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Congress President Sonia Gandhi will on Saturday (March 6) lay the foundation stone of the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Aizawl. Mizoram Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Zodintluanga confirmed the news today saying that the stadium that would be built here would be the first full-fledged stadium in the state. The construction of the stadium at Mualpui area inside the headquarters of the third ... Full story

Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, said that she “really admires” her mother’s evolution into a confident leader and felt that her brother Rahul Gandhi has a “great vision for the country”. On the campaign trail in Sonia Gandhi’s constituency of Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday, Priyanka Gandhi told the CNN-IBN television channel that her mother was “doing ... Full story

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday described anti Sikh riots of Delhi as wrong and incidents in Punjab that took place in 1984 as a tragedy. He added that guilty people of the 1984 riots that followed his grandmothers assassination ought to be brought to justice. While answering a question that after Operation Bluestar and 1984 Delhi Sikh riots there was hatred ... Full story

New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday stressed his government’s commitment to political empowerment of women and said India was moving towards 33 percent reservation for women in the parliament and state legislatures. “We are moving towards providing one third reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislatures,” Manmohan Singh said at a leadership summit for ... Full story

Aizawl (Mizoram), Mar 6 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday laid the foundation stone of Rajiv Gandhi Sports Stadium at the Mizoram Armed Police ground at Mualpui in Aizawl. Expressing her delight, Gandhi said the stadium that would be built here would provide an opportunity to the young talent from North East in Sports arena. The 12th Finance Commission has granted Rs ... Full story

Bangalore, Mar 6 (ANI): External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Saturday rebuffed the media reports that referred to a World Bank document quoting him as saying that India will not pose any Arunachal Pradesh project to the World Bank under Chinese pressure. Talking to reporters here, Krishna said: “We have not buckled under Chinese pressure. No certainly not, It is not reported ... Full story

Aizawl, March 6 (IANS) The central government is giving special attention to boosting sports in northeast India, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi said here Saturday. “There is huge sports potentiality in Mizoram and other northeastern states. The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government is making all-out efforts to tap these talents,” ... Full story

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Bowing to angry protests from opposition parties and farmers, the government Friday agreed to restore the earlier sugarcane prices. The issue was resolved at an all-party meeting convened by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is also Leader of the House in the Lok Sabha. The government has also decided to bring in a new bill on sugarcane pricing in parliament. Coming out ... Full story

Bangalore, Nov 20 (IANS) Nehru-Gandhi family loyalist and long time Congressman B. Shankaranand, who headed the joint parliamentary probe into $1.3 billion Bofors gun scandal, died Thursday of cardiac arrest. He was 84. He passed away at a private hospital in Belgaum, about 500 km from here. He was admitted to the hospital Nov 18 with kidney complications, his family members said. Shankaranand was elected to the ... Full story

Ahmedabad, Nov 20 (IANS) India drew the first cricket Test with Sri Lanka at Motera’s Sardar Patel Stadium here Friday. India were 412 for four in the second innings when both the teams decided to call it off. Sri Lanka declared their first innings at 760 for seven in reply to India’s 426. Full story