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India’s Sonia Gandhi slams ‘shameful’ attitudes towards women

Sonia Gandhi, president of India’s ruling Congress party, on Sunday condemned “shameful” social attitudes that led to crimes like the fatal gang-rape of a student in New Delhi. “We cannot tolerate shameful social mindsets that lead to unspeakable atrocities on women and children… every woman in the country has the…

Hackers deface profile of India’s Sonia Gandhi

Hackers broke into the official website of India’s ruling Congress party on Friday and defaced the profile page of party president Sonia Gandhi with a pornographic message. The attack coincided with Gandhi’s 65th birthday and came just days after the Indian government pledged a crackdown on “unacceptable” Internet content, that…

India’s Sonia Gandhi to undergo surgery in U.S.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Sonia Gandhi, India’s ruling Congress party chief and the country’s most powerful politician, will undergo surgery abroad, possibly in the United States, for an undisclosed medical condition and could be out for two to three weeks. The absence of the 64-year-old figurehead of India’s most prominent…