Indian National Congress

Mallikarjun Kharge elected as new Congress party president

Mallikarjun Kharge became the first non-Gandhi Congress president in 24 years, and the first Scheduled Caste chief of the grand old...

Kharge frontrunner to be next Congress chief: Reports

Indian National Congress veteran Mallikarjun Kharge is the frontrunner to take over the party presidency from Sonia Gandhi and become the...

Ex-UP CM Mulayam Singh Yadav dead at 82

The news came that Samajwadi Party founder and former UP chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav passed away on Monday after prolonged illness....

Large turnout for Congress' Bharat Jodo yatra

The Congress leader Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra, a massive mass contact programme by the party launched in Tamil Nadu last week, has...

NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankar wins Vice-Presidential poll

Former West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar is the new Vice President of India after defeating Opposition candidate Margaret Alva by 346...

ED seals YIL premises in National Herald’s office in money laundering case

The Indian Enforcement Directorate has 'temporarily sealed' the premises of Young Indian (YIL) company within the National Herald office...

‘Don’t talk to me’: Sonia to Irani in Lok Sabha

India News: Congress president Sonia Gandhi reportedly rebuffed Union Minister Smriti Irani after walking across the house to speak to a BJP...

PM Modi greeted with black balloons in Andhra Pradesh

Several protesters released black balloons close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's chopper in Vijaywada's Gannavaram airport, Andhra...

Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde takes oath as new Maharashtra CM

Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde was today sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra while BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis took oath...

Poll for Indian Vice President to be held on August 6: Election Commission

The Election Commission announced yesterday that the election for the post of Vice-President of India will be held on August 6.

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray resigns ahead of floor test

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray resigned today after the Supreme Court allowed a no-trust vote to be held tomorrow in the...

Udaipur killing aimed at spreading terror, says CM Gehlot

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot today said that a case has been registered under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Punishment) Act...

Too late for rebels to rejoin party: Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut today appeared to say that the party’s doors for the rebel MLAs are finally closed and that it was too late...

BJP, Defence officials rally in Agnipath’s support; Congress calls it ‘job insecurity’

Agnipath scheme: Indian Prime Minister Modi said that several decisions may look unfair at first, but help in building the nation later.

Shah Rukh’s son gets clean chit in drugs case

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), which submitted a chargesheet in the 2021 drugs-on-cruise case involving actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son...

Canada-based Sikh gang member claims responsibility for Sidhu Moosewala’s killing

Goldy Brar, known to be a member of the Canada-based Lawrence Bishnoi gang, allegedly claimed responsibility for the killing of popular...

Jailed Sidhu taken for medical test after special diet plea

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, lodged in Patiala central prison in connection with 1988 road rage death case, was taken for a medical...

Congress chief meets Azad; G-23 leaders pitch for ‘collective leadership’

In a first Congress G-23 leaders meeting yesterday after the recent assembly elections debacle, party chief Sonia Gandhi is learnt to have...

Third phase of voting in UP; Punjab goes to the polls

Polling was held across 55 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and all constituencies in Punjab. Senior leaders of all parties made a...

Just 17 days ahead of Punjab polls, CM’s nephew held for illegally running sand mining business

With election polls around the corner, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) claimed to have arrested Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh...

Prime Ministers of India list from 1947 to 2021

Since 1947, India has had 15 prime ministers. Jawaharlal Nehru was India's first prime minister from August 15, 1947 until his death on May...

All parties want upcoming elections held on time with COVID protocol: Election Commissioner

All Indian political parties in Uttar Pradesh have said the upcoming Assembly elections should be held on time while ensuring COVID...

Mediapart's revelations trigger political slugfest between BJP, Congress

After French investigative portal Mediapart alleged that the Rafale jets maker paid EUR 7.5 million to a middleman during the UPA's regime,...

Pranab Mukherjee - One of India's premier statesmen

The 13th President of India (2012-2017), served the nation in various capacities over a political career spanning five decades.

Anti-CAA protests held in Washington, Chennai, New Delhi

Protests against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act championed by the BJP government continued with a group of Indian-Americans...