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For the first time in decades, the Congress is faced with the dire prospect of having to fight for itself in Tamil Nadu in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections,without the advantage of an alliance with either of the two major Dravidian rivals. This follows the DMK leader Mr Karunanidhi's seemingly irrevocable decision to end his party's alliance with Congress while the ruling AIDMK is supremely confident of a landslide win for its leader Ms.Jayalalithaa to provide 'strong leadership' at the Centre. Tamil Nadu and Puducherry have 40 seats in Lok Sabha.

Was the passage of the Lokpal bill a political necessity for both the Congress and the BJP? Yes, it was because both the national parties want to show how serious they were in eradication of corruption. Evidently, corruption was the number one issue which wiped out the Congress in the election to four state assemblies—Rajasthan, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh. It will also be the main issue in the coming Lok Sabha election. The Lokpal will give a weapon in the hands of the Congress leaders to tell the people how sincere they are in rooting out the menace of corruption.

New Delhi: India has criticised the 'handcuff' and 'cavity search' of its diplomat Divyani Khobragade posted in New York and asked the US to deal with it in a sense of partnership and cooperation.

New Delhi: Conscious of the fact that 255 stalled projects involving an investment of Rs 10 lakh crore have been stalled, the government has decided to go for fast track clearances.

New Delhi: The government has identified 255 stalled projects, involving an investment of Rs 10 lakh crore and initiated the process of unclogging the projects that are brought before the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI).

The differences in the Left Democratic Front(LDF) over the blockade of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy’s official residence, Cliff House, surfaced with partners, Communist Party of India(CPI) and the Revolutionary Socialist Party(RSP) voicing their reservations against the mode of protest.

For more than 1,900 citizens, only one qualified doctor. For over 3,000 people one hospital bed. New government hospitals and medical colleges are a rare sight. Private corporate hospitals which cater mostly to those with deep pockets and corporate patients with full medical cover, are expanding at a mind boggling pace. This is India, 66 years after its independence, the country which before the global community had pledged towards the end of last century that it would provide basic health for all by 2000 AD. In the last 13 years, the healthcare availability gap between the rich and the poor has further widened.

Lucknow: What would be the main agenda for political parties in 2014 Lok Sabha is the million dollar question that is being asked in socio-political circles in Uttar Pradesh.

Who gets the credit for the Lokpal Bill, which the Parliament has passed this week? Is it the Parliament, is it the UPA government, is it the main opposition the BJP, is it the Gandhian Anna Hazare who had led the India Against Corruption (IAC) movement or is it the newly born Aam Aadmi Party, a by product of the IAC, which stunned the political parties by its unprecedented victory in the recent Delhi Assembly elections? It is said success has many fathers and failure is an orphan. The same thing is applicable to the Lokpal bill with all the above-mentioned entities taking credit for the measure while the real credit goes to the public pressure.

New Delhi: The Government has expressed the hope that the National Intelligence Grid (NatGrid) centre set up in the National Capital would function as a deterrent against terrorism in the country.