NEW DELHI: Ending all speculations, Congress will not nominate Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for Rajya Sabha. The Congress on Sunday released the list of party candidates for Rajya Sabha. The list, announced by Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi, includes the names of former finance minister P Chidambaram, former Union ministers Jairam Ramesh and Ajay Maken among […]

NEW DELHI: To retire or not to retire! The deliberations are still on but it seems it will be one tough pill for Congress to swallow. Sources in the Grand Old Party told The New Indian that while Congress deliberated and mostly agreed on the contentious issues of ‘One Family, One Post’, no person should […]

NEW DELHI: In an indication of reconciliation to G-23 leaders, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday named former Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad and his deputy Anand Sharma as part of a nine-member Political Affairs Group (PAG) nine days after the Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir in Rajasthan’s Udaipur. Besides […]

  NEW DELHI: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will play an important role in the three-day crucial Chintan Shivir and help the party chart a future course of action to overcome challenges, said spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala. Marred by continuous poll debacles and high-profile desertions, the Grand Old Party’s ‘Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir’ in Rajasthan’s […]

SRINAGAR: Almost 40,000 tourists have visited Asia’s largest Tulip Garden, housing over one million tulips, since it was opened to the public on Wednesday. Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, declared the garden open in presence of senior officers from the Floriculture department, Tourism department, J&K Bank and a large number of tourists, who had […]

  NEW DELHI/JAMMU: In a major jolt to the Congress after its debacle in five states, senior party leader Karan Singh’s son Vikramaditya announced resignation from the grand old party on Tuesday. In his resignation letter to Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi, Vikramaditya said, “It is my belief that Congress is unable to realise and […]

  NEW DELHI: Many leaders of Congress’ dissident G-23 group demanded a “collective and inclusive leadership” in the party following a meeting at the residence of former Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad here on Wednesday evening. The leaders demanded the Congress party to initiate a dialog with “like-minded forces” to create a platform to […]

NEW DELHI: The drubbing in the recently concluded assembly elections in the five states to the Congress has once again brought focus on the G-23 leaders, who two years ago wrote to party chief Sonia Gandhi demanding an active leadership. A meeting of the CWC, considered to be the highest decision making body of the […]

NEW DELHI: On the eve of Republic Day,  the Modi government on Tuesday announced a 128-civilian strong Padma awards, recognising their distinguished talents and works over the last few decades. Among the top honours, late Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Bipin Rawat and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh, both of whom passed away […]

NAINITAL: After his recent odious comparison of Hindutva with ISIS terror group, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Monday claimed that his house in Nainital was set on fire by the adherents of Hinduism. The accusation comes days after the BJP had pointed out that Khurshid in his latest book on Ayodhya has equated Hindutva with […]