Rahul Gandhi's next foray: Bundelkhand

For the first time after the Gujarat debacle, Rahul Gandhi will find himself in the thick of political action on January 17 in the much tougher terrain of Bundelkhand. The demand for a separate......

'My trump card is Sonia Gandhi'

Irrepressible and Mani Shankar Aiyar go together. The Union minister for panchayati raj, sport and youth affairs and north-eastern region talks to Sreelatha Menon about the empire he runs.......

Plenary session of Congress from Saturday

Coalition pressures, the return of the Bofors ghost and the political crisis in Karnataka dog the Congress as it goes into its 82nd plenary session beginning in Hyderabad on Saturday.The Congress'......

NREGA: Rs 11.73 crore embezzled in AP

A sum of Rs 11.73 crore (Rs 117.3 million) was found to be misappropriated in the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme in Andhra Pradesh, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) has said. The......

NREGP architects boycott anniversary celebrations

Non-government activists Aruna Roy and Jean Dreze, who are widely regarded as architects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP), boycotted its fourth anniversary celebrations......

'India's problem is implementation'

The entire country will have a Naxal problem if the government does not back the Millennium Development Goals with sufficient funds, Salil Shetty, Director of the UN Millennium Development......

Rural jobs: Panel members against NGOs

The first meeting of the newly-reconstituted Central Employment Guarantee Council last week, meant to oversee the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme, saw two prominent members, Jean......