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'Ignored' by Congress, Ahmed Patel's son upset with party's top brass

Faisal Patel, son of late Congress leader Ahmed Patel, is "upset" for being ignored by the party's top brass and has said that he is tired of waiting and keeping his options open

Unrest in K'taka: Andhra wooing investors, but CM not bothered, says Cong

Referring to recent developments like the call to ban Muslim vendors in temples, hijab crisis, the Karnataka Cong has warned BJP that no investor would come to state as peace and order were disturbed

'Congress does not look beyond Gandhi family,' says BJP's Anurag Thakur

Union minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday said that the Congress does not look beyond Gandhi family

Country in dire need of learning brotherhood and eradicating hatred: Rahul

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the country is in dire need of learning brotherhood and eradicating hatred as taught by 12th Century social reformer Basaveshwara

Punjab Congress leaders meet in Ludhiana, some seek key role for Sidhu

About 20 Punjab Congress leaders met in Ludhiana on Tuesday with some of them batting for a key role for Navjot Singh Sidhu, the former state party unit chief, who was among the participants

Over 20 Punjab Congress leaders, including Navjot Sidhu, hold meeting

Sukhpal Khaira, Congress MLA from Bholath who was present at the meeting, said that it was part of efforts to ensure a speedy revival of the party in Punjab

Reduce VAT on fuel instead of making 'The Kashmir Files' tax-free: Cong MLA

Alemao cited the example of then CM Parrikar, who in 2012, had reduced the state government's value-added tax on petrol and diesel to almost zero percent, in order to reduce fuel prices at the time

'Shameless fleecing' of public must stop: Cong on fuel price hike

Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 80 paise a litre each on Saturday, the fourth increase in five days as oil firms passed on to consumers the spike in cost of raw material

Birbhum killings: TMC delegation seeks Bengal governor's ouster

Eight people, including two children, were charred to death as nearly a dozen huts were set ablaze in Birbhum district in a suspected fallout of the murder of a ruling TMC panchayat official

J'khand govt with Cong as alliance damaged anganwadi system: BJP leader

A BJP member in Lok Sabha on Wednesday alleged that the Jharkhand government in which the Congress is an ally has damaged the anganwadi system due to large-scale corruption

Sonia continues consultations with G23, changes only after Cong prez poll

During during the meeting, neither the Gandhi family, nor the G-23 leaders mentioned Kapil Sibal.

Sonia holds meeting with Himachal Cong leaders, advises them to stay united

Sonia Gandhi deliberated on the AAP position in the state with the party leaders and asked them to prepare a poll strategy to take on rivals.

Maharashtra: NCP men replace jailed Malik as Parbhani, Gondia ministers

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday named NCP's Dhananjay Munde and Prajakt Tanpure as the guardian ministers of Parbhani and Gondia respectively

Assam assembly: Oppn members walkout over FM's comment on standard of House

A chaotic situation was witnessed during the Question Hour after the FM made the statement while responding to a query by Congress MLA Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha on the state's expenditure

Infighting in T'gana Cong intensifies as dissidents head to Delhi

Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and legislator D. Sridhar Babu are likely to meet party MP and in-charge of Telangana affairs Manickam Tagore and other leaders

Cong plans to accommodate some G-23 leaders in decision-making process

With Gandhis' engaging with G-23 leaders after recent offensive in wake of Cong's poll debacle, some of them may find a place in decision-making process in line with demand for collective leadership

G-23 leaders likely to be adjusted in Congress, Azad may get RS berth

Azad is likely to be sent to the upper house while Anand Sharma, whose term expires on April 2, will be given important role in the Assembly polls

Congress in Kerala bans Tharoor and Thomas from attending CPI(M) seminars

Congress' Kerala unit has said the party had barred its leaders from attending the programme as it was strongly fighting the CPI(M)-led government over the proposed K-Rail project

Congress open to all options to keep BJP away from power in Goa: Kamat

The BJP, which won 20 out of 40 seats in the last month's Goa Assembly elections and has secured support of the two Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MLAs and three Independents

Nobody asked Mrs Gandhi to quit, says Azad after meeting Sonia

The 'G-23' met on Wednesday and issued a statement calling for the Congress organisation to be revamped and accountability of the people involved in the election process.