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Explained | How is the Congress president elected?

As leaders mull over who will head the party next, the Congress Working Committee announced that elections will be held on October 17.

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Congress terms BJP’s advertisement accusing Nehru of partitioning India as a ‘lie’

It is a sign of the party’s frustration, says Siddaramaiah

The Hindu

Battle of ballots is nothing new in the Congress

Even a towering personality like Kamaraj had to sweat it out before rising to the top

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Did Ashok Gehlot just show the Gandhi family’s hold on the Congress is slipping?

The possible recasting of the equation between a provincial heavyweight and the party headquarters is one of the more striking subtexts of Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot’s decision to pull out of the race for Congress president. Far more significant than the undermining of the high command’s writ is the…

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Mallikarjun Kharge represents status quo, I stand for change that ordinary party workers seek: Shashi Tharoor

I believe that the party deserves to move forward in a positive way; we have the answers to what India needs at this time, especially for those who have been suffering in the past eight years of BJP rule, says the Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram, after filing papers for the…

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Indian opposition party seeks to shed dynastic rule image

India’s main opposition party Indian National Congress is set to choose a non-family member as its next president as it struggles to recover before key upcoming elections

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In memory of Raghu Rai: A legendary lens on Indira Gandhi and Emergency

This episode was originally published on September 29, 2022.

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The wizard of politics | Ashok Gehlot

The Rajasthan Chief Minister, who could succeed Sonia Gandhi as the Congress president, faces an uphill task of turning around the prospects of a party weakened by defections, divisions and back-to-back electoral defeats

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Congress in damage control mode as picture of Savarkar on poster triggers row

Party suspends INTUC functionary, holding him accountable for the “political mishap”

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‘Becoming Sanjay Gandhi threw up a lot of challenges’, says actor Vishak Nair

Malayalam actor Vishak Nair plays Sanjay Gandhi in the Hindi film, Emergency, directed by actor Kangana Ranaut

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Rahul Gandhi the acknowledged leader of Congress: Chidambaram

P. Chidambaram said that if Rahul Gandhi is elected Congress president, he will be both leader and president, but if he is not, he will remain the acknowledged leader of the party

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Indira Canteen, meant to feed urban poor, is now starved of funds

BBMP admits to dip in patronage, while patrons say quality has suffered. Civic body is now mulling relocating some of them

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Rahul Gandhi visits Sivagiri

Thiruvananthapuram

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Why JD(U)’s post on Rahul Gandhi's grandfather Feroze Gandhi is unique

NEW DELHI: The Bihar-centric political party Janata Dal (United), or JD(U), did what neither the Congress nor the members of the Nehru-Gandhi family have perhaps ever done. Out of the blue, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) wished Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s grandfather Feroze Jehangir Gandhi on the latter’s 110th…

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‘Bharat Jodo’ and ‘Congress Jodo’ as opportunities

The despair over the overweening dominance of one party and its increasingly divisive governance needs to end

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Why Queen Elizabeth II's handshake with PM Narendra Modi was unique

NEW DELHI: Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch of Britain who died on September 8 at the age of 96, had unique sartorial choices. Apart from the dress and its colours, hats and bags, there was her love for gloves. She was rarely seen without her gloves. And rarer was…

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Queen Elizabeth II: Let's recall the times when she visited India

Queen Elizabeth visited India three times in 1961, 1983 and 1997 with her husband and Duke of Edinburgh late Prince Phillip during his lifetime. Read More on Dynamite News:

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Congress’s Rahul Gandhi launches march to ‘unite India’

Rahul Gandhi flags off 3,500km-long ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ to counter ‘environment of hate’ and rising economic hardship.

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Micro review: 'The Anatomy of Loss' by Arjun Raj Gaind

Author Arjun Gaind is back with a new novel titled 'The Anatomy of Loss', which was released in July 2022. Set in the backdrop of the aftermath of Operation Blue Star leading to political unrest in Punjab and then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination in 1984, the story follows the…

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PM Hasina meets Rahul Gandhi

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday. Sources said the two leaders discussed a "whole range of issues" relevant to India-Bangladesh relations.

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The fibre of Keshav Desiraju’s mind

There was something transcendental about him passing away a year ago on the very morning of his grandfather S. Radhakrishnan’s birth anniversary — this day, Teachers’ Day

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Ghulam Nabi Azad | A loyalist-turned-rebel

The former J&K CM had been a close associate of the Gandhis until recently

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Telangana Congress terms Azad’s resignation as a betrayal

Levelling of charges against Rahul Gandhi raises suspicion, say TPCC leaders

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Yediyurappa inaugurates Savarkar Rath Yatra in Mysuru

It will travel in three districts to counter ‘negative propaganda’ against the Hindutva ideologue

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In jolt to Congress, Anand Sharma does a Ghulam Nabi Azad by quitting key post

Action comes as Congress prepares for party president polls

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