Congress

NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: In a dramatic turn of events, full of twists and turns, Congress candidate Ajay Maken saw his fortunes take a 360-degree turn in the Rajya Sabha polls in Haryana. While Maken lost the elections, hours after Congress supporters congratulated him on social media for his win, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Krishan Panwar and […]

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi to appear before it on June 23 in connection with the National Herald money laundering case, officials said on Friday. Confirming the development an ED official told The New Indian, “She has been asked to appear before the agency on June 23.” […]

NEW DELHI: Moments after a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation approached the Election Commission demanding to declare the Rajya Sabha polls in Haryana and Maharashtra null and void, the Congress also approached the poll panel seeking to reject the demands. A delegation of the Congress-led by senior party leaders Vivek Tankha, Pawan Bansal and Ranjeet […]

  JAIPUR: Congress on Friday won three, out of four, Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan with cross-voting by BJP members. The BJP has managed to win one seat, while independent candidate and media baron Subhash Chandra lost. The Congress has fielded Mukul Wasnik, Randeep Singh Surjewala and Pramod Tewari as its candidates for the Rajya […]

NEW DELHI: The Congress MPs and CWC members will hold a march from the party headquarters to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office when former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will appear for questioning in connection with the National Herald money laundering case on June 13. The party will also hold Satyagrah at the ED offices in […]

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his silence on suspended BJP spokespersons over their controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammed and said India has been shamed for the last eight years on the global platform. Addressing a press conference here at the party headquarters, Congress spokesperson Pawan […]

NEW DELHI: In a show of strength for the former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who will be appearing before the Enforcement Directorate, ED) on June 13 in connection with the National Herald money laundering case, the party has asked all the party MPs to be present in Delhi. According to Congress leaders, the party has […]

RAIPUR: Speculations are rife about a possible rift between two Congress stalwarts in Chhattisgarh – Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and state health minister TS Singh Deo. Deo, a senior member of the party in the state, on Monday, visited the Hasdeo Arand area in the Surguja district in support of the locals who are opposing […]

CHANDIGARH: Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday met the grieving family members of popular Punjabi singer and party leader Sidhu Moosewala in Punjab’s Mansa district and said that t is his duty to give justice to his family members. He also lashed out at the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in the state […]

NEW DELHI: Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi wrote to Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw over the delay in the construction of the Nilambur-Nanjangud-Mysore railway project. In his letter to Vaishnaw dated June 4, Rahul Gandhi, who is also a Lok Sabha MP from Kerala’s Wayanad said: “This is regarding the Nilambur Nanjangud Mysore Railway project. […]