United Progressive Alliance (UPA)
United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is the present ruling coalition of political parties heading the government of India. The coalition is led by the Indian National Congress (INC), which is currently the single largest political party in the lower house of the parliament of India i.e. Lok Sabha. The Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, and the Council of Ministers are drawn from members of the UPA. Sonia Gandhi serves as the Chairperson of the UPA and President of Indian National Congress (INC). The UPA was formed after the 2004 general elections. The UPA government's policies were initially guided by a common minimum program that the alliance hammered out with fruitful consultations with Jyoti Basu and Harkishan Singh Surjeet of the 59 members Left Front. Hence, government policies were generally perceived as center-left, reflecting the centrist policies of the INC and the Left. At present the Left parties is no longer support the UPA. It survived a vote of confidence in the parliament on 22 July 2008 after left withdraws its support. Some of key alliances of UPS are, Indian National Congress led by Sonia Gandhi, Nationalist Congress Party led by Sharad Pawar, Rashtriya Janata Dal led by Lalu Prasad Yadav, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam led by M. Karunanidhi, All India Trinamool Congress led by Mamata Banerjee, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen and other political parties.

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Taliban website used US host, says Washington Post - 09 Apr 2009
lines pass through the United States. 

NDA will bring back money stashed abroad: Advani - 09 Apr 2009
;  The BJP leader accused the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA... Alliance (NDA), if voted to power, would make all efforts to bring back the money... and the UPA has woefully failed to counter them with its wrong policies.'  

Congress worried about Left initiating a third front, says Karat - 09 Apr 2009
the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government to probe the missile deal with Israel

Four rebel MLAs disqualified in Meghalaya State Assembly - 09 Apr 2009
disqualified four MLAs who had withdrawn support to the Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) before the trust vote (March 17), which the Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) survived with the casting of vote by the Speaker.  Deputy Speaker

Bhutto assassination: UN team meets Pak officials - 09 Apr 2009
Islamabad, Apr.9 (ANI): A United Nations team is holding meetings... given 1.5 million dollars as seed money to the United Nations Secretariat...."  Pakistan has offered to provide 'seed money' to an appropriate United

Anti-peace forces behind Baluch leaders' killings - 09 Apr 2009
several vehicles, including one belonging to the United Nations. In a bid

Tytler, Kumar not to contest polls - 09 Apr 2009
Delhi nominee. United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi

Women redefining farming in Punjab - 09 Apr 2009
in Jhandu Singha.  "Women are now progressive. We have formed a club, which

Modi assails Sonia for atrocities against women - 09 Apr 2009
of Sonia Gandhi, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government...;Accusing the UPA government of discriminating against the BJP-ruled Karnataka, Modi... Alliance (NDA) to form the government at the centre after the general elections,' Modi

'Key to next govt at Centre lies in our hands' - 09 Apr 2009
Yadav, declared in firm voice, “we are united once again to fight conjointly... Ramvilas Paswan said: “The united strength of the three states represented by us... we are in UPA and Manmohan Singh is our prime ministerial candidate,&rdquo

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