Congress Chintan Shivir

Shinde's Hindu terror remark: Delhi Police to submit report The Delhi Police will submit a report on Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's Hindu terror remark at a court on Monday. An application had been filed at Delhi's Tees Hazari court for registering an FIR against the Home Minister. ...  
12:18 PM, Feb 25, 2013

Congress doesn't have the capability to go it alone: Pallavi Ghosh CNN-IBN's deputy bureau chief Pallavi Ghosh joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on what the 2-day Congress Chintan Shivir is likely to discuss. ...  
02:57 PM, Jan 21, 2013

Full text: Rahul Gandhi's first speech as Congress V-P The newly-appointed Congress vice president, Rahul Gandhi, on Sunday made an emotional pitch to the Congress in Jaipur and proclaimed his love for the people of the country and his party. While addressing the party members at the end of the two-day Chintan Shivir, Rahul thanked the party members for appointing him as the party's vice president and said, "I will fight for Congress and people of India with whatever...  
10:44 AM, Jan 21, 2013

Can Rahul's emotional pitch for change turn the tide for Cong? At his first speech after being elevated as the Congress Vice President, Rahul Gandhi had party members in tears with an emotional appeal to transform the system. But it remains to be seen whether his speech will translate on the ground. ...  
07:50 AM, Jan 21, 2013

Youth feel alienated from political class: Rahul In his first address after being appointed Vice President of Congress, Rahul Gandhi on Sunday spoke of the anger of the youth saying they feel alienated from the political class and demanded a complete transformation of the system to give them a role in the political space. ...  
05:31 AM, Jan 21, 2013

BJP recalls Rajiv Gandhi's speech as inspiring, dismisses Rahul's Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on Sunday received praise from the BJP with the party describing his speech in the 80s as "passionate" and "inspiring," while dismissing Rahul Gandhi's Jaipur speech as that of an "opposition leader". ...  
03:52 AM, Jan 21, 2013

Chintan Shivir has filled Cong with new energy: Sonia
by IANS
The three-day Chintan Shivir deliberations have filled the Congress with "new energy and resolve" and if the party abides by its new declaration, nothing can stand in the way of its progress, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi said in Jaipur on Sunday. ...  
02:41 AM, Jan 21, 2013

BJP calls Rahul's elevation 'family inheritance'
by IANS
The BJP on Sunday sought to link Rahul Gandhi's elevation as the Congress vice president to "family inheritance", and said he sounded like a leader of the opposition in his first speech after assuming the new role. ...  
01:40 AM, Jan 21, 2013

Congress a funny party, quips Rahul Gandhi
by IANS
Congress's newly appointed vice president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday termed his party funny as it functioned without any rules or regulations despite being the largest in the world. ...  
12:57 AM, Jan 21, 2013

Congress to reserve 30 per cent posts for women
by IANS
The Congress will set up a legal cell for redressal of women's grievances, and will reserve 30 per cent positions at all levels for them, said the declaration adopted by the party in Jaipur on Sunday. ...  
12:20 AM, Jan 21, 2013

Can Rahul really be a game changer for the Congress?

Praising the current government, Rahul said, "All the development in India has been possible because of Congress and the governments led by it." ...
11:23 PM, Jan 20, 2013

AICC endorses Rahul's appointment as Cong VP The anointment of Rahul Gandhi as the Vice President and 'number two' in the Congress party was on Sunday ratified by the AICC. The Congress Working Committee's decision on Saturday night to appoint Rahul as Vice President was approved by the AICC delegates by clapping of hands. ...  
01:59 PM, Jan 20, 2013

Chintan Shivir: PM talks tough on Pak, says it too must try for peace Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in his address on the final day of the Congress Chintan Shivir in Jaipur committed himself to reforms, called on the party to communicate the UPA government's achievements to the people and urged Pakistan to do more to tackle terror. Beginning his address shortly after UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi spoke on the need to push ahead with reforms, the PM said that the UPA government had...  
12:50 PM, Jan 20, 2013

Will Rahul's appointment as VP act as a gamechanger for Cong?

Rahul Gandhi was appointed as the Congress Vice President on Sunday at the Chintan Shivir in Jaipur. ...
09:48 AM, Jan 20, 2013

Major changes likely in Congress with Rahul's elevation Major changes are likely in Congress with Rahul Gandhi being formally elevated as its Vice President. Indications to this effect were given by party General Secretary Digvijay Singh who said that generally when a new leader comes, he brings in his team. ...  
03:41 AM, Jan 20, 2013

I am confident we can transform Congress: Rahul
by IANS
Newly-appointed Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday thanked party leaders for honouring him with the No 2 post and said he was confident they could "transform" the Congress party. ...  
12:38 AM, Jan 20, 2013

Congress giving more importance to Rahul than India: BJP

BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the picture emerging from the Congress's Chintan Shivir was that the Congress was more worried about Rahul Gandhi's position within party, than the country's problems. ...
02:35 PM, Jan 19, 2013

Cong cautious even as leaders pitch for Rahul as PM On the second day of the Congress's Chintan Shivir in Jaipur, the clamour to make Rahul Gandhi the party's prime ministerial candidate only grew louder, with party strongman Sanjay Nirupam even announcing that Rahul would lead the party in 2014 and be the party's PM candidate. ...  
01:09 PM, Jan 19, 2013

Women empowerment should start from home: Sonia Shaken by the brutal gangrape incident of Delhi, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday made a strong pitch for starting women empowerment from home. "Mothers should teach their boys how to respect women in their family and in the neighbourhood. Women empowerment should start from home," she was quoted as having said at the party's Chintan Shivir in Jaipur. ...  
05:23 AM, Jan 19, 2013

Respect alliances, but not at the cost of Cong revival: Sonia
by IANS
Outlining the party's strategy with the 2014 general elections in mind, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday advised party workers to respect alliances but not at the expense of reviving the Congress and also voiced concern over its shrinking traditional support base. ...  
01:39 AM, Jan 19, 2013