Amidst the ongoing Centre-state squabbling over counter-terror centre, NCTC, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appears to be unhappy with his ministerial colleagues’ functioning in an autonomous way, disregarding mandatory consultations with the Constitutional bodies like National Commissions for Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Scheduled Castes (SCs).

Undaunted by criticism over his comments on Muslim reservation in Farrukhabad on Thursday, senior Congress leader and Union minister Beni Prasad Verma claimed that his remarks at the election rally were aimed at giving a “morale booster” to his otherwise “demoralised” ministerial colleague Salman Khurshid, who has been censured recently by the EC.

After rolling the dice in favour of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) chairman Nandan Nilekani in his running feud with the home ministry, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has now instructed all the ministries and departments to get prior approval of his adviser S. Ramadorai, the vice-chairman of IT giant TCS, on proposals relating to skill development before placing for the Union Cabinet’s consideration.

After Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) chief Nandan Nilekani, it is now the turn of telecom czar Sam Pitroda to experience the inter-ministerial differences over the UPA’s ambitious National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) project, which he has been spearheading. The NOFN project is aimed at providing last-mile broadband connectivity to each of the six lakh village panchayats.

After being projected as one among the three contenders for the top job in Uttar Pradesh by BJP president Nitin Gadkari, firebrand saffron sanyasan Uma Bharti appears to have emerged as “first among t

Hitting out at UP chief minister Mayawati, SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and the BJP, AICC general secretary and Congress’ main campaigner in Uttar Pradesh Rahul Gandhi on Thursday lashed out at them by claiming that those who ruled the state for last 22 years have just enacted “nataks” (dramas) and never cared for “aam aadmi”. In an aggressive tone, the young leader reminded the people that “enough is enough”. He said, “I urge you to use the current Assembly elections as an opportunity to get yourself rid of the “nataks”, which are being enacted in the state for last 22 years.”

Changing gear after the completion of polling in Punjab, the Congress on Monday said that its campaign theme in UP will revolve around the 22 years of combined misrule of BSP, SP and BJP in the state.

Unfazed by its failure to roll out FDI in multi-brand retail in the light of strong Opposition from regional parties, particularly from key UPA ally Trinamul Congress, the Centre has now embarked on preparing a law to streamline inter-state trade and transportation of agricultural produce, which involve state taxes.

Unfazed by its failure to roll out FDI in multi-brand retail in the light of strong Opposition from regional parties, particularly from key UPA ally Trinamul Congress, the Centre has now embarked on p

With the government deciding that both the Unique Identification Authority of India and the National Population Register will share the burden of collecting Indian residents’ biometric data for providing “Aadhar” numbers and smart cards, the ongoing controversy between the home ministry and the Planning Commission has been put to rest.