Ambika Soni
Senior Congress leader and former Union minister, Ambika Soni (R) speaks as Punjab State chief minister Parkash Singh Badal (L) and the family of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian death row prisoner fatally assaulted in Pakistan look on during the Bhog ceremony (final prayer) of Akhand Path recited in memory of Sarabjit Singh at Bikhiwind village, some 45 kms from Amritsar on May 11, 2013. Singh, an Indian convicted 16 years ago in Pakistan for spying and deadly bombings, died May 2, 2013 after being beaten in a Lahore prison, sparking a furious response from Indian politicians.
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The (then) union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni in 2009 had informed that the Prasar Bharti had included Himachal Pradesh for distribution of 5,000 additional DTH sets in the DTH schemes of Doordarshan during the 11th Five Year Plan period. But the state has not received any DTH sets till nowMore quotes »
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The 4 Congressmen eyeing Bansal's Chandigarh seat
include Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari, Telecom and Law Minister Kapil Sibal, senior Congress leader Ambika Soni and Haryana politician minister Venod Sharma. The Union Territory of Chandigarh is considered a relatively manageable constituency from Rediff Read more »
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Ambika Soni meets slain Punjab Youth Congress leader's family
Former Union minister and MP Ambika Soni met family members of Punjab Youth Congress (PYC) Sukhraj Singh Bhaghupur, who was shot on May 8 at Gurdwara Baba Veer Singh, Bhagupar, in Patti tehsil, on Saturday. Soni, who was accompanied by PYC president Vikram from Times of India Read more »
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Bansal - A self-made politician of humble beginnings
says a veteran Punjab Congress leader. At some stage, Bansal entered into a tie-up with then powerful AICC manager Ambika Soni. Incidentally, members of Bansal and Soni families jointly run and manage a school in Chandigarh. Being a party loyalist and a rising from Economic Times Read more »
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Worried Cong tries to pacify SMK
Congress leaders A K Antony and Ambika Soni on Wednesday met former External Affairs Minister S M Krishna at his Sadashivanagar residence here to send out a message that the party has not sidelined him. The two leaders discussed the Assembly elections with from Deccan Herald Read more »
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It is no Cong tradition to name CM candidate in advance: Krishna
the Chief Minister candidate before elections. Speaking to reporters at his residence after Union Ministers A K Antony and Ambika Soni along with party general secaretary incharge of Karnataka, Madhusudan Mistry, called on him, he said 'ruling BJP is making from Webindia123 Read more »
