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Uttarakhand Minister Harak Singh Rawat likely to return to Congress

Uttarakhand Minister Harak Singh Rawat is in touch with Congress and is likely to join the party, said sources in the party.According to sources in Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader has had several meetings with Congress MLA Pritam Singh in the recent past.Notably, Rawat was a candidate of Congress from Garhwal in the 2014 general election.This development comes after Rawat walked out of the state Cabinet meeting of the ruling BJP at the secretariat on Friday as he was reportedly upset over alleged "government inaction" over a proposed medical college in his constituency, Kotdwar.Rawat had joined the BJP in 2017.

Nagaland killings result of intelligence failure: Cong in report to Sonia

A fact-finding team constituted by the Congress claimed that intelligence failure was the reason behind the Nagaland firings in which 14 civilians were killed by security forces earlier this month. The team comprising former Union minister Jitendra Singh, MPs Gaurav Gogoi and Anto Antony, and former MP Ajoy Kumar submitted their report to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday. Kumar, who is the party's in-charge of Nagaland, in a statement issued here on Friday said the team was formed on the direction of Gandhi to look into the causes of the incident. The report took on Union Home Minister Amit Shah, alleging that he "lied" on the floor of Parliament over the incident, and questioning why he has not visited the spot. Shah had told the House that a vehicle was signalled to stop but it tried to speed away and suspecting the presence of extremists in the vehicle, the security personnel opened fire. A Congress team had left Delhi to visit the spot on December 9 but were stopped

PM began worrying about cows ahead of polls: UP Congress chief

The UP Congress chief also said the party general secretary has raised the issue of the poor condition of cows but the Adityanath government did not heed to it

Take strict action against those inciting hatred: Priyanka on Haridwar row

The incident was reported to have taken place in Haridwar during an event held from December 17 to 20

Congress to elect new President in 2022, chorus growing for Rahul Gandhi

The Congress is going to elect a new president in 2022 and the schedule for the next election is out

The Opposition missed the real hot button issue: inflation

In the last 20 years or so, the opposition parties have been more concerned with posturing rather than the national interest.

Cong wins big in polls held in 15 urban civic bodies of Chhattisgarh

The ruling Congress has registered a big victory in polls held in 15 urban bodies of Chhattisgarh, winning 174 of 300 wards

Harish Rawat, Uttarakhand Cong leaders to meet party high command tomorrow

Amid the escalation of tensions in Uttarakhand Congress, Harish Rawat along with other top leaders of the Congress' state unit is scheduled to arrive in Delhi tomorrow to meet the party High Command

Insta accounts of Priyanka Gandhi children not compromised: Govt sources

The Instagram accounts of Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's children were not compromised, said top sources of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Congress to protest against Centre over unemployment, privatisation

Congress is planning to launch agitation against the Centre in January over rising unemployment and privatisation

Punjab Assembly Polls: Congress to give ticket to only 1 member of a family

Ahead of the Punjab Assembly polls, Congress on Wednesday decided to give the party ticket to only one member from a family.The decision was taken at the Screening Committee meeting of the party held at 15 GRG in the national capitalThe meeting lasted for around 3 hours.Speaking to ANI, Punjab Congress Incharge Harish Choudhary said, "The Screening Committee discussed candidature on 117 Assembly seats today and a strategy has been made. A decision has been taken that the ticket will be given to only one member of a family. Not more than one ticket will be given to the members in a family."Talking about the second committee meeting, Choudhary said that the meeting will be held soon where all the members of the committee will be present."The next meeting will be held soon. All the members of the Screening Committee will be present in the next meeting," he said.According to sources, the next screening committee meeting will be held the day after tomorrow.Congress leader Ajay Maken while .

Cong leader Harish Rawat targets own party, wonders if it's time to rest

Uttarakhand goes to assembly polls early next year and the Congress is trying to return to power in the hilly state

From 17 seats to mere 2, Congress faces desertion blues in Goa polls

When the 2017 Assembly elections were held in Goa, the Congress had put up a good show by emerging as the single largest party with 17 seats in the 40-member House, but it failed to form government

Congress wins 278 Panchayat Samiti seats, BJP 165 in 4 Rajasthan districts

The state Election Commission on Tuesday said that 278 Congress candidates and 165 BJP candidates have won the polls.

Rahul Gandhi to visit his Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala today

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be in Kerala on a two-day visit commencing on Wednesday during which he will also visit his Lok Sabha constituency Wayanad

Cong is nowhere, won't even reach double digit in UP: Baghel

Baghel put forth his views on the high-decibel campaign in the state

Congress MPs move adjournment motion notice in LS over Lakhimpur incident

Congress MPs on Tuesday moved suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha and adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha over the Lakhimpur Kheri incident

Chhattisgarh CM in Delhi, likely to meet Congress high command

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is visiting New Delhi where he is likely to meet party leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday

Congress issues whip to MPs to be present in RS today to support party

Congress has issued a three-line whip to its Rajya Sabha MPs asking them to be present in the House to support the party's stand on "very important issues"

Goa elections: Congress announces pre-poll alliance with Goa Forward Party

The Congress and the Goa Forward Party on Saturday announced a pre-poll alliance for the upcoming state Assembly elections due in February next year