Former BJP leader and ideologue K.N.

Senior RSS leader M.G. Vaidya on Sunday questioned the BJP’s decision of re-admitting Jaswant Singh into the party fold and not leaders like Uma Bharti, Govindacharya and Sanjay Joshi.

Rahul Gandhi whose game plan is to strengthen the Congress in the four states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu seems to have got into the act.

The Karnataka chief minister Yeddyurappa has made it clear that there is no chance of the Reddy brothers getting dropped from his Cabinet.

In order to protect citizens’ right of freedom of speech and prevent the Central and state governments from misusing their powers to ban a newspaper, publication or book, the Supreme Court has laid down nine guidelines for them to evaluate the “objectionable” publication.

A unique gift — a short biography written on rice, sesame and mustard seeds — awaits US President Barack Obama on his visit to India this November.
President Pratibha Patil has asked Gajendra S. Wadhonkar, an artist from Aurangabad who specialises in writing on tiny grains, to prepare a souvenir for President O

Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah on Saturday held parleys with the top Central leadership, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and home minister P. Chidambaram, and apprised them of the prevailing situation in the state. The PM on his part assured full support to his government.

The ministry of programme implementation’s proposal to increase the MP Local Area Development fund from Rs 2 crores per annum to Rs 5 crores has hit a roadblock in the Planning Commission.

A drunk CRPF constable, Harpinder Singh, opened fire with an AK-47, killing six personnel over three hours, including one assistant commandant, after a brawl erupted over was-tage of food at the CRPF mess in Saraikela district of Jharkhand. The incident has prompted the CRPF brass to reiterate the need for strict action against jawans found drinking on duty. Government sources here said fratricide is usually the result of difficult living conditions and high stress levels endured by personnel

With the state being the biggest litigant, the government has now decided to put a check on the tendency to go to court on frivolous accounts. For this purpose Union law and justice minister M. Veerappa Moily has written to all fellow ministers in the Union government and various department heads to make the National Litigation Policy a success. As part of the attempt to put a stop to unwarranted litigation the minister has suggested them the appointment of nodal officers in their ministries and