Apparently unhappy with the performance of the Youth Congress, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is learnt to have directed the organisation to intensify its public programmes in all states, whi

After leaving the ruling UPA floor managers in the Parliament red-faced by voting against the Medical Council of India (Amendment) Bill, the Trinamul Congress MPs appear to be indulging in blame game,

NDA-ruled Punjab will get lessons from Union minister Jairam Ramesh on issues relating to administration of rural development programmes of the Centre and the states, as he is scheduled to address the

The Centre and states appear headed for confrontation on the issue of higher foodgrain allocation under Public Distribution System (PDS).

It appears that temperamental West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is rushing to the Centre with her set of demands without checking facts.

In a move suggesting that the regional political parties are closing ranks over the President’s election, Trinamul Congress chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee held parleys with the Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav in which they apparently decided to take a joint stand over the issue. Ms Banerjee is also likely to meet the Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa.

In a move suggesting that the regional political parties are closing ranks over the President’s election, the Trinamul Congress chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee held parleys with t

The UPA’s flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MGNREGA) appears to be losing its sheen, as the Centre could release about `29,190 crores against the budgetary allocation of `40,000 crores during the just-concluded financial year, showing a dip of more than 25 per cent. Even in the job demands under the flagship scheme, the data suggest more than 20 per cent decline.

Faced with a problem of plenty against the backdrop of a record foodgrain production. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to approve a set of arrangements to deal with the problem of food management on Wednesday in a high-level meeting. Among the likely course of actions are additional disbursal of 17 million tonnes of foodgrains through public distribution system and the option to export with subsidy.

Even though the opposition-ruled states attack Centre for poor conditions of the marginal farmers, they have surprisingly not spent even a penny under a scheme which is directly related to farmers and the poor.