New Delhi: The Congress Sunday said the central government "goes out of the way" to support all backward states and Bihar is not the only one, which Chief Minister Nitish Kumar claimed to have been neglected.

"There are so many states that are backward. But Bihar is not the only backward state, there are a number of states that are more backward," Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi told IANS.

"The government of India goes out of the way to support all backward states," he added.

Alvi was reacting to Nitish Kumar's massive Adhikar Rally in the national capital Sunday where he said:...

New Delhi: A day before an all-party meet to debate the controversial anti-rape bill, the UPA government Sunday said it would evolve a consensus on the issue.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) have expressed reservations over the legislation.

"We hope there will be a consensus (on the issue) at the all-party meet," a Congress minister said.

The SP is opposed...

Chennai: DMK president M Karunanidhi on Sunday said that the party would pull out of the UPA if the government did not take steps to bring amendments to the US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka in the UNHRC.

Karunanidhi told reporters, "If our requests are not heeded, our relationship with the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will not continue."

Karunanidhi said that he has written to...

New Delhi: Stating that Bihar has been "ignored" by the government at the centre, Chief Minister, and Janata Dal-United leader, Nitish Kumar on Sunday reiterated the demand for according special status to the state.

Addressing a crowd of thousands at the "Adhikar Rally" in the Ramlila Grounds here, the Bihar chief minister said that the present criteria should be changed to give special status...

New Delhi: During meetings between them, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had keenly heard and praised his many ideas on development, but nothing came of them, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said, adding he was hopeful they would be acted upon "when some good person" comes to the centre.

Addressing a Conclave here on Saturday evening, Modi said that he was sitting with the prime minister...

Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday threw a challenge to his detractors who have been claiming that he was soft on the mining industry indicted in a Rs.35,000 crore scam, offering them the lion's share of the sum if they recovered the money.

"If anyone recovers Rs.35,000 crore (from the mining industry), I will give them all the money. I will keep only 20 percent, which is...

Mumbai: Taking on both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the MNS, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson Sachin Sawant said that while those two parties squabble, the public would decide their fate in upcoming elections.

On Sunday, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray had alleged that Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionary and Leader of Opposition in...

Narayanpur: UPA chief Sonia Gandhi in her speech at the inauguration ceremony of Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering and Technology said that the government is serious about the establishment of strict laws to stop crime against women. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was also present at the occasion.

The AICC president while addressing the crowd said, "The UPA government has taken...

Hyderabad: The ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh survived the second no-confidence motion in 16 months early on Saturday thanks to a divided opposition. But the result proved the government was technically in a minority.

With the main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) remaining neutral and as many as 27 members abstaining, only 58 legislators voted for the motion moved by the Telangana...

Lucknow: Amid volley of different opinions, Uttar Pradesh's young chief minister, Akhilesh Yadav, today completes one year in office. Samajwadi Party faces charges of failure on several fronts, to which the party denies vehemently, saying, the party has been fulfilling the promises made to the public in its manifesto.

Chief minister Ahilesh Yadav today said that the state government was on the...