Congress reconstitutes law, human rights and RTI department, appoints Abhishek Manu Singhvi as chairman
7 months ago

Congress reconstitutes law, human rights and RTI department, appoints Abhishek Manu Singhvi as chairman

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The Congress today reconstituted its Law, Human Rights and RTI department and appointed party leader Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi as its chairman. Congress president Mallikajun Kharge has approved a proposal for the reconstitution of the AICC Law, Human Rights and RTI department with immediate effect, according to a party statement. Kharge approves revised proposal for appointment of war-room chairpersons Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge also approved a revised proposal for the appointment of war-room chairpersons for the upcoming Maharashtra, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls with immediate effect. Minority dept chairman selection Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has also appointed Omair Khan as the Chairman of the Minority Department of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee and Ruhul Amin as the Chairman of the Minority Department of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee.

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Congress appoints Kutumba MLA Rajesh Kumar as Bihar chief
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2 days, 2 hours ago

Congress appoints Kutumba MLA Rajesh Kumar as Bihar chief

Hindustan Times  

The Congress on Tuesday appointed Kutumba MLA Rajesh Kumar as the president of the Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee, replacing Akhilesh Prasad Singh. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge appointed Rajesh Kumar as the president of the Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee. A senior party leader aware of the developments, hailed the move to appoint two senior leaders as the party in-charge in the …

Congress Rejigs Party Structure In Several States After Losing Haryana, Drawing Blank In Delhi
1 month ago

Congress Rejigs Party Structure In Several States After Losing Haryana, Drawing Blank In Delhi

ABP News  

Amid the loss in Haryana and Delhi elections, the grand old party Congress has made reshuffle in the organization. Hon'ble Congress President Shri @kharge has appointed the following party functionaries as AICC General Secretaries/In-charges of the respective States/UTs, with immediate effect. pic.twitter.com/zl8Y0eP5ZM — Congress February 14, 2025 Making a big reshuffle, former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has been appointed …

Congress appoints new general secretaries, State in-charges; Bhupesh Baghel assigned Punjab | List
1 month, 1 week ago

Congress appoints new general secretaries, State in-charges; Bhupesh Baghel assigned Punjab | List

India TV News  

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday announced a major organisational reshuffle. Accordingly, former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel as AICC general secretary in charge of Punjab. "Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has appointed the following party functionaries as AICC General Secretaries/In-charges of the respective States/UTs, with immediate effect." Congress reshuffle: Check revised functionary As per the press release issued by Congress, …

Major reshuffle in Congress leadership, Bhupesh Baghel appointed Punjab in charge
1 month, 1 week ago

Major reshuffle in Congress leadership, Bhupesh Baghel appointed Punjab in charge

India Today  

The Congress party announced a major organisational reshuffle on Friday, with significant changes in leadership roles across multiple states. Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has been appointed as the AICC general secretary in charge of Punjab, while Rajya Sabha MP Syed Naseer Hussain has been named the general secretary for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Karnataka Congress veteran BK …

Flawed selection process: Congress on appointment of human rights panel chief
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Flawed selection process: Congress on appointment of human rights panel chief

India Today  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and party chief Mallikarjun Kharge have recorded their dissent over the selection of the chairperson and members of the National Human Rights Commission on the grounds that the process adopted was "flawed" and a "pre-determined" exercise that ignored mutual consultation and consensus. Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Kharge, the Leader of Opposition …

Retired Supreme Court judge V Ramasubramanian appointed human rights panel chief
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Retired Supreme Court judge V Ramasubramanian appointed human rights panel chief

India Today  

President Droupadi Murmu on Monday appointed former Supreme Court Judge V. Ramasubramanian as chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission, a nodal body that can investigate human rights violations by the government and public servants. This appointment comes months after former Supreme Court Justice Arun Kumar Mishra concluded his tenure as NHRC chairperson on June 1. A former Chief Justice …

DY Chandrachud To Be Appointed Human Rights Panel Chairperson? Here's What Ex-CJI Said
3 months ago

DY Chandrachud To Be Appointed Human Rights Panel Chairperson? Here's What Ex-CJI Said

ABP News  

The National Human Rights Commission has been without a full-time chairperson since former Supreme Court judge Justice Arun Kumar Mishra's tenure finished on June 1 this year. However, Justice Chandrachud has dismissed reports of him being considered for the post of the National Human Rights Commission chairperson, saying that he is enjoying his retired life as a private person and …

PM Modi meets Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge at his office in Parliament
3 months ago

PM Modi meets Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge at his office in Parliament

India TV News  

A meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and LoP Rahul Gandhi and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge was held in the Prime Minister's Office in the Parliament. Notably, PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi and Rajya Sabha LoP Kharge, Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chairman are the members of the committee that deliberates and appoints …

Congress appoints Qazi Nizamuddin AICC in-charge of Delhi ahead of polls, replaces Deepak Babaria
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress appoints Qazi Nizamuddin AICC in-charge of Delhi ahead of polls, replaces Deepak Babaria

India TV News  

The Congress on Sunday appointed Qazi Nizamuddin as the AICC in-charge of Delhi, replacing Deepak Babaria ahead of the crucial assembly elections to be held in early 2025. "Hon'ble Congress President has appointed Shri Qazi Mohd Nizamuddin as the AICC In-charge of Delhi with immediate effect. Hon'ble Congress President has also constituted the Screening Committee for the upcoming assembly elections …

Focus on Dalit, minorities, and OBCs visible from U.P. leaders given role in new AICC team
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Focus on Dalit, minorities, and OBCs visible from U.P. leaders given role in new AICC team

The Hindu  

The appointment of leaders from Uttar Pradesh Congress in the new team of All India Congress Committee national secretaries clearly hints towards a focus on Dalit, Other Backward Classes, and Muslims with one leader each from these sections been given role in the national team. Congress Minority department president is also made National Secretary and given responsibility of Bihar. Congress …

Congress forms committees for overseeing bypolls
9 months ago

Congress forms committees for overseeing bypolls

The Hindu  

The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee has formed three committees to oversee the byelections in the three Legislative Assembly constituencies of Channapatna, Shiggaon, and Sandur. Mayura Jayakuamar is the AICC in-charge secretary for the Shiggaon constituency while Vinay Kulkarni, MLA, is the working president of the committee. Mayura Jayakuamar is the AICC in-charge secretary for the Sandur constituency while KPCC working …

Tajinder Singh Bittu, Priyanka Gandhi's close aide joins BJP hours after quitting Congress
11 months ago

Tajinder Singh Bittu, Priyanka Gandhi's close aide joins BJP hours after quitting Congress

India TV News  

Hours after resigning from the primary membership of the Congress, senior party leader Tajinder Singh Bittu joined the BJP in New Delhi today. Also known to be a close aide of Priyanka Gandhi, Tajinder Singh Bittu joined the BJP in the presence of Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and party general secretary Vinod Tawde at the party headquarters in New Delhi. …

Adhir Ranjan Choudhary among 56 named in Congress’s 3rd Lok Sabha poll list
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Adhir Ranjan Choudhary among 56 named in Congress’s 3rd Lok Sabha poll list

Hindustan Times  

The Congress on Thursday named its Lok Sabha floor leader Adhir Ranjan Choudhary, former lawmaker MV Rajeev Gowda and former Bharatiya Janata Party minister Jayaprakash Hegde, who jumped ship earlier this month, in its third list of 56 candidates for the much-anticipated Lok Sabha elections this summer. Public works minister Satish Jarkiholi’s daughter Priyanka Jarkiholi has been named from Chikkodi; …

Congress rejigs organisation, Pilot gets new role, Priyanka Gandhi 'without any portfolio' before 2024 polls
1 year, 2 months ago

Congress rejigs organisation, Pilot gets new role, Priyanka Gandhi 'without any portfolio' before 2024 polls

India TV News  

In a massive step ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Congress on Saturday announced its team in which new responsibilities have been given to some leaders, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra who has been relieved from the post of AICC in-charge of UP Congress and will now only handle organisational responsibilities without any portfolio. Names retained from the previous list …

Arvinder Singh Lovely appointed as president of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee
1 year, 6 months ago

Arvinder Singh Lovely appointed as president of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee

India TV News  

Arvinder Singh Lovely news : Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has appointed Arvinder Singh Lovely as the president of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee today. The Congress on Thursday appointed Arvinder Lovely as the chief of its Delhi unit, replacing Anil Chaudhary. Continuing his organizational rejig in state units, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge appointed Lovely, a former minister in the Sheila …

Congress Rejigs State Units: Shaktisinh Gohil Gujarat Chief, Deepak Babaria Made Haryana And Delhi In-Charge
1 year, 9 months ago

Congress Rejigs State Units: Shaktisinh Gohil Gujarat Chief, Deepak Babaria Made Haryana And Delhi In-Charge

ABP News  

The Congress party appointed three state party chiefs and one state unit party president on Friday. Deepak Babaria was named All India Congress Committee in-charge of Haryana and Delhi in place of Shaktisinh Gohil, while Gohil was named the new President of the Pradesh Congress Committee in Gujarat. "The Congress president has appointed Shaktisinh Gohil as the new Gujarat PCC …

Shakeel Ahmad Khan elected as Bihar Congress Legislature Party leader
1 year, 9 months ago

Shakeel Ahmad Khan elected as Bihar Congress Legislature Party leader

Hindustan Times  

Shakeel Ahmad Khan, All India Congress Committee secretary and two-term MLA from Kadwa in Katihar, has been elected as the Congress Legislature Party leader in Bihar, replacing Ajeet Sharma. AICC general secretary Tariq Ahwar, AICC in-charge for Bihar Bhakta Charan Das, AICC observer Shaktisinh Gohil and BPCC president Akhilesh Prasad Singh were present in the meeting. Khan, also a former …

Congress President Election Today, Know How Party Delegates Will Vote To Choose Their New Chief
2 years, 5 months ago

Congress President Election Today, Know How Party Delegates Will Vote To Choose Their New Chief

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Congress party gets set to have a non-Gandhi president in more than 24 years as senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor will face off in an electoral contest on Monday. According to news agency PTI, electors in the Congress presidential polls were asked to put a tick mark against the name of their choice on …

Punjab: Congress Appoints Amarinder Singh Raja Warring As State Chief, Bajwa Is New CLP Leader
2 years, 11 months ago

Punjab: Congress Appoints Amarinder Singh Raja Warring As State Chief, Bajwa Is New CLP Leader

ABP News  

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has appointed Amarinder Singh Brar as the party’s new Punjab chief in the place of Navjot Singh Sidhu and former Rajya Sabha member Pratap Singh Bajwa as the new legislature party leader on Saturday. In a statement issued by the All India Congress Committee, the party said, “Hon’ble Congress President has appointed President and …

Justice Arun Mishra Likely To Be the Next Chairperson Of National Human Rights Commission
3 years, 9 months ago

Justice Arun Mishra Likely To Be the Next Chairperson Of National Human Rights Commission

Live Law  

Former Supreme Court Judge Justice Arun Mishra will be new chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission, reports The Hindu citing Government sources. "Former Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Mahesh Mittal Kumar, and former Director of Intelligence Bureau, Rajiv Jain, had also been recommended by the high-powered panel as members of the NHRC but the. "Former Chief …

Former CM Oommen Chandy to Head Congress Committee for Kerala Assembly Elections
4 years, 2 months ago

Former CM Oommen Chandy to Head Congress Committee for Kerala Assembly Elections

News 18  

Senior Congress leader and former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will head a panel of Congress leaders who would be supervising the upcoming Assembly elections. The Congress committee will include Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee President Mullappally Ramachandran, Leader of Opposition in Kerala Assembly Ramesh Chennithala, former KPCC President K Muraleedharan, Congress Lok Sabha member K Sudhakaran, All India Congress Committee …

Days after Sonia's Talks with Leaders, 'Letter-writer' Anand Sharma Excluded from Himachal Cong Panels
4 years, 2 months ago

Days after Sonia's Talks with Leaders, 'Letter-writer' Anand Sharma Excluded from Himachal Cong Panels

News 18  

The Congress excluded senior leader and "letter-writer" Anand Sharma on Wednesday in the new committees formed to ensure better coordination in its Himachal Pradesh unit. The 14-member panel includes state unit chief Kuldeep Rathore, Congress legislature party leader Mukesh Agnihotri, former chief minister Virbhadra Singh, former MP Viplove Thakur, Dhaniram Shandil, Sukhvinder Sukhu, Asha Kumari, Sudhir Sharma, G S Bali, …

Meeting to elect next Delhi Congress chief to be held at Sonia Gandhi's residence ahead of Assembly election
5 years, 6 months ago

Meeting to elect next Delhi Congress chief to be held at Sonia Gandhi's residence ahead of Assembly election

Firstpost  

On Monday, the interim Congress chief appointed Rameshwar Oraon as the Jharkhand state unit chief along with five working presidents – Kamlesh Mahato Kamalesh, Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Thakur, Manas Sinha and Sanjay Paswan. New Delhi: A meeting to decide the next Delhi Congress president is expected to be held at the residence of party’s interim president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday. …

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury appointed PAC chairman
5 years, 7 months ago

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury appointed PAC chairman

India TV News  

Congress member in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has been appointed as the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee in keeping with the convention where the post goes to the leader from the opposition party. Congress leader in the 16th Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge was the Chairman of the PAC earlier. The other members elected to the committee from …

Lokpal Search Committee Invites Applications For Preparation Of Panel Of Names For Consideration For Appointment As Chairperson & Members
6 years, 1 month ago

Lokpal Search Committee Invites Applications For Preparation Of Panel Of Names For Consideration For Appointment As Chairperson & Members

Live Law  

Following a deadline fixed by the apex court, the Lokpal Search Committee headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai has invited applications/nominations for preparation of panel of names for consideration by Selection Committee as appointment as Chairperson and Members of Lokpal.To be eligible for appointment as Chairperson, the applicant must have been a Chief Justice. Following a …

Lok Sabha elections 2019 | Ahead of polls, Rahul Gandhi makes key changes in Congress
6 years, 1 month ago

Lok Sabha elections 2019 | Ahead of polls, Rahul Gandhi makes key changes in Congress

India TV News  

Congress president Rahul Gandhi made key changes in the party's ranks Wednesday with an eye on the upcoming national elections. Apart from appointing Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as general secretary for Uttar Pradesh East and Jyotiraditya Scindia as general secretary for UP West, Gandhi replaced Ashok Gehlot with K C Venugopal as general secretary. Congress also appointed Sanjay Choudhary and Haripal …

Congress rejigs ranks, Sushil Kumar Shinde no longer Himachal in-charge
6 years, 9 months ago

Congress rejigs ranks, Sushil Kumar Shinde no longer Himachal in-charge

Hindustan Times  

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday removed former home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde as the party’s in-charge of Himachal Pradesh, appointing former Rajya Sabha member Rajani Patil in his place. Congress leader Sushil Kumar Shinde was replaced by Rajya Sabha member Rajani Patil as the Himachal Pradesh in-charge. Making another set of organisational changes, Gandhi also named former Uttar Pradesh …

Rahul Gandhi appoints Ashok Gehlot, Sushil Kumar Shinde as Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh observers to elect leaders of the House
7 years, 2 months ago

Rahul Gandhi appoints Ashok Gehlot, Sushil Kumar Shinde as Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh observers to elect leaders of the House

Firstpost  

Congress President Rahul Gandhi appointed AICC General Secretaries Ashok Gehlot and Sushil Kumar Shinde as observers for the first Congress Legislature Party meetings in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday appointed AICC General Secretaries Ashok Gehlot and Sushil Kumar Shinde as observers for the first Congress Legislature Party meetings in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, …

Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee adopts resolution for Rahul Gandhi to take charge as party president
7 years, 5 months ago

Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee adopts resolution for Rahul Gandhi to take charge as party president

Firstpost  

The Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee on Monday adopted a resolution to elevate the Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi to the post of party president. Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee on Monday adopted a resolution to elevate the Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to the post of party president. Newly-appointed AICC general secretary in-charge of Madhya Pradesh Deepak Babaria and other …

Selection Of BJP Vice President As NHRC Member: SC Issues Notice To Centre
8 years, 3 months ago

Selection Of BJP Vice President As NHRC Member: SC Issues Notice To Centre

Live Law  

Supreme Court bench of justices Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Uday Umesh Lalit, on December 16, issued notice to the Centre on a petition filed by a student from NOIDA, Anupriya Nagori, challenging the selection of the BJP vice-president, Avinash Rai Khanna, as Member of the National Human Rights Commission, and posted it for further hearing on January 9, 2017.Senior advocate, …

Cabinet reshuffles top-level bureaucrats
8 years, 3 months ago

Cabinet reshuffles top-level bureaucrats

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The government on Wednesday appointed Yudhvir Singh Malik, special secretary in think tank Niti Aayog, as the new chairman of the National Highways Authority of India, replacing Raghav Chandra, who will now join the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes as secretary. Yudhvir Singh, former chief executive officer of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, was made …

Bihar Cadre IPS Officer, Anil Kumar Sinha appointed as the first CBI Director under Lokpal and Lokayuktha Act
10 years, 3 months ago

Bihar Cadre IPS Officer, Anil Kumar Sinha appointed as the first CBI Director under Lokpal and Lokayuktha Act

Live Law  

Succeeding Ranjit Sinha, senior IPS Officer Anil Kumar Sinha has been appointed as the new Director of CBI by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is the first time that the CBI Director was appointed in accordance with the amended provisions of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, by the Lokpal and Lokayuktas …

PM-led panel to select next CBI Chief today; Ranjit Sinha to demit office
10 years, 3 months ago

PM-led panel to select next CBI Chief today; Ranjit Sinha to demit office

India TV News  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today chair a high-level meeting that will decide on the successor to CBI chief Ranjit Sinha, who will be demitting his office today. After receiving a nod from President Pranab Mukherjee on the amended Delhi Special Police Establishment Bill, 2014, the Government set in motion the procedure for selection of a CBI chief. …

Denied Leader of Opposition post, Mallikarjun Kharge finds place in panel headed by PM Modi
10 years, 4 months ago

Denied Leader of Opposition post, Mallikarjun Kharge finds place in panel headed by PM Modi

India TV News  

New Delhi: Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has reportedly been inducted into the three-member selection committee which will select the Chief Information Commissioner. The Right To Information or RTI Act requires that selection of the Chief Information Commissioner be done by a three-member panel comprising the Prime Minister, who shall be the Chairperson of the committee, Leader …

Cong asks CM to find how Namdhari came to head minorities panel
12 years, 3 months ago

Cong asks CM to find how Namdhari came to head minorities panel

Firstpost  

The ruling Congress in Uttarakhand today asked Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna to order a probe to find out on whose recommendation Sukhdev Singh Namdhari was made chairman of the state minorities commission. Dehradun: The ruling Congress in Uttarakhand today asked Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna to order a probe to find out on whose recommendation Sukhdev Singh Namdhari was made chairman …

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