New Delhi: Amid the stalemate between the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar had a hour-long meeting with Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi, here on Monday. Addressing the media after the meeting, Pawar, flanked by Ajit Pawar and Prafull Patel, said the “NCP-Congress has been mandated to […]
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Sonia bans phones in party meetings to stop leakages
New Delhi: In a bid to prevent distraction and real-time information leakages, Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi disallowed carrying of mobile phones by senior leaders at a meeting here, sources said on Monday. Sonia has, in fact, decided not to allow mobile phones in meetings of important Congress Working Committee (CWC) meetings even in the […]
Sonia Gandhi cancels Raipur visit due to health issues
New Delhi: Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi, who was scheduled to attend the Chhattisgarh Rajyotsav 2019 in Raipur on November 1, has cancelled her visit due to health issue. This was stated by Amarjit Bhagat, a Minister in the Chhattisgarh government. She was to be chief guest at the inauguration of the three-day event, to […]
Sonia attacks Modi govt on RTI Act dilution
New Delhi: Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi has attacked the Centre on the amendment to the RTI Act, accusing Modi government of diluting its effectiveness. In a statement issued on Thursday, Sonia Gandhi said the “BJP government has now launched its final assault to decimate RTI. To further erode and dilute its effectiveness, the Modi government […]
Sonia sends ‘Chadar’ to Bareilly Sharif Dargah
New Delhi: Interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi has send a ‘Chadar’ to the Bareilly Sharif Dargah to pay her respects. The Dargah of Ala Hazrat is celebrating its 101st annual ‘Urs’ ceremony. The Congress in a release on Wednesday said: “Congress President Sonia Gandhi met a delegation led by All India Minority Congress Chairman Nadeem […]
Sonia Gandhi visits Tihar Jail to meet D.K. Shivakumar
New Delhi: Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday morning visited party leader D.K. Shivakumar at the Tihar Jail here. She was accompanied by party General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka K.C. Venugopal. Shivakumar was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case on September 3. His bail plea is pending with the court and […]
Nobel Prize: Sonia congratulates, Rahul politicises
New Delhi: The Congress top brass on Monday congratulated the trio of Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kramer upon receiving the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. Born in 1961 in Mumbai, Bannerjee is a Ph.D. from Harvard University and a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Extending her wishes to […]
Haryana CM compares Sonia Gandhi with ‘dead rat’, Congress seeks unconditional apology
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday sought an unconditional apology from Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar for his “unparliamentary” comments on Congress President Sonia Gandhi. Congress women’s wing chief Sushmita Dev said in a statement: “His (Khattar) remarks against the Congress President are deplorable and unparliamentary, it is a clear reflection of his and the […]
Rahul in Wardha, Sonia in Delhi on October 2 padyatra
New Delhi: To counter the BJP on ideological lines, the Congress has announced a massive ‘padyatra’ across the country on October 2 with the party’s interim President Sonia Gandhi leading the charge in Delhi while former Congress President Rahul Gandhi will do the same in Maharashtra’s Wardha. To counter the BJP’s attempt to claim the […]
Sonia, Manmohan visit Tihar to meet Chidambaram
New Delhi: Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday arrived at Tihar Jail here to meet former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, who has been imprisoned since September 5 in the INX Media case. This is for the first time that Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh visited the jail premises to […]