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Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta to campaign for Congress

Kanpur, Mar 24 (ANI): Congress leader Sri Prakash Jaiswal on Tuesday said that Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta would campaign for the party in the upcoming general elections.

Jaiswal also said that actors Govinda and Nagma would also take part in rallies and road shows of the party.

Govinda is a Congress MP and Nagma has been an active member of the party in earlier elections.

Earlier, speculations were high about Zinta joining politics on a Congress ticket.

According to party officials, the Congress wanted to field Zinta against Anurag Thakur, son of the Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, from the Hamirpur constituency, which is her hometown. (ANI)

Vice President visits Bahadur Shah Zafar's mausoleum in Myanmar

Yangon (Myanmar), Feb.8 (ANI): Vice President M. Hamid Ansari paid a visit to the mausoleum of former Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar here on Saturday.Acknowledging Zafar's contribution to India's first war of independence in 1857, Ansari said: "Bahudar Shah Zafar occupies a place in our history and played a prominent role in the First War of Independence in 1857 and every citizen in the country (India) knows about it. It is a matter of great regret that he had to.....
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