The euphoria around “backward” or “special” category status for Bihar is ephemeral. It will continue to hit the headlines for a while with a specific purpose of which both the Congress-led UPA and state chief minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar are aware.

Emboldened by an internal survey that reveals that Mr Narendra Modi is way ahead of Mr Nitish Kumar as far as Bihar voter preference is concerned regarding who should be the NDA’s prime ministerial candidate, the BJP has assigned senior party leader Arun Jaitley to ensure that Mr Kumar’s JD(U) stays in the NDA fold even if a decision is taken to field the Gujarat chief minister as the NDA candidate.

Even as the finance minister has proposed to earmark `10, 000 crore over and above the normal food subsidy, the much-talked about National Food Security (NFS) Bill can only be rolled out once it is en

The UPA government has sent a clear signal through Budget 2013-14 that it is not looking at early Lok Sabha elections, and its priority appears to be consolidation, rather than extravaganza.

With the Lok Sabha elections are scheduled for 2014, the UPA government at the Centre is in the process of compiling success stories on flagship programmes in the states and as per the preliminary rep

Given fiscal constraints, for the first time in the history of Budget-making the consultation process with the Planning Commission and other Union ministries has been ignored while finalising the gros

With Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi pushing for a “system change” by infusing young blood, asking them to take up future challenges, the AICC poll campaign panel is working out modalities to allocate Lok Sabha tickets to as many young leaders as possible.

Intending to create new job opportunity in the country by targeting to train more than eight crore youth in next five years, the government is considering establishment of a National Skill Development

In the aftermath of its Gujarat debacle, the Rahul Gandhi-led Congress election committee is re-strategising its plan for BJP-ruled states — Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh — that will hold polls this

With his elevation in the party as vice-president, Rahul Gandhi is now expected to bring in his own team, but indications are there that unlike popular perception, chances are there that it would be a