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India

Sonia Gandhi, Rahul permission not required to contest Cong presidential poll: Party

Kochi: The Congress on Wednesday said no one requires the permission of its president Sonia Gandhi or its leader Rahul Gandhi to contest in its presidential polls which is likely to be…
India

Shashi Tharoor to run for Congress president, gets nod from Sonia

Senior Congress leader and Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor will run for the post of party president in the elections due next month. Tharoor, who met party’s interim president Sonia Gandhi on…

India

UP Congress authorises Sonia Gandhi to select party’s next national president

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee on Monday authorised party president Sonia Gandhi to select all office bearers, including the state unit president and the organisation’s next national president. This comes amid growing…
India

About 9K voters to elect Cong Prez; row over electoral list deepens

New Delhi: Over 9,000 Congress members would vote to elect the next party President, election for which would be held after a long gap 22 years on October 17. In the last…
Telangana

KCR condoles demise of Sonia Gandhi’s mother

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has expressed condolence over the demise of Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s mother Paola Maino. Rao conveyed his condolences to Sonia Gandhi and other members of…
India

Sonia Gandhi’s mother passes away in Italy

New Delhi: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi’s mother Paola Maino passed away at her home in Italy on Saturday and her funeral took place on Tuesday, party leaders said on Wednesday. In…
India

Opinion: Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra could trigger the party’s revival

The 150-day, 3,500 km-long Padayatra, called Bharat Jodo Yatra, from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, starting on September 7 and passing through ten states and two Union Territories, may prove to be the biggest…

India

Oppn is bound to criticise bills detrimental to citizens: Gandhis to Delhi HC

New Delhi: The Opposition is bound by the fundamental duty toward citizens of the country to call out and criticise bills introduced by the government that are “detrimental to the rights of…
India

CWC meets to approve schedule for election of Congress president

New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party’s highest decision-making body, met on Sunday to approve the schedule for the election of the next AICC president. The meeting comes amid a…
Politics

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad resigns from all party positions

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad in a letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday resigned from all positions of the Congress party including the primary membership of the…
India

Congress will oppose distorted historical facts: Sonia Gandhi

New Delhi: Amid the BJP blaming first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for the partition, the Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi has said that the party will oppose distorting of historical facts for…
India

Cong presidential poll process set to begin this month, no clarity on Rahul’s role

New Delhi: The Congress Presidential poll process is set to get underway this month but there is no clarity yet on Rahul Gandhi, who demitted his office in 2019, re-assuming the charge.…
India

Sonia Gandhi tests positive for Covid again

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday tested positive for Covid-19 and is in isolation as per protocol. “Congress President Smt Sonia Gandhi has tested positive for Covid-19 today. She will…
Politics

Tejashwi Yadav meets Sonia Gandhi to fortify Opposition

New Delhi: In a move to strengthen the Opposition in the country, Deputy Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday met Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and said…
India

Jail term certain for Sonia, Rahul in National Herald case: Subramanian Swamy

New Delhi: Slamming interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi over the National Herald case, former Union minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy accused the…