New Delhi: Huffington Post, one of the most respected news portals in the United States, has removed Congress President Sonia Gandhi's name from the list of world's 12 richest leaders.
Huffington Post regretted the "confusion" caused by the inclusion of Sonia Gandhi's name in the list of richest leaders that incuded the likes of the Sultan of Brunei, the Emir of Kuwait, the Saudi king, Russian president Vladimir Putin and the ruler of Emirates.
The news portal has since deleted her name from the list which had shown her assets at $ 2 billion.
"Our editors have been unable to verify the amount, removed the link, and regret any confusion," the Huffington Post said, four days after it listed Sonia as the world's 12th richest leader.
"Sonia Gandhi and the former emir of Qatar Hamid bin Khalifa al-Thani have been removed from this list," the editor of Huffington Post wrote on its website last evening after the list of the world's richest leader was updated.
"Sonia Gandhi was originally included based on a listing on a third party site which was subsequently called into question," said the editor without giving name of the third-party site.
Congress had criticised the website for what it called an "absurd and ridiculous" news story.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewary said: "If Huffington Post would stick to huffing puffing, then I think they would do a much better job for themselves. Because If you do put out these absurd and ridiculous things out in print, then you only open yourself to be made a laughing stock. I would not even like to dignify with a response."
