Leader of the governing Congress party, Sonia Gandhi has endorsed the Lokpal Bill that was approved by the union cabinet ministers yesterday.

She also said that she is ready to take on the opposition to the bill when it is tabled in the parliament tomorrow. She described the bill as "path-breaking" following a meeting with party MPs today. Mrs. Gandhi said that team Anna must accept the bill that was approved by the cabinet after hours of meetings.

Nagpur, Oct 8 - A Vidarbha farmer's widow, who recently won Rs. 640,000 on quiz show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' (KBC), has asked United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi to save her from her harassing in-laws, or else she would commit suicide.

In a letter to Gandhi, Aparna Malikar, 27, narrates how she is subjected to severe mental harassment and injustice after her husband committed suicide in 2008 due to crop failure, leaving behind a huge debt.

Itanagar, Oct. 3 : Hopes are still pinned on UPA chairperson and Congress party president Sonia Gandhi to resolve the political and leadership crisis in Arunachal Pradesh.

A cross-section of Congress leaders from that state have said that the general public is dismayed over recent political developments and expects Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Gandhi to undertake damage control measures at the earliest.

New Delhi, Sep 29: Congress president Sonia Gandhi will Thursday hold a meeting with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and two other senior party leaders in a bid to end the crisis arising out of the controversial finance ministry note on 2G spectrum.

Mukherjee, along with Defence Minister A. K. Antony and Gandhi's political secretary Ahmed Patel, are meeting at 10 Janpath -- residence of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson.

"Efforts are on at party and government level to defuse the situation," a Congress leader said.

New Delhi, Sep 15 : Congress President Sonia Gandhi will attend the Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting of the AICC here on Thursday to discuss the upcoming polls in Uttar Pradesh. This will be her first public appearance after returning from the United States, where she underwent a surgery last month for an undisclosed ailment.

Senior Congress leader Oscar Fernandes confirmed the news about the meeting to the media.

New Delhi, Sep 8 : Congress President Sonia Gandhi returned here from the United States this morning where she underwent a surgery last month for an undisclosed ailment.

Congress General Secretary Janardhan Dwivedi said: "Congress President returned early today and she is fine."

According to reports, 64-year-old Gandhi, who had left the country on August 2 and had thereafter undergone a surgery, is not meeting anyone presently.

Raipur, Sep 6 : US President Barack Obama, President Pratibha Patil, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul... amongst the several leaders whose photographs were found in a deserted Maoist camp in Chhattisgarh, police officials said Tuesday.

The photographs, also including those of Chief Minister Raman Singh and some ministers, were found pasted at a camp in a jungle area in Raipur district that was deserted by Maoists after a fierce 15-minute gun battle, officials at the police headquarters told IANS.

Washington, Aug 25 : Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi and Indra Nooyi, Indian-American CEO of PepsiCo, figure among the top ten in the Forbes list of the world's most powerful women headed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Besides Sonia Gandhi, 64, in the seventh place and Nooyi, 55, in the fourth place, two other Indians made it to the list, which is dominated by politicians, businesswomen and leaders in media and entertainment.

On Saturday the National Advisory Council (NAC) started by Sonia Gandhi suggested, a plan of boosting food fall down which could make wider the financial statement debit but secure voter support for the ruling party if it is executed.

The council suggested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for enlarging subsidies to 75% of the billion-plus population. The PM is harassed with persistently high food prices that make threats to corrode the Congress' political support.

National Advisory Council insists to make inexpensive grains for sufficient.

Before the UID project gets on a roll across the country, the authorities are making sure that the Tembhli Village which is on the top of the list should get a proper identity. In fact, people in the Tembhli village are excited by the many firsts that are surrounding them for the past many days.

While the villagers have already witnessed a road being laid down before the inaugural function takes place, the local people have also had their share of the electricity close to eight days back.

India has commenced providing exclusive individuality number to each one of its one billion-plus populace on Wednesday when beneath the determined mission the initial series of numbers are dispersed to few villagers of Nandurbar region in Maharashtra.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh shall officially rollout the Unique Identification Numbers, officially known as Aadhaar all over the country by doling out the initial numbers amongst the villagers, as per the Planning Commission on Monday.

It appears that Indian TV is revamping its style.

After the Saas Bahu tales, reality shows, social alertness and horror, it's time to turn face towards political route. A novel show based on political relations will shortly be launched on DD National.

A source said that the new show on DD National will be based on the life of Sonia Gandhi.

The show will be more of her journey as a small kid, how she matures and makes entry in political field.

New Delhi, Jan 8 : Congress President Sonia Gandhi will on Friday chair the meeting of the Congress Core Committee where wide-ranging consultations will be held on the Telangana statehood issue.

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, Defence Minister A K Antony and Gandhi''s political secretary Ahmed Patel are also expected to attend the meeting.

New Delhi, Jan 6 : When you are driving down the national highway, don't be surprised if the pictures of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi pop up every 25 km or so.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to put up nearly 1,500 such billboards.

The NHAI has already issued a circular to all its project directors regarding this. The boards will be of size 20 feet (horizontal) x 10 feet (vertical).

Hyderabad, Dec 31 : A day after the central government called a meeting of leaders of eight political parties of Andhra Pradesh to discuss the Telangana issue on Jan 5, all state ministers from the region withdrew their resignations.

Thirteen ministers, who had sent their joint resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi Dec 25, announced that they were withdrawing their resignations.

New Delhi, Dec 28 : Sonia Gandhi praised contributions of all Congress prime ministers except P. V. Narasimha Rao in her speech Monday during the foundation stone-laying function of the Congress headquarters in Delhi to mark 125 years of the party's formation.

Making no mention of Rao in her 15-minute speech, she said Rajiv Gandhi scripted the course of economic policies that were followed by the government (headed by Rao) for the following five years.

New Delhi, Dec 28 : Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday described the emergence of her party as a national revolution.

Addressing party workers on the occasion of the 125th anniversary celebration of the Congress party here, Gandhi said the Congress which led the country to Independence from British colonial rule always stood for secular values.

“The party has always promoted secularism through a consensual approach and has stood for the protection of rights of the poor,” Gandhi said.

New Delhi, Dec 28 : Congress President Sonia Gandhi today laid the foundation stone of the Indira Gandhi Bhavan at Kotla Road, which will be the new headquarters of the Congress party.

Gandhi had earlier hoisted the party flag at the Congress headquarters.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was also present on the inaugural ceremony at the new Congress headquarters, said, "The country needs the Congress government at present."

"The Congress government at the centre is capable to fight terrorism and naxalites efficiently," he added.

New Delhi, Dec 28 - Congress president Sonia Gandhi Monday praised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for successfully leading the nation as one of the growing powers of the world. She was speaking here at the launch of the party's yearlong 125th anniversary celebrations.

"Manmohan Singh-ji is successfully leading the nation as a growing power with his experience and worth to new heights and has gained respect in the world," Sonia Gandhi said in her address to a Congress rally.

New Delhi, Dec 28 - The Congress is set to launch its yearlong 125th anniversary celebrations Monday and leaders including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party president Sonia Gandhi will address a rally in the national capital.

Sonia Gandhi will hoist the party flag at the Congress headquarters here. She will also lay a foundation stone for a new office of the party to be constructed at Rouse Avenue near Connaught Place, Delhi's business hub, party sources said.