The Bihar unit of the Congress is finding it difficult select candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections from among its own cadre. This is because the party is left only with old committed workers, who have lost their political relevance, and those youth, who drew their inspiration to join politics from AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi.

Notwithstanding the Assembly elections looming large in Bihar and West Bengal, the two states have miserably failed in properly utilising the central fund allocated to them for minority welfare.

The government is ready with a draft bill, which aims to protect whistleblowers who raise the alarm over corruption in Central government ministries and offices, and agencies or institutions under them. The draft legislation, which is called “The Public Interest Disclosure (Protection of Informers) Bill 2010”, is high on the agenda of the Union Cabinet at its meeting here on Thursday.

In a bid to bring them on par with Supreme Court Judges, the government is considering increasing retirement age of high court judges from 62 to 65 years. A proposal to this effect is high on the agenda of the Union Cabinet, which will meet on Friday.

The Centre on Sunday rejected states’ claim that they do not have resources to implement Right to Education (RTE) Act.

Taking a cue from Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who had suggested a two-pronged strategy to deal with Naxal menace, the Planning Commission, in its agenda for upcoming National Development Council (NDC) meeting on July 24, has proposed adopting a three-pronged strategy to deal with the problem. These will include

In a bid to instil a sense of belonging among people living in the Naxal-affected states of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, the government is considering the inclusion of 185 castes in the Central list of

The ministry of programme implementation’s proposal to increase the MP Local Area Development fund from Rs 2 crores per annum to Rs 5 crores has hit a roadblock in the Planning Commission.

Even as deputy chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia said that it is too early to make any assessment of the impact of special package to Bundelkhand, Congress has sent a central team to the region (districts falling under Madhya Pradesh) to look into alleged irregularities in the implementation of the ambitious projects spearheaded by party general secretary and youth icon Rahul Gandhi.

The government is all set to bring in amendments in the Indian Penel Code (IPC), Hindu Marriage Act and Indian Evidence Act to make them stricter to deal with “honour killings”. In recent times many parts of the country were rocked by such killings.