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Net direct tax collections during first six months of the present fiscal (up to September 2008) stood at Rs.147,197 crore, up from Rs.111,055 crore, registering a growth of 32.54 percent.

New Delhi: From North to South and East to West, the Congress Party is now scouting for new alliance for the next general election.

New Delhi: In the wake of economic crisis in the United Sates of America and its impact on India the Congress President Sonia Gandhi has constituted a high level committee to take a stock of the situation arising out of global melt down.

New Delhi: The ruling United Progressive Alliance government seems heading towards an early Lok Sabha election mode with Congress preparing to snap its ties with Samajwadi Party over the seat-sharing arrangement in politically sensitive state of Uttar Pradesh, which finally has failed.

New Delhi: The Congress President Sonia Gandhi has once again asked her most trusted leader Mr Pranab Mukheerjee to prepare all pleasing election manifesto for the next Lok Sabha Election.

New Delhi: The Muslim community seems to be disenchanted and enraged over the distraught behaviour of the Congress Party questioning ruling party's commitment for the betterment of India's largest minority group.

New Delhi: Following Saturday's serial bomb blasts in Delhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singha and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi is under tremendous pressure to drop the Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil, who has been held responsible for the failure of intelligence agencies.

New Delhi: With Samajwadi Party agreeing to give 22 Lok Sabha seats to the Congress in Uttar Pradesh and the ruling party conceding to accommodate its newly found ally in few other states, the two parties appear to have sealed the seat sharing pact, which would be given final touch in the last meeting on Monday.

New Delhi: Top officials of the Congress held a meeting Friday morning and finalized the agenda for the Saturday's meeting of the Congress Working Committee. The main focus of the agenda is to formulate a strategy for the forthcoming elections to the six assemblies and parliament.

New Delhi: The Congress, the main constituent of the ruling United Progressive Alliance, is weighing the option of going for general election in November - December this year or in February next year.