Indian National Congress

Congress loses Leader of Opposition post in Assam Assembly

January 06, 2021 6:25 am

Last month, two of its MLAs – Ajanta Neog and Rajdeep Goala – joined the BJP.

Gandhis, BJP, divisive nationalism: What Barack Obama says about India in memoir

November 18, 2020 9:50 pm

Obama's latest memoir 'A Promise Land' includes a vivid description of his first visit to India in 2010 and his growing concern about the rise of the “divisive nationalism touted by the BJP".

Contradictions within Congress: Hooda mum, Selja says 'we are what we are because of party'

August 23, 2020 11:59 pm

It was around the same time in August 2019, in run up to Haryana's Vidhan Sabha polls, when Hooda went public, for the first time in his over four-decades long association with Congress, voicing disagreement with his own party.

As Congress reaches out to Dalits, Brahmins in UP, friction comes to the fore

August 21, 2020 6:48 pm

The Congress had been trying hard to woo the Scheduled Caste community in Uttar Pradesh for long but with little success.

Roots of disintegration of Congress were laid by Jawahar Lal Nehru

July 18, 2020 9:25 am

Rakesh Sinha writes: The organisational decline of the Congress has been preceded first by a moral decline and subsequently by being in an ideological wilderness. Therefore, it is folly to cover its ineffectuality and incapacity by blaming the BJP government and RSS ideology.

ED questions Congress leader Ahmed Patel for 4th time in PMLA case

July 09, 2020 4:01 pm

The officials said the Congress leader's statement is being recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Odisha Congress to stage demonstrations against fuel price rise

June 29, 2020 9:43 am

Legislator Suresh Kumar Routray said party workers will stage demonstrations in front of central government offices in Bhubaneswar during the day to protest the rise in fuel prices.

Son of Cong Block Samiti member booked for attempt to murder

June 19, 2020 12:18 pm

The incident took place late Wednesday night. Sohana police registered the case and initiated a probe.

Lucknow: HC grants bail to state Cong chief, says ‘disturbing’ to see govt, Oppn in conflict

June 17, 2020 2:28 pm

The High Court also questioned the Congress offer to provide buses to the state government to transport stranded migrant workers during the coronavirus lockdown.

Digvijaya, son launch attack on Scindia over ‘1857 ambition’, Reliance tag

May 11, 2020 12:24 pm

When Scindia was with the Congress, even Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and other BJP leaders would obliquely refer to the alleged treacherous act of his forefathers.

Congress wins Gurdaspur bypoll 2017: Here's how party celebrated Sunil Jhakar's succes

October 16, 2017 8:22 am

Punjab Congress candidate Sunil Jakhar has won the Gurdaspur by-election with huge margin of 1,93,219 votes defeating Bhartiya Janta Party candidate Sawarn Singh Salaria.

Fali S Nariman Interview: Congress' charges for impeachment of Chief Justice Dipak Misra are frivolous

June 22, 2020 6:25 pm

In an interview to The Indian Express, senior jurist Fali S Nariman rubbished the charges leveled by the Congress party on the issue of impeaching the Chief Justice of India. This is what he said. 

Delay In Elevation of Rahul Gandhi As Congress Party Chief, Sonia Gandhi To Continue: Here Is Why?

September 09, 2015 12:49 pm