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After winning over the world with their performances in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, the two child actors on Thursday came calling at 10Janpath to talk about their problems with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and promised to campaign for her party. Rubina and Azhar, the children from Mumbai’s soft underbelly who are now part of the film’s celebrated Oscar winning team, told Sonia that they badly needed a house to live in.

With the clamour for Rahul Gandhi 's induction into the Manmohan Singh ministry growing louder, senior Congress leaders have suggested that the leader be made a minister without portfolio - a device that allows him to pursue organisational tasks while also gaining experience in government.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has resigned along with his cabinet two days after leading his Congress party to a decisive victory in the elections.

Mr Singh held the last meeting of his outgoing cabinet before handing in the resignations to the president.

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi started his two-day Jharkhand visit on Wednesday in the tribal-majority district of Sahebganj.

Sonia Gandhi , the president of India's ruling Congress party, underlined her government's austerity drive today by forgoing her private army plane and taking a commercial flight to a party rally in Mumbai.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Friday mobilised workers of her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to stage demonstrations in each of the state’s 70 districts as the Congress workers began statewide celebrations to mark the 39th birthday of their general secretary Rahul Gandhi .

President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other leaders paid homage to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 65th birth anniversary on Thursday.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh resigned Monday to make a fresh claim to power, after his Congress party won an election mandate over the weekend. click on the link to read rest of the story.

Brushing aside opposition criticism that his visits to dalit households was a political stunt, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today said he doesn't believe in the caste system and his purpose was to reach out to the poor people.