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Harish Rawat seeks to be relieved as Cong's Punjab affairs in-charge

Citing next year's assembly polls in Uttarakhand where he is the Congress' campaign committee chairman, Harish Rawat has sought to be relieved as the in-charge of party affairs in Punjab.

Chidambaram to take stock of Cong preparations for Goa polls next week

The next Assembly elections are due in February 2022 in Goa.

Rs 935 cr misappropriated in MGNREGA schemes over last 4 years: Congress

The party also demanded that the government restore the four per cent quota for differently-abled persons in police forces.

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At Sibal's dinner, Oppn demands strong Congress leadership to counter BJP

The Gandhi family remained absent from the gathering

'Double standards': Cong accuses Twitter of violating freedom of expression

Rahul Gandhi's account was temporarily suspended and a tweet deleted

Cong responsible for unemployment, corruption in country: Gujarat CM

Rupani said while there had been a ban on the government recruitments in the previous Congress governments in Gujarat before the BJP came to power in 1995.

Privilege motion against MoS over no deaths due to oxygen shortage' remarks

He said the entire country witnessed how people were scrambling for oxygen and many patients in several hospitals died due to the shortage of the life-saving gas during the second wave of coronavirus.

Karnataka Congress chief slaps man for trying to put his arms around him

Karnataka Congress President D K Shivakumar on Saturday allegedly slapped a man who attempted to put his arms around him, drawing criticism from the BJP and on social media.

Gehlot flays BJP spokesperson for remarks against ex-Union minister

Gehlot criticised BJP's national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia

Like Bofors, set up JPC for Rafale deal: Digvijaya Singh to PM Modi

The Rajya Sabha member alleged large-scale corruption in the form of payment of commission in the Rafale deal.

Amarinder Singh meets Sonia Gandhi amid infighting in Punjab Congress

This comes amid efforts by the party leadership to end factionalism in the party unit in the poll-bound state

Six-time Himachal CM Virbhadra Singh critical but stable after heart attack

Singh is a veteran of the Congress party

Supreme Court refuses to entertain PIL against Congress 'Toolkit'

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea seeking a NIA probe into the alleged Congress "Toolkit"

Gandhi family's dilemmas weakening party and delaying Opposition unity

If the internal dilemmas and confusions of the Gandhi family are not resolved, the Congress could well see departures from its ranks after the 2024 general elections to ideologically close parties

Opposition parties renew demand for a probe into Rafale jet deal

A French judge has been appointed to lead a "highly sensitive" judicial probe into suspected "corruption" and "favouritism" in the Rs 59,000 crore Rafale fighter jet deal with India, a report said

Cong, BJP spar as French media says judicial probe begins into Rafale deal

Congress has demanded a JPC probe into the Rafale deal, saying it is the only way forward to find the truth about 'corruption' in the purchase of the fighter jets

Congress demands JPC probe into Rafale deal, says France has ordered probe

The Congress launched a scathing attack on the Centre

No discussion yet on chief ministerial face for 2023: Siddaramaiah

Siddaramaiah is the leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly

CPC, a new INC and RSS, were all born within five years of each other

Efficiency and equity in a political system cannot be simultaneously achieved in the short run, writes TCA Srinivasa Raghavan.