Despite attacks by Akhilesh, Congress in Uttar Pradesh hopeful of Opposition realignment due to electoral realities

Despite attacks by Akhilesh, Congress in Uttar Pradesh hopeful of Opposition realignment due to electoral realities

File photo of Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav | Photo Credit: ANI Amid continuous attacks by the Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on the Congress, Uttar Pradesh Congress leaders are hopeful that a kind of alliance or tactical understanding with like-minded Opposition parties including the SP may happen in the run-up to the […]

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No Opposition front is possible without Congress: Jairam Ramesh

No Opposition front is possible without Congress: Jairam Ramesh

No Opposition front to take on the BJP is possible without the Congress and if a coalition is formed for the 2024 general elections, the party will have a central role in it, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has said. In an interview with PTI, Mr. Ramesh, however, said it was too early to talk […]

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Criticising govt at home or abroad citizen’s right, does not amount to being unpatriotic: Sibal amid Rahul’s UK remarks row

Criticising govt at home or abroad citizen’s right, does not amount to being unpatriotic: Sibal amid Rahul’s UK remarks row

INC MP Kapil Sibal speaks in the Rajya Sabha during Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Amid a political storm over Rahul Gandhi’s “democracy under attack” remarks made in the U.K., Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on March 15 said criticising the government whether at […]

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It hurts when even poetry recited in Parliament is expunged from records: Mallikarjun Kharge

It hurts when even poetry recited in Parliament is expunged from records: Mallikarjun Kharge

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, former President Ram Nath Kovind, former BJP National President Murli Manohar Joshi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and others at the Lokmat Parliamentary Awards, in New Delhi on March 14, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI The freedom to write and speak the truth is “under threat” today, said Congress president […]

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Delhi Congress leaders seek probe into ‘snooping’ by AAP; L-G forwards letter to Chief Secy.

Delhi Congress leaders seek probe into ‘snooping’ by AAP; L-G forwards letter to Chief Secy.

Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Congress leaders have written to Lieutenant-Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, demanding a probe into allegations of snooping by the Delhi government through a specially designed ‘feedback unit’ (FBU), Raj Niwas officials said on Monday. The L-G Secretariat has forwarded the request to Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar […]

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Former Andhra Pradesh CM Kiran Kumar Reddy resigns from Congress

Former Andhra Pradesh CM Kiran Kumar Reddy resigns from Congress

Kiran Kumar Reddy. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy has resigned from the Congress. Reacting to Mr. Reddy’s resignation, Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Manickam Tagore on Sunday said that those who got everything from the party and finished the Andhra Pradesh Congress now leave for […]

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Congress to persist on its demand for JPC on Hindenburg-Adani issue

Congress to persist on its demand for JPC on Hindenburg-Adani issue

A meeting of Opposition Parties’ Floor leaders discussing the Adani issue last month. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Congress will continue with its demand for a probe by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Hindenburg-Adani revelations in the second part of the Budget Session that begins on Monday. The Trinamool Congress (TMC), the second largest opposition […]

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Meghalaya, Nagaland Assembly polls 2023 live updates | Polling gets under way in both States

Meghalaya, Nagaland Assembly polls 2023 live updates | Polling gets under way in both States

Polling will take place across 59 Assembly constituencies each in Meghalaya and Nagaland between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. today February 27, 2023 07:05 am | Updated 07:10 am IST Polling officials leave for their respective polling stations after collecting EVMs and other election equipment from a distribution centre, ahead of the Meghalaya Assembly elections, […]

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From ‘Rohith Vemula Act’ to reservations in higher judiciary, Congress lists out its social justice commitments

From ‘Rohith Vemula Act’ to reservations in higher judiciary, Congress lists out its social justice commitments

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses at the party’s 85th Plenary Session, in Atal Nagar-Nava Raipur on Sunday. | Photo Credit: ANI Enacting a law named the ‘Rohith Vemula Act’ “to safeguard the right to education and dignity” for the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC) and minorities; creating a dedicated Ministry for […]

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Morning Digest | Congress to give 50% reservation to women, youth in all party positions; India, U.K. Finance Ministers agree to make further progress on FTA, and more

Morning Digest | Congress to give 50% reservation to women, youth in all party positions; India, U.K. Finance Ministers agree to make further progress on FTA, and more

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with senior party leader Sonia Gandhi during the 85th Plenary Session of the Indian National Congress, in Raipur on February 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Congress economic resolution identifies job creation as the cornerstone of policy making The Congress, terming employment generation as the core and foundation of its draft […]

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