Is Sonia Gandhi abdicating her leadership?

To put it starkly, the Congress, and with it, the United Progressive Alliance, is sleepwalking into a minefield by blundering on land and Aadhaar, says Praful Bidwai The fanfare with which Prime......

Govt plans NREGA-type scheme for urban poor

Buoyed by the success of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Actscheme, the government mulls an NREGA-type poverty alleviation programme for the urban poor."The government is planning such a......