Politics

Selja, who has been nominated as a candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections, quit the Union Council of Ministers to work for the Congress.

Chidambaram said UPA has done lot of work and poverty has registered a steep decline in the last five years.

Aimed at providing a platform for common people to share their dreams for India and ways of achieving it, BJP on Sunday launched its nationwide initiative "Mere Sapno Ka Bharat" on the India272+ portal.

The move came after Keshubhai's son Bharat re-joined the ruling BJP last month.

The Aam Aadmi Party has claimed that its membership has touched the 50 lakh mark, with the figures showing that the party is receiving less support from the southern states.

He also termed AAP leader Kumar Vishwas a clown in Arvind Kejriwal's circus.

Arun Jaitley slammed P Chidambaram and Kapil Sibal for attacking BJP and the party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.

BJP-MDMK alliance has virtually emerged as the third front against the regional majors AIADMK and DMK in Tamil Nadu for the LS polls.

In his latest post on his blog, the Law Minister Kapil Sibal said, "The Opposition presents us with two alternatives to occupy the national space."

The BJP may win 22-40 seats from the two regions of east and south India while the Congress tally is likely to be 36-72.

Arvind Kejriwal is holding an emergency internal meeting with AAP's Parliamentary Affairs Committee members at Press Club.

Jairam Ramesh said the record of Gujarat is to put mildly, pathetic especially given its level of economic development.

"J&K is a very sensitive region for us. If J&K develops because of Article 370, then we have no objection in keeping it," he said.

Rahul said that the PM candidate will be chosen by Congress MPs after the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

Sunanda Pushkar had called Mehr Tarar an ISI agent and accused her of trying to create trouble in her marriage.

The Supreme Court had on July 6, 2012 quashed the nine-year-old case against Mayawati.