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New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) The Congress on Wednesday demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah's resignation after a Delhi court refused to take cognisance of the ED's money laundering charge against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case. The opposition party also vowed to expose the "vendetta politics" against its leadership, asserting that the Congress cadre is agitated and is going to show its strength against the "misuse of agencies." "We will ...Read More >
BELAGAVI: The ruling Congress in Karnataka on Wednesday staged a massive protest against the central government's move to replace the existing rural employment law MGNREGA, and the alleged "hate politics" against the party leadership in the National Herald case. The protest led by chief minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar in front of the Gandhi statue at Suvarna Vidhana Soudha here witnessed participation from ministers, MLAs and MLCs. Speaking to reporters here, Lar ...Read More >
BELAGAVI: The ruling Congress in Karnataka on Wednesday staged a massive protest against the central government's move to replace the existing rural employment law MGNREGA, and the alleged "hate politics" against the party leadership in the National Herald case. The protest led by chief minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar in front of the Gandhi statue at Suvarna Vidhana Soudha here witnessed participation from ministers, MLAs and MLCs. Speaking to reporters here, Lar ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Congress Rajya Sabha MP and Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Wednesday described the National Herald case as a false allegation orchestrated by the ruling party, calling it a clear example of the "misuse of central investigative agencies". Addressing the media, Singhvi said the allegations were made on baseless grounds and that the pressure of political power influenced the recent decision in the matter. "The National Herald Case is proof of the mi ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: Day after expelling senior leader Mohammed Moquim from the party, president of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) Bhakta Charan Das on Tuesday alleged the letter written by the former to Sonia Gandhi was drafted by a BJP team. Talking to mediapersons here after returning from New Delhi, the OPCC president said Moquim himself could not have written the letter. "The letter was drafted by a BJP team and he only signed it. A major part of it was related to national leadership of ...Read More >
New Delhi: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi flagged the challenges faced by ASHA and Anganwadi workers in the Rajya Sabha, demanding that they be given their remuneration on time, the amount given be doubled and the pending vacancies of nearly three lakh in ICDS be filled. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Gandhi said, "I rise to draw the urgent attention of this House to the continued distress of women workers implementing critical government programmes -- ASHA workers, Anganwadi workers and hel ...Read More >
Congress senior spokesperson and lawyer Abhishek Singhvi said he had told the court this is a "very weird case" where there is not a millimetre movement of money or of immovable property. AS A Delhi court on Tuesday refused to take cognizance of the ED chargesheet in the National Herald money laundering case against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others, the Congress claimed the "illegality" of the Narendra Modi government and its "politically motivated prosecution stands fully exposed". While ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin on Monday accused the Union government of misusing central investigation agencies to target opposition leaders in the National Herald case. A Delhi court, on Tuesday, refused to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate's money-laundering complaint against Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in the case, In a social media post, Stalin said the judiciary has once ...Read More >
New Delhi: Hours after a Delhi court refused to take cognizance of the Enforcement Directorate(ED)'s allegations of money laundering in the National Herald case against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, the party claimed that "the conspiracy of malicious intent for political revenge" has been foiled. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said on Tuesday that "The continuous five-day, 50-hour interrogation was nothing but a political witch hunt, which the Congress party faced head- ...Read More >
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday declined to take cognisance of a charge sheet, filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the National Herald case, which names senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. The court said that it was impermissible in law to take judicial note of the charge sheet and summon the Gandhis. The court also detailed in its 117-page order that ED's case reflected a unilateral overreach of the other law enforcement agency viz. the Central Bureau of Investi ...Read More >
New Delhi: As Congress on Tuesday said court's refusal to take cognisance of the ED chargesheet in the National Herald issue exposed Centre's use of hysteria to hype a hollow case, BJP countered that the court's ruling is no exoneration of Sonia Gandhi and a bail should not be seen as acquittal. Senior lawyer and Congress MP Abhishek Singhvi, who led the legal battle, said the matter never had any merit, but the govt used the media to exaggerate groundless claims. "It was a strange case where no ...Read More >
Itanagar, Dec 16 (PTI) The Arunachal Pradesh unit of the Congress on Tuesday welcomed the ruling of a Delhi court which refused to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate's money laundering charge against senior leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, and five others in the National Herald case. The party's state unit termed the court order a decisive blow to what it described as the BJP-led government's vindictive and unconstitutional use of central agencies to target the Opposition. Aruna ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) In a relief to Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and five others, a Delhi court on Tuesday refused to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate's money laundering charge against them in the National Herald case, holding that the agency's probe stemmed from a private complaint and not an FIR. Delivering his order in a case that was marked by political slugfest and legal battles for several years, Special Judge Vishal Gogne said the cognisance of the ED's pr ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Holding that cognisance of the ED's complaint in the National Herald case was "impermissible in law" as it was not founded on an FIR, a Delhi court has declined to take cognisance of the complaint against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and five others. Special Judge Vishal Gogne said an investigation and the consequent prosecution complaint (equivalent to chargesheet) pertaining to the offence of money laundering is "not maintainable" in the absence of an FI ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Alleging that the Central government is targeting Congress and the Gandhi family by slapping various false cases on its leaders, party leader Sachin Pilot on Tuesday welcomed the decision of a Delhi court refusing to take cognisance of Enforcement Directorate's (ED) chargesheet on the National Herald case, saying that the order proves the trust they have put in the judiciary. "The Government of India left no stone unturned to frame the Congress and the Gand ...Read More >
New Delhi: Two court orders in the National Herald matter on Tuesday have added to the public confusion because they deal with two different "cases" that are connected but not identical. At the centre is this basic split, one track is the Enforcement Directorate's money-laundering case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), and the other is a Delhi Police case for the alleged underlying offences, often called the "predicate" or "scheduled" offence. The first development was in th ...Read More >
New Delhi: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday met Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Dharmendra Pradhan in Delhi, seeking central support for education initiatives, including the establishment of an Indian Institute of Management in Hyderabad. He also met Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and briefed her on the two-day Telangana Rising Global Summit-2025 held on December 8-9 at Future City. He also presented a copy of the "Telangana Rising 2047 Vision Document", according to a s ...Read More >
New Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Smt. Sonia Gandhi today delivered a powerful address in the Rajya Sabha, spotlighting the dire conditions faced by women workers integral to India's flagship government programs, including ASHA workers, Anganwadi workers and helpers, and community resource persons under the National Rural Livelihood Mission. Speaking with urgency, Smt. Gandhi highlighted the paradox of these programs, designed to empower women, yet leaving the very workers who ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday met Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Dharmendra Pradhan in Delhi, seeking central support for education initiatives, including the establishment of an Indian Institute of Management in Hyderabad. He also met Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and briefed her on the two-day Telangana Rising Global Summit-2025 held on December 8-9 at Future City. He also presented a copy of the "Telangana Rising 2047 Vision Document", acc ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday urged the Centre to "work closely" with the state governments to fill all vacancies of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) and Anganwadi workers in the country, and also flagged their "meagre" honorariums despite their vital contribution to public service delivery. Addressing the Upper House of the Parliament during the Zero Hour, Sonia Gandhi urged the government to e ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Dec 16 (PTI) Welcoming the Delhi Court refusing to take cognisance of ED chargesheet against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said it has completely exposed the "illegality" and "malafide intent" of the Modi government at the Centre. Deputy CM D K Shivakumar too said the Modi government's misuse of power and malafide intent have now been exposed before the nation. "Truth and justice prevail." ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday claimed the "illegality" of the Narendra Modi government and its "politically motivated prosecution stands fully exposed" after a court here refused to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate chargesheet in the National Herald money laundering case against Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and others. In a statement, the Congress said the ED's proceedings against Congress leadership -- Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi -- in the case have been found to be "complet ...Read More >
Jaipur, Dec 16 (PTI) Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday termed a Delhi court's refusal to take cognisance of the ED's chargesheet against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, and five others in the National Herald case a "victory of truth over power". The senior Congress leader said his party had consistently maintained that the case was "fabricated by the Narendra Modi government" and was aimed solely at "maligning" the Gandhi family's reputation. "The decision of ...Read More >
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday raised the issue of distress faced by women frontline workers in the Rajya Sabha, seeking doubling of the Centre's contribution to their pay and filling of nearly 3 lakh vacancies in the ICDS. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, the former Congress president said ASHA workers, anganwadi workers and helpers, and community resource persons under the National Rural Livelihood Mission remain overburdened and underpaid despite their vital cont ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday strongly opposed the Viksit Bharat Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025, also known as the VB-G Ram G Bill, asserting that the proposed legislation would "weaken" the original Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and undermine its guaranteed 100 days of employment. Participating in the Lok Sabha debate, the Wayanad MP said that no legislation should be rushed through Parliam ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday met the newly appointed National Working President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Nitin Nabin, and conveyed his best wishes for a successful tenure. In a post on X, Shah wrote, "Met with the newly appointed National Executive President of BJP, Shri @NitinNabin ji, and extended best wishes for his successful tenure." Also Read | Watching Porn Can Land You in Legal Trouble? Scammers Impersonate CBI, Send Fake Em ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday drew the attention of the Rajya Sabha to the ongoing distress faced by women workers implementing critical government programs, including ASHA workers, Anganwadi workers and helpers, and community resource persons under the National Rural Livelihood Mission. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Gandhi said, "I rise to draw the urgent attention of this House to the continued distress of women workers i ...Read More >
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday held that Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, and several others were not entitled to be given a copy of the latest First Information Report (FIR) registered against them by the Delhi Police in connection with the National Herald case. Setting aside an earlier order passed by a Magistrate court, Special Judge (PC Act) Vishal Gogne of the Rouse Avenue Courts ruled that the accu ...Read More >
Congress has expelled Odisha leader Mohammed Moquim. This action follows his letter to Sonia Gandhi. Moquim had called for a major party restructuring. He also stated party president Mallikarjun Kharge is too old. Rahul Gandhi was described as disconnected from colleagues and youth. Moquim suggested Priyanka Gandhi Vadra take a central leadership role. Other leaders were also proposed for promotion. New Delhi: The Congress has expelled its Odisha leader Mohammed Moquim days after he wrote a let ...Read More >
New Delhi: Congress said that the BJP-led government has been exposed and that "the truth has prevailed" as a Delhi court on Tuesday refused to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) prosecution complaint in the alleged National Herald money laundering case. In a major relief to Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi, Special Judge (PC Act) Vishal Gogne of the Rouse Avenue Court held that the complaint filed by th ...Read More >
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