New Delhi : The list of Congress candidates for the remaining 47 Assembly constituencies is likely to be announced only after Friday. After she returns to New Delhi, Congress president Sonia Gandhi may hold a meeting with senior leaders to finalise the contestants on Friday. Congress Screening Committee headed by former Goa Chief Minister Luizinho […]

New Delhi : Congress on Tuesday rubbished its general secretary Digvijay Singh’s remarks that the model of two power centres has not worked well and said this is an “ideal model” even for the future. The party at the same time kept on the suspense over who will be its prime ministerial candidate in the […]

New Delhi : In some strong remarks, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday warned Italy on the Italian naval guards issue. Addressing the general body meeting of Congress parliamentary party — the first such interaction with her MPs after the start of the Budget session of Parliament, Sonia said that no country should take India […]

Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has refused to share the dais with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi in Malda on Saturday. Both Dr Singh and Sonia Gandhi will be in Malda in West Bengal for a brief 90-minute visit today, during which the PM will lay the foundation […]

New Delhi : Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday completed an unprecedented 15 years as Congress president, a feat unparallelled in the annals of the 127-year-old organisation. The highpoint of 66-year-old Gandhi’s political career came in May 2004 when she successfully led the Congress to power at the Centre via the coalition route. After securing power, she […]

New Delhi : Amid national concern and outrage over sexual crimes against women, Sonia Gandhi, the head of the ruling Congress, said today, “Our heads hang in shame because of the rapes, crimes that are committed against women in the country.” In December, the barbarous gang-rape of a medical student on a bus in Delhi […]

Jaipur : The stage is all set for Rahul Gandhi to take a “bigger role” in the Congress as well as government with the party’s all-powerful Congress Working Committee (CWC) likely to discuss the issue on the final day of the Congress’ Chintan Shivir in Jaipur today, sources have said. “The CWC is likely to […]

New Delhi: Soon after External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said this morning that India would not let the recent tension along the Line of Control upset the peace process with Pakistan, Sonia Gandhi, president of the ruling Congress added, “Let us be very clear, dialogue must be based on accepted principles of civilised behaviour.” Earlier this […]

New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi was on Friday in the eye of a storm after a former CAG official accused him of calling audit officials to his home for preparation of the PAC report on 2G scam that indicted the government. Joshi, who heads Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), offered to resign […]

New Delhi: Top leaders of the Congress party are meeting in Surajkund near Delhi for a day-long brainstorming session to discuss the current political situation and fine-tune strategy for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. The ‘Samwvad Baithak’ (dialogue meeting) comes at a critical juncture when the party is facing tough challenges at political and economic […]