Congress president Sonia Gandhi said on Thursday the opposition strike during the budget presentation last week was against "democratic norms and traditions".
 
Gandhi said at a meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party, "The manner in which the opposition sought to disrupt ...

Sonia Gandhi congratulated Pranab Mukherjee on his well-balanced budget, clearly indicating a thumbs up for the fuel price hike.
 
The price rise has already caused a enough chaos in the Parliament with opposition members shouting slogans against the ruling party and some even walking out ...

In what can be called the heights of childish politics the Congress and BSP have got into a row over the inauguration of a bridge in UP’s Rae Bareilly constituency.   
 
The Congress is agitated by Mayawati’s hasty decision of inaugurating the bridge. According to them ...

Congress President Sonia Gandhi said to party MPs in parliament March 8 women's reservation bill is going to be a "gift to the women of India if it is introduced and passed."
 
Gandhi addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) said, "Other than the Right to Food ...

The Congress Working Committee (CWC), including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi have attended the CWC meeting over the rising prices of essential commodities.  
 
At the meeting the chief ministers of Congress-ruled states were there except Maharashtra ...

Digvijay Singh’s Azamgarh mission, of interacting with families of terrorists and telling them how he appreciates their point of view, faced opposition from BJP and elements from his own party. Singh said that despite all the opposition party president Sonia Gandhi gave him an approval to go ...

United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said Kashmir has a "special place in secular democracy of India" and that all problems can be resolved through "democratic process of dialogue".
 
"There would always be problems, but there is no ...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi arrived in Kashmir on Wednesday on a two-day visit. 
 
A special aircraft carrying the Prime Minister and the UPA chairperson landed at the technical area of the Srinagar international airport ...

The security forces of Jammu and Kashmir have been put on high alert since yesterday, in wake of Manmohan Singh’s visit to the Valley today for the inauguration of railways in the Anantnag-Qazigund section.  Sources have reported that he may also be holding talks with the ...

The World's 100 Most Powerful Women list compiled by Forbes has UPA President Sonia Gandhi and ICICI Bank CEO and Managing Director Chanda Kochhar among the top 20.
 
The list which is led by German Chancellor Angela Merkel has Sonia Gnadhi at number 13 and Chanda Kochaar at number ...

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked the party members to give 20% of their salaries for the measures that are being adopted by central and state governments to pacify drought effects.
 
"The Congress president proposed that party MPs, legislators, ministers and other salaried ...

Sonia Gandhi, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson and Rae Bareli MP who is in Lucknow has plans toll make surprise visits in villages in her constituency to check out development works there.
 
Sonia Gandhi left for Rae Bareli after she reached Lucknow on Monday morning, where ...

 
Britain-based Indian filmmaker Jagmohan Mundhra is firm on his decision of making a biopic on Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
 
The filmmaker claims that he has done lot of research on the topic. He says he will not even mind if the Indian government decides to ban the film ...

The Nehru Trophy Boat Race, which is scheduled to happen on Aug 7 in Alappuzha, Kerala, will have Congress President, Sonia Gandhi as the chief guest.
 
District Collector Minnie Antony said the Nehru Trophy Boat Race this year would see the presence of many VIPs, including Gandhi, apart ...

Providing a strong support to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's declaration that there was no dilution of the national sovereignty on countering terrorism stemming from Pakistan, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi said that India's foreign policy with respect to its neighbour had not changed. ...

Billed as an engineering marvel, India's first sea bridge was thrown open in this financial and entertainment capital Tuesday, promising to cut travel time by 80 percent, bypassing 23 traffic signals that commuters have to endure otherwise.
 

United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson ...

The chairperson of United Progressive Alliance (UPA), Sonia Gandhi on Friday (February 27) laid the foundation stone for an IIT campus at Kandi in Medak district of Andhra Pradesh. The IIT campus will be spread over an area of 500 acres of land which will cost Rs.10 billion. After the completion of ...

India's third rail coach manufacturing factory has been inaugurated in Rae Bareli by Congress president Sonia Gandhi and railway minister Lalu Prasad on Tuesday (January 27). The facility will be build with an investment of Rs.20 billion which aims to provide employment to at least 8,000 people of ...

Congress president Sonia Gandhi introduced a scheme called Priyadarshini for the welfare of the women and children in Amethi. During the launch of the welfare scheme, both Sonia and Rahul Gandhi jointly addressed a public rally in Amethi. While addressing the rally, the Congress chief stated that ...

Congress President Sonia Gandhi has warned neighboring countries against encouraging terrorism. She was addressing an election rally in Dableer village near Jammu ahead of the final seventh phase of the assembly elections. Sonia said India's desire for peace should not be taken as a sign of ...

The prestigious Newsweek magazine has ranked Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan among the 50 most powerful people in the world. The number one slot in the list has been bagged by US President-elect Barack Obama. While commenting on the 17th spot captured by Sonia ...

The Centre has asserted in the Supreme Court that there is no bar on Congress president Sonia Gandhi holding high constitutional posts, though she obtained citizenship by her long stay in the country and not by birth.
 
The Centre said in its response to a petition filed by the Rashtriya ...

Madras University has bestowed a PhD degree to Congress chief Edvige Antonia Albina Maino alias Sonia Gandhi. Interestingly, universities in Tamil Nadu are known to vest PhD degrees not only to political leaders but to film stars too. The honorary degree to Sonia has been given to felicitate her ...

China has invited Sonia Gandhi to represent India in the opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics and not PM Manmohan Singh. Though there has not been any official communication on the issue. According to some sources, it is a part of Chinese diplomacy. However, there is no likelihood of Sonia ...

Congress MP Madan Lal has alleged that Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad saved the state Assembly speaker Tara Chand in the infamous Srinagar sex scandal. The congress MP from Jammu & Kashmir asserted that Speaker Tara Chand was involved in ...

Congress President Sonia Gandhi has become the only Indian politician to make it to the Time Magazine’s 2008 list of world’s most influential people. The 61 year old party president has been listed in the category of leaders and revolutionaries. Two other Indians who have found a place ...

Congress President, Sonia Gandhi has finally ended all speculations stating that Dr Manmohan Singh is doing an excellent job as the Prime Minister and is likely to be the Prime Ministerial candidate of the UPA government for the next general elections. Mrs. Sonia Gandhi strongly made her point ...

UPA chief Sonia Gandhi while addressing a rally of women workers in Jammu and Kashmir said that the Congress wants reservation for women in political institutions. Sonia said that congress is committed for women empowerment and will take every step for women reservation. She said that reservation ...