Congress

As the autumn sets in Kashmir, activities of terror are on a rise in the valley. In just over two weeks 13 civilians have been shot dead. Nine soldiers lost their lives while trying to check infiltration near the LOC in Poonch sector. These incidents have created an atmosphere of fear among the locals, especially […]

NEW DELHI: Sending out a clear message to G-23 leaders at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Saturday, Sonia Gandhi said she is the “full-time and hands on Congress president”. The CWC meeting was necessitated as top Congress leaders had been raising issues of lack of leadership and absence of an elected party chief. […]

NEW DELHI: As the exodus of senior leaders from the Indian National Congress (INC) continues and the demand for an active party chief gains ground, the party’s Lok Sabha MP from Tamil Nadu, Manickam Tagore, has re-iterated his faith in the current party president, Sonia Gandhi, saying that she will guide the party in the […]

NEW DELHI: Elections for appointing a full-time Congress president will be held in September 2022, Sources said amid a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) in the national capital. Sonia Gandhi has been the party’s interim President since her son Rahul Gandhi’s resignation as party chief in 2019. Seeking to allay concerns raised by […]

LAKHIMPUR KHERI/NEW DELHI: Ten days after Uttar Pradesh saw clashes between farmers, locals and supporters of Minister Ajay Mishra that left eight dead from both sides, political one-upmanship is here to stay as none of the parties want to cede any space in the run up to 2022 elections. BJP, on Wednesday, sent its Uttar […]

In the last week, India saw unforeseen developments in drug-related cases, the most highlighted being the drug consumption allegations on actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son which have put a spotlight on Bollywood yet again.  On October 2, sleuths of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) landed at Cordelia Cruises’ Empress Ship, where allegedly a rave party involving […]

LAKHIMPUR KHERI: With a swollen throat and tearful eyes, Satnam Singh, father of Lovepreet Singh, is yet to swallow the fact that his only son is no more. In a violent turn of events in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri, On Sunday (October 3, 2021) the deceased got a call from a friend to join the protest […]

NEW DELHI: He is one of India’s most flamboyant politicians. A former diplomat, a historian, a writer, a former minister and a Member of Parliament (Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala) from the Congress party, Shashi Tharoor wears several hats. In a candid conversation with Aarti Tikoo, Dr Tharoor speaks on issues that concern us. Aarti Tikoo: After 20 […]

NEW DELHI: His father was the former President of India and one of the most respected politicians of the country, with reach across party lines. For Pranab Mukherjee’s son, Abhijit Mukherjee, politics comes easy. An engineer turned politician, Abhijit Mukherjee made his debut on a Congress ticket in 2011 Assembly elections. He went on to […]

“His values are definitely important in the world we live in today, but I don’t think they are being followed in the way they should be.” This is the common refrain among the young generation in the capital when asked whether the Mahatma’s teachings and values still matter.  “The post-truth world in which we live […]