Delhi Congress

CBI Summons Lalu Yadav For Case That Ended Alliance With Nitish Kumar

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar | Friday September 22, 2017

Lalu Yadav has been asked to travel to Delhi on Monday for interrogation by officials from the country's premier investigating agency, who hold that the 69-year-old politician milked his earlier term as the country's Railways Minister to amass an enviable portfolio of real estate for his children.

Why Is PM Abe Being Hosted In Gujarat, Not Delhi, Asks Congress

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 14, 2017

The Congress, on Wednesday, raised questions over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's state visit to Ahmedabad and not the country's national capital and hoped it would not be used for political purposes in view of the forthcoming Gujarat assembly elections.

DUSU Elections 2017: 44% Turnout So Far

Delhi News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday September 12, 2017

The triangular fight among the RSS-backed ABVP, Congress's NSUI, and CPI-ML Liberation's AISA to win the top posts in the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) was on as voting went on in colleges across the capital.

Sunanda Pushkar Death: Court Asks Police To De-Seal Hotel Suite

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 12, 2017

A Delhi court today directed the city police to de-seal a five-star hotel suite where Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar was found dead under mysterious circumstances in 2014.

Very Hurt, Says Ashok Choudhary, Excluded From Rahul Gandhi Meet

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Thursday September 7, 2017

As Rahul Gandhi meets legislators from Bihar from his party in Delhi, there's an elephant in the room - the absence of Ashok Choudhary who heads the Congress in Bihar.

Must Ditch Lalu Yadav, Bihar Lawmakers Tell Rahul Gandhi In Person

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Revathi Hariharan | Thursday September 7, 2017

Rahul Gandhi has met with a group of his party's legislators in Bihar who are rumoured to be readying to ditch the Congress. The meeting that was held yesterday in Delhi reportedly saw 11 law-makers from Bihar warning their leader that the Congress must abandon old ally and regional heavyweight Lalu Yadav or risk further disinterest among voters.

Missing Special Protection Group Personnel Found Roaming In Lutyens' Delhi

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 7, 2017

A 31-year-old Special Protection Group or SPG personnel posted at Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's residence, who had gone missing on September 1, was found roaming in Lutyens' Delhi on Wednesday, the police said.

Ajay Maken Urges Arvind Kejriwal, Manoj Tiwari To Help Make Delhi Landfill Free

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 6, 2017

Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken today urged Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and BJP state president Manoj Tiwari to rise above politics to make the city landfill free and pitched for localised treatment of garbage.

Siddaramaiah Cracks Down On BJP's Mangaluru Chalo Rally: 10 Facts

Karnataka News | Reported by Harish Upadhya, Edited by Arun Nair | Tuesday September 5, 2017

More than 1,900 BJP workers were detained by Karnataka police today after they started a bike rally from Bangaluru to for Mangaluru despite being effused permission. The Mangaluru Chalo rally, the BJP said, was meant to draw attention to killings of right-wing workers in communally sensitive areas. The ruling Congress says the rally would raise com...

Sunanda Pushkar Case: Delhi Court Asks Police For Status Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 4, 2017

The Delhi Police today drew flak from a city court for their alleged "lethargic attitude" in investigating the death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, in a five-star hotel suite in 2014

After Nitish Kumar Meets Her Legislators, Sonia Gandhi Asks To See Them

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Suparna Singh | Thursday August 31, 2017

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has over the last few days met with a large swathe of the opposition Congress' legislators on Bihar. Spooked, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi met this morning in Delhi with her party's top leaders from Bihar to discuss the growing risk of them ditching the party to join the chief minister

Sunanda Pushkar Case: High Court Asks Police To File Report On Status Of Investigation

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 30, 2017

The Delhi High Court today asked the city police to inform it after two weeks the status of the probe into the death of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar.

Defamation Case: Arun Jaitely Accuses Arvind Kejriwal Of Creating Controversy

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 30, 2017

Union Minister Arun Jaitley today accused Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi High Court of "creating a false controversy in the media" with regard to allegations of irregularities in DDCA, leading a Congress MP to raise it in Parliament.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Recovering From Dengue, Says Hospital

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday August 28, 2017

Congress President Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is undergoing treatment for dengue at a private hospital in New Delhi, is progressively recovering, hospital authorities today said

Arvind Kejriwal Catches Big Break, AAP Wins By-Election Easily

Delhi News | Reported by Sonal Mehrotra Kapoor, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Monday August 28, 2017

The Aam Aadmi Party has retained the Bawana assembly seat in Delhi today in a booster shot for Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Delhi's ruling party has won a by-election for the seat by a big 24,000 votes, leaving behind the BJP and the Congress, which had hoped to enter the Delhi assembly as it ran neck and neck with AAP in the early rounds of cou...

Priyanka Vadra Admitted To Delhi Hospital With Dengue

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday August 25, 2017

Congress President Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is suffering from dengue and is under treatment at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SRGH) here, said hospital authorities on Friday.

Voting Underway In West Delhi's Bawana Assembly By-Election

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 23, 2017

Voting began this morning for the Bawana Assembly constituency by-election in Delhi, in which the BJP, the AAP and the Congress are locked in a triangular contest.

45% Voting In Bypoll In North Delhi's Bawana, Results On August 28

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 24, 2017

The Bawana assembly bypoll saw a 45 per cent turnout on Wednesday, with the three main contenders -- the BJP, AAP and the Congress -- hoping for a victory in the election, being seen as the barometer of their political influence.

Gujarat Congress Lawmakers To Meet Sonia Gandhi In Delhi Tomorrow

Ahmedabad News | Press Trust of India | Sunday August 20, 2017

All the 43 Congress lawmakers, who remained united to elect senior leader Ahmed Patel to Rajya Sabha recently, will meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday in Delhi.

Rahul Gandhi Pitches Opposition Unity, BJP Says 'Alliance Of The Scared'

India News | Reported by Sonal Mehrotra, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Thursday August 17, 2017

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pitching for a united opposition to take on the BJP, at a meeting hosted by Sharad Yadav, who is recently estranged from Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) boss Nitish Kumar over his alliance with the BJP.

Gujarat Battle Shifted To Delhi, Delaying Counting Of Votes By Over 6 Hrs

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Arun Nair | Wednesday August 9, 2017

The counting for elections for three Gujarat Rajya Sabha started in Gandhinagar after the Election Commission accepted the Congress petition that votes cast by its two rebel lawmakers should be cancelled because they had shown their ballot paper to the BJP chief Amit Shah.

Sonia Gandhi Expresses Concern Over Rise Of 'Self-Vigilantism', Defends Liberty

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 8, 2017

Sonia Gandhi said that the party must defend liberty and freedom of individuals and institutions. Speaking at a special CWC meeting in New Delhi today, the Congress president also expressed concerns over the rise in cases of 'self-vigilantism'.

Congress Working Committee Meet Today

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday August 8, 2017

The Congress Working Committee (CWC) will meet in New Delhi on Tuesday, the 75th anniversary of the Quit India movement, and is likely to adopt a resolution on it.

Tax Raid On Karnataka Minister's Home Ends, Joins Gujarat MLAs At Resort

Karnataka News | Written by Maya Sharma | Saturday August 5, 2017

The tax raids on Karnataka Minister DK Shivakumar that began on Wednesday and continued till early this morning have ended. Over 60 locations related to the minister in Karnataka and Delhi were searched in the span of four days. Mr Shivakumar was picked up from a luxury resort in Bengaluru where he was staying with 44 lawmakers flown in from Gujara...

'This Is Their Way Of Politics': Rahul Gandhi Blames BJP, RSS For Attack

India News | Reported by Rohit Bhan | Saturday August 5, 2017

One person, reported to be a local BJP worker, has been arrested for throwing a stone on Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's convoy in Gujarat that the Congress leader insisted was carried out by workers from the BJP and the RSS.

LIVE Updates: Tax Raids On Karnataka Minister DK Shivakumar, 7.5 Crores Recovered From Delhi Home

India News | Edited By Parmeshwar Bawa | Wednesday August 2, 2017

The Income Tax Department on Wednesday recovered Rs 5 crore in cash from the residence of Karnataka Power Minister DK Shivakumar during its raids in New Delhi, an official said. The Tax officials carried out raids at over 39 places, including the residential premises of Mr Shivakumar and his brother in Delhi and Bengaluru this morning. Nearly 39 pr...

High Court Questions Police Over Delay In Probe Into Sunanda Pushkar's Death

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 2, 2017

The Delhi High Court today questioned Delhi Police over the delay in finding reasons behind the death of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar.

Election Commission Reacts To Congress SOS, Seeks Answers From Gujarat

India News | Reported by Snigdha Basu, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Sunday July 30, 2017

Its Gujarat lawmakers safely sequestered in a luxurious Karnataka resort hundreds of kilometres away, senior Congress leaders headed to the Election Commission in Delhi on Saturday to complain that the Gujarat government was trying to arm-twist and lure its lawmakers to switch sides ahead of the 8 August elections for three Rajya Sabha seats from G...

Nitish Kumar Stakes Claim To Form Government With BJP, Oath At 10 AM

India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Alok Pandey, Edited by Raija Susan Panicker | Thursday July 27, 2017

Nitish Kumar met Bihar Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi on Wednesday night to stake claim to form government with the support of the BJP, hours after he dramatically resigned as Chief Minister, ending his mahagathbandhan or Grand Alliance with Lalu Yadav's RJD and the Congress.

Tejashwi Yadav Has To Go, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tells Rahul Gandhi

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Sunday July 23, 2017

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday nudged Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi to take a stand on corruption charges against Lalu Yadav's son and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav and get him to step down. Mr Kumar has not set a clear deadline but sources said the Chief Minister is keen that a decision on the 28-year-old Deputy Chief Minister is...