In a statement, Sonia Gandhi said: "I'm sad that govt ignored your voice & announced a new scheme that is completely directionless... I appeal to all of you to protest peacefully in a non-violent manner. Indian National Congress is with you."
A large number of Congress leaders and workers from the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra staged a demonstration outside the ED office in Nagpur to express their solidarity with Gandhi.
Mahesh Joshi’s son Rohit Joshi has been accused of raping a 23-year-old woman in Jaipur and Delhi last year. The Delhi Police questioned him in the case on Friday.
Dharamsot was the Forest Minister when Captain Amarinder Singh was CM of Punjab. However, when Amarinder was removed, Dharamsot was also relieved from the post of minister.
After ending his 25-yrs long association, in a letter to Sonia Gandhi, he said, in the recent past he has been finding himself "lacking in passion", while his own performance has been "listless and perfunctory".
Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala's father sought an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the National Investigation Agency into his murder.
Nagma questioned if she was "less deserving" and said that her 18 years of penance has fallen short in front of Imran Prapthagiri from Uttar Pradesh, who was accommodated as a candidate from Maharashtra.
Congress leader Pawan Khera, known for staunchly speaking for the party on various occasions, tweeted in Hindi after Congress released the names of 10 candidates for the June 10 Rajya Sabha polls.
On Saturday, the leader had allegedly posted and deleted a tweet on former PM Rajiv Gandhi's death anniversary, with an infamous quote linked to the 1984 riots. He later claimed that his device was hacked, which led to the incident.
Various states continued to reel under power shortages on Apr 29 with soaring mercury pushing the demand higher, as opposition parties blamed the Centre for coal shortages at thermal plants.
Congress leader raised doubts about working style of govt alleging that it has spread discrimination in the society and said there is a possibility of similar treatment in the case of UCC.
Hijab means 'Parda' in Islam, to hide the beauty of women. Women get raped when they don't wear Hijab, the Congress leader had said in Hubli.
Jagmohan Singh had earlier expressed his disappointment over CM Channi's decision for giving Kharar a ticket to a liquor contractor and not him. He had threatened to go independent if Congress doesn't reconsider their decision.
The meeting is called before every Parliament session to decide the party's strategy. The Budget Session of Parliament starts on January 31 with the president's address to the joint sitting of both houses. The Union Budget will be presented on February 1.
Aware of the increasing opposition to his re-entry into the Congress, Harak Singh Rawat met senior party leaders in Delhi today to make his case.
His statement comes after Opposition in Karnataka alleged that the anti-conversion bill is being proposed in the state to "target a particular religion."
Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri found himself in a fix as he was running short of time and wanted to wind up the discussion by 6 pm whereas the MLAs were insisting to extend the time.
While serving as Governor of Tamil Nadu, he was also given additional responsibility as Governor of Karnataka when Governor H. R. Bhardwaj's term ended in June 2014.
The leaders, who shared stage with Azad at the rally and resigned from their posts in the Congress, saying only Azad is acceptable to them as the party's face in Jammu and Kashmir as well as the chief ministerial candidate, not state Congress chief Gulam Ahmed Mir.
Speaking at the launch of his book, 'Pride, Prejudice, and Punditry', Tharoor said that it was a flaw of the parliamentary system that "creates opportunity for those who are divisive".
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