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Narasimha Rao gave new direction to economic policies: Manmohan Singh

Singh paid glowing tributes to the late Prime Minister on his 100th birth anniversary

Congress members should work to address vaccine hesitancy: Sonia Gandhi

Gandhi called upon party leaders and workers to continue to put pressure on the union government to ensure that the daily rate of vaccination rises

BJP got Rs 276.45 cr from electoral trusts in 2019-20, Cong Rs 58 cr: ADR

Eighteen individuals contributed to electoral trusts in 2019-20.

Now, Rashtra Manch to invite leaders from the Congress to next meet

Samajwadi Party leader Ghanshyam Tiwari told Business Standard that a 'decision' not to invite the Congress party to the meeting was just a "rumour"

Sharad Pawar hosts meeting of opposition leaders to discuss various issues

This comes amid heightened speculation about the possibility of a third front against the ruling BJP

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi parries queries on opposition leaders' meeting

Gandhi, who held a virtual press conference on the pandemic situation, said he wanted to focus on Covid and how to save the country from the third wave of coronavirus which may hit soon.

Sharad Pawar calls opposition meeting on Tuesday, excludes Congress

While the move is not without its internal political contradictions, "much more than Narendra Modi, it is the Congress that needs to worry", said a former Congress chief minister

Rahul Gandhi turns 51, decides not to celebrate birthday due to pandemic

Some state Congress committees are observing the day by distributing ration and other essentials at no cost to the poor and the needy.

Rebel Aam Aadmi Party MLAs meet Rahul Gandhi in Delhi, merge outfit

The merger is seen as a shot in a arm of Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh who is at the target of Navjot Singh Sidhu led camp in the state.

Hoardings backing Congress' Navjot Singh Sidhu come up in Amritsar

Development comes a week after a three-member Congress panel set up to end factionalism in the party's Punjab unit recommended Sidhu's suitable accommodation in party ranks

Adhir Chowdhury writes to Om Birla, seeks election of LS Deputy Speaker

Chowdhury is the leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha

Siddaramaiah drops hints on contesting 2023 assembly polls from Badami

This comes even as a section in the party urged him to enter the poll fray from the city's Chamarajpet segment.

Sibal slams Jitin for switching to BJP, says it's 'politics of prasada'

Kapil Sibal is a prominent member of the Congress' group of 23 leaders who wrote to party chief Sonia Gandhi seeking organisational overhaul last year

Congress needs to undergo 'major surgery': Moily on Jitin Prasada's exit

The remark comes a day after Jitin Prasada switched to the BJP

Sarma, Scindia and now Prasada, Cong continues to lose stalwarts

47-year-old former Union minister Jitin Prasada jumped ship on Wednesday

Congress must reclaim position as India's big tent party: Milind Deora

Soon after his Congress colleague Jitin Prasada quit the party to join the BJP, Milind Deora on Wednesday said the Congress must reclaim its position as India's big tent party and asserted that it still has a strong bench which, if empowered and optimally utilised, can deliver. A former chief of the Mumbai Congress, Deora, however, wished that several of his friends, peers and valued colleagues hadn't left the party. Congress leader Prasada joined the BJP on Wednesday, in a shot in the arm for the saffron party as it prepares for assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh scheduled for early next year. He joined the BJP in the presence of Union minister Piyush Goyal and its chief spokesperson Anil Baluni. In an obvious reference to the development, Deora tweeted, "I believe in @INCIndia as a party that can & must reclaim its position as India's big tent party. We still have a strong bench that if empowered & optimally utilised, can deliver." "I only wish that several of my friends, ..

Revamp on cards for Cong party in Goa ahead of 2022 polls: Kamat

Elections to the state legislative assembly are scheduled to be held in early 2022.

Big jolt for Congress as Jitin Prasada joins BJP ahead of UP polls

Jitin was part of the group of 23 leaders who had written to party chief Sonia Gandhi last October seeking organisational overhaul and elections at all levels

Amarinder meets Congress panel, says discussed poll preparations

The panel is headed by the leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge

Rahul should look after Congress-led states before lecturing: Javadekar

The union minister accused the Punjab Government of ignoring the people for petty politics.