The Congress high command has invited Praja Rajyam Party president Chiranjeevi for talks here, raising the possibility of an alliance for the Rajya Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh. It has also told party MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy not to embark on his “Odharpu” yatra in the Telangana region, which had witnessed large-scale protests over the statehood issue.

National carrier Air India continued its blitzkrieg against two unions of Air India (domestic) by dismissing and suspended more union leaders on Thursday, de-recognising the two unions and sealing its offices but the unions threatened to hit back by calling for another strike from June 12 or another flash strike even before that

The All-India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has cautioned the government against going ahead with the India-European Union Free Trade Agreement before debating the issue in Parliament.

The Pakistan Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the earlier judgment of the Lahore HC to set Lashkar-e-Tayyaba founder Hafiz Saeed free from preventive detention was unlikely to come in the way of foreign secretary Nirupama Rao’s proposed June-end trip to Islamabad and external affairs minister S.M. Krishna’s trip to Pakistan in

Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit’s special drive to check pollution for the upcoming Commonwealth Games is not enough for a few Canadian athletes who have chosen to walkout from the Games.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi will not be going to Srinagar during her visit to Jammu & Kashmir.
The visit was earlier scheduled on May 29 to lay the foundation stone of a re-settlement colony for Dal Lake dwellers.

The Samajwadi Party has maintained that there is no possibility for expelled party leader Amar Singh to come back into the party fold. The party refuted the claim of Mr Singh in his blog that delegates in the just concluded National Executive Meeting had raised the question of his return into the party.

Questioning the government’s decision to refer the issue of caste-based Census to yet-to-be formed Group of Ministers (GoM), JD(U) president Sharad Yadav claimed that the move is just a “delaying tactic”. He, however, further enhanced the scope of his demand by asking that the proposed Unique Identity Cards should also mention the caste of citizens.

After the Women’s Reservation Bill, the issue of inclusion of caste in Census has become tricky for the Congress-led coalition government at the Centre.
The government could not bring the bill in the Lok Sabha during the Budget Session even after it was passed in the Rajya Sabha mainly due to division in the ruling coalition and the BJP-led NDA.

With Jharkhand reeling under another spell of political uncertainty, the top leadership of the Congress from the state on Thursday called on AICC chief Sonia Gandhi and apprised her about the latest situation there. They also discussed issues relating to Rajya Sabha nomination from the state.