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LUCKNOW: AICC Vice-President Rahul Gandhi is all set to bring about major changes in the functioning of the Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh to meet the challenge of Lok Sabha polls in 2014. He is in consultations with the state President Nirmal Khattri and this change will be spread all over the districts in this crucial state for the future shape of the new Government at the centre.

New Delhi : Arab Spring had ushered in a fresh wave of democracy in the Arab world and the countries in this region should learn from India’s rich experience in working democracy, said the Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid.

New Delhi : Reaffirming the need for regional security, India and Maldives as close neighbours agreed to continue their defence cooperation.

New Delhi : The Union Government has sought the views of the State Governments on the implementation of the recommendations of the 5th report of the Administration Reform Commission (ARC) which relates largely to public order.

New Delhi : The six Indian nationals, who were injured in a shooting incident in Bangui, capital of Central African Republic, late last month, arrived here at Air Force Station on Sunday morning from Chad, where they had been receiving medical treatment.

BHOPAL: As has been happening since the first general elections, come polls and the various organised groups start mounting pressure on the governments to accept their demands — whether just or unjust. The same trend is visible in Madhya Pradesh, which goes to the polls in the month of November this year.

Important states like Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, where the BJP is in power, and Congress-ruled Delhi and Rajasthan are going to polls this year. If the Congress wants to stop Modi juggernaut before 2014 general election, it must retain both Rajasthan and Delhi. While in Rajasthan chances of the ruling Congress look bleak, in Delhi the party is better placed.

New Delhi : India is likely to seek expertise in cotton from Tajikistan and the latter would seek former’s help in developing its horticulture and food processing industry.

It all started with the pro-liberation and secular Awami League (AL) winning the last general election with three-fourth majority in the parliament. They were riding on the youth vote, who are newly inspired by the spirit of liberation of Bangladesh, but now have reached a state of confrontation against a massive rally in the heart of Dhaka, led by an apparent coalition of non-Jaamat-e-Islami (JI) Islamist parties and organisations led my relatively unknown Hefajat-e-Islami (HI). JI is, in fact, the largest Islamist political entity, however, much smaller in vote share than the major two parties — the AL and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

KOLKATA: Not entirely facetiously, senior opposition leaders in West Bengal often marvel at the similarities between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the CPI(M), the party it defeated after 34 years of uninterrupted rule.