Sonia Gandhi (, pronunciation: / /) (born December 9, 1946), is an Italian-born Indian politician, the President of the Indian National Congress and the widow of former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi. She was the Chairperson of the ruling United Progressive Alliance in the Lok Sabha, until she resigned on the 23rd of March 2006. She was named the third most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine in the year 2004. ^*. However, that ranking has fallen sharply, by 2005, that Forbes no longer ranked her in the top 100 most powerful women. She was returned to Parliament by a margin of over 400,000 votes in the recently held by-election for Rae Bareilly.

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E-mailed video clips misleading: Raje
Fri, 16 May 2008 00:40:15 +0530
Jaipur: Contending the video clips of bicycles in the e-mail in which a terror group claimed responsibility for Tuesday's serial bombings here were "misleading", Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today said the explosives were arranged in such a way so as to ensure maximum loss of lives.
Sketches released of three more Jaipur blast suspects
Fri, 16 May 2008 00:04:49 +0530
Jaipur: The Jaipur police Thursday released sketches of three more people suspected to be involved in Tuesday's serial blasts in the city which claimed over 60 lives.
Bush's Middle East peace bid leaves media sceptical
Thu, 15 May 2008 19:36:19 +0530
Dubai: US President George W. Bush's three-day Middle East visit has been viewed sceptically in the Arab media, as it questioned whether he could succeed in making a new push for peace in the long-troubled region, WAM news agency reported Thursday.
India extends ban on LTTE by two years
Thu, 15 May 2008 19:35:06 +0530
New Delhi: The Union government extended by two years the ban on the Sri Lankan terrorist outfit, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), as an unlawful association.
Stop calling Mumbai 'Bombay': Bal Thackeray
Thu, 15 May 2008 18:50:51 +0530
Mumbai: What's in a name? Everything, according to a powerful party boss in Mumbai and his hordes of violent followers.
CPI threatens to withdraw support over N-deal
Thu, 15 May 2008 17:59:07 +0530
New Delhi: Ahead of the UPA-Left meet on the Indo-US nuclear deal, the CPI has renewed its threat to withdraw support if the government moved ahead on the issue.

India-The Times of India

Heat wave claims 34 lives in Orissa
With the death of two more persons on Thursday, the death toll due to sun stroke in Orissa has mounted to 34.
Jaipur blasts: Sketches of 4 suspects released
The Rajasthan Police on Thursday released sketches of three more people suspected to be involved in Tuesday's serial blasts in Jaipur.
UP DGP receives SMS threatening to blow up HAL installation
The Uttar Pradesh DGP Vikram Singh received two SMSes threatening to blow up the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited installation in Lucknow, hours after the devastating serial blasts in Jaipur.
SC stays Madras HC order against actress Khushboo
The SC stayed the Madras High Court order transferring 23 cases registered against Tamil actress Khushboo, relating to her interview to a magazine about pre-marital sex, to a lower court for trial.
We are in the middle of war, says Raje
The Rajasthan government has scaled down the number of dead in Jaipur blasts to 61. The chief minister also confirmed that there were nine blasts and not eight.
Shah Rukh's 'dogged' reply to Aamir Khan
It appears that Bollywood blogs bite with actor Aamir Khan's latest entry raising eyebrows for naming his pet dog "Shah Rukh" but superstar Shah Rukh Khan said he is not ruffled and that he is taking it in spirit.

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Don’t use goons for loan recovery: SC
The Supreme Court has said that banks cannot deploy musclemen to recover loans from defaulters and often forcing them to commit suicide, reports Satya Prakash.
SC dismisses plea on RTI in judiciary
The Centre moves the SC for vacating the Calcutta HC's order staying the Union HRD ministry’s memorandum on 27 per cent OBC quota in post-graduate courses in centrally-run institutions, reports Satya Prakash.
Gifts, money to get TRP data raise stink
Television Audience Measurement Media Research says that it has been giving gifts and financial incentives to people to install meters at their homes to gauge popularity of television programmes, reports Chetan Chauhan.
Pakistan wants anti-terror strategy
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi hopes that an effective counter-terrorism strategy will be devised during his Indian counterpart’s visit to Pakistan next week, reports Amit Baruah.
Sonia praises city’s courage
Sonia Gandhi visits terror stricken Jaipur and calls Tuesday’s bomb blasts as an act against humanity, reports K.S. Tomar.
Call for a federal agency, again
With the Congress endorsing the idea, security experts have again started rooting for a federal investigative agency to generate intelligence to pre-empt terror attacks in the region, reports Srinand Jha .

The Indian Express

Indian-origin lawyer to take up rippers case
A prominent lawyer of Indian-origin, Saimo Chahal, is mounting a legal challenge for the release of a jailed Yorkshire...
Hold your fire
The Bush administration should have concentrated on providing relief instead of decrying Myanmar's junta.
Iron-fisted junta claims 92 per cent Yes vote
Myanmat's junta announced on Thursday that voters overwhelmingly backed a pro-military constitution - a move...
Sharif calls for agitation to get judges reinstated
Days after pulling out of the ruling coalition over the issue of deposed judges, former Pakistan premier and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif...
State of disgrace
Myanmar has given us one of the most admirable women alive, Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, and the world's most repugnant regime.
The Olympian restaurant
It was suddenly cloudy in the afternoon and the smell of the Persian lilac flowers drifted into the garage, which I use as my office.

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