Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge. File | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on September 30 slammed the BJP over the new disability pension rules for armed forces personnel, alleging that its “fake nationalism” is yet again visible through the move. The Narendra Modi Government is a “habitual offender” in working against the welfare … Read more
Congress president and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday claimed that India under the Modi government has added only 12.2 lakh formal jobs in the past five years, and said that for the survival of the poor and middle class, the BJP needs to be “thrown out … Read more
Supporters of senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah celebrate outside his residence, in Bengaluru, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Ending days of uncertainty and speculation, the Congress is all set to name Siddaramaiah as the next Chief Minister of Karnataka, according to high-level Congress sources. Karnataka Congress chief, D.K.Shivakumar, who was insistent on getting … Read more
D. Sridhar Babu, AICC secretary (in-charge of Kalyana Karnataka), addressing a media conference at local party office in Kalaburagi on May 7, 2023. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI Referring to the audio clip in which Manikanth Rathod, a BJP candidate for Chittapur allegedly expressed his intentions to “finish off” All India Congress Committee (AICC) president … Read more
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge in Karnataka. | Photo Credit: ANI An assassination plot has been hatched to ‘wipe out’ Congress President M Mallikarjun Kharge, his wife and his entire family by a BJP candidate, the party general secretary and Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala alleged on May 6. Mr. Surjewala also shared an alleged audio … Read more
Smoke fills the sky in Khartoum, Sudan, near Doha International Hospital on Friday, April 21, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Over 400 killed, 3,500 hurt in Sudan fighting More than 400 people have been killed and over 3,500 others hurt in the fighting in Sudan, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, April 21, 2023. CBI … Read more
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge with Congress MP Sonia Gandhi and fellow Opposition MPs protest over the Adani Group issue at Parliament House complex during Budget Session, in New Delhi on Monday, March 27, 2023. The MPs wore black in protest against the disqualification of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from Lok Sabha. … Read more
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with party’s general secretary in-charge (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal and party leader Pawan Kumar Bansal during the 85th Plenary Session of the Indian National Congress, in Raipur on Friday, April 24, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said articulating the … Read more
The outgoing Congress Steering Committee will meet on February 24 in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur to decide whether or not there should be elections to the Congress Working Committee (CWC), party sources said on Tuesday. According to the Congress Constitution, “The Working Committee shall consist of the President of the Congress, the Leader of the Congress … Read more
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Terrorism has no place in a civilised society, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said on January 3 while expressing his anguish at the two back-to-back terror attacks in Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir in which six people were killed. Among the six killed in the attacks … Read more