The Congress will launch an intense campaign for the Jharkhand Assembly elections, fielding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, party chief Sonia Gandhi and General Secretary Rahul Gandhi as the main campaigners, party officials said on Friday.

Andhra Pradesh chief minister K Rosaiah has written a letter to AICC chief Sonia Gandhi expressing sincere regrets over theunfortunate and uncalled for incidents wherein supporters of Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy tore down a banner containing her picture in Khammam and torched two APSRTC buses in Rajahmundry.

In a pulsating final that saw even chief guest Sonia Gandhi standing up and cheering the contestants, the Champakulam chundan rowed by the Kollam Jesus Boat Club inched past the Payipad chundan to lift the 57th Nehru Trophy Boat Race, the clubs second consecutive victory in the event.

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.