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NEW DELHI: Amid the furore over his Rashtrapatni remarks, Congress Lok Sabha MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday tendered an apology to President Draupadi Murmu saying it was a “slip of the tongue”. In a letter addressed to the President, he wrote: “I am writing to express my regret for having mistakenly used an incorrect […]

KOLKATA: Sharpening its voice against the SSC Recruitment Scam, West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee plans to organise a massive protest rally and agitation programme on Saturday. West Bengal Pradesh Congress president Adhir Ranjan Choudhury will be present in the protest rally that will begin from PCC Headquarters, Bidhan Bhavan to Dharmatala Y Channel. The protest […]

NEW DELHI: Hours after the Supreme Court upheld Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) powers in money laundering cases, Congress on Wednesday said there are chances that the “political usage” of ED by the Centre will increase after this judgement. In a statement, Congress media in-charge Jairam Ramesh said, “The judgment pronounced by the Supreme Court on the […]

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party Wednesday demanded a CBI inquiry into illegal mining in Rajasthan and the death of Seer Vijay Das who had self-immolated on July 20 in protest against illegal mining in the state. Seer Vijay Das had set himself on fire on July 20 and passed away in a Delhi hospital […]

NEW DELHI: The questioning of Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi in connection with the alleged money laundering case involving the National Herald being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) ended on Wednesday. According to ED sources, all the important aspects of the case have been covered. Sources also said that the agency has not summoned […]

JAIPUR: Dhankhar household in Rajasthan is a divided house. However, the political difference failed to strain the strong ties the Dhankhar brothers share.  NDA’s vice-presidential candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar has been a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but his brother Randeep Dhankhar owes his allegiance to the Indian National Congress.  “We both are from […]

NEW DELHI: Veteran Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma on Tuesday came out in support of party interim chief Sonia Gandhi as she appeared for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the third. Sonia Gandhi earlier appeared before the ED on July 21 and July 26. She has been questioned for over eight and […]

NEW DELHI: Former Congress chief and Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi was detained along with several other party MPs while they were marching from Parliament towards Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday. The Congress lawmakers were protesting over alleged misuse of investigative agencies against opposition parties and demanding a discussion on the issue of price rise, inflation, GST […]

KOLKATA: With Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee finding herself caught in the quagmire over the Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s arrest of her industries minister Partha Chatterjee in the multi-crore SSC recruitment scam, Congress is leaving no opportunity to target the beleaguered TMC supremo. Senior congressman Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, president of the Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee, wrote […]

NEW DELHI: Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for second time in the National Herald money laundering case on Tuesday. On July 21, she was questioned for more than 2.5 hours by the ED. Her daughter and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was present at the ED office during the […]