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Vice prez poll: Accept nomination with 'great humility', says Margaret Alva

Joint opposition candidate for the vice presidential election Margaret Alva on Sunday said she accepts with "great humility" her nomination for the August 6 poll

Rivals in VP poll, Dhankhar and Alva have quite a few things in common

The two rivals, Jagdeep Dhankhar and Margaret Alva, for the chair of vice president also have several things in common: both have been governor, union minister and have a Congress background

Former Goa CM Digambar Kamat removed from Congress Working Committee

The Congress on Sunday announced that it had removed former Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, whom it blamed of trying to split its Assembly party in the state, from the Congress Working Committee

Unparliamentary words list 'indicative than definitive', says Tharoor

Amid the row over a new set of unparliamentary words, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Sunday said he would treat the list as indicative rather than definitive

If elected, NDA's Dhankhar will be second vice-president from Rajasthan

Dhankhar, whose name was announced as the ruling National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) vice-presidential candidate on Saturday, belongs to the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan

Yashwant Sinha arrives in Jharkhand, to meet Cong lawmakers on Saturday

Yashwant Sinha, the joint nominee of non-BJP parties for presidential polls, arrived in Ranchi on Friday to seek support of legislators and parliamentarians over his candidature. Sinha, who is a former MP from Hazaribag, was received by Jharkhand Congress chief Rajesh Thakur and other party leaders at the airport. He is scheduled to attend a meeting of Congress legislators on Saturday, and then address a press conference. Earlier this week, Sinha met AICC's Jharkhand in-charge Avinash Pande and Thakur in Delhi and discussed strategies for the upcoming election on July 18. According to Congress sources, he is also expected to meet JMM Executive President and Chief Minister Hemant Soren during the day. The JMM, which runs a coalition government with the Congress and RJD, has pledged its support to NDA presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu. The party had initially backed Sinha, only to change its decision later after receiving flak from the tribal community to which both Soren and M

Ex-BJP councillor joins Congress in Shimla, says was being ignored

Former BJP councillor Manoj Kuthiala joined the Congress along with his wife Shubha here on Friday in the presence of state party president Pratibha Singh. Shimla rural MLA Vikramaditya Singh was also present on the occasion. Kuthiala and his wife joined the Congress at their residence, Holly Lodge, in Lower Jakhu. Later, Kuthiala told reporters that he was with the BJP for the last 30 years. He decided to join the Congress as he was being ignored in the BJP for some time, he said. Kuthiala was elected as a councillor in 2007 and 2012 from Jakhu ward number 16. However, the Jakhu ward was reserved for women in 2017. He said if the Congress asks any woman from his family to contest the upcoming municipal corporation elections, they would abide by the party decision.

PM Modi pays tributes to Congress stalwart Kamaraj on birth anniversary

A former chief minister of erstwhile Madras State, now Tamil Nadu, Kamaraj was a key organisational leader of the Congress

Rupee has now crossed age of 'margdarshak mandal': Congress' dig at govt

The Congress on Thursday took a dig at the government after the rupee almost touched the Rs 80-mark against the US dollar, saying the currency has crossed the age of "Margdarshak Mandal".

Congress mulling action against Manish Tewari for defying party line

The Congress has sought a report on party MP Manish Tewari for his alleged anti-party line on key issues. The party is mulling action as Tewari recently defied the party line on the Agnipath scheme

If elected president, will ensure CAA is not implemented: Yashwant Sinha

Opposition presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday said that if he is elected, he will ensure that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is not implemented. Interacting with opposition lawmakers of Assam, Sinha said the BJP-led government has not been able to implement the CAA so far as it was "foolishly drafted" in a hurry. "Citizenship is a major issue for Assam, and the government wanted to bring in the Act across the country but has not been able to do so yet," he said. "Earlier, the government gave the excuse of COVID, but even now they have not been able to implement it because it is an Act foolishly drafted in a hurry," he added. Sinha alleged that the Constitution was in danger not from any outside force, but from those in power. "This presidential election is of special significance as it is a fight to save Constitution," he asserted. "If I am in Rashtrapati Bhavan, I will ensure that CAA is not implemented," he said. Sinha said he was compelled to leave the BJ

Many Himachal BJP leaders eager to join Congress, says Pratibha Singh

In the statement, Pratibha Singh said that many BJP leaders are eager to join Congress as they feel suffocated due to infighting in the BJP

National emblem row: Digging history and significance of the Lion Capital

The National Emblem is one of the most visible symbols of national identity, used as the seal of the Republic. It was adopted from the Lion Capital of one of the Ashoka Pillars on January 26, 1950

Goa crisis: Digambar Kamat calls for introspection within Congress

The remarks of the Congress leader came after allegations were levelled against him of hatching a conspiracy to split the party

Teach Goa Cong defectors lesson by not electing them: Chidambaram to people

Senior party leader P Chidambaram on Monday urged the people of Goa to teach Congress defectors a lesson by not electing them ever again.

Goa Congress files petitions with Speaker to disqualify MLAs Lobo, Kamat

The Congress has accused the two MLAs of hobnobbing with the ruling BJP to bring about a split in the opposition party

Goa Cong moves its 5 MLAs to undisclosed location ahead of Assembly session

As on Monday morning, five of the total 11 Congress MLAs, in the 40-member Goa Assembly, were with the party, while five others remained out of reach

Goa: Notification for Dy Speaker poll withdrawn amid Cong split rumours

The move comes amid speculation that some Congress MLAs in the 40-member House may cross over to the ruling BJP

Congress to hold press conferences across India on Saturday to 'expose' BJP

Seeking to corner the ruling BJP over the issue of terror and its alleged links with terrorists, the Congress will on Saturday hold a series of press conferences in 22 cities across the country.

Goa govt found an escape route from getting exposed: Cong leader Alemao

Yuri Alemao said that the government on the pretext of panchayat election has curtailed the Assembly session and has found an escape route from getting exposed