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Opposition's presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha to file nomination today

Yashwant Sinha was chosen as the consensus candidate for presidential polls from the Joint Opposition in a meeting on June 21

LIVE: Rebel leader Eknath Shinde gets enough MLAs to split Sena Sena

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Former J-K CM and Cong leader Ghulam Nabi Azad tests Covid positive

Former chief minister and senior Congress leader, Ghulam Nabi Azad tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday.

Power struggle in Shiv Sena since 1 week, says Maharashtra Cong leader

Maharashtra Shiv Sena minister Eknath Shinde is incommunicado and apparently camping in Gujarat along with some party MLAs after the state LC polls, with indications of a power struggle in Shiv Sena

Congress-mukt Bharat will never be a reality, says Gehlot in Delhi

The BJP talks about a Congress-mukt Bharat, considering us enemies, but it is not going to be a reality as there is Congress everywhere in the country: Ashok Gehlot

Congress protests at Delhi's Rajiv Chowk over Rahul's fourth ED grilling

The Congress party workers on Monday staged a protest in the centrally located Rajiv Chowk area of the national capital over the questioning of Rahul Gandhi by the Enforcement Directorate.

Amid Congress' Agnipath protests, Manish Tewari bats for defence reforms

Going against party line, Congress MP Manish Tewari has come in support of the government's Agnipath scheme. This comes amid a major nationwide protest launched by the party, demanding its rollback.

Ahead of MLC polls, Congress, NCP claim threats by central agencies

48 hours ahead of the MLC polls, the ruling allies in Maharashtra, the Congress and the NCP, claimed that their legislators are allegedly being 'threatened' by the central probe agencies.

Sonia Gandhi says Agnipath 'directionless', vows to work for its withdrawal

Congress president Sonia Gandhi Saturday termed "directionless" the Centre's 'Agnipath' scheme for recruitment in the armed forces, and said her party will work for its withdrawal. She also appealed to the youths protesting against the scheme to adopt peaceful and non-violent means to fight for their demands. "It is unfortunate that the government has announced a new armed forces' recruitment policy, which is completely directionless and it has done so while ignoring your voices," she said in a statement in Hindi, addressed to the youths. Declaring her party's support for them, the Congress president said along with the youths, several ex-soldiers and defence experts have questioned the scheme. Gandhi, who is being treated at a hospital here for a lower respiratory tract infection and post-Covid symptoms, said she can understand the pain of the youths over the "three-year delay" in recruitment despite lakhs of vacancies in the Army. Gandhi said she also empathises with the youths

Chidambaram resigns from Maharashtra seat following election to RS from TN

Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP P Chidambaram resigned from his seat in Maharashtra on Thursday, following his election to the Rajya Sabha from the state of Tamil Nadu."Following my election to the Rajya Sabha from the state of Tamil Nadu, I am required to resign my seat from the state of Maharashtra. Accordingly, today I tendered my resignation from the seat from the state of Maharashtra," tweeted the Congress leader today.The tweet further read, "The Hon'ble Chairman of the Rajya Sabha has accepted my resignation. I was honoured to represent the state of Maharashtra. I wish the people of Maharashtra the very best in the future, peace and prosperity."On June 11, the BJP registered a win by bagging eight out of 16 Rajya Sabha seats in the four states (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Haryana) while Congrees bagged five seats in a fiercely contested battle. The biennial elections to the Upper House of Parliament were held for six seats in Maharashtra, four each in Karnataka

Court rejects Rahul Gandhi's plea seeking transfer of defamation case

A court in neighbouring Thane district has rejected Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's plea seeking transfer of a defamation suit filed against him by an RSS worker to another court. Principal District Judge A J Mantri rejected Gandhi's plea in December last year. However, the order was uploaded only on Tuesday. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh activist Vivek Champanerkar, in a 2019 civil defamation case, sought a token compensation of Rs 1 from Gandhi, accusing him of defaming the RSS by linking it to the 2017 murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh. The suit is pending before a Civil Judge, Senior Division. Gandhi's lawyer pleaded that the case should be transferred to Civil Judge, Junior Division because the compensation sought by the plaintiff was below Rs 5 lakh. The principal district judge noted in the order that Gandhi could raise the point of pecuniary jurisdiction before the the same judge who is hearing the suit. Champanerkar's lawyer, Aditya Mishra, had submitted that ...

Presidential polls: Congress may attend Opposition meet called by Mamata

Banerjee has convened the meeting on June 15 at the Constitution Club in the national capital for discussions to come out with a consensus Opposition candidate

Sangrur LS bypoll: AAP slams Cong for using pictures of singer Moose Wala

The Congress is "politicising" the death of singer Sidhu Moosewala for the Lok Sabha bypolls, alleged AAP candidate Gurmail Singh on Monday as he slammed an election song released by the party.

Sonia, Rahul to never compromise on ideological fight: Ashok Gehlot

Their remarks came after Congress leaders took to the streets as Rahul Gandhi appeared before the ED for questioning in a money laundering case

ED's summons to Rahul in money laundering case baseless: Chidambaram

As Congress members, Chidambaram said, party leaders will express solidarity with Rahul Gandhi and march with him to the ED's office on Monday

Prez polls: Nadda, Rajnath to hold talks with other parties on BJP's behalf

Nadda and Rajnath will interact with ruling NDA and opposition UPA constituents, besides other parties, on presidential polls, says BJP

Cong has rules for some leaders only, says Kuldeep Bishnoi after expulsion

Hours after being expelled from the Congress, Haryana MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi on Saturday hit back at the party, accusing it of partisan behaviour.

Congress expels Haryana MLA Bishnoi for cross voting in Rajya Sabha polls

A day after losing the Rajya Sabha election in Haryana due to cross-voting, the Congress cracked the whip and expelled its legislator Kuldeep Bishnoi from all party positions. The Haryana Congress has alleged that Bishnoi, an MLA from the Adampur constituency in Hisar, did not vote for the party candidate Ajay Maken and cross-voted in favour of Independent candidate Kartikeya Sharma, who was supported by the ruling BJP-JJP combine. The Congress had 31 MLA and needed as many votes to win the Rajya Sabha seat from Haryana, but one of its legislators cross-voted and another's vote was cancelled. "The Congress president has expelled Kuldeep Bishnoi from all his present party positions, including the post of special invitee of the Congress Working Committee, with immediate effect," a statement from AICC general secretary K C Venugopal said. Bishnoi had not attended any of the party meetings of its legislators and had said that he has voted as per his conscience.

Congress to protest at ED offices Monday over summons to Rahul Gandhi

Congress leaders and ministers in Maharashtra will stage protests outside the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) offices in Mumbai and Nagpur on June 13 against the Centre's "dictatorship"

RS poll: Top guns Sitharaman, Surjewala, Raut elected, BJP wins big

This poll results has given an edge to the BJP, amid the fight for "secular votes" between the Congress and JD(S)