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Today Sonia Gandhi, who took charge of the Congress party in 1998, will get re-elected as the party president for the fourth consecutive term and thereby enjoy the distinction of being the longest-serving party chief in its 125-year-old history. Last month, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh became the third longest-serving PM in the country’s history. [The Economic Times]

Drive Against Drunks

Mumbai traffic cops will continue their crackdown against drunk drivers by changing the location of barricades every few days to catch offenders by surprise. The cops will extend their nakabandi hours to 2.30am from the previous 1am, four times a week. They also plan to rope in hotels and pubs to dissuade customers from taking to the wheel when inebriated by hiring additional chauffeurs or tying up with private driver agencies. [The Times of India]

Gift of Grain

The government has decided to release an additional 2.5 million tonnes of food grains for the poor, following a reprimand from the Supreme Court over rotting food grains despite hungry millions. The food grains will be distributed at rates prescribed for Below Poverty Line families and not for free. [Hindustan Times]

London Homes

Britain’s housing market is still not faring too well because of the recession, but London’s biggest builders are targeting cash-rich foreign investors, several of them from India, to stay afloat. One of London’s largest volume house-builder’s said that of the 2,000 homes it sold last year at an average price of £263,000, more than 30 per cent were to buyers from India and China. [The Times of India]

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      • Lovely photos of that oft neglected segment of the population: skinny Indian men. http://bit.ly/cCfapn - MumbaiBoss

      Sushi from Tsukiji at San-Qi, new buns at Cinnabon, and dim sum galore at India Jones. Other food news here: http://bit.ly/cdmyx1 - MumbaiBoss

      Our verdict on the 'Anjaana Anjaani' soundtrack, Sting's new album and the British Eminem. http://bit.ly/ag1wSN - MumbaiBoss