Vadra said Rahul Gandhi’s focus was on development right now and added that he was working at the grassroot level. Robert Vadra, the brother-in-law of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, on Monday said he would consider joining active politics if he thought he could make a difference to peoples’ lives. “I am here for my brother-in-law. For me, politics will come if I think I can make a difference for the people,” Vadra said. He added that any decision on joining politics would be determined [...]

“The Prime Minister had said Chidambaram is his valued colleague and what he did is right. That decision of the government to allot 2G licences has been declared illegal and unconstitutional by the highest court of the country…It was not the decision of one person, but the decision of the government,” BJP leader Arun Jaitley told media hours after the apex court had quashed 122 spectrum licences granted after January 2008, and asked a trial court to decide whether Chidambaram needs to be probed for [...]

Gurdaspur, Jan 24 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday lashed out at the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government in Punjab for not properly utilizing the funds granted by the Centre, and charged it of pushing the state from number one to twelfth position in India. Addressing an election rally here, Gandhi said: “The duty of the Akali Dal-BJP government here was to take concrete steps to protect against all odds. But it is very sad to say that this government did [...]

Bhagyanagar (Hyderabad) : Government in Andhra Pradesh has banned ringing of bell in Sri Bhagyalakshmi Temple in Char Minar area in Bhagyanagar. The Government has also imposed ban on performing ‘Maha-aarti’ and has deployed police force to implement the ban.

“I like to address rallies like these and to be with you people. However, if someone has a difference in opinion they can throw as much as shoes at me, this will not deter me I am sure this person belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party,” Rahul Gandhi said. He accused the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) of masterminding the shoe-hurling episode, and underscored that such incidents were not going to deter his spirit. “You people have no reason to worry; throwing shoes has become a fashion. [...]

Tehri, Jan 18 (ANI): Slamming ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttarakhand for not fulfilling its promises, Congress President Sonia Gandhi has said that her party had drawn major plans for the township of Tehri for improving the conditions of the locals. Addressing an election rally here on Tuesday, Gandhi said: “The conditions here are worsening . The BJP came in power here after offering gigantic promises but I want to ask you as to what happened to those promises? How many promises were fulfilled?” [...]

“Baba Ramdev is carrying out mass awareness against corruption in the country. Sonia Gandhi dislikes him because he wears saffron-coloured clothes. She has always hated people who don saffron and wants to humiliate them. Baba Ramdev’s attacker could have done anything. Fortunately, there were people and Ramdev’s supporters who thrashed the assaulter,” Swamy told media here. Blaming Congress president Sonia Gandhi for the brazen ‘ink attack’ on yoga guru Baba Ramdev, Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy has said Gandhi had strong ‘anti-saffron’ bias. Swamy said that Siddiqui’ had ‘close’ [...]