File picture of Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Amid escalation of hostilities between Iran and Israel, the Congress on Wednesday (October 2, 2024) said there is a “fierce urgency” to start a dialogue and establish peace in a region that has been engulfed by violence. In a post on X, Congress … Read more
Lawyer Aman Wadud wants to be the voice of his people and change the narrative. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement When the first list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was released in Assam in 2018, it excluded 4 million residents. They had to reapply to be included and submit their biometrics. That day, … Read more
Shimla: To increase immunity among children and prevent them from diseases, chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government in Himachal Pradesh has decided that the vaccination programme in the state would now be implemented through the U-WIN portal. The programme had been running as a pilot project in Solan and Sirmaur districts. Complete information about … Read more
Sonia Gandhi with AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi. File photo | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Several Congress leaders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders across the political sides greeted former party chief Sonia Gandhi on her birthday on Friday, December 9, 2022, with AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge saying her “indomitable spirit” in … Read more
Senior Congress leader and Congress Working Committee member Digvijay Singh along with party leader Jairam Ramesh during a press conference at Sadaqat Ashram in Patna, on November 13. | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress is set to launch a State-wide padayatra in Bihar from December 28 on the lines of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, senior party … Read more
The former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister is expected to file his nomination on September 30 The former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister is expected to file his nomination on September 30 Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh collected his nomination papers for the post of party president from the AICC headquarters, in New Delhi on September 29, … Read more
The Congress‘ central election authority on Thursday issued a notification for the AICC president polls, setting the ball rolling for electing the successor to the longest-serving party chief Sonia Gandhi. In the notification issued, Chairman of the Central Election Authority Madhusudan Mistry, under the power vested in him by provision of Article XVIII of the … Read more
Srinivas BV, the president of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) slammed former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, a day after Azad resigned from all posts in the Indian National Congress (INC). Srinivas called the whole incident disturbing as according to him, Azad betrayed the party. “It’s not Azad which has got Azadi from Congress, but … Read more
The book examines Naoroji’s life in modern India’s political history. (The New India Foundation) Dinyar Patel has won The New India Foundation’s fourth Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2021 for Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism, a biography of one modern India’s most significant figures. The foundation selected Patel’s work from a shortlist of six books that … Read more
As the fourth election candidate died in West Bengal due to Covid-19 on Sunday and questions hang heavy about the role of election campaigns in the spread of the pandemic in West Bengal, the Election Commission of India has finally cranked up pressure on political parties. The EC poll machinery slapped 111 show cause notices … Read more