Kurukshetra, July 28 : Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will be the chief guest at the 44th All-India Oriental Congress at Kurukshetra University in Haryana today.

State Governor Dr. AR Kidwai and Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, along with other dignitaries, will also be present on the occasion.

A large number of renowned scholars from various parts of the country and aboard will attend the three-day deliberations of the conference.

Ahmedabad, July 28 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi will arrive here today to have an on-the-spot-assessment of the situation after the city was rocked by serial blasts on Saturday.

The duo, who will also be accompanied by Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil, will meet injured admitted in different hospitals.

The injured are undergoing treatment in Civil Hospital, LG Hospital and Vadilal Sarabhai Hospitals.

New Delhi, July 26: Hundreds of people from Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe community met Congress President and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi at her residence here on Saturday to express their faith in her leadership.

They also articulated their happiness over party''s success in winning the recently held trust vote which the UPA had to face in the wake of withdrawal of support from the government by its Left allies on the issue of India-US civil nuclear deal.

New Delhi, July 25 : Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi today condemned the serial blasts in Bangalore.

"This is a cowardly act and people who want to disturb the peace of the country are behind it," she said.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh strongly condemned the serial blasts and asked the people to remain calm and maintain communal harmony.

He announced Rs. One lakh ex-gratia to the next of kin of each of the deceased. Congress spokesman Shakeel Ahmed said the party president has also offered her condolences and sympathy for those killed and injured in the blast.

New Delhi, July 19 :

New Delhi - Sonia Gandhi, chairwoman of the India's ruling United Progressive Alliance, on Thursday strongly defended a civilian nuclear deal with the United States as being in the best interests o