Monday 20 April '09
Use Mayawati’s ideas to beat Mayawati. That seems to be Rahul Gandhi’s new plan as he promises to end the BSP chief’s reign in three years.Monday 30 March '09
With his cousin Varun Gandhi donning the mantle of the BJP’s GenNext Hindutva ideologue, which threatens to whip up communal passions...Sunday
29 March '09Last Wednesday, as the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) was bracing to leave the UPA to align with the AIADMK.....Tuesday
24 March '09Three years ago, when he was under fire over the issue of OBC quota, HRD Minister Arjun Singh complained to Sonia Gandhi about Manmohan Singh not coming to his rescue.Sunday
22 March '09As the Election Commission discussed BJP candidate Varun Gandhi’s reply to its notice on his alleged hate speeches, it received another complaint today...Thursday
19 March '09Seat sharing talks between Congress and NCP were learnt to be well on course with the two parties zeroing in on a compromise formula.Tuesday
10 March '09With IPL organisers drawing up a revised schedule from April 10 to May 24, Home Ministry is learnt to be by and large fine with the revised dates.Monday
9 March '09Though PM Manmohan Singh may not be a crowd-puller, campaign managers of the Congress are burning the midnight oil deliberating on ways and means to connect him to the masses.....Thursday
5 March '09Congress campaign managers are getting requests from young professionals from across the world who want to join the party's campaign team.Sunday
1 March '09Minister of State (independent charge) for Labour and Employment, Oscar Fernandes is set to resign from the Union Council of Ministers to devote full time to party work...Wednesday
25 February '09Under Opposition attack for 'letting down' Telangana and its people, Cong president Sonia Gandhi is now set to endorse the demand for a separate state.Thursday
12 February '09While West Bengal Congress chief Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday gave clearance to the state leadership for talks with the Trinamool Congress for an alliance in the Lok Sabha election....Monday
9 February '09Accusing Pakistan of aiding and abetting terrorist activities in India, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today invoked the name of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi...Thursday
5 February '09Suspended Congress leader from Maharashtra Narayan Rane is set to get a reprieve from the party High Command.Thursday
5 February '09Ties between the Congress and Samajwadi Party have reached a breaking point over the Kalyan Singh issue with the ruling party....Wednesday
4 February '09Ties between the Congress and Samajwadi Party have reached a breaking point over the Kalyan Singh issue with the ruling party at the Centre conveying to the SP leadership its inability to go ahead with seat-sharing talks for the Lok Sabha polls if the SP has any electoral understanding with the former BJP leader.Tuesday
3 February '09The contentious issue of reservation in private sector, put on the backburner after the UPA failed to arrive at a consensus on it...Monday
2 February '09Sharad Chandra Govindrao Pawar had kicked off a debate last August on the UPA’s prime ministerial candidate in the 2009 general elections....Friday
30 January '09Barely five days after he cleared Chandan Yadav as new Bihar Youth Congress president, Rahul Gandhi...Thursday
29 January '09Keen to build bridges with senior party leaders to get a reprieve from the high command, suspended Congress leader Narayan Rane....Monday
26 January '09Pranab Mukherjee has found himself at the number two position, again. Ironically, his very strengths may have prevented him from becoming the officiating prime minister, first after Indira Gandhi’s assassination and now with Manmohan Singh in hospitalSunday
25 January '09Aam aadmi, the catch phrase of the Congress’ manifesto in 2004 is set to lose prominence in the ruling party...Monday
19 January '09Four months after Crayons bagged the contract to chalk out the campaign strategy of the Congress for the next Lok Sabha electionsSaturday
17 January '09AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi has exhorted people to give up the practice of touching feet and start shaking hands instead. His advice to a group of women at Simara village in Amethi on Thursday came in the presence of British Foreign Secretary David Miliband who was on a two-day visit to Rahul’s parliamentary constituency. At the end of over an hour long interaction with a self-help group (SHG), as the two dignitaries got up to leave, women rushed to touch Rahul’s feet. “Ab yeh pair chhoona band karo, ab haath milao (stop touching feet; shake hands now),” Rahul told them. Appreciating the candid advice of the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family, Congress sources said his remarks were made in the context of women’s empowerment. After attaining a certain measure of economic independence and empowerment, there is no need to touch anybody’s feet as a mark of deference, they said. “He was not questioning any Indian tradition. He was trying to make women realise their power and potential,” said a senior Congress leader. The AICC general secretary struck a good rapport with the British Foreign Secretary, playing the role of a translator and interpreter for Miliband during their interaction with villagers in Amethi. At the end of their interaction, when Rahul informed them that the visitor was thanking them, women insisted that Miliband should thank them directly. “Hum thunk yu samajhte hain” said a woman evoking laughter. “If the future of India is represented by you, your children and grandchildren, the future of India will be very bright,” said Miliband before bidding them adieu. At a villager’s house where a bonfire was arranged for the visiting dignitaries, Miliband wanted to know from a young boy whether he had finished his homework. When the boy said he took tuitions, Rahul and Miliband had a hearty laugh.Saturday
17 January '09AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi has exhorted people to give up the practice of touching feet and start shaking hands instead.
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