Rahul Gandhi

Police said Altaf, a labourer, had hanged himself with a string from the hood of his jacket using a water pipe in a toilet. But the claim was questioned since the water pipe is only a couple of feet from the ground.

The meeting held at AICC headquarters in Delhi decided that a membership drive will commence from November 1 running through till March 31, next year.

President Kovind assures that he will discuss the matter with the government today itself, says Priyanka Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi has been denied permission by UP government to visit Lakhimpur Kheri where eight people, including four farmers, were killed by a car belonging to Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra during a protest on October 3.

The October 3 violence during a farmers' protest in Lakhimpur Kheri has triggered a political slugfest in Uttar Pradesh with the Opposition parties trying to corner the Yogi Adityanath-led government even as the chief minister has promised to punish the guilty.

The entry of the two activist-turned politicians from Gujarat and Bihar will certainly be good optics for the Congress given that many young leaders such as Jyotiraditya Scindia, Jitin Prasada and Sushmita Dev have deserted the party in the past couple of years.

The demand for a full-time Congress chief has been pending since the party's debacle in 2019. Rahul Gandhi, who took over the post from his mother Sonia Gandhi in 2017, stepped down after the 2019 defeat. The Congress has since failed to find a replacement and thus, Sonia Gandhi continues to be the party’s interim chief.

The Punjab CM’s different line has raised eyebrows within the Congress and it comes at a time when he is facing a revolt from many of his colleagues in the poll-bound state.

Baghel, according to an informal agreement after the 2018 assembly polls, was to serve as CM for two-and-a-half years after which Deo was to take over.

Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and former National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ally Shiromani Akali Dal have not been invited for the meeting.

Twitter said on August 12 that it had blocked the accounts of Congress leaders and party units for posting an image that it said violated its rules and the action was to protect individuals’ privacy and safety.

Congress had earlier accused Twitter of acting against Rahul Gandhi's account under pressure from the government.

As many as 200 farmers have been camping at Jantar Mantar since July 22 as part of the “Kisan Sansad’ (farmers’ parliament) against three farm reform laws

Family members, relatives of the victim and residents of Purana Nangal have been protesting since August 2 demanding the death penalty for the accused.

Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have failed to transact any significant business, except passage of some bills due to the continued protests. The Parliament could function for just 18 hours out of possible 107 hours since the beginning leading to the loss of Rs 133 crore worth taxpayers’ money as the Opposition disrupted the business of both the Houses, reports said last week citing an official notification.

TMC’s Sukhendu Sekhar Ray has given a 267 notice, seeking suspension of Rules of business in the Rajya Sabha, for a discussion on Pegasus. AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh has given Zero Hour notice in Rajya Sabha on the issue while Congress MP Manickam Tagore has given adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha over the issue.

Navjot Singh Sidhu may, however, share the post with another leader, according to the formula chalked out by the party to diffuse the infighting in the poll-bound state.

Sidhu, who even left his Patiala residence in Punjab earlier in the day was to meet Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Delhi, according to his team, amid an intense feud with chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh.

Rahul Gandhi, while asserting that the intention of the paper was not to point fingers, alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not take the pandemic seriously and instead focused on the West Bengal election.

The health ministry has given a roadmap for producing 216 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine by then, the minister has said.