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At the ambitious launch of its 3,500km Bharat Jodo Yatra on Wednesday, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (Sangh) for dividing India on the lines of religion and language. “This country cannot be divided. This country will always remain united,” the Gandhi scion said at a […]

The ball has been set rolling to choose the new Congress president. Against the backdrop of former party chief Rahul Gandhi’s repeated “no” to the top post, there’s looming suspense over who will be the next head. Veteran party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad’s recent resignation from the primary membership of the party has added an […]

Ghulam Nabi Azad's resignation from the party's primary membership and his stinging no holds barred letter to Congress' interim president, Sonia Gandhi, have posed difficult questions to the party leadership.

In a major blow to Congress, veteran party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned from all posts in the party

Discontent is brewing in Congress as party spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill resigned from his post. The move comes days after two senior leaders, Anand Sharma and Ghulam Nabi Azad, also resigned from their respective posts. In his letter to Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi, Shergill alleged that the party is influenced by the “self-serving interests” of […]

Despite a change in the leadership, following their defeat in the state assembly polls in March this year, Congress seems to have failed to learn the lessons. With the aim of bringing a fresh impetus, following their loss, Congress appointed Karan Mahra as the state president. But sources in the party said factionalism and infighting, […]

A day after senior Congress leader Anand Sharma resigned from the post of chairperson of the Steering Committee for Himachal Pradesh, party leaders on Monday reached out to him. Sharma, who is also a signatory of the G23 group of the party, resigned from his post on Sunday, citing continuing “insults”. According to party sources, […]

In a massive jolt to the Congress ahead of Assembly elections later this year in Himachal Pradesh, senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Sunday said he has resigned as chief of the ‘steering committee’ of the party's state unit citing continuing “insults”

PATNA: It was on Wednesday that Nitish Kumar took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the eighth time. But sources told The New Indian that the decision to snap ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in one of the most important states in the Hindi heartland started in June this year.   […]

PATNA: Two days after he took oath as the Deputy chief minister of Bihar for the second time, Tejashwi Yadav on Friday said that the return of Mahagathbandhan has made people talk about employment.  In New Delhi to meet Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader also said that people talking about employment […]