Congress constitution in for a facelift
An inward-looking one-day session of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Friday is expected to pass the recommendations of the K Karunakaran committee which looked into the party constitution in an attempt to modernise it.

Dumped by Hegde, Vedike men vie for Cong shelter
Lok Shakti's founder Ramakrishna Hegde's apparent neglect of the party's state unit is said to be the provocation for the drama all set to unfold in Karnataka's political horizon in the days to come.

TDP plans measures to repair plank
The Telugu Desam Party has identified its main weaknesses and decided to focus attention on countering Congress charges on such issues in the coming year with an eye on the elections to the Assembly.

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