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Siddaramaiah drops hints on contesting 2023 assembly polls from Badami

This comes even as a section in the party urged him to enter the poll fray from the city's Chamarajpet segment.

Sibal slams Jitin for switching to BJP, says it's 'politics of prasada'

Kapil Sibal is a prominent member of the Congress' group of 23 leaders who wrote to party chief Sonia Gandhi seeking organisational overhaul last year

Congress needs to undergo 'major surgery': Moily on Jitin Prasada's exit

The remark comes a day after Jitin Prasada switched to the BJP

Sarma, Scindia and now Prasada, Cong continues to lose stalwarts

47-year-old former Union minister Jitin Prasada jumped ship on Wednesday

Congress must reclaim position as India's big tent party: Milind Deora

Soon after his Congress colleague Jitin Prasada quit the party to join the BJP, Milind Deora on Wednesday said the Congress must reclaim its position as India's big tent party and asserted that it still has a strong bench which, if empowered and optimally utilised, can deliver. A former chief of the Mumbai Congress, Deora, however, wished that several of his friends, peers and valued colleagues hadn't left the party. Congress leader Prasada joined the BJP on Wednesday, in a shot in the arm for the saffron party as it prepares for assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh scheduled for early next year. He joined the BJP in the presence of Union minister Piyush Goyal and its chief spokesperson Anil Baluni. In an obvious reference to the development, Deora tweeted, "I believe in @INCIndia as a party that can & must reclaim its position as India's big tent party. We still have a strong bench that if empowered & optimally utilised, can deliver." "I only wish that several of my friends, ..

Revamp on cards for Cong party in Goa ahead of 2022 polls: Kamat

Elections to the state legislative assembly are scheduled to be held in early 2022.

Big jolt for Congress as Jitin Prasada joins BJP ahead of UP polls

Jitin was part of the group of 23 leaders who had written to party chief Sonia Gandhi last October seeking organisational overhaul and elections at all levels

Amarinder meets Congress panel, says discussed poll preparations

The panel is headed by the leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge

Rahul should look after Congress-led states before lecturing: Javadekar

The union minister accused the Punjab Government of ignoring the people for petty politics.

Infighting, alliance key to Congress defeat in recent elections: Panel

The committee was headed by Ashok Chavan and has members like Salman Khurshid, Manish Tewari, Vincent Pala and Jothi Mani.

Covid: India will vaccinate everyone by Dec 2021, says Prakash Javadekar

Javadekar hit out at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, who hours earlier, had pointed out that less than 3 per cent of India's population had received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Twitter statements devised to seek dubious sympathy, says Delhi police

'These statements are not only mendacious but designed to impede a lawful inquiry by a private enterprise,' says Delhi Police as saying.

Centre should put out district-wise data of daily inoculations: Congress

Congress claimed there is a shortage of vaccines in the country and asked the Centre to put out district-wise data of those inoculated as state-wise data hides many facts

Toolkit row: Chhattisgarh police issues notice to BJP's Sambit Patra

Chhattisgarh Police has issued notice to BJP national spokesperson Dr Sambit Patra for allegedly spreading fake news over 'toolkit' issue

Govt should issue white paper on Covid-vaccination strategy: Congress

Congress said the government should issue a white paper on its Covid-vaccination strategy and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to accelerate the work on inoculating all Indians

Congress seeks resignation of petroleum minister over barge tragedy

Maharashtra Congress demanded the resignation of Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on moral grounds over the death of 37 personnel on board a barge that sank in the Arabian Sea

Rahul Gandhi attacks Centre over bodies buried in sands on Ganga banks

Rahul Gandhi took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the dead bodies buried on the banks of the river Ganga, saying that the head of the Modi's 'system' remains buried in the same sand

Is Gadkari's boss listening: Cong takes on Modi govt over vaccine shortage

Congress leader and former Union minister Jairam Ramesh took a dig at the Centre after Union Minister Nitin Gadkari recommended that more pharma companies be allowed to manufacture Covid-19 vaccines

Covid: Congress wants to tarnish the image of India, PM Modi, says BJP

BJP hit out at the Congress over an alleged toolkit of the opposition party, saying it wants to tarnish the image of the country and PM by calling the new Covid the 'India strain' or the 'Modi strain'

Congress MP Rajeev Satav dies at age 46 after recovering from Covid-19

Satav, considered close to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, had tested positive for coronavirus infection on April 22.