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Better education, healthcare to lower Assam Muslim birth rate: Congress MLA

The birth rate among the Muslim populace of Assam will come down if measures are taken to spread education and develop healthcare facilities, Congress MLA Sherman Ali Ahmed said

Congress will continue to fight Modi's ideology that divides India: Rahul

Gandhi also targeted the Centre for not allowing the opposition to raise in Parliament serious issues related to farmers, Pegasus snooping controversy and corruption

Rahul Gandhi says visiting Kashmir Valley feels like coming home

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said he feels like "coming home" when he visits the Kashmir Valley as he pitched for restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's statehood before holding assembly polls

Amidst Opposition protests, Lok Sabha passes 3 Bills, 3 others introduced

However, all other bills were introduced and passed amid noisy protests from opposition members

Congress appoints P Chidambaram as election observer for Goa polls in 2022

The Congress has appointed party veteran P Chidambaram as its senior election observer for the Goa Assembly polls due next year. AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal issued an order to this effect on Sunday. Chidambaram will oversee election strategies and coordination for the upcoming Assembly election in the state, Venugopal said in the order. Elections to the 40-member Goa Legislative Assembly are due in February next year. In the 2017 Goa polls, the Congress emerged as the single largest party, but could not come to power as the BJP forged an alliance with some regional parties and Independents to form government in the coastal state.

Cong leaders demands evacuation of Hindus, Sikhs from war-torn Afghanistan

Congress leader Jaiveer Shergill on Monday wrote to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar demanding the immediate evacuation of Hindus and Sikhs from war-torn Afghanistan. In his letter, Shergill said his love for his own people of Indian origin has compelled him to take up the matter with Jaishankar. "As you are more than aware, the Taliban offensive has escalated in Afghanistan, post-US withdrawal of troops, and they are fighting at gun point to turn the country, once again into a hub for transnational terrorism," he said in his letter. "The current catastrophic trajectory of violence has caused a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, thus, risking the lives of the people, including those from India," he also said. According to the information available in public domain, around 650 Sikhs and 50 Hindus are stuck in Afghanistan and have become sitting targets for the Taliban adamant to kill minorities belonging to Indian origin, he said. The Congress leader cited cited several ...

'25 Bills passed in 21 minutes': United in opposition, but a divided House

With the Centre zipping through Bills, Ordinances, and laws unchallenged, a seemingly united Opposition is feeling a little piqued'

Former Tamil Nadu Congress chief Tindivanam K Ramamurthy dead

Former Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president Tindivanam K Ramamurthy died here on Sunday and leaders including Chief Minister M K Stalin condoled his death.

Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account has been temporarily suspended: Congress

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account has been temporarily suspended and due process is being followed to restore it, the party said Saturday. This comes a day after Twitter removed a controversial post of Gandhi with a picture of him meeting the family of a nine-year-old Dalit girl who died here following an alleged sexual assault. A message from Twitter read that the tweet had violated its rules. "Shri @RahulGandhi's Twitter account has been temporarily suspended & due process is being followed for its restoration," the Congress tweeted from its official Twitter handle. "Until then, he will stay connected with you all through his other SM platforms & continue to raise his voice for our people & fight for their cause. Jai Hind!" the party said. Posting a picture of his meeting with the girl's family on Wednesday, Gandhi had tweeted in Hindi: "Parents' tears are saying only one thing -- their daughter, the daughter of this country, deserves justice. And I am

Lok Sabha clears Bill to end retrospective tax, Congress backs move

Backing the government's move, former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram tweeted, "I am glad that we have put an end to an issue that has been troubling us for eight years"

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor resigns as Punjab CM's Principal Advisor

Kishor on Thursday resigned as Principal Advisor to Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, saying "he's resigning in view of his decision to take a temporary break from public life".

ED raids ex-Karnataka minister Baig, Cong MLA in money laundering case

ED conducted searches against former Karnataka minister R Roshan Baig and a Congress MLA in connection with a money laundering investigation into the alleged Rs 4,000 IMA ponzi scam, officials said

Rahul Gandhi meets family of minor girl raped, killed in Delhi's Nangal

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday met the family of the minor girl who was allegedly raped, murdered, and cremated without her parents' consent in Delhi's Old Nangal crematorium

Monsoon session: Govt, Opposition parties refuse to budge on Pegasus

Congress-led parties resolve to stand united; PM calls their conduct an 'insult'

Congress is James Bond when in govt; Pegasus a fabricated issue: Naqvi

Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday said the party was "James Bond of spying" when in power and it now wants to waste Parliament's time over "fake and fabricated" issues.

Cong 'James Bond of spying' when in govt; Pegasus 'fabricated issue': Naqvi

Attacking the Congress which has been protesting in Parliament demanding a discussion on the Pegasus snooping allegations, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the party was "James Bond of spying" when in power

64% of promises made in election manifesto fulfilled: Rajasthan CM Gehlot

Ashok Gehlot said that so far, 64% of the promises made in the 2018 assembly election manifesto have been fulfilled

Govt trying to find excuses to curtail Parliament Session, alleges Congress

The Congress on Saturday alleged that the government was trying to find an "excuse" to curtail the Monsoon session of Parliament

Prashant Kishor inching closer towards firming up ties with Congress

Kishor has met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at least thrice in the last one week and discussed the revival of Congress, according to sources.

Navjot Singh Sidhu meets party workers, lists 'five priorities' again

Addressing party workers in Jalandhar, the new state unit chief said the Congress high command's 18-point programme will be implemented.