Politics

With regard to a recommendation of an expert panel for revenue-neutral GST rate of 27 per cent, Jaitley said it is "too high" and will be "much diluted".

A team operated for Modi in Ahmedabad on his image and accomplishments on the social media while he also directly reached out to the masses both digital and Internet-less Indians.

Joginder said there were no proper arrangements at Jantar Mantar and that the cops were just "looking on and laughing" as the tragedy unfolded.

Government sources said that senior ministers have been holding consultations with opposition parties on the Land Bill.

Mayawati accused the Centre as well as Uttar Pradesh government of being "insensitive" towards farmers facing crop loss due to unprecedented rains and hailstorm.

Kumar said the SP chief was authorised to call the meeting and so he would not speak about the date.

"Just passed through the Talkatora Stadium- Look at the pictures- How in just 50 days AAP became a party of VIP&VVIP?" he tweeted.

"For 97 to 99 per cent of Congressmen, their leader is Sonia Gandhi and there is no doubt about this fact," he said in an interview.

In a separate post soon afterwards on the micro-blogging site, Lekhi said "response 2 my previous tweet shows D intent while 1 story is relevant as news, other S a discussion material, ?ing not Smritiji's but media emphasis."

The actor-turned-politician further charged that a person like Singh was in fact "threat to the society".

Taking potshots at BJP and RSS, Lalu said they "harbour the mentality which is portrayed by people like Singh".

"Both Rahul and Priyanka will be among you all very soon," Sonia Gandhi said.

AAP National Council met in New Delhi and sacked senior leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav from the party's national executive.

President Pranab Mukherjee will present the Bharat Ratna to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his residence in Lucknow on Friday, Rashtrapati Bhavan said on Wednesday.