Congress

India’s Congress party pledges to cut business red tape

New businesses would not require any government permissions in the first three years of operations,… Read More

Urmila Matondkar joins ‘secular’ Congress and hardliners are furious

The actress posted a photo of her with Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Instagram and… Read More

India’s Congress promises 72,000 rupees to poor if voted back

India’s main opposition Congress party will give 72,000 rupees ($1,045) a year to the country’s… Read More

Veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha may quit BJP

Former Bollywood actor and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Shatrughan Sinha may bid farewell to… Read More

Jobless millions to haunt upcoming Indian elections

A newspaper recently published what it said was an official report buried by Modi's government… Read More

Facebook toughens political ad policies in India

Facebook is toughening up the rules governing political advertisements in India to create more transparency… Read More

Congress promises to scrape ‘triple talaq law’

Modi has said the action is necessary to empower women, but Congress said it unfairly… Read More

Cows may eat into BJP votes in 2019 elections

Modi is trying hard to claw back support among India’s 263 million farmers and their… Read More

Modi’s populist budget to weigh on India’s next government

Economists fear some of the assumptions built into the math for those goals are too… Read More

Three women who could be Modi’s biggest nightmare

The firebrand chief minister of West Bengal state, Mamata Banerjee, and Mayawati, a former Uttar… Read More

Modi’s popularity at all-time low; Rahul Gandhi closing in: poll

Rahul Gandhi, the main challenger to Modi and leader of the opposition Congress party, has… Read More

Indian Congress leader Rahul Gandhi names sister Priyanka to party post

NEW DELHI: Indian Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appointed his charismatic sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to… Read More

BJP stares at biggest election loss since Modi came to power

Congress party could form governments in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and in Rajasthan Read More

Modi is staring at election losses in big heartland states!

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is staring at election losses in big heartland… Read More

Incoming members battle it out for best US Congress suites

WASHINGTON: One woman flexed her biceps and performed pushups, another thumbed her rosary beads, and… Read More

New Muslim Congresswoman in push to end hijab ban in Congress

WASHINGTON: A Muslim congresswoman-elect has co-authored changes to a longstanding rule banning the wearing of… Read More

Infrastructure, healthcare two areas where Congress can unite: Trump

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he envisaged Republicans and Democrats working together on… Read More

Rahul Gandhi courts arrest amid Congress protest, says ‘Modi is corrupt’

NEW DELHI: Indian opposition leader and Congress President, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday courted arrest along… Read More

US Congresswoman felicitates PTI chief on poll win

WASHINGTON: A member of the United States Congress, Sheila Jackson Lee, felicitated Chairman of the… Read More

States sue Trump over immigrant families as Congress quarrels

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: More than a dozen states sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its… Read More