Politics

Parui area was recently in news for frequent clashes between supporters between Trinamool Congress and BJP.

The campaign fever had heightened in Jammu and Kashmir after a record over 71 per cent voting in 15 seats during the first phase on November 25.

BJP is understood to have offered five Cabinet berths and an equal number of Minister of State posts to Shiv Sena in its government in Maharashtra.

West Bengal government and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation may challenge the single bench order of Calcutta High Court which has impose conditions on the proposed BJP rally in Kolkata.

Congress and SP MPs staged a walkout from Rajya Sabha after FM Arun Jaitley accused UPA government for delay in probing black money accounts.

The meeting was attended by all party MPs, including veteran LK Advani, besides Union Ministers including Nitin Gadkari.

Manjhi had caused a ripple in political circles recently by labelling upper caste people as 'foreigners' of Aryan origin.

As to the Bill proposing to raise FDI in insurance sector from 26 to 49 per cent, Singhvi remained non-committal, saying "it is dangerous to speak in abstract".

BJP currently has 3.6 crore members which it hopes to triple during its membership drive and expects that the number of its active workers will reach 9 lakh from present 6 lakh.

Rahul will address rallies in Lolab constituency in Kashmir valley and at Poonch on Tuesday, Choudhary said.

Parrikar asserted there will be "zero tolerance to error" in defence-related issues.

Only 20 per cent voter turnout was recorded in Bandipore during Lok Sabha elections.

He also said terrorism in India was being externally aided by Pakistan.

The NC will have to retain four seats it had won in the 2008 elections so as to form the government in the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is known for clicking selfies, on Tuesday posted a selfie with his "friend" and Australian counterpart Tony Abbott.

Sonia Gandhi had extolled Jawaharlal Nehru's championship of secular values.