Congress

Senior Congress leader, nine-time Lok Sabha MP from Koraput, former Union Minister and the Ex Chief Minister of Odisha, Giridhar Gamang, may quit the Congress in disgust to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), it has been speculated.…

New Delhi, May 12 (IANS): The Lok Sabha on Tuesday referred the contentious land acquisition bill to a joint committee of the two houses consisting of 30 members. The motion was moved by Rural Development Minister Birender Singh after a…

Kohima, May 8 (IANS) The Nagaland legislative assembly was virtually left without any opposition after the eight Congress legislators joined the ruling Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) alliance on Friday. While Chief Minister T.R.…

New Delhi, May 8 (IANS): The Lok Sabha witnessed a ruckus on Friday over extension of the current budget session till May 13, leading to two adjournments of the house during question hour. Soon after the house assembled, leader of…

Washington, May 8 (IANS) The US Senate passed a bipartisan bill to allow Congress to review and potentially reject an international nuclear agreement with Iran. The bill was approved 98-1 on Thursday with Republican Tom Cotton being the…

Bhubaneswar, May 7 (IANS): The Congress unit in Odisha on Thursday accused the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) of striking a deal with the BJP to shield its leaders from any CBI probe over various scams. Congress leader and Leader of…

Congress Vice President finally responded to the calls of millions of his partymen and joined the social networking site Twitter yesterday. Rahul made the Twitter debut with the handle @OfficeOfRG (Office Of RG) Wednesday evening. He has…

New Delhi, May 2 (IANS): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused the NDA government of bringing a "pro-builder" real estate bill, saying it dilutes all good provisions of the bill brought by the Congress government. The…

The Congress on Friday called upon the government to order an inquiry on the basis of CAG report concerning alleged "financial wrongdoing" by the Purti Sakhar Karkhana, promoted by union minister Nitin Gadkari, and demanded he step down.…

Former Odisha CM, veteran Congress leader, Ex Assam Governor, Renowned Writer, Journalist, Statesman and Sanskrit Scholar Janaki Ballabh Patnaik alias JB, died at the age of 89. He breathed his last at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. His demise…