Pranab To Meet Sonia

"I will miss his tantrums" is what Congress president Sonia Gandhi said while bidding farewell to Pranab Mukherjee from the Congress Working Committee at a meeting which formally approved his name as the UPA's presidential nominee in June 2012.

The government's move of reaching out for a consensus candidate to succeed President Pranab Mukherjee has given pause to the opposition, which had been scouting for its own candidate. What can divide them further is a name - Sushma Swaraj.

The groundwork on choosing common candidates for the post of President and Vice President over, the opposition leaders will sit together on Friday with a hope to arrive a decision.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be back in Delhi next week for a meeting of several opposition parties to decide on who they will field for President against the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's nominee. But they are unlikely to make an announcement till the NDA names its candidate in a 'Pehle AAP' or you first strategy.

After Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar pitched a second term for President Pranab Mukherjee, the Congress today indicated that it will support such a move if the President agrees to it. This evening Congress chief Sonia Gandhi meets West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to discuss fielding a common opposition candidate to take on the BJP-led ...

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi -- the agenda is the Presidential elections. Mrs Gandhi has taken the lead to scout for a candidate all the opposition parties are ready to back. She and her son and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi have spoken to most opposition leaders. Last week, from her hospital bed in...

After being hospitalised for food poisoning, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi rang West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to secure a meeting on Monday in Delhi.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has been admitted to Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital after a bout of food poisoning. Hospital chairman DS Rana said the 70-year-old, who was admitted on Sunday, is better and will be discharged today. From her hospital bed, Mrs Gandhi on Tuesday called West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The Trinamool Congress...

After Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the Left's Sitaram Yechury has met Congress president Sonia Gandhi to discuss jointly fielding an opposition candidate against the nominee of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in the election for President in July. Lalu Yadav of the RJD has said he too will meet Sonia Gandhi, who has deliberately been...

DMK leader MK Stalin met Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday and discussed the political situation in Tamil Nadu. A day before, he met President Pranab Mukherjee to submit a memorandum, apprising him of the events that took place in the Tamil Nadu assembly last week.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi are expected meet President Pranab Mukherjee this week to bring his attention towards 'growing intolerance' in the country, sources said.

In a 25-minute meeting with the Prime Minister this morning, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi reportedly expressed his regret for his very public attack last week on an ordinance that was cleared by the cabinet, according to sources.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met the Prime Minister this morning amid increasing speculation of an imminent cabinet reshuffle. His party has been urging him to take a larger role - he is currently General Secretary.

The Congress' highest decision-making body, its working committee (CWC), met this morning at party President Sonia Gandhi's 10 Janpath residence with the primary agenda of bidding farewell to one of its most crucial members, Pranab Mukherjee. It also discussed the Presidential elections.

The Congress bid farewell today to one of its most crucial and longstanding members, Pranab Mukherjee, when the party's highest decision-making body, its working committee (CWC), met this morning at party President Sonia Gandhi's 10 Janpath residence.

"I will miss his tantrums" is what Congress president Sonia Gandhi said while bidding farewell to Pranab Mukherjee from the Congress Working Committee at a meeting which formally approved his name as the UPA's presidential nominee in June 2012.

The government's move of reaching out for a consensus candidate to succeed President Pranab Mukherjee has given pause to the opposition, which had been scouting for its own candidate. What can divide them further is a name - Sushma Swaraj.

The groundwork on choosing common candidates for the post of President and Vice President over, the opposition leaders will sit together on Friday with a hope to arrive a decision.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be back in Delhi next week for a meeting of several opposition parties to decide on who they will field for President against the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's nominee. But they are unlikely to make an announcement till the NDA names its candidate in a 'Pehle AAP' or you first strategy.

After Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar pitched a second term for President Pranab Mukherjee, the Congress today indicated that it will support such a move if the President agrees to it. This evening Congress chief Sonia Gandhi meets West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to discuss fielding a common opposition candidate to take on the BJP-led ...

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi -- the agenda is the Presidential elections. Mrs Gandhi has taken the lead to scout for a candidate all the opposition parties are ready to back. She and her son and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi have spoken to most opposition leaders. Last week, from her hospital bed in...

After being hospitalised for food poisoning, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi rang West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to secure a meeting on Monday in Delhi.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has been admitted to Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital after a bout of food poisoning. Hospital chairman DS Rana said the 70-year-old, who was admitted on Sunday, is better and will be discharged today. From her hospital bed, Mrs Gandhi on Tuesday called West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The Trinamool Congress...

After Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the Left's Sitaram Yechury has met Congress president Sonia Gandhi to discuss jointly fielding an opposition candidate against the nominee of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in the election for President in July. Lalu Yadav of the RJD has said he too will meet Sonia Gandhi, who has deliberately been...

DMK leader MK Stalin met Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday and discussed the political situation in Tamil Nadu. A day before, he met President Pranab Mukherjee to submit a memorandum, apprising him of the events that took place in the Tamil Nadu assembly last week.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi are expected meet President Pranab Mukherjee this week to bring his attention towards 'growing intolerance' in the country, sources said.

In a 25-minute meeting with the Prime Minister this morning, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi reportedly expressed his regret for his very public attack last week on an ordinance that was cleared by the cabinet, according to sources.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met the Prime Minister this morning amid increasing speculation of an imminent cabinet reshuffle. His party has been urging him to take a larger role - he is currently General Secretary.

The Congress' highest decision-making body, its working committee (CWC), met this morning at party President Sonia Gandhi's 10 Janpath residence with the primary agenda of bidding farewell to one of its most crucial members, Pranab Mukherjee. It also discussed the Presidential elections.

The Congress bid farewell today to one of its most crucial and longstanding members, Pranab Mukherjee, when the party's highest decision-making body, its working committee (CWC), met this morning at party President Sonia Gandhi's 10 Janpath residence.