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Bihar railway exam row: Rahul, Priyanka urge protesting students to refrain from violence

Jan 27, 2022, at 01:35 am

New Delhi/UNI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday supported the students who were protesting against Railway exams in Bihar, but appealed to them to not resort to violence.

'Was being a bit tongue-in-cheek': Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Congress CM candidate in UP

Jan 22, 2022, at 04:32 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Hours after dropping a bombshell on Friday morning hinting she could be the chief ministerial candidate in Uttar Pradesh, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said she meant it in a "tongue-in-cheek" way.

Do you see anyone else's face? Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Congress CM candidate in UP

Jan 21, 2022, at 09:06 pm

Lucknow/IBNS/UNI: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday hinted that she is likely to become her party's Chief Ministerial face in the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh beginning next month.

UP Polls: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra fields Unnao rape victim's mother as Congress candidate

Jan 13, 2022, at 07:32 pm

Lucknow/IBNS: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday announced the name of 2017 Unnao rape victim's mother as the Congress candidate from a seat in Uttar Pradesh, which is due to go to polls from the next month.

UP: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to address Mahila Samvad rally in Rae Bareli tomorrow

Dec 18, 2021, at 05:46 pm

Lucknow/UNI: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is scheduled to address a 'Mahila Shakti Samvad' rally at Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday during which she will interact with women.

Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to hold footmarch against govt in Amethi today

Dec 18, 2021, at 04:18 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will be back in his former Lok Sabha constituency, Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, to hold a footmarch along with his party's state in-charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to corner the government on rising inflation, media reports said.

Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi in Rajasthan today for Congress's mega rally

Dec 12, 2021, at 06:36 pm

Jaipur/IBNS: The Congress is all set to hold a massive rally in Rajasthan which will have senior leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra present.

'Akhilesh Yadav might be an astrologer': Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Dec 08, 2021, at 05:49 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday slammed Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav's for his 'zero seat' prediction for her party in upcoming elections.

Four members of family in UP's Prayagraj killed, teen allegedly gangraped

Nov 27, 2021, at 03:55 am

Lucknow/IBNS:  Four members of a family in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, including a 16-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy, were found murdered at their home on Thursday morning, media reports said.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to meet family members of murdered labourer and his family in Prayagraj today

Nov 26, 2021, at 04:42 pm

Lucknow/UNI: Congress general secretary and Uttar Pradesh in-charge, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, will be reaching Prayagraj on Friday to meet a family of a labourer, whose four members were murdered recently.

Rebel Congress MLA Aditi Singh joins BJP ahead of UP polls

Nov 25, 2021, at 06:38 pm

Lucknow/IBNS/UNI: In a jolt to the grand old party, rebel Congress MLA Aditi Singh quit the Congress and joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), months ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra urges Modi to not share stage with Union Minister Ajay Mishra

Nov 20, 2021, at 06:08 pm

Lucknow/UNI: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday said justice for victims of Lakhimpur Kheri should be the priority for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and urged him not to share the dais with Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra at the DGP conference being held here.

Congress insists Ashok Gehlot to include Sachin Pilot supporters in Rajasthan cabinet: Reports

Nov 11, 2021, at 05:09 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met the party's central leaders in Delhi on Wednesday to discuss the issue of accommodating supporters of Sachin Pilot into the state cabinet.

UP: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra meets families of 4 farmers who died due to shortage of fertilizer

Oct 29, 2021, at 06:28 pm

Lalitpur/UNI: Congress general secretary and in charge of Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Friday met the family members of four farmers, who died due to shortage of fertilisers in Bundelkhand region.

UP elections: Congress announces free medical treatment up to Rs 10 lakh

Oct 25, 2021, at 05:43 pm

New Delhi/UNI: To woo the voters in the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Monday announced free medical treatment up to 10 lakh to the people of the state, if the Congress forms the next government.

Girl students will get smartphones, graduates scooty if Cong wins UP: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Oct 21, 2021, at 07:23 pm

Lucknow/UNI: After announcing 40 percent reservation for women in allotment of party tickets in Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has announced a big sop for the girls students, if the party comes to power in the state .

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra allowed to visit family of UP man who died in police custody

Oct 21, 2021, at 01:17 am

Agra/IBNS: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was on Wednesday allowed to meet the family of the Uttar Pradesh man who died in police custody. She was earlier detained on her way to visit the family by the cops.

Congress' reservation for women in UP polls is an election drama: BSP supremo Mayawati

Oct 20, 2021, at 06:54 pm

Lucknow/UNI/IBNS: Terming the announcement of 40 percent seat reservation for women in Uttar Pradesh assembly polls by Congress as a poll gimmick, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has slammed the Congress saying in Punjab the party was trying to woo the Dalits and now women in UP.

We are first party to give 40 percent seats to women: TMC on Congress' Uttar Pradesh move

Oct 20, 2021, at 06:47 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) Wednesday said it was the first party to give 40 percent candidature to women in the Lok Sabha elections, reacting to the Congress' similar move in the upcoming state polls in Uttar Pradesh.

Yogi govt doing injustice to paddy farmers: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Oct 19, 2021, at 07:03 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Congress general secretary and in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Tuesday accused the state government of doing gross injustice to the paddy growing farmers.

CWC meeting underway, top Congress leaders attend

Oct 16, 2021, at 05:08 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: A key meeting of the Congress' Working Committee is underway Saturday as the grand old party is aiming for an organisational rejig, media reports said.

Congress Working Committee to meet on Saturday

Oct 16, 2021, at 02:04 am

New Delhi/UNI: The Congress Working Committee (CWC) is set to meet in the national capital on Saturday amid demand from senior party leaders for electing a new president to the party, and at a time when a generational shift is being expected with both Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra taking lead in decision making.

'Will follow whatever Gandhis decide:' Navjot Sidhu after meeting senior Cong leaders amid Punjab crisis

Oct 15, 2021, at 04:57 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday met senior party members KC Venugopal and Harish Rawat in Delhi amid continued turmoil in the state.

Lakhimpur incident: Rahul-Priyanka leads Congress delegation to President, demands sacking of MoS Home Mishra

Oct 13, 2021, at 08:56 pm

New Delhi/UNI: A delegation of Congress leaders led by Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra met President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday and demanded sacking of Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra, whose son is alleged to have been involved in the killing of farmers in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence incident.

No quick fixes: Prashant Kishor not hopeful of Congress revival

Oct 08, 2021, at 08:33 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Former political strategist Prashant Kishor, who is credited for turnaround of various parties in the last seven years, is not much hopeful of the Congress' revival despite the grand old party's aggressive campaigns against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Lakhimpur violence in Uttar Pradesh.

Lakhimpur incident aftermath: Showdown between Congress and Yogi govt over Rahul Gandhi's visit

Oct 06, 2021, at 04:47 pm

Lucknow/UNI/IBNS: A showdown seems imminent between the Uttar Pradesh government and the Congress after the state administration refused permission to opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and four others to meet their colleague Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is in custody in Sitapur since Monday following the Lakhimpur violence.

Congress leader Sidhu threatens to lead march to Lakhimpur if Minister’s son not arrested

Oct 06, 2021, at 12:05 am

New Delhi/UNI: Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday warned the Uttar Pradesh government that he would lead a march towards Lakhimpur district on Oct 6 if Union Minister Ajay Mishra's son, who he said is “behind the brutal murder of farmers”, is not arrested and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is not released.

'Won't cremate bodies': Families of two farmers run over in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri

Oct 05, 2021, at 10:12 pm

Lakhimpur Kheri/IBNS: The families of two of the farmers who were allegedly mowed down by the son of a Union minister at Tikunia in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri, have refused to cremate the bodies until they receive a copy of the post mortem and the FIR in the case.

Lakhimpur incident: Congress releases video on Twitter showing jeep mowing down farmers

Oct 05, 2021, at 05:42 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Congress has released a video on Twitter showing a jeep was allegedly mowing down a group of protesting farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri, where eight people died in a violence, media reports said.

You have kept me in detention without an order, FIR: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tweets slamming PM Modi

Oct 05, 2021, at 02:25 pm

New Delhi: Congress  general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday slammed PM Narendra Modi and said she has been detained for the past 28 hours without any FIR or order.