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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 […]

NEW DELHI: Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that India’s territorial integrity and national security were non-negotiable and that it was the duty of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to defend the nation. In a tweet, Rahul Gandhi, who is on a six-day trip to the United Kingdom said, “China builds 1st bridge on […]

NEW DELHI: Reiterating Bharatiya Janata Party’s stand against family dominated political parties, its president JP Nadda made a scathing attack on Congress. Addressing a seminar on the threat of Dynastic Political Parties To Democratic Governance’, Nadda said, “Congress is neither national nor Indian and not democratic party anymore and has become a bhai-behen party.” Citing […]

NEW DELHI: Hours after the Supreme Court decided to free former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination of convict AG Perarivalan after a 31-year legal battle, the Congress on Wednesday expressed disappointment and said that it was deeply saddened by the decision of the top court. Congress also questioned the upholding of the ‘integrity of the […]

NEW DELHI: With a bid to revive its sagging fortunes ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Congress on Saturday said that it proposes to bring in a measure to ensure 50 per cent representation to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, OBCs and minorities at all levels of the party organisation. On the second day of […]

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday said that it is mulling the idea to demand a “farm debt reconciliation commission” along the lines of industry and asserted that it will oppose any move by the government to bring back the three farm laws that were repealed last year. Addressing a press conference on the second […]

NEW DELHI: Even as the Congress is holding three-day Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir in Rajasthan’s Udaipur, the grand old party faced a major jolt as Gandhi family loyalists and one of the senior Punjab leaders Sunil Jakhar announced to quit the party. Jakhar, who was earlier Punjab Congress Chief, announced his decision to quit the […]

UDAIPUR (RAJASTHAN): One of the many reasons that have been cited as key to Congress’s gradual decline is its leaders’ propensity for nepotism. On the first day of the three-day Chintan Shivir in Udaipur, the Congress asserted that the Grand Old Party will witness a massive change as it discussed ‘one family, one ticket’. Addressing […]

NEW DELHI: Hours after Rajiv Kumar was announced as new chief election commissioner (CEC), the apex poll body on Thursday declared polls for 57 Rajya Sabha seats which will fall vacant during June-August period this year. The elections is crucial for both BJP and regional parties as the saffron party last month become the first […]

  NEW DELHI: A before its crucial three-day Chintan Shivir, the Congress on Thursday said it will introspect and review “organisational dexterity and capability” in order to propel India onto the path of progress, prosperity and societal harmony once again. Speaking to media persons here, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said that India is enduring […]