Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), Apr. 25 : Standing at the Anand Bhavan, the ancestral home of the Nehrus, one can''t help but feel a sense of nostalgia. Of an era gone by, an era when principled leaders set the agenda for freedom from colonial rule, an era when leaders were educated and had a vision.

Allahabad/ Faizabad, Apr 19 : Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Sunday said that the Prime Minister as well as the Congress party works according to wishes of common man.

"I want to make one thing very clear to you that our party and our

Prime Minister do not work on the order from any organisation. We work on the order of common man. We work on the wishes of people present here," Sonia Gandhi said at an election rally in Allahabad.

Allahabad, Apr 9 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani on Thursday said if voted to power, his party would bring back the Indian money stashed in the Swiss banks.

"The BJP will bring back the huge Indian wealth stashed in the Swiss bank and other tax havens abroad and the money will be put to use for the development of the country," he added.

Advani claimed that no government could be formed in the country without the support of either the BJP or the Congress.

The state government has been directed by the Allahabad High Court to pay Rs five lakh as compensation to the wife and two daughters of high lawyer SK Awasthi who died in jail.

Mr. Awasthi died on May 13, 2008 due to ill-treatment by the authorities of the Central Jail, Naini.

A bench comprising Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice Vineet Saran passed the order on a writ petition the lawyer's father RN Awasthi, who had prayed for compensation and service to the dependants of his son.

Allahabad, Mar 25 : The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed BJP candidate Varun Gandhi''s plea seeking quashing of an FIR filed against him for his alleged anti-Muslims remarks.

Varun had moved the Allahabad High Court on March 19 challenging the criminal case lodged against him on the directives of the Election Commission.

Allahabad, Mar 19 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi on Thursday moved the Allahabad High Court challenging the criminal case lodged against him on the directives of the Election Commission for his alleged anti-Muslims remarks.

He claimed that the whole issue was created by his political rivals and was the result of a political conspiracy.

“It was a part of a political conspiracy to spoil my political career and tarnish my secular image,” Gandhi said.