Congress

Outside court, Cong workers ask Rahul to withdraw resignation

1:43 pm July 4, 2019

Mumbai: As Rahul Gandhi reached a court here to appear before it in a defamation case, many Congress supporters gathered outside shouted slogans, asking him to rescind his resignation as the party chief. Across the road from the metropolitan court building, around 150 Congress supporters held placards and shouted slogans asking Gandhi to take back […]

Differences surface between RJD, Cong in Bihar Assembly

9:02 pm July 2, 2019

Patna: Fissures appeared in the Bihar grand alliance on Tuesday, with the RJD disrupting the question hour in the assembly over the death of children due to acute encephalitis syndrome (AES), but the Congress participating in the move. The Congress said it was decided during the joint meeting of the two parties that the question […]

Demand in RS to regulate fake news, indecent language

2:47 pm July 2, 2019

New Delhi: A demand to frame a law to regulate fake news and indecent language on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook was made in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday. Raising the issue through a Zero Hour mention, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said communal riots and societal divide is being created by circulation of […]

Congress slams Bihar govt over encephalitis deaths

7:48 pm June 24, 2019

New Delhi: The Congress Monday hit out at the NDA government in Bihar led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the deaths of more than 100 children in Muzaffarpur due to the outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome. The Bihar Health Department has put the total number of AES casualties across 20 districts at 152. These […]

Cong mulls options on action against T’gana MLA

1:28 pm June 24, 2019

Hyderabad: Taking serious note of the alleged indiscipline of party MLA in Telangana Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy, the Congress Monday was mulling options with regard to action against him. The party’s central leadership has taken a serious view of his “indiscipline” and his suspension was contemplated, Congress sources said. However, theparty plans to take legal opinion […]