Rajnath Singh, Venkaiah Naidu to meet Sonia Gandhi over consensus Prez candidate
New Delhi: A three-member Bharatiya Janata Party panel set up to consult political parties on selecting a consensus candidate for the upcoming presidential poll will meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday. After meeting Gandhi, the panel of three ministers will...
Sonia must apologise for ‘sadak ka gunda’ statement, says enraged BJP
New Delhi: BJP's Nirmala Sitharaman weighs in on the Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit's remarks against Army chief General Bipin Rawat by calling him a "sadak ka gunda". Dikshit made the remark while responding to a question about the aggressive statements made...
Sharad Pawar turns down Sonia’s offer to be candidate for presidential polls
Pune: Sharad Pawar has cancelled himself from the Opposition's list of potential candidates for the presidential elections, turning down a request from Congress president Sonia Gandhi, his Nationalist Congress Party said today. The NCP assesses that the Opposition does not have...
National Herald case: Huge setback for Sonia, Rahul Gandhi, HC orders Income-Tax probe
File Pic New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today refused to stop an income tax investigation into Young Indian, a company which has Congress bosses Sonia and Rahul Gandhi as its main stakeholders, asking it to first approach tax authorities. While...
Sonia Gandhi admitted to Ganga Ram Hospital due to food poisoning
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi was admitted to Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Monday due to food poisoning. According to the doctors, her condition has significantly improved since yesterday evening. She is expected to be discharged tomorrow, reports...
In Delhi, Stalin meets Sonia, Rahul
New Delhi: DMK working President MK Stalin meets Congress President Sonia Gandhi and VP Rahul Gandhi today. Stalin arrived in Delhi on Thursday to meet President Pranab Mukherjee, to apprise him of the incidents that unfolded during the February 18 trust...
Rahul chairs CWC meet in Sonia’s absence; says democracy going through ‘darkest hours’ under Modi govt
New Delhi: Modi govt is obsessed with power. It seeks to silence all those who disagree, said Rahul Gandhi at Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting. Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday made a scathing attack on the Modi government, saying...
Sonia Gandhi raises dust in PM’s Varanasi, 1st visit in a decade
Varanasi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi began her road show in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh today. The event follows a road show and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's rally in that state, marking the beginning of the...
There can be no compromise on national security: Sonia on Wani’s killing
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: An anguished Congress party president Sonia Gandhi said on Monday that political parties must be allowed time to find durable and enduring ways to fulfill the aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement...
Congress to skip iftaar party, hand out ration to poor
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has announced the cancellation of her customary Iftaar party this year, sending ripples down the line. Partymen say the cancellation is the result of a combination of factors. The first is that Rahul...
Robert Vadra had nothing to do with shady London home deal
Records accessed by Firstpost from London's land registry department reveal that Robert Vadra is not even remotely linked with 12, Ellerton House, 11 Bryanston Square, London, a property purportedly bought by the Congress president's son-in-law through a proxy. According to official...
Never met Sonia or Antony: Agusta ‘middleman’s’ big revelations
File pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the Rs 3,600 crore Agusta Westland helicopter deal, on Wednesday said that he has never met Congress president Sonia Gandhi or the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to push for...
VVIP chopper scam: Kejriwal says Modi scared of arresting Sonia
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Launching an attack on the Narendra Modi government and the Congress on the Agusta Westland VVIP chopper scam, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the Prime Minister does not have “enough courage” to arrest...
Not Afraid, Have Nothing to Hide: Sonia Gandhi on AgustaWestland
NEW DELHI: With the BJP making it clear that it will target Sonia Gandhi in parliament over alleged corruption in a deal to buy 12 helicopters for use by top politicians, her party, the Congress, has decided to retaliate with...
Raj Babbar vows to bounce back as he attends Cong meet in Nagpur
Nagpur: Famed Bollywood actor turned Congress leader Raj Babbar visited Nagpur on Monday to attend a Congress meeting addressed by party chief Sonia Gandhi and AICC President Rahul Gandhi. Talking to Nagpur Today, Raj Babbar said that his loosing the polls against...
Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi visit Deekshabhoomi in Nagpur
Nagpur: Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi arrived in Nagpur today on Monday, from airport they first went to “Deekshabhoomi” (the place where Dr.Ambedkar converted to Buddhism with his followers) to pay respects to the architect of the Indian constitution. Gandhi's didn't...
Former LS Speaker Balram Jakhar passes away; Modi, Sonia condole death
New Delhi/Nagpur: Veteran Congress leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker Balram Jakhar passed away in New Delhi on Wednesday. He was 92. Condoling his death, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was a popular leader who enriched Parliamentary democracy. Jakhar served...
Modi govt accepts Congress’ demand on GST bill
New Delhi/Nagpur: The NDA government has agreed to accept the conditions set by the Congress party to back a landmark tax reform, parliamentary affairs minister Venkaiah Naidu told reporters on Thursday. Naidu also said the government was willing to bring forward...
Let him say what he wants: Sonia Gandhi on PM Modi
New Delhi/ Nagpur : A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said "democracy cannot function at the whims and fancies of anyone" in what was his sharpest attack on the Congress since Parliament's winter session began two weeks ago, party...
Delhi HC on Monday rejects Sonia, Rahul pleas challenging summons issued to them
National Herald Case--Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandi and 5 others directed to appear on Tuesday New Delhi/ Nagpur: In a blow to Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi, Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed their pleas challenging summons issued...
Rape case against Asaram fabricated by Sonia Gandhi: Subramanyam Swami
Jodhpur/ Nagpur: Senior BJP leader Dr Subramanyam Swami alleged that Congress president Sonia Gandhi had got the case of rape fabricated against Asaram under a well planned conspiracy. The conspiracy was made against Asram because he was then launching a...
