Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday turned 66. The first among those who wished her was Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Dr Singh called her up on the phone and sent a bouquet to her.

The Congress top brass, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party president Sonia Gandhi, on Friday held consultations in the backdrop of plans by the government to bring the Lokpal Bill in Parliament next week and Team Anna’s opposition to certain provisions.

The much awaited Congress-RLD tieup for next year’s Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections is likely to be announced any time. RLD chief Ajit Singh is tipped to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the company of senior party leaders over the weekend to mark the conclusion of seat-sharing talks.

Secrecy shrouded the penultimate day of COP 17 with pressure mounting on countries to come clean on their positions. India and China remained on the defensive, finding it difficult to face the EU onslaught.

Congress workers celebrate party president Sonia Gandhi’s 66th birthday outside her residence in New Delhi on Friday. — Biplab Banerjee

The much awaited Congress-RLD tieup for next year’s UP elections is likely to be announced any time.

The Delhi government on Friday sent the bill on MCD trifurcation to the Union home ministry for Presidential assent following which the split of the civic agency will come into force.

In a move that could end the harassment of innocent citizens at the hands of overzealous policemen trying to crack sensitive terror cases in a hurry, the Centre is working on a comprehensive scheme that will not only provide

The Delhi high court on Friday asked the city government, MCD and traffic police to set up a dedicated task force to monitor and direct vehicular traffic flow on some roads in city for a few days to find a solution for the inconvenience caused to pedestrians, rickshaw pullers and cyclists.

As the Lokayukta police registered an FIR against Union minister for external affairs S.M. Krishna, in an illegal mining scam, he responded by saying that attempts were being made at his character assassination and that he was sure that the judiciary would vindicate him.