Ahead of next year’s Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party has roped in Dabangg Salman Khan to give the party a knockout punch against rivals.

Even though Gandhian Anna Hazare has issued a threat to kickstart a political campaign against the Congress, a key showcase legislation, the Grievance Redressal Bill, which was drafted with no loss of time, appears to have been

In a move to take the antigraft fight right into the den of the Gandhian activist Anna Hazare, the Centre has begun the process to make videorecording of the proceedings of gram panchayats mandatory.

In a move to take the anti-graft fight right into the den of the Gandhian activist Anna Hazare, the Centre has begun the process to make video-recording of the proceedings of gram panchayats mandatory

Clearly identifying social activist Anna Hazare’s campaign on the eve of the Uttar Pradesh elections as a political threat, the BSP is gearing up to take the wind out of the Gandhian’s sails by pitching him directly against B.R. Ambedkar, the father of the Indian Constitution.

UP chief minister and BSP supremo Mayawati is gearing up to the prospect of the RLD and Congress coming together for the 2012 state Assembly elections and is seeking to sell the development plank in the western UP region to consolidate non-jat voters in favour of her party.

The Ajit Singh-led RLD is awaiting a clear signal from UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi to begin seat-specific discussions for an electoral tieup with the Congress for the next year’s UP Assembly election

After having ensured that the Land Bill was introduced in the Parliament, minister of rural development (MoRD) Jairam Ramesh has now put on top priority the next task of making meaningful and result-oriented intervention in Naxal-affected areas of the country by delivering benefits under the flagship schemes.

Is there a divide in the Anna Hazare camp on the issue of whether or not to send the Jan Lokpal Bill to the standing committee of Parliament for consideration?

Facing the heat of the anti-graft agitation led by Gandhian social activist Anna Hazare, the government appears to have gone on an overdrive to put in place a multi-layered laws to deal with corruption at various levels of administration.