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Tharoor now convinced about UDF's concerns regarding Silver Line: LoP

Kerala PCC (KPCC) president K Sudhakaran on Sunday said that no one, including Tharoor, in the party has the authority to oppose its directions

Uttar Pradesh: Congress holds marathon race for women in Lucknow

The Congress on Tuesday organised a marathon in Lucknow to boost women empowerment under its 'Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon (I'm a girl and can fight)' campaign in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh

Congress slams Centre over denying FCRA to Missionaries of Charity

The Congress on Tuesday slammed the Centre for refusing to renew FCRA registration of Nobel Laureate Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity over "some adverse inputs".

BJP 'rewriting' history to give themselves role in freedom movement: Sonia

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday accused the BJP of "rewriting" history to give themselves a role they do not deserve in the freedom movement.

Goa will trounce Bengal-based pol parties, just like in football: Kamat

Goa will trounce West Bengal-based AITC in politics, just like Goan football teams have defeated football giants from the eastern state, according to former Congress CM Digambar Kamat

Meghalaya: Congress loses main opposition status, TMC gains big in 2021

Former chief minister Mukul Sangma and his close aide Charles Pyngrope, a former assembly speaker, led a coup against AICC-appointed Congress state president Vincent H Pala

Punjab bankrupt due to unethical policies of SAD, Congress: BJP

BJP leader Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said the state has turned bankrupt due to wrong policies by both Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)

Cong MP should come to Delhi, learn how to run corruption-free govt: AAP

The Goa AAP Vice president Party National Executive Member Captain Venzy Viegas slammed South Goa Congress MP Francisco Sardinha for saying that no party can provide corruption-free governance

Congress seeks to dub Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath as 'Bulldozernath'

The Congress on Sunday sought to dub Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath as "Bulldozernath" or the lord of bulldozers, allegedly out to trample the dreams of youths. The Congress made the allegation a day after the Lucknow police denied the party to hold a five-km race in the city as part of Congress president Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's 'Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon' poll campaign. It accused the chief minister of crushing the dreams of girls who wanted to run a marathon organised by the party in Lucknow. "The destructive government of 'Bulldozernath' tramples upon the dreams of the youth repeatedly. Sometimes by leaking question papers, sometimes by not declaring recruitment (results) and sometimes by using force against them," the Congress party said in a tweet. "This time, the anti-women bulldozer of Yogi has run over the dreams of brave girls," the party added. "But he does not know that the one whose time has come, no power on this earth can stop him. The slogan ...

FIR not enough, won't rest till Majithia is arrested: Navjot Singh Sidhu

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday said he will not rest till senior Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia, who has been booked under the NDPS Act, is arrested

Govt oblivious to Omicron threat; PM still holding rallies: Cong slams govt

The Congress demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi must follow a clear vaccination policy, provide jabs for children between 5 and 15 years and spell out the roadmap to combat the pandemic

Punjab elections: Rahul Gandhi to launch poll campaign from Jan 3 in Moga

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will start campaigning for the Punjab assembly election from January 3, according to sources

Uttarakhand Minister Harak Singh Rawat likely to return to Congress

Uttarakhand Minister Harak Singh Rawat is in touch with Congress and is likely to join the party, said sources in the party.According to sources in Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader has had several meetings with Congress MLA Pritam Singh in the recent past.Notably, Rawat was a candidate of Congress from Garhwal in the 2014 general election.This development comes after Rawat walked out of the state Cabinet meeting of the ruling BJP at the secretariat on Friday as he was reportedly upset over alleged "government inaction" over a proposed medical college in his constituency, Kotdwar.Rawat had joined the BJP in 2017.

Nagaland killings result of intelligence failure: Cong in report to Sonia

A fact-finding team constituted by the Congress claimed that intelligence failure was the reason behind the Nagaland firings in which 14 civilians were killed by security forces earlier this month. The team comprising former Union minister Jitendra Singh, MPs Gaurav Gogoi and Anto Antony, and former MP Ajoy Kumar submitted their report to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday. Kumar, who is the party's in-charge of Nagaland, in a statement issued here on Friday said the team was formed on the direction of Gandhi to look into the causes of the incident. The report took on Union Home Minister Amit Shah, alleging that he "lied" on the floor of Parliament over the incident, and questioning why he has not visited the spot. Shah had told the House that a vehicle was signalled to stop but it tried to speed away and suspecting the presence of extremists in the vehicle, the security personnel opened fire. A Congress team had left Delhi to visit the spot on December 9 but were stopped

PM began worrying about cows ahead of polls: UP Congress chief

The UP Congress chief also said the party general secretary has raised the issue of the poor condition of cows but the Adityanath government did not heed to it

Take strict action against those inciting hatred: Priyanka on Haridwar row

The incident was reported to have taken place in Haridwar during an event held from December 17 to 20

Congress to elect new President in 2022, chorus growing for Rahul Gandhi

The Congress is going to elect a new president in 2022 and the schedule for the next election is out

The Opposition missed the real hot button issue: inflation

In the last 20 years or so, the opposition parties have been more concerned with posturing rather than the national interest.

Cong wins big in polls held in 15 urban civic bodies of Chhattisgarh

The ruling Congress has registered a big victory in polls held in 15 urban bodies of Chhattisgarh, winning 174 of 300 wards

Harish Rawat, Uttarakhand Cong leaders to meet party high command tomorrow

Amid the escalation of tensions in Uttarakhand Congress, Harish Rawat along with other top leaders of the Congress' state unit is scheduled to arrive in Delhi tomorrow to meet the party High Command