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Mukherjee, Tendulkar, Bhosle awarded Padma Vibhushan
President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Monday conferred External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, cricket star Sachin Tendulkar and playback singer Asha Bhosle with the Padma Vibhushan award for their outstanding contribution in their respective fields. ANI
Sonia Gandhi launches satellite TV channel Vasanth
Congress president Sonia Gandhi today launched the satellite TV channel Vasanth from the party headquarters at 24, Akbar Road here. ANI
Congress MP from Jammu charges Sonia Gandhi with saving Srinagar sex scandal accused
Congress Member of Parliament from Jammu, Madan Lal Sharma, today accused Party President Sonia Gandhi and Jammu Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad of protecting State Assembly Speaker Tara Chand in connection with the Srinagar sex scandal of 2007. ANI
LF partners hold CPI(M) responsible for pre-poll terror
Major Left Front partners like the RSP and the Forward Bloc have charged Big Brother CPI(M) with resorting to large-scale violence to defeat their nominees for the rural polls scheduled to be held in the second week of this month. ANI
NDAs dawn-to-dusk strike against price rise begins
The Opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is observing a general strike today to protest against the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Governments inability to control rising prices of essential commodities. ANI
Rajiv Gandhi assassination conspirator Nalini seeks early release from jail
Nailini Sriharan, who is serving a life sentence for being involved in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, has filed a plea in the Madras High Court today, seeking early release. ANI
Basu criticises Sonias comments on Bengal law and order situation
Former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu today reacted caustically to United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhis comments on the law and order situation in the State. ANI
Sonia criticizes West Bengal government on the violence in Nandigram
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday criticized Left Front West Bengal government on the violence in Nandigram. ANI
Sonia says she is with the people of Nandigram
Congress President Sonia Gandhi said that she was with the people of Nandigram in their sorrow and hardship and indirectly criticised the West Bengal Government Bengal for its handling of the situation in that area. Addressing a public meeting at the Young Mens Association (YMA) ground here, Gandhi said: I am with the people of Nandigram who faced sorrow and hardship, especially with the women, children and farmers. ANI
Sonia to address public meetings in WB today
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will today visit West Bengals Malda and Murshidabad districts to hold public meetings, organised to thank her for waiving farmers loan worth Rs 60,000 crore. ANI
National convention of heads of panchayats to begin today
Union Minister for Panchayati Raj Mani Shankar Aiyar will inaugurate a three-day national convention of presidents of zilla parishads and intermediate panchayats here today. ANI
Sonia to campaign for West Bengal Panchayat polls
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday convened a Congress party meeting here to finalise Party President Sonia Gandhis visit to West Bengal on April 28 to give pace to the party campaign for the upcoming panchayat elections there. ANI
True to his inimitable witty style, RPI (Republican Party of India) MP Ramdas Athawale today didnt miss an opportunity to leave the Lok Sabha in splits. ANIPriyanka Gandhi confirms meeting her fathers assassin in Vellore jail
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the daughter of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi today confirmed that she had met one of the persons involved in her fathers assassination at the Vellore Prison on March 19.According to media reports, a Chennai lawyer, D. Raj Kumar had filed an application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, seeking clarifications about the meeting between Priyanka and Nalini. ANISonia to address tribals rally in Rajasthan today
Congress President Sonia Gandhi will address a tribals rally in Dungarpur district of Rajasthan. The rally is seen as the beginning of the poll campaign in the poll bound state. ANI
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