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NEW DELHI: In view of the assembly elections later this year, the Congress on Tuesday appointed Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Bhupesh Baghel as the senior observers for Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh respectively. Congress general secretary KC Venugopal in a statement said that party chief Sonia Gandhi has appointed Gehlot as a […]

PANAJI: The Congress on Monday sought disqualification of two of its leaders – Michael Lobo and former chief minister Digambar Kamat – from the Assembly. Congress alleged that the two senior functionaries were trying to “engineer a defection” in the party for a switchover to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Both the leaders have […]

  In an exclusive interview with The New Indian, the former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Harish Rawat talks about the contentious issue of the Uniform Civil Code. The national general secretary of the Indian National Congress also said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) named Draupadi Murmu as their candidate for the Presidential election to appease […]

LUCKNOW: For the first time in the history of independent India, the Congress will have no representation in the Uttar Pradesh’s Legislative Council, the Upper House of the state assembly after its sole MLC Deepak Singh tenure comes to an end today. Speaking to The New Indian over the phone, Singh, who comes from Amethi, […]

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday described a report in Indian Express as “wholly bogus and totally false” over the claims that former party President Rahul Gandhi called AIADMK leader E Palaniswamy seeking his support for opposition presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha. In a statement, Congress General Secretary (Communications) Jairam Ramesh said, “A so-called news item […]

RAIPUR: The Income Tax Department carried out searches at several premises linked to Rintu Singh, who runs a transport company named Jai Ambe transports. According to IT department sources related to development, the searches at premises of Singh started in the morning. The source said that the IT department sleuths took the assistance of the […]

NEW DELHI: A day after the broad daylight murder of Kanhaiya Ram Telli in Rajasthan’s Udaipur, the Congress on Wednesday refuted the claims of not providing adequate security to him. The party also said that the state government will fully cooperate with the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Speaking to the media at the party headquarters […]

NEW DELHI: Upping the ante against the Narendra Modi government at the centre over the Agnipath scheme, the Congress on Friday lambasted the government saying that the reforms in the armed forces have to be transparent and demanded its roll back. “The government’s Agnipath scheme is yet another ill-conceived disruption by the BJP government that […]

NEW DELHI: Even as the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government is facing a litmus test in Maharashtra, the Congress on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central government of trying to destabilise a stable government in Maharashtra ahead of presidential polls. The Grand Old Party also said that all the three alliance partners will remain […]

NEW DELHI: As the temperature rose, there is a trickle of voters for the Rajinder Nagar by-poll on Thursday. However, the supporters of various parties kept the mood up in this central Delhi constituency as Aam Aadmi Party’s Durgesh Pathak is up against Bharatiya Janata Party’s Rajesh Bhatia while Congress fielded Prem Lata. The election […]