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New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and member of G-23 group Ghulam Nabi Azad met party interim president Sonia Gandhi at her residence on Friday. Earlier, G-23 leaders, who have been calling for sweeping reforms in the grand old party, met on Wednesday to discuss the party’s debacle in the recently concluded Assembly elections in five […]

New Delhi: Following the Congress’s poor performance in the Assembly elections in five states, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday sought the resignations of state party chiefs of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur. According to Congress General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, the move has been taken to facilitate the reorganization of the […]

New Delhi: The group of dissenters within the Congress, also known as G-23, took a defensive stance during the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Sunday, as their representatives raised only ‘technical points’ and did not press for a change in the leadership as they had demanded in 2020. Sources said that at the meeting, […]

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said that Congress will raise a number of issues, including inflation, unemployment and evacuation of the students from Ukraine, in the second part of the Budget session in Parliament, beginning from tomorrow. The working president of Congress Sonia Gandhi presided over a meeting […]

Hyderabad: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is likely to meet the State Congress leaders shortly to discuss different aspects, especially differences among the leaders. The Telangana Congress unit had to learn many lessons from the Congress party’s defeat in Punjab in the recent polls, TPCC Campaign Committee Chairman Madhu Yaskhi said. “It is hightime leaders in […]

Hyderabad: Internal differences within the State Congress came to the fore yet again with Sangareddy MLA and TPCC working president T Jagga Reddy deciding to quit from the party, citing humiliation meted out to him by a few leaders within the party. He had also dashed off a letter to the party chief Sonia Gandhi […]

New Delhi: Ahead of the Assembly polls in Punjab, the Congress suffered a big setback on Tuesday as former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar quit the party. He sent his resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi on Monday. “Having given my thoughtful consideration to the matter, I have concluded that in the present circumstances and consistent with […]

New Delhi: The Congress tricolour fell off the flagpole on Tuesday morning as party president Sonia Gandhi tried to unfurl it to mark the party’s 137th foundation day at AICC headquarters here. Keeping the presence of mind, Gandhi along with party treasurer Pawan Bansal and AICC general secretary KC Venugopal held the party tricolour in […]

Hyderabad: Sangareddy MLA and TPCC working president T Jagga Reddy has appealed to AICC president Sonia Gandhi to direct TPCC president A Revanth Reddy to change his style of functioning or appoint a new TPCC chief who works for the party’s prospects in the State. In a letter to AICC president and Rahul Gandhi on […]

Indira Gandhi, often described as the 'Iron Lady of India', was born on November 19, 1917 in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad.

Hyderabad: Unable to digest Congress party’s poor performance in Huzurabad by-poll, Bhongir MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy lashed out at the State leadership and said he would strive to revive the party in Telangana. Congress party had literally lost its ground in Andhra Pradesh but secured nearly 6,000 votes in the Budvel by-poll. On the contrary, […]

Rahul Gandhi must subject himself to the scrutiny of accountability that he demands of his political adversaries

Siddipet: Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said Telangana State was created with the efforts of AICC president Sonia Gandhi. The veteran Congress leader said Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao was enjoying the fruits after reneging on his promise to merge Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) with Congress. Addressing the Dalit […]

Mumbai: In a sharp attack on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party at the Centre, the Shiv Sena on Sunday said that the ‘long-term vision’ of the late Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru saved the country from the current economic disaster it is reeling under and the present government is now enjoying selling the national assets he […]

According to party leaders, Sonia Gandhi will be chairing the meeting with the opposition party leaders to discuss issues, including the recently concluded Monsoon Session of Parliament.

In a letter to AICC president Sonia Gandhi, Kaushik Reddy said the decision to resign from the party was taken in view of the prevailing political circumstances in the State

The 'Kohinoor' of Indian Cinema, Mohammed Yusuf Khan, known to the world by his screen name Dilip Kumar, was laid to rest in a Mumbai cemetery amid full state honours on Wednesday evening.

“I consider TPCC president's post as an opportunity to serve the poor and fight for their cause,” the young leader said

Dissidence surfaced in the party with Bhongir MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy accusing the party leadership of selling the key post

According to sources, the Congress President wants to discuss the current political situation.