With the issue of bringing Prime Minister within the ambit of the Lokpal remaining a ticklish affair, government is expected to soon call an all-party meeting to seek views across the political spectrum.

Amid no clear consensus emerging on the proposed Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, the government is likely to move an “open-ended” draft law in Parliament’s Monsoon Session, earmarking 40 to 45 per cent of the net sown area as “reserved agricultural zone” in which there can be no change in land use for at least 10 years.

In the wake of the Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju writing to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the release of a Pakistani microbiologist, Dr Khalil Chishty, languishing in an Indian jail for the last 20 years, the BJP on Friday demanded that the UPA government make fresh efforts to secure the release of Sarbjit Singh. BJP spokesperson

The heads of two Central police organisations — CRPF and BPRD — on Saturday said they had filed their annual returns pertaining to immovable property well in time, clearing the confusion caused by an official website which had not uploaded their details.

India’s apex industry chamber FICCI has in a letter to the Parliamentary standing committee on human resource development expressed concern on 100 per cent cut off announced for undergraduate admissions for commerce stream in SRCC in Delhi University.

The government has expressed its concern over continuing atrocities against those belonging to the Scheduled Castes and stressed the need for the proper implementation of laws meant to protect them in both letter and spirit.
Speaking at the inaugural conference of state ministers of welfare and social justice in the capital on Friday, Prime

The CPI leadership on Saturday began deliberations on the fallout of the serious electoral setback suffered by the Left in the recent Assembly elections in West Bengal and in other states.

The Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government has run into trouble with the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) which has expressed its dissatisfaction with the explanation given by it for the police opening fire at members of the minority community early this month in Araria district. The firing left four dead and nine injured.

Government on Saturday said it will discuss the draft Lokpal Bill with political parties before sending it to the Union Cabinet for approval.

As Rahul Gandhi turns 41 on Sunday, voices in the Congress are rising touting the young leader as fitting the bill to become the next Prime Minister. But party leaders said Gandhi alone would decide whether or not he wants the country’s top executive post.