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New Delhi: Worried over the possible damage Bahujan Samaj Party could cause to ruling Congress in the ensuing assembly polls in Delhi, the high command of the Congress has reportedly asked its top strategists to evolve a strategy to counter the growing influence of the new entrant.

New Delhi: Dr. M. Ramachandran, Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development has urged states to start the process of drafting individual state sanitation strategies taking into account their own particular circumstances and focus mainly on achieving outcomes and not on blindly creating infrastructure.

New Delhi: Expressing serious concern over the suicide by 23 handloom and powerloom weavers in Sircilla in Andhra Pradesh, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour and Textile has asked the government to waive the existing loans of heavily indebted weavers who are unable to repay. The loan amounts to Rs 350 crore.

New Delhi: Even before voters could cast their votes in the assembly elections of six state, the blame game in the Congress Party has already begun. It is only an indication of the fear of losing electoral battle and senior Congress leaders are questioning the timing of the reported statement made by the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh over the cut in petrol and diesel prices.

New Delhi: Following the outbursts by senior party leaders Margaret Alva and Yogendra Makwana over the alleged irregularities in the ticket distribution, more party leaders are expected to come out against the manner in which party is being run by Ahmed Patel, political secretary to the Congress President Sonia Gandhi.

New Delhi: The Ministry of Tourism bagged the prestigious World Travel Award 2008 for its role in developing and promotion of 'Responsible Tourism'. Shri Sujit Banerjee, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, received the Award in a function held in London.

New Delhi: Congress and Samajwadi Party have decided to bury their past differences and to restart stalled seat sharing talks once again for the next general election.

New Delhi: The Hindu Mahasabha and Abhinav Bharat are looking for some best legal talents to defend Sadhvi Pragya and others arrested for alleged involvement in terror activities.

New Delhi: The top leadership of the Bhartiya Janata Party is badly bruised as many leaders' names have surfaced during investigation into Malegaon blast who have close links with Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, the alleged mastermind behind this incident.

New Delhi: Prominent religious leaders of the Muslim community remain sceptic over the changes in the US policies despite the election of a democrat candidate Barack Obama to the White House today.