New Delhi: The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government will take “corruption head-on”, Congress president Sonia Gandhi reiterated here Monday. “We will take corruption head-on and demonstrate through our action and not through words alone that we mean what we say,” Sonia... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: Voicing concern over spiralling extremist violence, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi today said while such elements need to be combated, the doors for dialogue must remain open and the prospect of “political accommodation” should be kept... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: In a two—pronged attack on fundamentalism and corruption, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today said majority and minority communalism are dangerous and must be defeated and favoured fast—tracking all corruption cases, including those of politicians. Addressing the... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: Addressing the Congress plenary meet on Sunday, the Congress president Sonia Gandhi said that “We have to pay attention to our weaknesses also, which are visible from time to time”. She also said that Congress would hold brainstorming sessions... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: Congress today amended its constitution to extend its party president’s term to five years from the current three years. An amendment to this effect was passed at the 83rd Congress plenary which began in Burari on the fringes of... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has promised to write a book detailing the tense moments in 2004 when she stepped aside in favour of Manmohan Singh for the prime ministership after the UPA emerged victorious in ... (Continue reading)
Bangalore: Hitting back at Congress President Sonia Gandhi for hurling charges of corruption against him, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today shot off a letter to her asking her to provide proof for her allegations. “The charges against me are... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi rejects Opposition demand for JPC probe into 2G spectrum allocation scam, says Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi. Sonia comes down heavily on Opposition for disrupting Parliament and politicising the spectrum issue. She also congratulated the government for achieving... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi turned 65 today with leaders of the party and its allies visiting her 10 Janpath residence to greet her. Union Ministers Pranab Mukherjee, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Virbhadra Singh, C P Joshi and Pradesh Congress Committee... (Continue reading)
Hyderabad: After months of cold war with the Congress high command, Jagan Mohan Reddy, son of former chief minister Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, quit the Congress party and as member of Parliament. In a five-page letter to Congress president Sonia... (Continue reading)