Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw were among the 14 who took oath as members of the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Pics/PTI
04 April,2024 04:04 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge criticised the ruling BJP, claiming that Prime Minister Modi's commitment to create 2 crore jobs per year is not being met. Pics/PTI
03 February,2024 01:45 PM IST | Delhi | Sanjana Deshpande
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday chaired a meeting of the party's Lok Sabha coordinators from several states and urged them to increase their connect with the people. Pics/ANI/File
12 January,2024 10:08 PM IST | Editor
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi held a meeting with Bihar Congress leaders here on Tuesday to discuss the strategy for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, including seat sharing. Pics/PTI/ANI
26 December,2023 07:14 PM IST | Editor
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Siddaramaiah met Modi in the Parliament complex. This is his first meeting with the prime minister since becoming the chief minister of Karnataka in May. Pics/PTI
03 August,2023 03:16 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
Eighteen opposition parties led by Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar participated in a meeting to discuss the opposition unity aheadof the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The meeting was also attended by RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Delhi Chief Minister and AAP Convener Arvind Kejriwal among other in Patna. Photos/ANI/PTI
23 June,2023 05:54 PM IST | Editor
Newly-appointed Mumbai Congress president Varsha Gaikwad on Friday took charge of the post, and said her elevation proved that the grand old party practised what it preached. The four-time MLA was appointed as the Mumbai Congress chief on June 9. Pics/ Sameer Markande
15 June,2023 10:33 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi here on Monday, the second such meeting in the last one and a half months amid efforts to strengthen Opposition unity to take on the BJP in the 2024 general elections. PTI Photo
22 May,2023 05:47 PM IST | Editor
In terms of seats and vote share, the victory of Congress in Karnataka assembly polls has set a record that has stood for more than 30 years. With a vote percentage of 42.88 percent, the party has won 135 seats, gaining 55 more than in 2018. The 1999 election, when it won 132 seats and earned a vote share of 40.84 percent, was the closest the Congress has ever come to today’s result. It received 43.76 per cent of the vote in 1989 and gained won seats. "This victory belongs to the people of the state," said Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge after the results. “People decided and chose. That is why we got 136 seats - huge after 36 years... It is a big victory...,” he said.
14 May,2023 06:05 PM IST | Editor
Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi is celebrating her 76th birthday on Friday, December 9. Sonia Gandhi is one of the prominent politicians of India. She took over as the Indian National Congress (INC) leader in 1998, seven years after the assassination of her husband, Rajiv Gandhi, the former prime minister of India. On her birthday, here are some of her memorable moments captured in photos. Pics/ mid-day archives and PTI.
09 December,2022 09:26 AM ISTADVERTISEMENT
