February 22, 2021 12:31 pm
Justice Suresh Kait, while issuing notice to the Gandhis, AICC general secretary Oscar Fernandes, Suman Dubey, Sam Pitroda and Young India (YI), sought their stand on Swamy's plea by April 12.
February 22, 2021 1:42 pm
Robert Vadra cycled from Delhi’s Khan Market to his office to protest against the continuous price hike. In MP too, Congress leaders including PC Sharma, Jitu Patwari and Kunal Chaudhary rode their cycles to the Legislative Assembly.
February 22, 2021 2:45 am
Gandhi’s missive to the Prime Minister came as the price of petrol Saturday touched an all-time high of Rs 97 per litre in Mumbai even as diesel crossed the Rs 88-mark.
February 14, 2021 7:40 pm
What we witnessed in the Rajya Sabha, during the farewell session to retiring members, especially in the way Prime Minister Modi spoke effusively about a lifelong Congress politician, Ghulam Nabi Azad, was the epitome of Indian political culture and our civilisational values.
February 03, 2021 10:26 am
Without a regular president since 2019, the Congress has put off its presidential election again. A look at how polls to the president’s post and key party bodies are meant to be held, and how it actually plays out.
January 23, 2021 7:51 am
The agitation of farmers continues and the Government has shown shocking insensitivity and arrogance going through the charade of consultations,” Gandhi told a meeting of the Congress Working Committee.
January 22, 2021 9:54 pm
Sonia Gandhi said there were "many pressing issues of public concern" that needed to be debated and discussed in the upcoming session of Parliament.
January 21, 2021 8:21 am
The Congress central election authority, it is learnt, has sent a proposal to the Congress president on the schedule of elections.
January 08, 2021 2:55 am
Gandhi demanded that the government slash the rates of excise duty on petrol and diesel.
January 06, 2021 8:45 pm
Nitish Kumar remarked that the Congress could have done the needful while the UPA, led by it, ruled the country for two consecutive terms.
December 10, 2019 6:44 am
The Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi turned 73 Monday. She has decided not to celebrate her birthday in the wake of rape incidents across the country and growing concerns over women’s security.
November 19, 2019 12:33 pm
Today marks the 102nd birth anniversary of India’s first and only female prime minister Indira Gandhi. Political leaders from across the spectrum paid rich tributes to the ‘Iron Lady of India’.
August 20, 2019 12:49 pm
Born on 20th August, 1944, Rajiv Gandhi served as prime minister from 1984 to 1989. He was assassinated on May 21, 1991.
June 01, 2019 12:52 pm
Even though the number of party lawmakers in the Lower House is higher than that in 2014, the Congress is still short of three members to claim the post of Leader of Opposition.
May 27, 2019 11:38 am
India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru was born to Motilal Nehru and Swaroop Rani on November 14, 1889, in Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh.
May 22, 2019 10:07 am
Rajiv Gandhi, sixth and youngest PM of India, was assassinated on May 21, 1991, at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu during a poll campaign.
May 06, 2019 7:42 am
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's election campaigning caught our attention with her signature style - crisp saris paired with long-sleeved blouses.
August 21, 2018 6:36 am
Born on 20th August, 1944, Rajiv Gandhi served as prime minister from 1984 to 1989. He was assassinated on May 21, 1991.
March 17, 2018 12:29 pm
The three-day Indian National Congress' 84th plenary session commenced on Friday at the Indira Gandhi Indoor stadium in New Delhi. It is attended by Congress chief ministers, state Congress presidents and Congress legislature party leaders from all states.
June 22, 2020 6:04 pm
Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress Wednesday appointed Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as general secretary of Uttar Pradesh East. She will take charge in the second week of February.
June 22, 2020 6:08 pm
This week we look at how UP got to a place where mob violence that spiralled out of control got a police officer killed, why the extradition of Christian Michel is a political hot potato & how a WhatsApp video ruined a woman’s life in Kerela.
June 22, 2020 6:10 pm
Presenting former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh with the 2017 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, disarmament & development, UPA Chairperson appeared to take a dig at the current dispensation through her praise for Dr Singh.
June 22, 2020 6:12 pm
Union Minister Uma Bharti has said that leaders across party lines must come together and sort out the Ayodhya dispute through dialogue. She also said that those in the government want to build a temple at the disputed site but will need support from
June 22, 2020 6:26 pm
“The party’s victory will be the nation’s victory, it will be the victory for each one of us. Congress is not a political term, it is a movement,” Sonia Gandhi said.
May 07, 2016 6:22 pm
February 25, 2016 4:21 pm
New Delhi, Feb 25 (ANI): Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday targeted the Congress, saying that the grand old party, which has been tolerated by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for so many decades, should also tolerate the saffron party for at least ten years. Naidu said that the Congress was unnecessarily targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said unlike past governments where the prime minister (Manmohan Singh) presides and madam (Sonia Gandhi) decides, the BJP-led Government was working collectively in which Prime Minister Modi presides and the team decides.
February 15, 2016 4:24 pm
New Delhi, Feb 15 (ANI): Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Monday rubbished Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah’s comment on the Jawaharlal Nehru University row, saying he did not have the stature to lecture Congress president Sonia Gandhi or vice president Rahul Gandhi on the issue of nationalism. Sibal said instead of dealing with the university students in the way that they should be dealt with, the BJP was busy proving that they were criminals. Sibal further stated that India is no more under British rule and added that Amit Shah and PM Modi cannot stop these young children from speaking their minds.
February 12, 2016 10:13 am
New Delhi, Feb 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday refused to quash the trail court proceedings against the five Congress leaders but exempted party president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi from personal appearance. Senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Sighvi, who is fighting the Herald case for Gandhi’s, expressed his delight and said that it is a big relief for the family, as every inference and conclusion in the High Court has been rendered inoperative. He further added that every point argued in the High Court has been left open for them by the apex court to argue again at the stage of framing charges.