Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday asked the newly-appointed Bihar unit chief Mehboob Ali Kaiser, AICC general secretary in charge for the state Mukul Wasnik and AICC Secretary in charge Sagar Rayaka to aggressively prepare the party to face upcoming Assembly elections.

The Congress on Saturday said Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi is insecure and has a sense of insecurity from the name of Nehru, Gandhi and Congress. The Congress was reacting to Mr Modi’s comments on Jawaharlal Nehru and the relevance of celebrating Children’s Day on Nehru’s birthday, Mr Modi also compared Lal

Amidst the drubbing of the CPI(M)-led Left Front in the West Bengal civic polls, the CPI(M) on Saturday admitted that its state unit has not been able to implement the rectification campaign properly. Notably, the rectification campaign aimed at cleansing the party of alien trends and corrupt practices, began soon after the Lok Sabha elections last year which witnessed the worst ever performance of the Left parties.

The Congress appears to be keeping NCP chief Sharad Pawar on tenterhooks by “blessing” an Independent in the Rajya Sabha elections from Maharashtra at a time when the Maratha strongman is in the thick of IPL controversy. This move could mar the chances of one of the NCP nominees.

Union commerce minister Anand Sharma will contest the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. The speculations in this regard ended after the Congress announced his candidature.

The number of physically challenged students seeking admissions in the Delhi University is gradually increasing as over 300 students enquired about admissions in the disabled category in the first week of the process.

The Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon Ltd — India’s first totally private Metro rail project — got financial closure on Saturday.
The mandate to RMGL is for the construction, operation and maintenance of five-kilometre Metro link, connecting Sikanderpur station of Delhi Metro to NH-8 in Gurgaon. T

A Colombian national has been arrested by the southeast Delhi police for allegedly assaulting an NRI at M-Block market of Greater Kailash I in southeast Delhi on May 22. The accused was arrested following examination of CCTV footage. He had earlier evaded detection by refusing to go for a medical examination following the incident.

Dust laden winds from Rajasthan pulled a thick layer of dust haze over the city and the National Capital Region even as the temperature dipped on Saturday. However, with the humidity levels rising and dust blowing through the day, the residents felt uncomfortable for the better part of the day. The weather may not change much on Sunday.

United Nations’s Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chief R.K. Pachauri on Saturday suggested that a hike in water and power tariff could help in conserving the scarce and precious resource in the city, which is going to face tremendous pressure on its infrastructure in the future. Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit said that she supported the suggestion if that was the only solution to limit consumption.