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TopicIndian National Congress

Topic: Indian National Congress

Rashtrapati Bhavan’s dig at Sonia over ‘poor lady’ remark on President—’not familiar with Hindi idiom’

Congress and BJP lock horns following Sonia Gandhi’s comment that ‘poor lady’ President Murmu must have been tired reading out the ‘long’ pre-Budget speech.

‘Inaccessible, autocratic’ or ‘fighting for values’? Kanhaiya Kumar ruffles feathers in Congress

Resentment has grown in Congress against 'lateral entrants' with Left background, with Kanhaiya being criticised for lack of interest in building organisation from grassroots. 

Election body rejects Congress’s EVM concerns as ‘frivolous, unfounded’

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's election panel has rejected a complaint by Congress, the largest opposition party, regarding vote counting in recent state elections that dashed its expectations, warning

RSS has remained relevant for 100 yrs despite challenges. World now embraces its ideologies

Being a nascent organisation and its membership composed primarily of middle-class Hindus, RSS never had the financial wherewithal to combat the narrative set against them.

Congress, TMC speak in different voices on Canada row, CPI(M) throws weight behind New Delhi

While Congress statement by Jairam Ramesh doesn't mention govt's allegations of Canada giving anti-India elements a free run, Manish Tewari slams Trudeau for 'pandering to radical fringe'.

Why African National Congress is the Indian National Congress of South Africa

South Africa’s ruling party ANC has lost the parliamentary majority for the first time since the end of apartheid in 1994. It will need the help of another party to form a coalition government.

Fact Check: Mallikarjun Kharge’s ‘Congress is dead’ video is clipped. He was quoting critics

In the original video, Kharge is seen addressing the crowd at an election rally in Ahmedabad where he is talking about how critics claim that Congress is finished.

Speech in rain, ‘half-non-veg samosas’ — Showing now: the new, fun, accessible Rahul Gandhi

From him offering water to an old woman to tying up a girl's shoes, Congress circulates visuals over the course of its nationwide yatra to combat Rahul's image as inaccessible leader.

AAP’s filling a big vacuum in Indian politics. Question is how long it can sustain without ideology

If you find admiration for AAP qualified, if not muted among many of the Modi-BJP’s critics, it is because they question it for its lack of ideological clarity. Especially on secularism.

On Camera

Life in Delhi isn’t easy for Northeast Indians. Racism is always round the corner

Racism is a problem for privileged mainlanders only when it's meted out to them abroad. In their own backyard, it's normalised as 'I was just kidding. Chill yaar'.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

IAF’s Tejas fleet undergoes ‘maintenance check’, decision on airframe yet to be taken

The 7 February incident involving Tejas aircraft caused severe damage to its frame. IAF and HAL are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to probe the incident.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.