NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Thursday approved the land policy guidelines for 2.65 lakh acres that belong to 12 major ports in the country. The policy aims to speed up the port development projects that involve leasing or licensing of land.

NEW DELHI: Ahead of a key Congress congregation to put the party in poll mode, members of All India Congress Committee are planning to bring a resolution that the party declare Rahul Gandhi as its prime ministerial candidate for 2014.

NEW DELHI: In the first major poll exercise after the party's drubbing in recent Assembly elections, Rahul Gandhi on Friday held a strategy session with top leaders and chief ministers of 12 Congress-ruled states to make the party fighting fit for the Lok Sabha polls.

BHUBANESWAR: Giving a push to the formation of a Third Front before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, chief minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Thursday made a strong pitch for an alternative coalition to fight "corrupt" Congress and "communal" BJP.

NEW DELHI: Mulayam Singh Yadav's accusation that people staying in relief camps in Muzaffarnagar were not victims but enemy conspirators strikes at the heart of his minority politics but it is also in keeping with the comments he has been making lately that suggest his eagerness to tap into the Hindutva sentiment in a polarized atmosphere.

SRINAGAR: A militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in Budgam district of Kashmir valley on Thursday.

COLOMBO: An Indian national has been arrested in Sri Lanka on charges of filming a military installation in Kilinochchi, the former LTTE stronghold, police said on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: Congress on Tuesday reiterated that Rahul Gandhi is the future leader of the party while the decision on the prime ministerial candidate would be taken at an appropriate time.

NEW DELHI: 'One vote, one note'. This is the new slogan for BJP as it attempts to deepen its connect with voters ahead of Lok Sabha elections, in what many may see as replication of Aam Aadmi Party's stunningly successful method to reach out to voters and gather funds.

VIJAYAWADA: About 150 Telugu people are said to have been stranded in the civil war-torn South Sudan. The local Telugu association is making efforts to send them across the border to Uganda.