Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to take oath as Lok Sabha member on November 28 | Photo Credit: PTI Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is likely to take oath in the Lok Sabha on Thursday (November 28, 2024). She won the recent byelection to the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency. Party leaders from Wayanad on Wednesday (November 27, … Read more
Ever since she stopped dyeing her hair more than a year back, waiting for the messy grey to grow into subdued salt, Nirmala Sitharaman has been particularly attentive to her sari selection. For years, she wore handlooms from her home state of Andhra Pradesh besides Tamil Nadu’s pattus, but there has been a stylistic shift … Read more
Congress leaders V.D. Satheesan and K.C. Venugopal during a UDF meeting in Thiruvananthapuram on June 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) delivered an impressive performance in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Kerala. It won 18 seats — just one short of the 19 seats it had won in … Read more
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi during the ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, in Moradabad, Saturday, on February 24. | Photo Credit: PTI The Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra on February 24 resumed from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh with Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra joining her brother in the yatra’s final leg in … Read more
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at AICC headquarters in New Delhi. FILE | Photo Credit: PTI Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will join the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Moradabad on Saturday and will be part of the campaign for the remainder of the Uttar Pradesh leg over the weekend in the districts of … Read more
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. File | Photo Credit: ANI Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra urged people on December 11 to participate in a global strike demanding a ceasefire in Gaza to stop the “massacre” of the Palestinian people and called for raising voices against the “horrific injustice” being perpetrated against them. Palestinian activists … Read more
AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra exchanges greeting during a public meeting, in Mandla on Oct. 12, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Congress national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday promised in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh free education for students between classes 1 and 12 and a monthly scholarship ranging from ₹500 to ₹1,500 if … Read more
A view of Delhi High Court. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Delhi High Court on May 26 dismissed petitions by Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra against the Income Tax Department’s decision to transfer their assessments to the Central Circle instead of an ordinary assessment in a matter related … Read more
Congress MPs and leaders sat on a ‘Satyagraha‘ at Jantar Mantar here on Sunday in solidarity with the youths protesting the Centre’s newly announced Agnipath scheme for recruitment in the armed forces. Congress leaders and supporters criticised the BJP-led central government and said that the Agnipath scheme is not beneficial for the country’s youth and … Read more
After being conferred the Padma Bhushan award in the field of public affairs, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said he hoped to eradicate religion- and caste-based politics which were widespread in the country. Speaking exclusively to ANI, Azad said, “I had talked about the responsibility of political parties previously also with the same sense … Read more