Even as the two top guns of the UPA government — Union home minister P. Chidambram and deputy chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia — claimed to have “no turf war” between them over NPR and UIDAI, the issue seems to be far from resolved. The Cabinet Committee on UID (CCUID) is scheduled to meet on Wednesday to resolve the contentious issue of biometric data collection.

As Bihar allies JD(U) and BJP contest the Uttar Pra-desh Assembly elections separately, the JD(U) hinted Sunday the fight between them was not a friendly one.

As the Bihar allies — JD(U) and Bharatiya Janata Party — are contesting the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections separately, the former on Sunday hinted that the fight between them is not going to be frie

Heavyweight ministers in the Manmohan Singh government, Sharad Pawar and Kamal Nath, have been pushing hard for inclusion of their respective constituencies in the list of select districts to get special treatment from the Centre and it is being done even at the cost of tweaking the existing norms.

After sugar, now it’s the turn of the onion, which is also grown mostly in agriculture minister Sharad Pawar’s home state Maharashtra, to get special attention of the Union government, as it has indicated setting up of a special fund for onion on the lines of Sugar Development Fund (SDF).

Keeping in view the Assembly elections in the five states, including politically crucial Uttar Pradesh, the government is set to extend its olive branch to lakhs of rickshawpullers, taxi and auto drivers and ragpickers by bringing them under the UPA’s flagship health insurance scheme — Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY). A proposal to this effect is high on the agenda of the Union Cabinet, which will meet on Thursday.

Keeping in view the Assembly elections in the five states, including politically crucial Uttar Pradesh, the government is set to extend its olive branch to lakhs of rickshawpullers, taxi and auto driv

The government could not introduce the Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday despite President Pratibha Patil giving her required consent, and it will now be laid before the Upper House on Thursday. The bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday with amendments.

The much-talked about and the most controversial legislation in recent times, the Lokpal Bill, was re-introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, but not before a high-voltage drama, which was enacted till the last minutes of its introduction. The bone of contention remained around inclusion of a provision to provide reservation to the minorities on the Lokpal panel.

While the government found itself in a tight spot on Monday over its controversial move to allow 51 per cent foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail, with the NDA, Left parties and even some UPA constituents like the Trinamul Congress and DMK demanding a rollback, the Congress stuck to its