Gujarat Congress leaders strongly objected to Union minister of state (independent charge) for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh giving a certificate of good governance to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi.

State panchayat and rural development minister Anisur Rahaman on Tuesday admitted that the state government has failed to implement all its programmes. He made this confession on the floor of the Assembly on Tuesday. During his reply to the panchayat and rural development department budget discussion, he even said, “Generally, we do lot of works to win an election. However, after winning the election, we do not work hard.”

After attacking the fuel price hike, senior Congress leader Anil Shastri has targeted Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, telling him that the government is run by “elected representatives and not the plan panel”.

Music composer A.R. Rahman, who prefers creating music to singing, said that his singing has improved by taking part in music concerts and by preparing for them.

Humanitarian issues such as people-to-people ties and exchange of prisoners are expected to be discussed when the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan meet in Islamabad on Thursday.

If power corrupts, then when you throw celebrity-induced megalomania, paranoia and perhaps some party drugs into the mix, you get a lethally violent cocktail.

Ahead of the visit of an all-party delegation from Jammu and Kashmir to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, National Conference president and Union minister Farooq Abdullah ruled out any threat to the J&K government headed by Omar Abdullah, saying it was strong enough to face any challenge.

Mr Yogendra Sagar, BSP MLA from Bilsi in Badaun district has been declared an “absconder” in the Jyoti Sharma rape case by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM).

Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said that he was “anxiously waiting” for Prime Minister Manmohan Sin-gh’s response to his request to reduce his burden of ministerial responsibilities.

Alleging that the Congress was “shedding crocodile tears” over Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru’s conviction, the main Opposition BJP on Tuesday said Congress was also disrespecting the patriotism of Indian Muslims by raising Hindu-Muslim terror issue. A recent remark by BJP chief Nitin Gadkari on this issue, where he had