Mangalore: Senior Indian National Congress leader and AICC General Secretary Oscar Fernandes said that Indian National Congress President Sonia Gandhi will participate in the congress workers convention scheduled at Town Hall on October 18, Thursday. He was speaking at the press meet held at District Congress Office on October 16, Tuesday. He also said that […]

Mangalore: Even as the district administration is making elaborate security arrangements for the scheduled visit of Congress President Sonia Gandhi to Mangalore on October 18, the Congress party on its part is busy making preparations to welcome the party president. The Congress Publicity Cell has already launched a publicity vehicle at Nehru Maidan on October […]

Mangalore: Former Union Minister B Janardhana Poojary said that the DK and Udupi district congress will hold massive convention at Nehru Maidan and Indian National Congress President Sonia Gandhi will participate in the valedictory function to be scheduled on October 18, Thursday. He was speaking at a press meet held at District Congress Office on […]

New Delhi: Congress president  Sonia Gandhi has made it clear to her party that it must refute allegations of corruption made against her son-in-law Robert Vadra by activists-turned-politicians Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan. Mrs Gandhi’s message to party leaders reportedly describes the charges as an attempt “to  sensationalise”  her son-in-law’s involvement in real estate. Mr […]

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s query on Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s travel expenses seems to be getting back at him. While Modi continues to target Sonia, it has now emerged that the Gujarat Chief Minister himself may be hiding information. Activists Trupti Shah and Bharat Sinh Jhala claim Modi is withholding information on expenses […]

New Delhi: Leading the counter-offensive on the coal block allocation issue, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday hit out at the BJP saying the main opposition party was holding Parliament to ransom. The BJP has scant respect for Parliament; it is mocking the people of India, Gandhi told the general body meeting of the Congress […]

New Delhi : UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi today lost her cool  in Lok Sabha, when senior BJP leader L K Advani described the UPA rule as an ‘illegitimate’ government. While moving an adjournement motion on the communal violence in Assam, Advani mentioned the 2008 cash-for-vote scam in which BJP MPs placed wads of curreny notes […]

Mumbai: As many as 42 Congress MLAs in Maharashtra have written a joint letter to the state party chief and Congress president Sonia Gandhi demanding that the chief minister Prithviraj Chavan must change his “style of functioning”. The MLAs, mostly supporters of two former chief ministers Ashok Chavan and Vilasrao Deshmukh, involved in the Adarsh […]

New  Delhi : Congress President Sonia Gandhi has told that Rahul Gandhi alone with decide on whether he will play a larger role in the party.  When asked if there’s a possibility of him serving as working president or vice-president before the 2104 polls, she said, “It is for Rahul to decide, he alone can […]

New Delhi: Has Defence Minister A.K. Antony been informally accorded the number two position in the cabinet to replace Pranab Mukherjee who is contesting the presidential election? An indication about Antony’s elevation came Thursday as he was seated next to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the cabinet meeting. Official sources said Antony was on the […]