Live: Sonia holds meeting with PM on C'garh Maoist attack

May 25, 2013 23:38

Congress President Sonia Gandhi today condemned as "despicable" the attack on her party colleagues in Chhattisgarh's Jagdalpur district and held a meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the "shocking" incident.

Gandhi, who was accompanied by party Vice President Rahul Gandhi, told reporters here after the meeting with Singh, that they are "shocked, astounded and pained by the attack on our colleagues."

She condemned the Maoist attack on the Congress Parivartan Yatra that led to the death of party leader Mahendra Karma. The UPA Chairperson said the attack on ordinary party workers is "despicable".

« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

Nilekani-backed people+ai rolls out AI strategy...

An initiative of Nandan Nilekani's EkStep Foundation, people+ai on Tuesday unveiled its vision for the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in India, dubbed 'Adbhut India' (Amazing India). It aims to harness AI as a powerful tool to...

Chaos at airports as Air India Express cancels more than 90 flights

Discontent has been brewing among a section of the cabin crew at the low-cost carrier for some time now, especially after the start of the process of merger of AIX Connect, formerly AirAsia India, with itself.

SC likely to pass order on interim bail to Kejriwal on Friday

Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who headed the bench which heard Kejriwal's petition against his arrest in the case, said, "We will pronounce the interim order (on interim bail) on Friday. The main matter related to the challenge to arrest will...

Is Baahubali Dhoni?

'Perhaps the character designers share my admiration for him!'

'It's Like Finding Trout In A Glass Of Milk'

'If we look at the replays side-on the foot touches the boundary twice and it's very clear.'