Pawan Khera appointed as Congress’s Media and Publicity dept chairman

Congress on Saturday appointed the party’s national spokesperson, Pawan Khera as the Chairman of Media and Publicity in the new Communications Department with immediate effect on Saturday. “Congress President has approved the appointment of Pawan Khera as the Chairman of Media and Publicity in the new Communications Department, with immediate […]

Congress appoints Jairam Ramesh as its new media in-charge, Randeep Surjewala relieved

Congress on Thursday appointed senior party leader Jairam Ramesh as the All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary in charge of communication, publicity and media, replacing Randeep Singh Surjewala. Congress in a statement said Surjewala has been relieved of his current responsibility as the general secretary in-charge of communication and […]

Police assaulted MPs, denied them food and water: Congress cries foul over detention of party leaders

Right after a meeting of the All India Congress Committee was held in the national capital on Thursday, senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge lashed out at the Centre over the ruckus created outside the party headquarters allegedly by the Delhi Police earlier on Wednesday. Senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Ajay Maken are among […]

Congress protests in several states; Shivakumar, Siddaramaiah detained

Apart from Delhi, the Congress on Thursday held protests in several parts of the country including Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and Rajasthan over the Enforcement Directorate investigating former party president Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case. Congress workers held a protest march in Bengaluru on Thursday over […]

Congress holds meeting to discuss plan of action against ‘police atrocities’ on party legislators

A meeting of All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretaries, in-charges, MPs and senior leaders is currently underway in Delhi at the party headquarters to discuss a plan of action against the alleged police atrocities on party legislators yesterday, the ‘brutal crackdown’ on Congress leaders and further course of action, […]

FIR against Congress leader Sheikh Hussain for using derogatory language against PM Modi

Nagpur Police has registered an FIR against a local Congress leader for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The case has been registered on Tuesday at Gittikhadan police station in Nagpur under sections 294 (obscene acts and songs) and 504 of IPC (intentional insult with intent to […]

Congress summons DCP Rakesh Asthana amid ED probe in National Herald case

Amid the Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation into the National Herald case, the Congress party on Wednesday exempted Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana from the meeting called by senior leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. Congress leader and chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury had issued summons to Delhi’s top cop […]

Candidate for Presidential polls cannot be elected without Congress, says Mallikarjun Kharge

Ahead of an Opposition parties’ meeting called by TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Miniter Mamata Banerjee, leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said that candidate for the upcoming Presidential elections cannot be elected without the Congress. Banerjee has on Wednesday called […]

Delhi Police again detained senior Congress leaders, claims MP Manickam Tagore

Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Tuesday claimed that Delhi Police has again detained senior Congress leaders ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s second appearance before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the National Herald case. Tagore along with PL Punia, Qazi Muhammad Nizamuddin and other Congress leaders was seen in the video posted by […]