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Punjab's former forest minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot held on graft charges

Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring described the arrest as "political vendetta"

BJP's bigotry damaged India's standing globally, says Rahul Gandhi

"Divided internally, India becomes weak externally. BJP's shameful bigotry has not only isolated us, but also damaged India's standing globally," Gandhi wrote on Twitter

Dynastic parties threat to nation's democracy, says BJP chief J P Nadda

Nadda claimed that the so-called Indian National Congress was neither Indian, nor was it 'national' any more as it has been reduced to a bhai-behen (Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra) party

Hate speech: Int'l backlash forced BJP to take action, says Chidambaram

The Congress came down heavily on the BJP on its action against party spokespersons Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal, calling it "blatantly counterfeit pretence, which is evidently farce"

By sidelining the Congress, Hemant Soren has proved his political acumen

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader has proved politics is not just something that runs in his family but is his own passion too.

Delhi Congress passes resolution asking Rahul to take charge of party

The resolution said that only a leader like Rahul Gandhi can further strengthen and rejuvenate the Congress in, what it termed as, challenging times for the party

Disgruntled Cong MLAs meet Gehlot, likely to accompany CM to Udaipur

Gehlot is set to visit Udaipur on Sunday to meet his party MLAs and Independents who have been housed in a hotel amid fears of horse-trading ahead of election on four seats of the Rajya Sabha

Enforcement Directorate issues fresh summons to Rahul Gandhi for June 13

He was earlier asked to depose on June 2 but the Lok Sabha member from Wayanad seat in Kerala sought a fresh date as he was out of the country

Congress questions Centre on targeted killings in Jammu and Kashmir

Congress leader Vivek Tankha, who himself is a Kashmiri Pandit, on Friday questioned the government's inability to stop targeted killings and the movement of Pandits out of the Valley.

Azad meets Sonia: Refuses to accept No. 2 position in Congress party

According to sources after Sonia Gandhi's phone call on Sunday to Azad both met and discussed issues regarding the party

National Herald case: Enforcement Director­ate summons Sonia, Rahul

Agency probing 'illegal' benefits of Rs 414 crore obtained by the Gandhi family

Cong needs to evaluate reasons for not repeating govt in Rajasthan: Pilot

Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister and Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Wednesday said his party needs to evaluate the reasons why it has not been able to repeat its government in the state. In Rajasthan, the Congress and the BJP have been alternately coming to power with not party repeating its government. Currently, Rajasthan is ruled by the Congress and the next Assembly polls in the state are schedule for next year. "We have to accept the fact that once we were left with only 50 MLAs and another time with 21 MLAs," he said pointing to the party's failure to retain power. "Our governments have repeated in Delhi, Assam and Andhra Pradesh," Pilot told reporters on the sidelines of a two-day party workshop. What are the reasons that the party has not been able to repeat its government in the state, he said, adding that it should be discussed. "In the workshop, we will discuss how to fight the elections with solidarity and how the Congress party government can be repeated," he s

Doomscrolling: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor tweets 'word of the era'

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, known for throwing in rarely-used English words into Twitter lexicon, on Tuesday shared his "word of the era" -- doomscrolling. The man of many words helpfully shared the meaning too. "The act of continuously seeking out and reading bad news," read the meaning posted by the Congress leader. "Word of the Era! Merriam Webster Dictionary says they are watching the increasing use of this term (along with 'doomsurfing'). Increased consumption of predominantly negative news could have psychological ill effects, in addition to causing political depression...," Tharoor tweeted with a screenshot of the word 'doomscrolling' and its meaning. This is not the first time the author-politician-wordsmith has sent Twitterati scurrying for their dictionaries to confirm whether such words indeed exist. Earlier this month, Tharoor took a dig at the Ministry of Railways with a difficult-to-pronounce head-scratcher -- quomodocunquize. "To make money by any means possibl

Tharoor writes to Birla; raises breach of privilege of Cong MP Karti

Shashi Tharoor has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla over the "seizing" of Congress MP Karti Chidambaram's "highly confidential" notes related to the panel during a CBI raid

Delhi court summons Cong leader D K Shivakumar in money laundering case

A Delhi court on Tuesday summoned Congress leader D K Shivakumar and others in a money laundering case lodged against him in 2018 after taking cognisance of the charge sheet. Special Judge Vikas Dhull directed Shivakumar to appear on July 1. The court gave the order after taking cognisance of a charge sheet filed by ED through its Special Public Prosecutor Nitesh Rana against Shivakumar and others in the case. Shivakumar, who is the president of the Congress' Karnataka unit, was arrested by the ED in the case on September 3, 2019 and was granted bail by the Delhi High Court on October 23, 2019. The case is based on a charge sheet filed by the Income Tax Department against them last year before a special court in Bengaluru on charges of alleged tax evasion and 'hawala' transactions worth crores of rupees.

Rumblings in Congress after list of 10 candidates for RS polls released

The Congress on Sunday announced candidates for the polls, fielding former Union ministers P Chidambaram, Jairam Ramesh and Ajay Maken as well as party's chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala

Punjab Congress chief blames AAP govt for singer Sidhu Moose Wala's murder

Punjab Director General of Police VK Bhawra on Sunday said the killing of famous singer Sidhu Moosewala seems to be a fallout of an inter-gang rivalry

Mevani hopes Cong would not project anyone as CM face in Gujarat polls

Mevani who is closely working with the Congress although he did not join the party officially, said the party should elect the face emerging from the people's movement

MP Karti Chidambaram appears before CBI in Chinese visa scam case

Speaking to reporters outside the CBI headquarters, Karti said the case against him was "bogus", and claimed that he had not facilitated the issuance of visa to any Chinese national

Congress to decide leadership issues in Rajasthan after June 10 RS polls

Sachin Pilot has been vying for the Chief Minister's post, but Ashok Gehlot has the confidence of Sonia Gandhi