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Congress president polls: Counting of votes begins in Kharge vs Tharoor contest

The counting of the votes, which was scheduled to begin at 10 am at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi, started around 10:20 am.

No intention of making Hindi alone national language: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi assured people in Karnataka that Hindi alone would not be made the national language and all regional languages were equal according to the Constitution

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge resigns as Leader of Opposition in RS; Digvijaya, Chidambaram in race to replace him

Kharge, Tharoor and Tripathi filed nominations on the last day of the process which saw the AICC headquarters come back to life after a long time, with workers swarming the complex

Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi urges party members to refrain from commenting on AICC chief candidates

Singhvi's statement comes after party leader Gourav Vallabh taunted Shashi Tharoor over his probable bid for the post of All India Congress Committee president

Gourav Vallabh slams Tharoor, backs Ashok Gehlot for Congress chief

In the first indicator of leaders taking sides in the upcoming contest for the top post, Vallabh also voiced support for another likely contender, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who many believe has the backing of the current leadership

After hinting that he may contest Congress presidential poll, Gehlot meets Sonia Gandhi

The Rajasthan chief minister met Sonia Gandhi at her 10, Janpath residence and is expected to fly to Mumbai later in the day. He is expected to reach Kochi on Thursday and make a last-ditch effort to convince Rahul Gandhi to take over the reins of the party

Jammu and Kashmir: Congress to oppose inclusion of non-local voters

AICC in-charge Jammu and Kashmir Rajini Patil alleged that the move to allow non-locals to vote in the state was illegal and said the Congress would participate in the all-party meeting called by the National Conference over the issue

Navjot Singh Sidhu to meet Bhagwant Mann tomorrow; CWC to hold talks on Congress' revival

Sidhu's meeting with Mann would be at a time when AICC in-charge of Punjab Harish Chaudhary has recommended disciplinary action against him

Reached out to Mayawati, offered CM post, she didn’t respond, says Rahul Gandhi

Taking on Mayawati, he said, "We gave a message to Mayawati to form an alliance and asked her to become the chief minister. She did not even talk to us."

Watch: Congress flag falls from post as Sonia Gandhi tries to unfurl it on party's 137th foundation day

Gandhi along with party treasurer Pawan Bansal and AICC general secretary KC Venugopal held the party tricolour in their hand and displayed it briefly before a Congress worker climbed up the flagpole to string the party tricolour