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Lok Sabha Election 2019: Rahul Gandhi, Karti Chidambaram, Digvijaya Singh, Shashi Tharoor among key Congress candidates
Fp Research •Congress veteran Sonia Gandhi has returned from her rumoured retirement to fight the election from the Gandhi family's traditional constituency of Rae Bareli.
Lok Sabha Election 2019, Bihar profile: Patna Sahib, Darbhanga among key seats with NDA hoping to capture state
Fp Research •There are 40 Lok Sabha and 243 Assembly constituencies in the state.
Ahead of Lok Sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi appoints Ahmed Patel as Congress treasurer; Anand Sharma is head of foreign cell
Fp Staff •Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday appointed Ahmed Patel appointed as the new treasurer of Congress party, replacing Motilal Vora, ahead of Lok Sabha elections. Vora will now be AICC general secretary administration, a newly created post.
Rajiv Gandhi birth anniversary: Leaders across India pay tributes to former prime minister
Fp Staff •Ministers, legislators and delegates of different wings of Congress across the nation paid tributes to Rajiv Gandhi on his 73rd birth anniversary
Ahmed Patel's victory is symbolic of Congress' fight against communalism, says Meira Kumar
•Former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar on Wednesday hailed the victory of Ahmed Patel in Rajya Sabha polls from Gujarat, saying it is a symbol of the Congress' fight against "communal forces" all over India.
Six Tripura MLAs, sacked by TMC for defying party and voting for Ram Nath Kovind, join BJP
Fp Staff •Sudip Roy Barman, Ashish KR Saha, Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl, Biswa Bandhu Sen, Pranjit Singh Roy and Dilip Sarkar have quit TMC to BJP
Rajya Sabha polls: NCP leader Praful Patel says party still undecided about pre-election alliance
•Senior NCP leader Praful Patel on Sunday said his party has not decided yet about extending support to any party in the 8 August Rajya Sabha polls in Gujarat.
Meira Kumar vists Telangana jail, calls on Dalit victims of police torture
Ians •Former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar called on Dalit victims of alleged police torture at a jail in Telangana on Monday.
Rajya Sabha offer to Congress is a Mamata Banerjee masterplan, but rising Hindutva may play spoilsport
Suhit K Sen •From Mamata Banerjee’s point of view, an understanding with Congress in West Bengal and at the national level makes sense because BJP is emerging as the biggest threat to her party
Ram Nath Kovind takes over as President of India, says diversity is key to country's progress
Fp Staff •An elated Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday expressed his gratitude after swearing in as the 14th President of India and said he was taking charge with humility.