Congress

New Delhi:  With the announcement of Rajya Sabha polls on 7 seats on Thursday, the intense lobbying has begun in the Congress party for tickets. The grand old party is likely to contest two seats -- one in Tamil Nadu and the other in…

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJP and Congress stalled the proceedings of the Odisha Assembly and virtually confined the Speaker in his chamber for rejecting an adjournment notice on the "mining scam" in the state. The Congress had moved the…

New Delhi:  The committee set up by the Congress to commemorate 75 years of India's Independence met for the first time on Tuesday at the residence of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is the head of the panel. Sources said that…

New Delhi: The Congress has mounted further attack on the BJP-led government in Haryana for suppressing the voice of the farmers by blocking internet in Karnal. Congress chief spokesperson, Randeep Surjewala said in a statement, "The…

New Delhi: Hitting out at the BJP in wake of the article in a right-wing publication attacking software company Infosys, the Congress demanded apology from the ruling party. "The BJP should apologise to the whole country... the mother…

Mumbai:  The Congress' Maharashtra unit on Sunday slammed right-wing publication, Panchjanya, for suggesting that global IT giant, Infosys was allegedly funding Maoists, Leftists and the "tukde-tukde" gangs in the country, and must be…

New Delhi: After reports of job losses in August, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that the Modi government was 'dangerous for employment'. In a tweet in Hindi he said, "Modi government is dangerous for employment.…

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi in a video released on social media has said that pilots are better leaders with vision and that his late father Rajiv Gandhi had warned his uncle (Sanjay Gandhi) about the dangers of flying. Rahul said this…

New Delhi: After Social media uproar on the renovation of historic Jallianwala Bagh, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has said that he will not tolerate disrespect of the martyrs. In a tweet in hindi on Tuesday Rahul Gandhi said,…

Mumbai: On the day of Janmashtami, the opposition BJP in Maharashtra staged a statewide 'shankhnaad' protest demanding reopening of temples, even as the ruling ally Congress slammed it for resorting to 'religion and temple politics.…