On Thursday, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee visited the PMO. As she met PM Modi, she discussed development issues but didn’t have any talks regarding the upcoming Presidential election, said Banerjee. Talking about her meeting with Modi, Banerjee said she raised the issue of funds for to her state under[Read More…]
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Watch: Rajiv Gandhi, the man who connected millions to their loved ones
“India is an old country, but a young nation; and like the young everywhere we are impatient. I am young, and I too have a dream. I dream of an India strong, independent and self-reliant and in the front rank of the nations of the world in the service of[Read More…]
Indira Gandhi forced me to drink milk and eat spinach: Sonia Gandhi
Congress leader Anand Sharma’s book on former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi called India’s Indira was released in the capital on Saturday. The event saw the presence of the country’s top leaders including President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi among[Read More…]
Income tax probe in Herald case
In a development in the National Herald case, the Delhi High Court has allowed the Income Tax department to launch an investigation into Young Indian Private Limited on Friday. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi will face an Income Tax investigation in the case. The bench said, “You can’t[Read More…]
Sonia’s condition stable, to remain in hospital for few days
After being hospitalised for food poisoning on Sunday, Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s condition is stable now. The Ganga Ram Hospital authorities said that she will have to remain in the hospital for a few more days though. “The health condition of Sonia Gandhi is stable. She is progressing well and[Read More…]
Presidential poll: Sonia Gandhi to meet Mamata Banerjee on May 16
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on May 16, in a bid to discuss the presidential poll strategy. Significantly, Mamata’s Trinamool Congress will play a crucial role in upcoming presidential election with a total of 49 MPs in both houses and 184 MLAs. Thus,[Read More…]
Congress rejig, appoints new state chiefs
In a major organisational revamp, the Congress on Thursday has replaced its existing state unit chiefs in two states where Assembly elections happened recently. The Congress leadership has appointed senior leader Pritam Singh as its Uttarakhand Congress chief and Sunil Jakhar as its chief in Punjab. Sunil Jakhar, contested from[Read More…]
BJP not worried about presidential elections: Subramanian Swamy
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy made it clear that the BJP is not tensed over the presidential elections. Notably, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Vice-president Rahul Gandhi are putting efforts to gather support from the other political parties over the same. “They (Sonia and Rahul) can unite everybody[Read More…]
Omar Abdullah meets Sonia Gandhi
Congress approves Central Election Authority, Mullapally Ramachandran elected as chairman
In an effort to speed up the internal polls, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has approved the composition of the Central Organisational Election Authority (CEA). Mullappally Ramachandran was elected as the chairman of the CEA. Bhubaneshwar Kalita and Madhusudan Mistry were appointed as members of the CEA. As per a Congress[Read More…]
India mourns Vinod Khanna’s death
Bollywood actor Vinod Khanna passed away on Thursday morning at the age of 70 after prolonged illness. Recently, a picture of him in a terrible physical condition had gone viral on social media. Politicians and film fraternity are sending messages of condolences to the actor’s family in expression of the[Read More…]
Maoists attack: 25 jawans killed in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma
At least 25 paramilitary personnel were killed and six others were injured in Chhattisgarh’s south Sukma region on Monday by the suspected maoist militants. The attack was possibly to prevent a crucial road link the government thinks would break the support of the insurgent group. The attack happened between the[Read More…]
Lalu to meet Sonia Gandhi for unity talks
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Saturday said he would soon meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi for a stronger opposition unity against the BJP at national level. “Definitely we will talk about the present political conditions and also the ways to forge a stronger unity between the secular and the[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar calls for opposition unity to take on BJP
Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar on Thursday met Congress President Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi and advocated unity among opposition parties to take on the BJP-led NDA. Nitish Kumar also suggested a joint Opposition candidate for the President post and appealed Sonia Gandhi to take the lead[Read More…]
Exclusive: NCP merging with Congress?
Ever since veteran leader Sharad Pawar formed the Nationalist Congress Party in 1999, one question that always loomed large – will Sharad Pawar ever go back into the Congress fold? So far, there were straight denials to this question but now the tide may be turning. Notably, Pawar has never[Read More…]
Electoral defeats are temporary shocks, Rahul Gandhi has been steadfast in his core values
It was anybody’s guess while analysing the Congress result in the recently concluded 5 state elections that Congress’s success will have many fathers but in case of failure, all blame would be on Rahul Gandhi alone. As the leader, Rahul Gandhi has accepted the blame for the defeats on[Read More…]
The man everyone loves to hate
We have made fun of him, his incompetence and general reluctance to take responsibility. But keep that aside for a bit and think about what kind of a traumatic childhood he has had. Age 5 – Emergency is declared Age 10 – Uncle dies in a plane crash Age 14[Read More…]
Sonia Gandhi likely to ‘Skip’ counting day
Congress president Sonia Gandhi is likely to miss the counting day on Saturday as she will be traveling abroad for medical treatment. The counting of votes will be held on March 11. Notably, Sonia also was seen not campaigning in the assembly elections including UP. However, Rahul organized Congress’s election[Read More…]
On this day, Motilal Nehru dies
Fight forces seeking to undermine constitutional values, says Sonia Gandhi
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said the intrinsic strength of Indian Republic lies in our constitutional values and asked the people to fight forces which seek to undermine them. Extending greetings on the occassion of the 68th Republic Day, Gandhi said that the Indian Republic’s intrinsic strength lies in[Read More…]
UP Polls: Priyanka Gandhi to campaign for Congress
PMO files: Sonia Gandhi ruled country through NAC during UPA rule?
Government will soon publicize 710 files of the National Advisory Council (NAC) that provide thorough details of how NAC, created by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, influenced the UPA administration between 2004 and 2014. The files show how Gandhi ruled the country from the backdoors while Manmohan Singh remained a ‘dummy[Read More…]
Reprieve for Gandhis in National Herald case; blow to Swamy
The Patiala House Court gave relief to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case on Tuesday. The court dismissed BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s the plea asking for additional documents from the Congress and Associated Journals Limited (AJL). The next date of hearing has been[Read More…]
Here is all you need to know about the VVIP Chopper deal
1) The requirement for VVIP helicopters was raised by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in the early 2000s. 2) After rounds of evaluations and changes in requirements, it was only in February 2010 that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government signed a deal with AgustaWestland for the purchase of 12[Read More…]
President Mukherjee, PM, Sonia Gandhi, condole Jayalalithaa’s death
President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Union Ministers, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and various other top leaders from across the country have condoled Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s death and paid tributes to her. Jayalalithaa died late on Monday night at a[Read More…]