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Centre cancels foreign contribution licence of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation: Report

Oct 23, 2022, at 05:48 pm

The Centre has cancelled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licence of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) and the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT), non-government organisations linked to the Gandhi family, over alleged irregularities in foreign contributions, according to media reports.

Priyanka Gandhi is Congress's main campaigner for in Himachal Pradesh elections

Oct 22, 2022, at 01:20 am

Hamirpur/UNI: Congress, the main opposition party in Himachal Pradesh, has made Priyanka Gandhi Vadra its main campaigner for the upcoming elections in the state.

Mallikarjun Kharge to take charge as Congress President on Oct 26

Oct 21, 2022, at 01:08 am

New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: Newly elected Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge will take charge of the party on Oct 26 ceremoniously at an event to be organised at the Congress headquarters, General Secretary KC Venugopal said.

Congress' love for Dalits a deception: Mayawati over Kharge's new role

Oct 20, 2022, at 10:11 pm

Lucknow/UNI: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati Thursday took a jibe at the election of Mallikarjun Kharge, a Dalit, as the Congress president and said the Congress love for Dalits is a deception.

Gandhi loyalist Mallikarjun Kharge new non-Gandhi Congress chief after rare presidential polls

Oct 20, 2022, at 04:29 am

For the first time in 24 years, the country's primary opposition party Congress found its non-Gandhi president in the form of 80-year-old Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka, Mallikarjun Kharge, who won the inner-party elections for the top post Wednesday.

After winning, Mallikarjun Kharge wanted to meet Sonia Gandhi and she had a different plan. Read here

Oct 20, 2022, at 02:26 am

New Delhi/IBNS: After winning the Congress internal elections and being declared the next president of the grand old party Mallikarjun Kharge requested an appointment with Sonia Gandhi at her 10, Janpath home.

May he have a fruitful tenure ahead: Modi wishes newly elected Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge

Oct 19, 2022, at 11:35 pm

New Delhi: Indian PM and country's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's top leader Narendra Modi on Wednesday greeted Mallikarjun Kharge on being elected as Congress president and wished he has a 'fruitful tenure' ahead.

Mallikarjun Kharge set to become new Congress president

Oct 19, 2022, at 07:21 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: For the first time in 24 years, the country's primary opposition party Congress is set to get its non-Gandhi president in the form of 80-year-old Rajya Sabha MP, Mallikarjun Kharge.

Mallikarjun Kharge becomes new Congress president

Oct 19, 2022, at 07:17 pm

New Delhi:  Mallikarjun Kharge has won the poll to become the new president of the Congress party.

Congress presidential poll results today

Oct 19, 2022, at 04:20 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress, the country's oldest and primary opposition party, will get its first non-Gandhi president after 24 years as the counting of the presidential polls will be held Wednesday.

Congress presidential polls between two non-Gandhis underway; Sonia, Rahul, Priyanka cast votes

Oct 17, 2022, at 06:10 pm

New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: The Congress presidential elections between two senior MPs outside the Gandhi family, Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor, are underway Monday as the country's oldest and prime opposition party is aiming to refurbish its organisation, eight years after being uprooted from power by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Mallikarjun Kharge vs Shashi Tharoor: Congress party to vote to elect new president today

Oct 17, 2022, at 02:25 pm

New Delhi: The Congress party will vote to elect a new President on Monday as two senior leaders- Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor- are contesting for the top post.

'Mallikarjun Kharge sir is my leader too, we are not enemies': Shashi Tharoor ahead of Congress election

Oct 16, 2022, at 05:43 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who is running for the party's presidential post, has clarified his recent comments that some people in the party were assuming that there's an official candidate.

Differential treatment to candidates in Congress presidential polls, says Shashi Tharoor

Oct 14, 2022, at 01:04 am

New Delhi/UNI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said there were systematic flaws in the Congress presidential election process, even as he clarified he was not suggesting it was intentional.

'Let us deal with these elections first': Mallikarjun Kharge on 2024 PM candidate

Oct 13, 2022, at 04:59 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, who is a late entrant in the contest for the party's top post, Wednesday, tackled a question on the prime ministerial candidate for 2024 as he campaigned in Madhya Pradesh.

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in Shimla

Oct 10, 2022, at 05:39 pm

Shimla/UNI: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi arrived in the Himachal Pradesh capital Monday on a private visit.

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi joins Rahul-led Bharat Jodo Yatra

Oct 06, 2022, at 05:23 pm

Mandya/UNI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Thursday joined the Bharat Jodo Yatra at Mandya, in Karnataka, triggering enthusiasm in party workers and supporters, with several women turning up to see the Congress President.

Congress leaders removed as parliamentary panel heads of home, IT

Oct 05, 2022, at 05:31 am

New Delhi/IBNS: For the first time in three decades, opposition parties have not been given any chairmanship of any of the four key parliamentary panels in the latest shuffle announced on Tuesday.

Need strong Congress to challenge BJP at Centre: Shashi Tharoor

Oct 04, 2022, at 06:04 am

Hyderabad/UNI: Defending his nomination, AICC Presidential nominee and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Monday said that there is a need to have a strong party to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the centre.

BJP govt shielding guilty in Lakhimpur incident: Congress

Oct 04, 2022, at 05:51 am

New Delhi/UNI: Congress leaders on Monday expressed solidarity with the victims of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident that happened a year ago, and accused the BJP government of shielding the guilty.

'Operation Lotus defeated': Bhagwant Mann after winning trust vote in Punjab assembly

Oct 04, 2022, at 01:36 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann won the trust vote in the assembly on Monday amid a walkout by the Congress MLAs.

Congress blames RSS for sowing seeds of inequality

Oct 04, 2022, at 12:41 am

Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee president Nana Patole on Monday accused the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh of being responsible for sowing the seeds of inequality in the country.

Congress Prez Poll: Kharge, Tharoor in direct contest

Oct 02, 2022, at 07:46 am

New Delhi/UNI: Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor will contest for the post of Congress President, party leader Madhusudan Mistry announced on Saturday after scrutiny of nominations.

Congress presidential poll candidate Mallikarjun Kharge resigns as Rajya Sabha LoP

Oct 01, 2022, at 08:34 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress presidential poll candidate Mallikarjun Kharge resigned as the party's Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Rajya Sabha Saturday, media reports said.

Ex-Jharkhand minister KN Tripathi third candidate in Congress presidential poll

Oct 01, 2022, at 05:14 am

Congress leader and former Jharkhand minister KN Tripathi Friday filed his nomination for the Congress presidential election.

'I apologise unconditionally': Shashi Tharoor on map blunder in manifesto

Oct 01, 2022, at 02:01 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Friday apologised "unconditionally" for a blunder in his manifesto prepared for the party chief's election which contained a map of India that did not have parts of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.

Congress presidential elections: Mallikarjun Kharge joins race, Digvijaya Singh backs out

Sep 30, 2022, at 06:35 pm

In a new twist to the upcoming presidential elections in the country's primary opposition party Congress, senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge Friday joined the high-voltage race which was signed out by former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh.

Mallikarjun Kharge set to contest Congress presidential elections

Sep 30, 2022, at 05:19 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Senior Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge is set to contest the upcoming Congress presidential elections, said party MP Pramod Tiwari, media reports said.

Sachin Pilot meets Sonia Gandhi, shares his 'sentiments' with Congress chief

Sep 30, 2022, at 08:13 am

Sachin Pilot, who met Congress President Sonia Gandhi at her 10 Janpath residence, said he "shared his sentiments" with her and added that he would be with the party, media reports said.

Mukul Wasnik likely new entrant in Congress prez race after Gehlot's exit

Sep 30, 2022, at 06:28 am

New Delhi: After Ahok Gehlot's likely exit, veteran Congress leader Mukul Wasnik is being convinced to enter the race for Congress president, media reports said.