Sonia Gandhi On Sitaram Yechury

Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Thursday condoled the passing away of CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, saying he was fierce in his determination to protect India's diversity and was a powerful champion of secularism

Leaders of opposition parties including Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury and Farooq Abdullah came on one stage at the opening of the DMK's office in Delhi

DMK chief M K Stalin on Wednesday dialled the country's top political leaders including Congress President Sonia Gandhi and CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, seeking their cooperation in "exerting pressure" on the Centre to provide OBC reservation in medical admissions.

Uttar Pradesh politicians Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav greeted each other warmly, waved to the crowds and sat next to each other as they arrived on stage for the swearing-in ceremony of Janata Dal Secular leader HD Kumaraswamy as Karnataka Chief Minister.

More than a dozen opposition leaders will be attending the oath ceremony of HD Kumaraswamy, who takes over as the Karnataka Chief Minister tomorrow, pending a floor test. The mega gathering is seen as a show of strength by the opposition, which is yet to put forth a cohesive effort to stitch up a united front to take on the BJP in next year's gener...

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi have said the party was ready to forget the past in favour of a forward-looking alliance with HD Kumaraswamy's Janata Dal Secular. After a meeting between Mr Kumaraswamy and Congress's Rahul and Sonia Gandhi on Monday evening, the Congress indicated that the two sides have discussed a broader alliance th...

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal has not been invited for a lunch hosted by Congress president Sonia Gandhi's at Parliament House on Friday when leaders of opposition parties will meet to informally discuss a joint candidate for President to take on the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's nominee.

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.

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday called on Congress President Sonia Gandhi to discuss a joint opposition candidate for the coming presidential election.

After failing to move out of its dismal number 3 spot in Delhi on Wednesday, the Congress has reached out to other opposition and regional parties asking them to end what it called their "anti-Congress" stance and focus on the BJP, which has been unstoppable in recent elections.

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...

The Congress's attempt to extend the unity of opposition parties over the notes ban outside parliament with a meeting and joint press conference addressed by its party chief Sonia Gandhi in a rare appearance, is falling apart, with the Left and Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) reportedly RSVPing their inability to attend. Sharad Pawar's Nationali...

Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied US efforts to topple him, has died, Cuban television said. He was 90.

On her three-day visit to Delhi on a Congress invitation to attend the 125th birth anniversary celebrations of Jawaharlal Nehru, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met a number of political leaders, triggering speculation about future tie-ups.

As the UPA II government completes four years in office, the Opposition launched a scathing attack on the Centre and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today on its performance. While the BJP raised question over the leadership quality of the PM, the Congress hit back at the opposition for playing negative politics. Here are some of the political react...

Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Thursday condoled the passing away of CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, saying he was fierce in his determination to protect India's diversity and was a powerful champion of secularism

Leaders of opposition parties including Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury and Farooq Abdullah came on one stage at the opening of the DMK's office in Delhi

DMK chief M K Stalin on Wednesday dialled the country's top political leaders including Congress President Sonia Gandhi and CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, seeking their cooperation in "exerting pressure" on the Centre to provide OBC reservation in medical admissions.

Uttar Pradesh politicians Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav greeted each other warmly, waved to the crowds and sat next to each other as they arrived on stage for the swearing-in ceremony of Janata Dal Secular leader HD Kumaraswamy as Karnataka Chief Minister.

More than a dozen opposition leaders will be attending the oath ceremony of HD Kumaraswamy, who takes over as the Karnataka Chief Minister tomorrow, pending a floor test. The mega gathering is seen as a show of strength by the opposition, which is yet to put forth a cohesive effort to stitch up a united front to take on the BJP in next year's gener...

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi have said the party was ready to forget the past in favour of a forward-looking alliance with HD Kumaraswamy's Janata Dal Secular. After a meeting between Mr Kumaraswamy and Congress's Rahul and Sonia Gandhi on Monday evening, the Congress indicated that the two sides have discussed a broader alliance th...

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal has not been invited for a lunch hosted by Congress president Sonia Gandhi's at Parliament House on Friday when leaders of opposition parties will meet to informally discuss a joint candidate for President to take on the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's nominee.

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.

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday called on Congress President Sonia Gandhi to discuss a joint opposition candidate for the coming presidential election.

After failing to move out of its dismal number 3 spot in Delhi on Wednesday, the Congress has reached out to other opposition and regional parties asking them to end what it called their "anti-Congress" stance and focus on the BJP, which has been unstoppable in recent elections.

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...

The Congress's attempt to extend the unity of opposition parties over the notes ban outside parliament with a meeting and joint press conference addressed by its party chief Sonia Gandhi in a rare appearance, is falling apart, with the Left and Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) reportedly RSVPing their inability to attend. Sharad Pawar's Nationali...

Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied US efforts to topple him, has died, Cuban television said. He was 90.

On her three-day visit to Delhi on a Congress invitation to attend the 125th birth anniversary celebrations of Jawaharlal Nehru, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met a number of political leaders, triggering speculation about future tie-ups.

As the UPA II government completes four years in office, the Opposition launched a scathing attack on the Centre and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today on its performance. While the BJP raised question over the leadership quality of the PM, the Congress hit back at the opposition for playing negative politics. Here are some of the political react...