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UPA to get 234 seats, NDA 186: Survey

The survey has projected 186 seats for the OppositionNDA with BJP being victorious on 140 seats, while the ThirdFront will be cornering 112 seats. The Week/CVoter survey projected senior BJP leader L KAdvani as the best choice for the post … Continue reading

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Sonia, Rahul call on team as tricolour is hoisted in Village

Thursday 7th August, 2008 The lensmen seemed to be waiting for this particular moment.Leander Paes, seated in the first row, turned to exchange some words with Rajyavardhan Rathore, sitting right behind him. Wonder what they said, but it surely made … Continue reading

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Congress, Chinese Communist Party sign MoU

India's ruling Congress and the Communist Party of China (CPC) Thursday signed a pact to put in place a mechanism that would help regular high-level exchanges between them, soon after party chief Sonia Gandhi arrived here with her family for … Continue reading

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Rahul lends an ear to 'empowered' Bangladeshi women

Rahul Gandhi, general secretary of India's Congress party, is on a 'learning visit' to Bangladesh and he is doing what he does back home – listening to stories of impoverished women and how they became financially independent.However, those he met … Continue reading

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Rahul Gandhi to study working of Grameen Bank

Rahul Gandhi, general secretary of India's Congress party, who is on a five-day trip to Bangladesh to learn about the poverty alleviation programmes and the micro-finance projects of the nation's famous Grameen Bank,will visit the bank's head office here as … Continue reading

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Sulabh adopts Kalawati and her nine children

New Delhi, July 28: Kalavati Bandurkar, who grabbed national attention after Rahul Gandhi cited her plight during the trust vote debate, has finally got some relief with an NGO adopting her and her nine children for the next 20 years.The … Continue reading

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Rahul Gandhi's Kalawati,poster woman of courage

Nagpur, July 23: Frail-looking Kalawati Bandurkar from Vidharba, who was referred to by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in his speech yesterday, is having a tough time as her Jalka village gets electricity for only half a day.Kalawati lives in abject … Continue reading

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Cash incident apart, trust vote lifts India's democratic image

Scenes of currency bundles brandished in India's parliament Tuesday might well go down as a dark chapter in the institution's history but here in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) the very process of the trust vote is being hailed as … Continue reading

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Rahul wins over all with his charm in Parliament

New Delhi: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi unleashed a charm offensive during a small break when parliament was adjourned for a short while, meeting MPs from across the political spectrum, and even arranging a quick glass of water for a … Continue reading

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Rahul Gandhi dreams of a dynamic India

New Delhi, July 22: Young Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, one of the keenly awaited speakers during the trust vote debate, started on a personal note saying he had decided to speak as an Indian and not as a member of … Continue reading

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