring a liquor licence in the name of a dead person. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh, spokesperson Pawan Khera and several other leaders addressed a press […]

  DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Congress on Saturday announced to conduct an inquiry to ascertain the identity of one of its MLAs who voted for NDA’s Druapdi Murmu in the July 18 presidential election. Speaking to The New Indian, state Congress chief Karan Mehta said, “Whoever this person is should come forward and work against the party openly. […]

NEW DELHI: Union minister Smriti Irani on Saturday called Congress’ allegation that her daughter runs an “illegal bar” as “attempts of character assassination”, saying that she is being targeted by the Gandhi family for defeating Rahul Gandhi in Amethi. “The character assassination of my daughter is being done on the instructions of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi […]

NEW DELHI: A day after the Trinamool Congress decided to abstain from voting in the Vice President election, opposition candidate Margaret Alva on Friday broke her silence describing the decision as “disappointing”. The veteran politician also said that this is not the time for ‘whataboutery’, ego or anger but time for courage and leadership. “The […]