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Bengal Congress seeks Sonia Gandhi's nod for alliance with ISF
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections later this year, the state unit of the Congress has sought permission from the party's central leadership to start a dialogue with Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui's newly launched party Indian Secular Front
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Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Nana Patole resigns
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 4 (ANI): Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Nana Patole, who is tipped to be the next chief of the Congress state unit, resigned from his post on Thursday.
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Congress failed to utilise health budget under its rule, says Scindia
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 4 (ANI): Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday slammed the Congress for "not fully utilising" the health budget under its rule and said the budget has increased by 137 per cent since last year under the National Democratic Alliance's (
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West Bengal Polls: Congress, Left to hold seat sharing talks on 7 Feb
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 4 (ANI): Left parties and the Congress will hold a third-round meeting on 7th February to discuss seat sharing for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, Congress sources said.
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Cong MPs to meet to chalk strategy for raising farm laws issue in the hous
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): Before the session of Lok Sabha on Tuesday, members of the lower house of the Congress Party will hold a meeting at 3 pm to chalk out a strategy for the repeal of farm laws.
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Rajasthan local body polls: Congress secures 1,197 wards, BJP 1,140
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], February 1 (ANI): The Congress party has secured 1,197 wards out of the total 3,035 in the recent Rajasthan Local Body elections, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 1,140 wards and independent candidates bagged 634.
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Farmers' agitation among core issues in Cong agenda in Parliament, likely
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): The Congress party has decided to go strong against the central government in the Budget Session commencing from Friday. Farmers' agitation against the farm laws, hike in fuel prices and Chinese incursion will be on the agenda of the party this time. Read More
Congress, Left to discuss seat-sharing for West Bengal Assembly polls toda
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 28 (ANI): The Congress and Left parties will hold a joint meeting today at 11:30 am to discuss seat-sharing for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, the Congress said.
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Congress alleges conspiracy to malign farmers' agitation, seeks resignatio
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] January 27 (ANI): The Congress alleged on Wednesday that "a concerted conspiracy aided and abetted" by BJP-led government took place to malign the farmers' movement during the tractor march by farmers and sought resignation of Home Minister Amit Shah.
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Congress, Left to hold seat-sharing talks in poll bound WB today
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 25 (ANI): The Congress and Left will hold a joint meeting today at 4:30 pm to discuss seat-sharing for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, Congress sources said.
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NSUI holds tractor rally in Amritsar in support of protesting farmers
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], January 25 (ANI): National Students' Union of India (NSUI), the student wing of the Congress party, held a tractor rally in Amritsar on Sunday in support of the farmers protesting against the three farm laws.
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Congress slams Center over petrol, diesel price hike
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 24 (ANI): Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central government over the rise of petrol and diesel price, the Congress party on Sunday alleged that excise duty on diesel has been hiked by 820 per cent and 258 per cent on petrol in the last six years.
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