Even as the civil society members of the Lokpal Bill Joint Drafting Committee called the meetings a “drama”, home minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday said the proposed legislation will be drafted by the deadline of June 30.

Failing to arrive at a consensus on contentious provisions in the proposed Lokpal Bill, the two sides in the joint drafting committee — five government ministers and five civil society members led by Anna Hazare — on Wednesday agreed to meet again on June 20 and 21 to bridge the “strong differences”. However, if they fail again in

With the BJP-ruled states — Karnataka and Uttarakhand — facing heat from the Centre for different reasons, senior saffron leader L.K. Advani on Wednesday accused the UPA government of jeopardising the country’s federal structure and demanded revival of the Inter-State Council to discuss issues and grievances of the state.

Rahul Gandhi has got “all the qualities and capabilities” that are required to become a “good” Prime Minister, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Thursday said.

As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh prepares to visit Australia in October 2011, an Australian foreign policy analyst and the deputy leader of the Opposition in the Australian Parliament, alike, have argued that the Labour government’s refusal to sell uranium to India cannot be sustained for long.

The issue of Swami Nigamanand’s death is heating up with the Congress putting the BJP’s Uttarakhand government in the dock saying that the Swami was poisioned. While the Congress on Wednesday demanded a

Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa unleashed a virtually no-holds barred attack on Union home minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday, questioning his 2009 election to the 15th Lok Sabha by alleging that it was achieved in a fraudulent manner. Consequently, Mr Chidambaram should step down, she demanded.

A day after India sought details from Beijing on its plans to divert waters of the Brahmaputra by building a dam on it in Tibet, China on Tuesday said it will adopt a “responsible” attitude taking into “full consideration” the interest of downstream countries.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Wednesday said she was not opposed to a CBI probe into the death of a girl whose body was found hanging in a police compound, but feared the case “may be botched up” by the central agency.

Defence minister A.K. Antony on Tuesday said India is closely monitoring its borders and that the eastern sector borders with China are peaceful, even as both sides are “upgrading their capabilities”. Asked about the Army