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  • Rajasthan: Time is running out for the Congress high command to resolve the Gehlot-Pilot rift June 05, 2023 03:53 PM IST

    Rajasthan: Time is running out for the Congress high command to resolve the Gehlot-Pilot rift

    Sachin Pilot has planned a rally on June 11, his father’s death anniversary, in Dausa where the disillusioned Congress leader may announce a break with the party if the high command doesn’t offer him an acceptable deal. A week has passed since the central leadership’s photo-op in Delhi projecting “unity” but why has a solution to the imbroglio not been made public yet?

  • Odisha train tragedy: Congress demands Railway Minister Vaishnaw's resignation; slams PM Modi June 04, 2023 06:36 PM IST

    Odisha train tragedy: Congress demands Railway Minister Vaishnaw's resignation; slams PM Modi

    Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that Modi was busy flagging off trains while not paying attention to railway safety. He called for fixing accountability of all posts from top to bottom to prevent such incidents in future.

  • Odisha train crash: Opposition raises questions over passenger safety, some call for Railway minister's resignation June 03, 2023 10:51 PM IST

    Odisha train crash: Opposition raises questions over passenger safety, some call for Railway minister's resignation

    "Something must be behind this. The truth must come out. Why didn't the anti-collision system work?" West Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said.

  • In Pics: CM Siddaramaiah holds meeting with senior officials on roll out of 5 guarantees June 02, 2023 02:15 PM IST

    In Pics: CM Siddaramaiah holds meeting with senior officials on roll out of 5 guarantees

    The Chief Minister held a meeting with the senior officers before the state Cabinet meeting. The cabinet is expected to take a decision on the five promises made by the State government.

  • Road To 2024: Congress victory in Karnataka complicates opposition unity efforts June 02, 2023 08:29 AM IST

    Road To 2024: Congress victory in Karnataka complicates opposition unity efforts

    Congress gaining at the cost of regional parties is a very likely prospect in 2024. Opposition parties hoping to reduce Congress to a regional player like the rest of them could turn insecure at the prospect of Congress gaining at their expense. That certainly does not bode well for opposition unity efforts

  • Rahul Gandhi backs Centre's stance on Russia-Ukraine war June 02, 2023 07:55 AM IST

    Rahul Gandhi backs Centre's stance on Russia-Ukraine war

    Speaking to journalists at the National Press Club in Washington on Wednesday evening in the US, Gandhi said when asked about India's stance on the issue, “We have a relationship with Russia. We have had a relationship with Russia. We have certain dependencies on Russia. So I would have a very similar stance as the government of India…At the end of the day, we have to also look out for our interests.”

  • SEBI should tighten FPI disclosure norms, says Congress; seeks JPC probe June 01, 2023 07:35 PM IST

    SEBI should tighten FPI disclosure norms, says Congress; seeks JPC probe

    The demands came a day after capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) proposed mandating additional disclosure around ownership of high-risk Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs), to enhance trust in the Indian securities markets.

  • Morgan Stanley report on India's transformation under Modi indictment of UPA's lost decade: Rajeev Chandrasekhar May 31, 2023 11:07 PM IST

    Morgan Stanley report on India's transformation under Modi indictment of UPA's lost decade: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

    He said the report reminds Indians how the Congress-led UPA had in 2014 left "a shattered economy".

  • Bihar: BJP focuses on non-Yadav-Kurmi-Muslim voters to blunt the Mahagathbandan’s 2024 plans May 31, 2023 03:05 PM IST

    Bihar: BJP focuses on non-Yadav-Kurmi-Muslim voters to blunt the Mahagathbandan’s 2024 plans

    A repeat of the RJD-JDU-Congress’s 2015 election victory in 2024 is BJP's big fear in Bihar. But it is a Lok Sabha election and the Modi factor matters for voters. Moreover, BJP is assiduously cultivating caste groups distinct from its rival's social coalition for a reverse polarisation, similar to what stumped SP-BSP in UP in 2019

  • BJP can be defeated if Opposition is 'aligned properly': Rahul Gandhi May 31, 2023 11:47 AM IST

    BJP can be defeated if Opposition is 'aligned properly': Rahul Gandhi

    Responding to questions from the moderator and the audiences at an event at the Silicon Valley Campus of the University of California in Santa Cruz on Tuesday, Gandhi said he can clearly see "vulnerabilities" in the BJP.

  • Pilot vs Gehlot: Can another meeting resolve the clash? May 30, 2023 08:42 PM IST

    Pilot vs Gehlot: Can another meeting resolve the clash?

    While Gehlot has been asked to take the necessary action, Pilot has been assured that his demands would be addressed before the upcoming elections. It’s been indicated to Pilot that he would lead the party in the state elections, positioning him for the CM post.

  • Congress wants Centre to come out with White Paper on situation along the LAC with China May 30, 2023 02:39 PM IST

    Congress wants Centre to come out with White Paper on situation along the LAC with China

    "The performance of any government is benchmarked on five parameters -- India's external security, the state of the economy, social cohesion, internal security, and India's relations with the world or its foreign policy. On each of the benchmarks in the past nine years, the NDA-BJP government has come up completely short," Tewari said.

  • Congress projected unity but 'core issues' between Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot stay unresolved: Report May 30, 2023 01:55 PM IST

    Congress projected unity but 'core issues' between Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot stay unresolved: Report

    The Congress on Monday said the two leaders have agreed to the party's "proposal" and will fight the upcoming assembly elections unitedly, having left all issues to be resolved by the high command.

  • Race against time for US debt crisis bill in Congress May 30, 2023 06:45 AM IST

    Race against time for US debt crisis bill in Congress

    Top Republicans and Democrats scrambled Monday to secure congressional support for the measure, with President Joe Biden feeling "very good" about its prospects despite having just days left before the government starts running out of money.

  • Karnataka Cabinet Allocation: Siddaramaiah keeps finance; a look at some portfolios for state ministers May 29, 2023 05:31 PM IST

    Karnataka Cabinet Allocation: Siddaramaiah keeps finance; a look at some portfolios for state ministers

    Two days after the Karnataka cabinet reached its full strength of 34, the portfolios were allocated with Chief minister Siddaramaiah keeping Finance and his deputy getting the Major and Medium Irrigation, and Bengaluru City Development ministers. A look at some of the portfolios for Karnataka ministers.

  • Basavaraj Bommai accuses Congress of cheating people by trying to attach conditions to poll guarantees after coming to power May 29, 2023 03:35 PM IST

    Basavaraj Bommai accuses Congress of cheating people by trying to attach conditions to poll guarantees after coming to power

    Expressing doubts about the ruling Congress implementing guarantees fully, as promised, the former CM said, their true colours will be exposed in a few days.

  • Congress to get 150 seats in Madhya Pradesh: Rahul Gandhi after meeting state leaders over poll preparedness May 29, 2023 02:59 PM IST

    Congress to get 150 seats in Madhya Pradesh: Rahul Gandhi after meeting state leaders over poll preparedness

    Rahul Gandhi along with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge held a meeting of top party leaders from Madhya Pradesh where all state leaders stressed on unity within the party.

  • Congress leaders from Madhya Pradesh meet Mallikarjun Kharge over poll preparedness May 29, 2023 01:05 PM IST

    Congress leaders from Madhya Pradesh meet Mallikarjun Kharge over poll preparedness

    Mallikarjun Kharge will also hold deliberations with party leaders from Rajasthan where Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot will be in attendance.

  • Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge to meet Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot in Delhi today May 29, 2023 07:41 AM IST

    Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge to meet Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot in Delhi today

    The chief minister's office has also released Gehlot's programme confirming his visit to Delhi, where he will also lay foundation stone of the Rajasthan House.

  • Manipur violence: Mallikarjun Kharge-led delegation to meet President Droupadi Murmu on May 30; Congress slams PM Modi May 29, 2023 07:02 AM IST

    Manipur violence: Mallikarjun Kharge-led delegation to meet President Droupadi Murmu on May 30; Congress slams PM Modi

    A delegation led by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge will be calling on President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday morning regarding the situation in the state, according to party general secretary Jairam Ramesh.

  • Rahul Gandhi to get new passport by Sunday: sources May 28, 2023 02:05 PM IST

    Rahul Gandhi to get new passport by Sunday: sources

    The former Congress president is set to travel to San Francisco in the United States on Monday evening where he will start his three-city tour. He had applied for an ordinary passport after surrendering the old diplomatic passport issued to him when he was a member of parliament.

  • Veteran legislator H K Patil among 24 inducted today into Siddaramaiah's Cabinet of 33 men and a lone woman May 27, 2023 05:26 PM IST

    Veteran legislator H K Patil among 24 inducted today into Siddaramaiah's Cabinet of 33 men and a lone woman

    Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered the oath of office and secrecy to the 24 ministers.

  • Congress questions govt on country's economic health, national security May 27, 2023 06:33 PM IST

    Congress questions govt on country's economic health, national security

    Accusing Modi of not addressing important issues, the grand old party asserted that it will continue to play the role of a responsible opposition and hold the government accountable for its actions.

  • Delhi HC dismisses Gandhis' pleas against IT assessment transfer May 26, 2023 04:52 PM IST

    Delhi HC dismisses Gandhis' pleas against IT assessment transfer

    The Gandhis had challenged the January 2021 order issued by the Principal Commissioner (Income Tax) to transfer their cases for assessment year 2018-19 to the Central Circle.

  • Congress plans to reintegrate 20,000 students into education system in Karnataka May 26, 2023 02:17 PM IST

    Congress plans to reintegrate 20,000 students into education system in Karnataka

    According to senior Congress leader and minister Priyank Kharge, these 20,000 students had dropped out of schools and colleges for reasons like the hijab ban and COVID-induced financial crisis. The government is actively devising a plan to reintegrate these students into educational institutions, says Kharge.