FAROOQ ABDULLAH SAYS NATIONAL CONFERENCE UNITED

NEW DELHI: Emerging from a three-hour-long meeting with a group of 16 dissenting MLAs, National Conference (NC) president and patron Farooq Abdullah recently sought to dismiss rumours of factionalism within the party. Declaring the NC remains united, Abdullah nevertheless acknowledged that the concerns raised by the legislators were genuine. “The baseless news spreading that the […]

PRANAB’S BID TO OUST MANMOHAN

NEW DELHI: Sonia Gandhi’s memoir recounts Pranab Mukherjee hinting in 2010 that he wanted a change at the top. The account also rebuts claims that she wielded unofficial power over Manmohan Singh’s UPA government. Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee hinted at his long-held desire to become prime minister during a conversation with then Congress president Sonia […]