In a game changing move, the Congress on Saturday appointed Rahul Gandhi as the Vice President of the party at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting in Jaipur making the clamour to make him the party's prime ministerial candidate only grow louder. Defence Minister AK Antony proposed Rahul's name for the post and the CWC unanimously backed Antony's proposal. Sources, however, said that it was for sister Priyanka Gandhi's insistence...
09:02 AM, Jan 20, 2013
New Delhi: All eyes will be on Kanpur on Friday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, BJP leader LK Advani and BSP chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati launch their campaigns there. Singh will be addressing a rally at the Moti Jheel grounds in the afternoon. The city has proved lucky for Singh twice - in the General Elections of 2004 and 2009. He is also expected to be in...
07:50 AM, Feb 17, 2012
It's a choice that a lot of people may have to make. One of them is the heir apparent in a democracy, itself a contradiction in terms. The other radiates charm and capability in a way that remind people of her grandmother. Neither has been tested yet. Only one of them is in active politics. And yet, sooner than we imagine, they could be the subject of a choice that...
07:05 PM, Feb 16, 2012
Rae Bareli: For the first time Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has indicated that she is open to joining active politics if Rahul Gandhi asks her to do so. Priyanka made the statement on Tuesday during the campaign trail in Amethi and Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the Assembly polls. Priyanka said, "(I) will campaign in Amethi and Rae Bareli right now. I will do anything Rahul wants me to...
12:06 PM, Jan 17, 2012
New Delhi: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be joining her brother Rahul Gandhi in his campaign in the Assembly Election bound Uttar Pradesh from January 13 to 15. Unlike previous occasions Priyanka will not restrict herself to Rahul and Sonia's constituencies of Amethi and Rae Bareili, that will be a big morale boost for the Congress, which is pinning its hopes on Rahul. It's a high stakes campaign for the Congress,...
06:41 PM, Jan 03, 2012
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi returned to India after treatment in US for over a month. Sonia reached New Delhi at 3 am on Thursday morning and was accompanied by her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. The 64-year-old Congress President underwent surgery for an undisclosed illness at a US hospital on August 4. "Congress President returned early today and she is fine," party general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi said. 10 Janpath...
10:20 AM, Sep 08, 2011
Priyanka Gandhi talks about why she made a visit to Nalini, one of the accused in Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, and if she has forgiven her father's assassin. ...
10:43 PM, Aug 29, 2011
New Delhi: The Punjab and Haryana High Court pulled up the Hooda government on Monday for flouting land laws in order to aid the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust in Gurgaon's Ulawas village. It is being reported that the site for the Indira Gandhi Eye Hospital and Research Centre in Gurgaon's Ulawas village, to be set up by the Trust, was granted eight acres of land in violation of the land...
08:57 PM, Aug 01, 2011
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi is a hit on Facebook. He has a fan page following of 67,921 people which could be among the largest for any leader in the country on the popular social networking site. Moreover, Gandhi's facebook account, which Congress says has not been created by him, has 4,999 friends listed in it. It has photographs and videos as well as regular updates. Rahul's sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra...
11:11 AM, Aug 29, 2010
Priyanka was among the first few to cast her vote this morning. ...
03:39 PM, Nov 29, 2008
Hambantota: Getting the upper hand over the other will be the priority of Sri Lanka and India as they get the five-match series underway with the first ODI at Hambantota on Saturday. Both sides have been patchy in 2012 and there will be no room for complacency in what is shaping to be series that could be decided with the ball. India had a torrid time during the latter part...
10:14 PM, Jun 10, 2008
