Among the country’s top politicians, AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi appears the most popular on the Internet. The young leader has an ever-increasing fan base on the social networking website Facebook, with 68,198 followers. In this, he has beaten PM Manmohan Singh, veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani and even his mother Sonia Gandhi.

The decks have been cleared for the setting up of an airbase near Bhilai in Chhattisgarh, which is expected to enable swifter air support for anti-Naxalite operations. The government has cleared hurdles in land acquisition for establishing the first Army and Indian Air Force bases in the Naxal-infested state, significantly increasing the military’s presence in the troubled region.

At a time when all civic agencies in New Delhi are in a race against time to complete Commonwealth Games-related projects, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday visited Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the key venue of the October 3-14 event and the location of both the opening and closing ceremonies, and exhorted all agencies to redouble their efforts and finish the work still remaining. The stadium will also host the athletics, weightlifting and lawn bowl events.

The Congress wants there to be status quo in states. The current trend in the party is to “elect” Pradesh Congress Committee presidents without a contest. The state party units are expected to pass a one-line resolution authorising the Congress chief to nominate PCC presidents.

Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani on Sunday claimed that he liked “realistic depiction of village life” in Amir Khan’s home production Peepli Live. However, he said it would have been better if the filmmaker had chosen a subject other than farmers’ suicide.

The controversial Ayodhya issue is all set to dominate the national discourse, once again, very soon as a special bench of the Allahabad high court is to deliver a verdict over the ownership of a disputed land in Ayodhya to which Hindus and Muslims have made rival claims for over a century.

With panchayats emerging as new power centres due to UPA’s flagship programmes like NREGA, RJD chief Lalu Prasad has asked senior party leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh to win support of sarpanchs and mukhiyas in favour of the party in the upcoming Assembly elections.

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The MCD will not be taking care of preventive measures for mosquito breeding in the Common-wealth Games Village for which the organising committee has decided to give the contract to the Pest Control of India (PCI). However, the MCD will work towards mosquito breeding prevention in and around all other Games venues. Meanwhile, the total number of dengue cases in the capital crossed the 800-mark, including cases of patients coming from outside the state.

The Delhi high court has asked the authorities concerned to amend certain rules for the rehabilitation of ex-convicts so that they can join government jobs and join the mainstream.