After failing to rope in Congress for an alliance in Bihar, the RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is confident that Rahul Gandhi will create a chink in the upper caste vote base.
Asserting that he is not afraid of Mr Gandhi’s efforts to revive the Congress in Bihar, Mr Yadav is hopeful that the young Gandhi would deliver a blow to the JD(U)-BJP c

Buoyed by the success in the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress has revived its “war room” at Gurdwara Rakabganj Road in New Delhi to work out a strategy for the coming Bihar Assembly elections. Besides, it is taking stock of the ground situation in the state.

In an order which reinforces the faith of youth in taking own decision in shaping up their career, the Delhi high court has said that youth above 18 have the right to lead their life on their own terms and the parents cannot force or pressurise their will on them.

The Delhi BJP has sought a probe by child rights group on engaging children at Commonwealth Games projects sites. BJP chief Vijendra Gupta made the demand after inspecting five stadia being constructed for the Games found that child labourers are being employed in the projects.

Information pertaining to appointment of top bureaucrats cannot be revealed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Delhi high court has said.
The court dismissed the RTI activist and Magsaysay Award winner Arvind Kejriwal’s plea seeking disclosure of information on the ground that people had the right to know as to what was the grade assigned to an officer who was empanelled.

A day after reports of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) alleging poor quality and deviation from norms in various Games-related projects, the civic agencies sought to downplay the entire issue saying it was part of routine exercise between the commission and them. The CVC too put out a clarification on its website saying the reports regarding various CWG projects were initial findings and should not be construed as final report.

There will be no bulletproof buses to ferry athletes and delegates, travelling to and from the Commonwealth Games venues and the Games Village or other accommodations, the Delhi police has said. However, adequate security arrangements would be put in place to ensure top class security. The bulletproof security was demanded by Pakistani security delegation in the wake of the Lahore bus attack in March 2009.

Amid pressure from various quarters on the Commonwealth Games projects, chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday said that these will the best ever Games. She, however, denied any knowledge of the CVC report, which has indicted various agencies for compromising on quality and not following the norms while completing the projects. But Ms Dikshit added that action would be taken against errant officials when the report would be formally submitted.

A week has passed since chief minister Sheila Dikshit had asked the civic agencies to work through the nights to complete the pending Games projects, the civic agencies on Friday have given a requirement of nearly 2,000 extra labourers on various pending projects to the government.

Two unheard and unreleased songs sung by Mohammed Rafi and composed by Madan Mohan have been released to mark the death anniversaries of the legendary musical duo who collaborated on some of the great