The Winter Session of Parliament beginning next week could see changes in the floor strategy of the UPA constituents and the supporting parties.

The political performance of up to a dozen Union ministers from the Congress Party will face a crucial test in the coming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

As the role of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi 'expands' ahead of a key Youth Congress plenary later this month where the young leader could take on wider responsibilities in the party, the ta

As the role of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi “expands”, a host of Congress leaders — Mr Digvijay Singh, Mr Milind Deora, Mr Jairam Ramesh, Mr Prithviraj Chavan, Mr Kanishka Singh and Ms Meenakshi Natrajan — could play key roles either in the organisation or in government in the coming days. Such is the talk within the party.

Sixty-eight Rajya Sab-ha members, including Leader of the Oppos-ition Arun Jaitley, Union ministers Vilas-rao Deshmukh and Rajiv Shukla, Dr Karan Singh, former Speaker Manohar Joshi and Hema Malini, w

The Opposition plans to keep the government on tenterhooks by moving a no-confidence motion against it during the coming Winter Session of Parliament, beginning on November 22, in order to expose the “fence-sitters” ahead of next year’s crucial Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

The Opposition is planning to keep the government on tenterhooks by moving a no confidence motion against it during the Winter Session of Parliament to expose the “fence sitters” ahead of crucial Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

The Congress has identified about a dozen districts in Maharashtra where its base is rapidly eroding for the past few years. They include Thane, Nashik, Jalgaon, Beed, Jalna, Parbhani, Satara, Buldhana, Akola, Aurangabad and Ahmednagar.

The outcome of the byelections — one Lok Sabha and three Assembly — have come as a morale booster for the Opposition parties but the Congress feels it will not have a bearing on about half-a-dozen Assembly elections to be held next year.

BSP supremo Mayawati is maintaining silence on the issue of her party’s support to the Centre at a time when she has virtually declared the Congress her party’s main rival in the coming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. Her attack is seen