The BJP and Team Anna have received a major setback due to the recent developments, showing that they are neither an alternative to the ruling establishment nor can they cleanse the system.

The Congress, leading the UPA at the Centre since 2004, has been fighting on many fronts virtually single-handedly from past few months.

Pro-Vidarbha forces are eagerly waiting for a resolution of the Telangana state issue after realising that this would mount pressure for bifurcation of Maharashtra.

Talk of holding a Narora-type brainstorming session has begun in the Congress with party leaders, including MPs, feeling this is necessary in view of emerging issues. The Congress had held such brainstorming sessions over three days in

Talk of holding a Narora-type brainstorming session has begun in the Congress with party leaders, including MPs, feeling this is necessary in view of emerging issues.

Though the BJP is predicting a mid-term general election, it appears far less prepared to come up a winner: this is the assessment of Congress insiders who say the saffron party cannot reach 170 seats

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi appears to be following former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh.

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi succeeded in dousing the 2G fire, which had been raging for days, by bringing Pranab Mukherjee and P. Chidambaram together on Thursday to put the record straight on the con

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi succeeded in dousing the 2G fire, which had been raging for days, by bringing two senior ministers — Mr Pranab Mukherjee and Mr P. Chidambaram — together on Thursday to put the record straight on the controversial note on spectrum allocation.

The Congress has undertaken a damage control exercise following the growing perception that “all is not well” between two of its top ministers against the backdrop of the finance ministry’s note to the PMO with regard to 2G spectrum allocation.