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This is India's fight, not just of farmers: Rahul Gandhi on farm laws

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi kept up the attack on the Centre over new farm laws, saying the fight against these legislations was not of farmers or labourers alone, but it was "India's fight"

Cong says UP govt trying to 'cover up' Hathras case; demands CM's dismissal

Congress accused the Uttar Pradesh government of trying to "cover up" the Hathras case through an affidavit in the Supreme Court and demanded immediate dismissal of Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath

Jammu and Kashmir Cong condemns Pak for frequent ceasefire violations

A day after an Army JCO was killed in firing from across LOC in Rajouri district, the J&K unit of Congress condemned Pakistan for frequent ceasefire violations and demanded a "befitting response"

Rajasthan Congress MLA dies after recovering from coronavirus infection

Rajasthan Congress MLA Kailash Chandra Trivedi, who was suffering from lung fibrosis after recovering from the coronavirus infection, died at a hospital in Gurgaon, family sources said

Those opposing new farm laws enemies of farming community: Jitendra Singh

The new farm reform laws give farmers the flexibility of choosing the price of their produce, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said and accused the Congress of being "enemies of the farming community"

CBI recovers Rs 50 lakh from premises of DK Shivakumar in corruption case

The CBI has till now recovered Rs 50 lakh from multiple premises it has searched in a corruption case related to Congress leader D K Shivakumar, officials said on Monday

Congress-ruled states to introduce Bill in Assemblies to nullify agri laws

The draft bill is likely to help the party-ruled states negate the new farm laws and ensure that no farmer gets less than the minimum support price (MSP) for their produce

Congress likely to finalise some candidates for Bihar polls on Monday

The Congress is likely to finalise some of its candidates for the Bihar assembly poll on Monday when the party's central election committee may meet virtually

Grand Alliance announces seat-sharing formula with Tejashwi as its leader

A multi-party Grand Alliance took shape ahead of the Bihar assembly polls, notwithstanding a minor fissure, with RJD's Tejashwi Yadav being backed unanimously as the face of the coalition

Crime against women increased in Rajasthan under Congress: State BJP chief

Hitting out at the ruling Congress over law and order, Rajasthan BJP chief Satish Poonia on Saturday alleged that the rate of crime against women has increased in the state

Centre conspired to defame Maharashtra in Sushant case, alleges Cong

Maharashtra Congress on Saturday accused the Centre of conspiring to defame the state in Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death case and demanded formation of an SIT to nab the conspirators

India's defence interests were compromised: PM Modi takes swipe at Cong

For long, he said, border projects could never come out of planning stage and those which did got stuck or were kept on the back burner

UP police deploys personnel at DND ahead of Cong's Hathras visit

Heavy police deployment has come up on the Delhi-UP border in Noida, ahead of a scheduled visit of a Congress delegation that plans to meet the family of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras

Cong holds protest against Delhi govt over 'arbitrary' challan of vehicles

Delhi Congress workers, along with members of party-affiliated Auto Taxi Congress Union, on Saturday staged a protest here against the Delhi government over "arbitrary challan of vehicles

Goa Congress leaders detained after protest to meet Prakash Javadekar

Congress leaders including Vice-President of Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) Sankalp Amonkar were detained by the police after they allegedly protested at a hotel reception in Panaji demanding to meet Union Minister Prakash Javadekar.Leaders including Goa Pradesh Youth Congress Committee President Varad Mardolkar, office bearer Janardhan Bhandari and others allegedly protested after they were denied to meet Javadekar.The Union Minister arrived in Goa on Friday to participate in a series of meetings on farm laws scheduled on Saturday.Goa Congress unit president Girish Chodankar alleged "jungle raj" in the state."JUNGLE RAJ in Goa - Goa Congress delegation led by Vice President Sankalp Amonkar, Janardhan Bhandari, Varad Mardolkar, Advocate Archit Naik, Meghashyam Raut, Sudin Naik and 10 others arrested by DGP Goa for seeking appointment with Prakash Javdekar & waiting to meet him in hotel lobby in Panjim," he wrote on Twitter.

Every woman must question govt to seek justice for Hathras victim: Priyanka

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday said every woman in this country needs to raise her voice and question the government to seek justice for the daughter of Hathras

Farm laws: Cong holds daylong protests across all Haryana constituencies

Congress on Friday held a daylong protest against the Centre's farm laws in all 90 assembly constituencies of Haryana with party leaders vowing to force the government to withdraw the legislations

Hathras gang-rape: UP govt resorting to evil ways to hide truth, says Rahul

Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that the UP administration has resorted to "evil ways to hide the truth" and the family members of the victim are being "barbarically treated and abused"

Congress prepares draft model law to annul central govt farm laws

The Congress has prepared a draft model law that will be legislated by party-ruled states in order to annul the central farm laws. Sources said on Friday that the model law has been drafted and will soon be sent to Congress-ruled states to replicate it in their state assemblies. The move comes days after Congress chief Sonia Gandhi asked states under party's rule to enact legislations to bypass Centre's three farm-related laws that have triggered protests by farmers. The move also comes ahead of the tractor rallies to be taken out by the Congress in Punjab and Haryana from October 4, in which party leader Rahul Gandhi will participate. The rallies are part of Congress agitations against the farm legislations. The Congress is strongly opposing the three legislations and it has launched countrywide protests in each district and Vidhan Sabha on Gandhi Jayanti. The Congress president had advised the Congress-ruled states to pass laws in their respective states under Article 254(2) of

Guarat Cong chief, 30 party workers detained for protest without approval

Around 30 Gujarat Congress workers along with party chief Amit Chavda were detained on Friday for holding a protest without permission over various issues, including the new farm laws, police said