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NEW DELHI: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, attacked the Union government for the Tiranga Bike Rally, claiming that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is pushing its political activity using a government function. “We will take part in our events. They are using a government programme to do their […]

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the party’s massive nationwide protest against the ‘record-breaking’ price rise and unemployment on August 5, the Congress on Tuesday held a preparatory meeting to chalk out the strategy to make it a success. A meeting was held at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi which was chaired by party general secretary […]

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday hits out at the central government over the impasse in Parliament over the issues of inflation, unemployment, Agnipath and misuse of CBI and ED. The party said that the government’s dictatorial attitude didn’t allow any sort of discussion to take place in the last two weeks. Addressing a press […]

NEW DELHI: Ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s two-day visit to Karnataka, the old ills of factionalism has returned to hit the party as it is preparing for the upcoming state assembly elections that are scheduled to be held in May next year. The former Congress president is scheduled to attend the birthday celebrations of former chief […]

  NEW DELHI: Following searches at the office of the National Herald by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Congress on Tuesday condemned the agency’s action describing it as “vendetta politics” against those who speak up against the central government. The Congress reaction came after the ED carried out searches at the premises of the National […]

NEW DELHI: Days after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) quizzed Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi and her son and former party chief Rahul Gandhi in an alleged money case involving the National Herald, the financial probe agency on Tuesday carried out searches at the office of the newspaper in Delhi and other locations. An ED source […]

NEW DELHI: A day after three Congress MLAs were intercepted by Howrah police in West Bengal, allegedly with huge cash, the Congress on Sunday suspended them from the party and accused the BJP of trying to topple its coalition government in Jharkhand. Later on in the day, the Howrah Rural Police formally arrested them along […]

NEW DELHI: Congress on Saturday demanded that top BJP leaders apologise to the nation over alleged involvement of party functionaries in crimes against women in Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh. Addressing a press conference here, Congress spokesperson Ajoy Kumar said, “You (BJP) asked for an apology from Sonia Gandhi but I ask you to apologise to […]

NEW DELHI: Amid the furore over his Rashtrapatni remarks, Congress Lok Sabha MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday tendered an apology to President Draupadi Murmu saying it was a “slip of the tongue”. In a letter addressed to the President, he wrote: “I am writing to express my regret for having mistakenly used an incorrect […]

KOLKATA: Sharpening its voice against the SSC Recruitment Scam, West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee plans to organise a massive protest rally and agitation programme on Saturday. West Bengal Pradesh Congress president Adhir Ranjan Choudhury will be present in the protest rally that will begin from PCC Headquarters, Bidhan Bhavan to Dharmatala Y Channel. The protest […]