With divisions persisting on inclusion of caste in the Census, a meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on the ticklish issue is expected to finalise its report on August 6.
All political parties have been asked by the GoM’s chairman Pranab Mukherjee to give their views on the matter by that day and it is still unclear as to how many parties have responded so far.

‘BJP’s got talent’ and it doesn’t want to go it waste. Who would have thought that a seasoned politician like Mr L.K. Advani can actually be a good mimic and a flute player or a firebrand leader like Ms Sushma Swaraj was a badminton player and used to love participating in folk dances till her college days?

The fourth season of television game show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) is set to go on air on megastar and host Amitabh Bachchan’s birthday on October 11.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday declined to hear a PIL seeking direction to the Centre to avail assistance from technocrats for timely completion of Commonwealth Games projects.

Cornered by allegations of corruption in the Commonwealth Games’ preparations and isolated within his own party, under-fire organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Wednesday said he is ready to face any CAG or judicial probe into the financial transactions related to the event.

The Lok Sabha was adjourned on Wednesday for half-an-hour following protests by the members of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Shiva Sena over the Babhali dam dispute over the Godavari river.

As controversy rages over the alleged misuse of funds in the Commonwealth Games, Indian Railways, a lead partner in the games, on Wednesday sought a clarification from the organising committee over utilisation of funds for the mega event.

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday congratulated ace cricketer Sachin Tendulkar for becoming the most capped Test player in the history of the sport.

Every step was and will be taken to tame prices, but the public at large must appreciate that certain factors like supply shortfall and hoarding were beyond the federal government's control, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Wednesday.

External affairs minister S.M. Krishna has written to his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi condoling the deaths due to the widespread floods there and expressing his distress over the devastation caused by the calamity.