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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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Topic: Congress leadership

Scenes from Congress conclave—Congregation of party heavyweights, Rahul’s sharpest attack on EC yet

Addressing the annual legal conclave of the Congress, 'Constitutional Challenges Perspectives & Pathways', Rahul Gandhi says the Congress has found evidence of election rigging.

Congress has its finger on reset button. Big overhaul of district units on the cards

New Delhi: The Congress is considering a proposal to give its district presidents a seat at the table during party meetings to pick candidates for...

Rise of Congress MP Naseer Hussain, from JNU to UPA & now ‘Kharge’s Ahmed Patel’

Hussain, once part of left-wing student politics & mentored by Oscar Fernandes, is new Muslim face in Congress. He’s also being seen as a power centre in Kharge’s office.

US envoy owes two drinks to Australian ambassador for losing bet after India’s WC final loss

US envoy to India Eric Garcetti, who danced to Shah Rukh Khan’s Chaiyya Chaiyya song at the Diwali event had bet on India winning the 2023 World cup.

How to set up & dismantle a city every day — ‘logistical nightmare’ behind Congress’ Bharat Jodo

Tending to the needs of 150 Bharat yatris, staff and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the setting up and dismantling of the nightly campsite is a nine-hour job each day.

Congress leader posts pictures of huge crowds at Bharat Jodo Yatra in Karnataka, both are fake

Congress national coordinator Ritu Choudhary, in a since deleted tweet, stated that Gandhi was creating history by the 'tsunami' of a crowd in the state.

How Congress president is elected & why call for publication of electoral rolls is gaining ground

Party set to hold its next presidential polls on 17 October. Demand for electoral rolls to be made public comes three weeks before filing of nominations begins on 24 September.

3 states, thrice the trouble: Why Congress struggles won’t end in Punjab, Haryana & Rajasthan

While Congress appears to be imploding in Punjab, intense factionalism has surfaced in the Haryana and Rajasthan units in the run-up to the 10 June Rajya Sabha polls.

‘Congress above personal ambition’: Sonia Gandhi says efforts of resurgence can’t be delayed

The Congress interim chief also hit out at the Modi govt over 'growing violence and divisiveness' and said it needs to be countered at all costs.

Congress has created a Punjab-like crisis in Rajasthan. Party needs a decisive leadership

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On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.