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Swords Out In Congress After Party Announces RS Candidates

NEW DELHI: For all its deliberations at Chintan Shivir, the Congress is once again finding it hard to keep its flock happy. Hours after the Congress announced its candidates’ list for Rajya Sabha, the disgruntled elements in the party made no bones as they took to social media to express their disappointment. Pawan Khera, who […]

No Priyanka, Congress Names 10 For RS

NEW DELHI: Ending all speculations, Congress will not nominate Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for Rajya Sabha. The Congress on Sunday released the list of party candidates for Rajya Sabha. The list, announced by Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi, includes the names of former finance minister P Chidambaram, former Union ministers Jairam Ramesh and Ajay Maken among […]

Anniversary Special: Congress Highlights Failures Of BJP Govt

NEW DELHI: Highlighting price rise, unemployment, communal tension and a host of other issues, Congress on Thursday released a report titled ‘8 Saal, 8 Chhal, BJP Sarkar Vifal’ as the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government completed eight years in power. Speaking to the media, party general secretary Ajay Maken said, “The promise of ‘Achche Din’ […]

Opinions Divided In Congress Over Retirement Age

NEW DELHI: To retire or not to retire! The deliberations are still on but it seems it will be one tough pill for Congress to swallow. Sources in the Grand Old Party told The New Indian that while Congress deliberated and mostly agreed on the contentious issues of ‘One Family, One Post’, no person should […]

Chintan Done, Cong Begins Task Huddle For 2024 Hurdle

NEW DELHI: In an indication of reconciliation to G-23 leaders, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday named former Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad and his deputy Anand Sharma as part of a nine-member Political Affairs Group (PAG) nine days after the Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir in Rajasthan’s Udaipur. Besides […]