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Sonia Gandhi to flag off AIDS awareness train Tuesday

November 29, 2009 India

United Progressive Alliance chief Sonia Gandhi will flag off a special AIDS awareness train – the Red Ribbon Express – from Delhi Dec 1, the World AIDS Day. According to the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), Gandhi will flag off the multi-theme train to mobilise mass awareness across 22 states of the country before it [...]

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Andhra Congress legislators authorise Sonia to name new leader

November 27, 2009 India

The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in Andhra Pradesh Friday authorised party president Sonia Gandhi to select the new leader to succeed late chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who died in a helicopter crash in September. Senior party leader Pranab Mukherjee told reporters after the meeting that the CLP unanimously passed a resolution moved by the [...]

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Sonia expresses grief over Thekkady boat tragedy

October 1, 2009 India

Congress president Sonia Gandhi Thursday expressed grief and concern over the “terrible boat tragedy” in Kerala’s Thekkady wildlife sanctuary that claimed 37 lives. “I am deeply distressed to learn of the terrible boat tragedy at the Thekkady wildlife sanctuary that claimed so many innocent lives,” Gandhi said in a message issued here. Expressing sympathy with [...]

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Man held for threatening PM, Sonia Gandhi

September 26, 2009 India

A man has been arrested from a Jharkhand village for allegedly issuing threat letters to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Home Minister P. Chidambaram, police said Saturday. Dhananjay Kumar Mehta was arrested in Narayanpur village of Latehar district, 145 km from state capital Ranchi, Friday. A pistol, some live cartridges and [...]

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Send MPs to study Sri Lanka refugee crisis, PM and Sonia told

September 22, 2009 India

A group of cabinet ministers and MPs from Tamil Nadu Tuesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi to send a team to Sri Lanka where they said the military was “mistreating” Tamils displaced by the war and interned in camps. “We met the prime minister and the Congress president and appraised [...]

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Who will succeed YSR: Sonia meets Moily

September 6, 2009 India

Congress president Sonia Gandhi Sunday met union Law Minister and senior leader M. Veerappa Moily amid a strong campaign by party workers in Andhra Pradesh for Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy to succeed his father, the late Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, as chief minister. Moily is in charge of the Congress’ Andhra Pradesh affairs. “Moily met Gandhi at [...]

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YSR death: Condolence messages of PM, Sonia Gandhi

September 4, 2009 India

Following are the messages Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and party general secretary Rahul Gandhi wrote in the condolence book after paying homage to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh: In the sad and most untimely demise of Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, our country has lost an [...]

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Sonia, PM to leave for Hyderabad Friday

September 4, 2009 India

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party general secretary Rahul Gandhi will leave for Hyderabad Friday to attend the funeral of Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy. According to official sources Thursday, the three leaders will leave for Hyderabad Friday morning to attend YSR’s state funeral. The Andhra Pradesh chief minister and four others, including [...]

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Sonia, PM to leave for Hyderadabad Friday

September 3, 2009 India

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will leave for Hyderabad Friday to attend the funeral of deceased Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy. According to official sources, “both (PM and Sonia) will leave for Hyderabad Friday morning”. Reddy, who will be given a state funeral, died in a chopper crash Wednesday [...]

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Sonia of YSR: He was proved right

September 3, 2009 India

Congress president Sonia Gandhi Thursday said Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy had told her during pre-election meetings that she should trust his judgement as he knew the people of his state. In a moving tribute to the leader who died in a helicopter crash, she said he took part in meetings with [...]

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