Ahead of the Assembly elections, the city Congress government expanded the Adhaar-enabled direct cash transfer scheme Dilli Annashree Yojana on Wednesday.

Concerned over the “disconcerting” reports that its mission were being spied upon by American intelligence agencies, India today said it will take up the matter with the US authorities.

Out-of-favour opener Gautam Gambhir today refused to believe that fatigue due to excessive cricket was the reason behind India’s back-to-back defeats in the ongoing tri series in the West Indies.

The government today decided to come out with an ordinance to give nation’s two-third population the right to five kg of foodgrain every month at highly subsidised rates of Rs 1-3 per kg.

Finance minister P. Chidambaram today said public sector banks plan to hire 50,000 persons and open 10,000 branches in the current fiscal.

Veteran parliamentarian Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil has been appointed as the new governor of Sikkim.

BJP today demanded that the government order a CBI inquiry monitored by the Supreme Court to find out the manner in which the Jet-Etihad deal was carried out in “half-cooked” and “objectionable” manner.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi today held consultations with senior party leaders, including A.K. Antony, as talks for an alliance with Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) for the next Lok Sabha polls and formation of a coalition government in Jharkhand reached the final stage.

Having proved his talent and temperament in Test cricket, middle-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara is keen on making his one-day debut.

The Congress will play the Narendra Modi card in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls to fan the factional fights in the ruling BJP and check the chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.