Politics

Modi had promised to give special status and special package to Bihar but failed to keep his words, Nitish said.

Modi has asked the panel to submit its report at the beginning of the upcoming session, but the committee has appealed for more time.

Asked about the Ram temple issue, he said, "Our stand is clear on the issue and it is in the party's agenda. Wait for conducive situation. Our government will take some concrete action in this direction."

The Vyapam scam has become a major political controversy with numerous witnesses and accused dying under mysterious circumstances.

The sources said that the RJD was organising a march to the Governor's residence on July 13 itself to demand that the Centre should release caste census.

The deceased had been identified as Swarn Singh (40), police said, adding that Singh was on his way to home after night shift at work when the accident occurred.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday said the state government has accepted all the demands for an independent probe and there was no need for Chouhan to resign.

The police sought seven days custody of Kumar saying he has to be interrogated and several recoveries, including documents, money and stamps, have to be made from him.

In its recommendation, the state government cited Modi's vast business empire and his contributions in development of cricket in the state.

Chouhan hit out at the opposition saying, "Congress and opposition parties have nothing to do with Vyapam and the deaths in the case."

AAP leader Somnath Bharti's wife Lipika Mitra and the complainant in the Kumar Vishwas case on Wednesday staged a protest at Jantar Mantar.

Jayalalithaa's announcement assumes significance as assembly polls in the state are scheduled to be held by April-May, 2016.

Shiv Sena on Tuesday criticised NCP leader Sharad Pawar's admission that Dawood Ibrahim had offered to surrender along with certain conditions while he was the Maharashtra CM.

CPIM dubbed as 'anti-poor' the Centre's proposal to extend on a pilot basis the Direct Benefit Transfer scheme in three union territories

PM Modi greeted US on its independence day. He said Indo-US ties were based on shared ideals of democracy and in the interest of both nations and the world.

The students were taken into preventive custody reportedly ahead of a meeting between representatives of FTII students and I&B Ministry.