To avoid a shutdown, the US Congress is gearing up for a series of votes.

On Saturday, lawmakers will return to Washington, DC, without having reached an agreement on how to avoid a government shutdown that could affect everything from national parks to financial regulation.

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives has failed to pass legislation tha...

Rahul Gandhi is being challenged by Asaduddin Owaisi to run for election from the city of Hyderabad.

A challenge has been issued to the leader of the Congress party, Rahul Gandhi, by Asaduddin Owaisi, who is the leader of the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM). On Sunday, while speaking to a crowd in his parliamentary seat, Owaisi advised Rahul Gandhi to run for the forthcoming 2024 ...

BRS and BJP are two sides of the same coin; Congress will struggle against their 'anti-people' posture in Telangana.

On Friday, the Congress party issued a statement in which it called the BRS government in Telangana the "most corrupt" in the country. The party also claimed that the BRS and the BJP are two sides of the same coin, and it pledged to oppose what it called the "anti-people" post...

As the court vacates his defamation conviction, Rahul Gandhi returns to India's parliament.

Gandhi is the patriarch of India's most prominent political dynasty, and his reinstatement was applauded by members of the Congress party, which was once dominant but has lost the last two elections to Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Gandhi's disqualification "has ...

Rahul Gandhi appeals to all Indians to maintain brotherhood.

Former Congress member Rahul Gandhi urged all Indians on Wednesday to maintain brotherhood, stating that violence will achieve nothing.

In a Facebook post written in Hindi, the former president of the Congress wrote, "I will appeal to all Indians to maintain brotherhood; violence w...

BJP criticizes Congress for being "anti-Kannadiga"; cites the removal of the Bhuvaneshwari statue, the Kaveri dispute, and school uniform contracts

The opposition BJP criticized the government in a series of tweets on Tuesday, labeling it anti-Kannadiga. Ironically, the Congress employed the same rhetoric during the recent assembly elections against the then-incumbent BJP. The saffron party criticized the government for a number of decisions...

BJP criticizes Rahul Gandhi and Mamata over the violence in the West Bengal panchayat elections; TMC responds

The BJP has persisted in demanding on Rahul Gandhi, the head of the Congress, to make a comment regarding the violence that occurred during the West Bengal panchayat election around a week later. The TMC is also being criticized by the BJP for its "misrule" under chief minister Mamata B...

Congress should focus on treating leaders from four areas to make the party stronger

To boost the party, the Congress is putting more effort into building up leaders from the Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs), and minority groups.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge spoke at a special 'Leadership Development Mission'...

Elections in Karnataka: BJP and Congress "moan" over possible hung legislature.

There has been much backroom maneuvering between the Congress and the BJP in preparation for a possible hung legislature in Karnataka, with both parties hoping to create an alliance with the JD(S). P.C.C chairman D K Shivakumar and former CM Siddaramaiah led a group of top Congress functionaries ...

Indian Democracy's Darkest Day Since Rahul Gandhi's Disqualification, Says Congress Chief Kharge

As reported by The Times of India on Thursday, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge called Rahul Gandhi's hasty disqualification from the Lok Sabha the "darkest day in Indian democracy" and evidence of the "brutal vindictiveness" of the Narendra Modi government.

Democrats Consider Their Options Following the Supreme Court's Decision on Trump Taxes

Democrats in Congress faced the onerous chore of analyzing six years of former President Donald Trump's tax returns on Wednesday, as Republicans prepared to reclaim control of the House of Representatives in less than six weeks.

Members of the Democratic-led House Ways and Means Com...

Shashi Tharoor's article on the collapse of a truck transporting dinosaurs is too amusing to pass up.

Netizens are tremendously jealous of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's vocabulary. Tharoor's Twitter postings are a treat to read, with a tint of comedy and abundant sprinkling of wit. The Thiruvananthapuram MP recently published a hilarious post on thesauruses in one of his recent postings.

Gujarat Assembly election: AAP CM Isudan Gadhvi will square off against Congress and BJP in Khambhalia seat

Isudan Gadhvi, the chief ministerial face of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), will run in the Gujarat Assembly elections from the Khambhalia constituency.

Isudan Gadhvi, the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) chief ministerial candidate in the 2019 Gujarat Assembly elections, will run from the Khamb...

A Congress MLA from Gujarat's Talala seat has resigned ahead of the legislative elections.

Bhagabhai Barad, a senior MLA from Talala in Junagadh district, has resigned from all of his Indian National Congress (INC) positions and presented his resignation to Gujarat Assembly Speaker Dr Nimaben Acharya.

The lawmaker is expected to join the BJP as the party seeks to gain control...

The chief of the Congress Youth Wing is one of four people arrested in Chhattisgarh for raping a juvenile girl

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped at a hotel in Bilaspur four months ago by six persons, including the Congress youth wing president of Manendragarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The incident took place four months ago.

The president of the Congress Youth Wing and three o...

The Court Imprisons Steve Bannon for Four Months Due to His Contempt of Congress

The House panel probing the January 6 attack on the Capitol used its subpoena power for the first time in the former Trump adviser's sentencing.

On Friday, a federal judge sentenced former Trump strategist Steve Bannon to four months in prison for contempt of Congress for his failur...

Leaders in Kerala who have weighed in on the race for Congress president say they would not be voting against Shashi Tharoor

On Wednesday, senior Congress leaders in Kerala indicated they were not opposed to Shashi Tharoor, who has made an aggressive bid to the party's top job, but said they believed veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge was more qualified for the role.

Party elders and legislators K Sudhakar...

Hours before the deadline, Congress passes a bill to prevent a shutdown of the federal government

Amid concerns that a shutdown could look bad for Democrats in the weeks leading up to the midterm elections, Congress passed a deal on Friday to prevent a shutdown before the midnight deadline.

This bill breezed through the House on Friday and is on its way to Vice President Joe Biden&#...

After meeting with Sonia Gandhi, Sachin Pilot claims he will not be leaving the Congress

After meeting with Sonia Gandhi, Sachin Pilot claims he will not be leaving the Congress.

Both Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot met with Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi at her 10, Janpath residence in New Delhi on Thursday, days after the crisis in Rajasthan, where more than 80 MLAs lo...

India Condemns US Congresswoman’s Visit to Pakistan

US Congresswoman Ilham Omar visited the Line of Control in the Pakistani Occupied Kashmir. The trip has landed the American in controversies both within Pakistan and India which is condemning this tour. This was the first United States delegation to the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir in almost three y...