Congress

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 […]

NEW DELHI: Hours after the Supreme Court upheld Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) powers in money laundering cases, Congress on Wednesday said there are chances that the “political usage” of ED by the Centre will increase after this judgement. In a statement, Congress media in-charge Jairam Ramesh said, “The judgment pronounced by the Supreme Court on the […]

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party Wednesday demanded a CBI inquiry into illegal mining in Rajasthan and the death of Seer Vijay Das who had self-immolated on July 20 in protest against illegal mining in the state. Seer Vijay Das had set himself on fire on July 20 and passed away in a Delhi hospital […]

NEW DELHI: The questioning of Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi in connection with the alleged money laundering case involving the National Herald being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) ended on Wednesday. According to ED sources, all the important aspects of the case have been covered. Sources also said that the agency has not summoned […]