Blame game has begun in the Congress on the Adarsh Housing scam. While Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan is using his media management skill to hit his detractors in the Congress and NCP, Union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh is perhaps the first Congress leader to hit back at Mr Chavan openly.

The UPA government is set to turn the spotlight on the former NDA government in the Adarsh Society controversy since the land use pattern of the plot — on which builders built the 31-storey Adarsh tower — could have been altered in 1999-2000 when the NDA government was in power. The NDA was in power at the Centre from 1998 to 2004. Well-placed sources said that the ministry of defence is probing the records of the time to find out how the plot was handed over from the de-facto

Reiterating his party’s demand of removal of Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan over the Adarsh scam, BJP chief Nitin Gadkari on Monday said the main Opposition will raise the issue in the upcoming Winter Session of Parliament. Mr Gadkari alleged that there seems to be a “constitutional breakdown” in the state as possible replacements for Mr Chavan also face corruption charges.

The Delhi Cabinet on Monday approved cluster bus service to be run by corporate entities. The Cabinet gave its approval for four clusters, which in all will bring about 700 buses in the city in a move to mitigate the shortfall due to the phaseout of Blueline buses from the city. Briefing reporters after the Cabinet meeting, Delhi transport

In a counter offensive to Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s remarks on Rahul Gandhi, the Congress on Monday reminded the JD(U) leader that he was a Union minister under Atal Behari Vajpayee, who had never been the chief minister before becoming the Prime Minister of the country.

Projecting a growth of 40 per cent in India’s oil demand in the next decade, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh on Monday stressed on securing energy supplies at affordable prices to meet the requirement of the rapidly expanding economy.

Pledging to fight communal and terrorist elements, the Congress on Tuesday accused the RSS and its sister organisations of being involved in terrorist activities.

Observing that a "new situation" has emerged in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday described the recent unrest in the state as "painful" and appealed to all "dissatisfie

The uproar over CWG and Adarsh Housing Society scams notwithstanding, Congress chief Mrs Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday remained silent on the scandals involving party membe

The environment ministry has sought an explanation from the Andhra Pradesh government for beginning work on the controversial Polavaram irrigation project without holding public hearings in the nearby