Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, general secretary of India’s main opposition Congress, had been informed by messaging service WhatsApp that her phone was hacked during this year’s election campaign by malware from Israeli surveillance firm NSO.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, sister of India's Congress Party President Rahul Gandhi, formally entered politics yesterday with the party appointing her general secretary for Uttar Pradesh East in a move reflecting the party's intent to go full throttle in the key political battleground ahead of the general elections.

India's opposition Congress party President Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been admitted to a private hospital in New Delhi for treatment of dengue.