Politics

SP sought to woo the minority community in neighboring Madhya Pradesh by nominating Choudhary Munawwar Saleem of Vidisha to the Rajya Sabha from the state.

Pune-based builder Sanjay Kakade had on March 20 announced his withdrawal from the fray for the polls scheduled for March 30.

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has threatened the BJP with consequences if its MLAs abstain from voting.

CPI national secretary Atul Kumar Anjaan said it was 'ridiculous' that the Planning Commission has described a person earning Rs 29 a day as not poor.

The decision came hours after Jharkhand BJP MLAs decided to dump Mishra and abstain from voting in the RS polls.

The Commission had released poverty data based on the 66th round of the National Sample Survey.

The Opposition blamed the intelligence system for the crisis as the incident came to light through media 4 days after the abduction.

The BJP leadership had said it would send an emissary to resolve the crisis after the Budget session.

Jaya had earlier in her letter said sub-clause 26 (1) of the Bill stated that all specified dams shall fall under the jurisdiction of the state where the dam is situated.

On multi brand retail FDI, Yashwant Sinha said the party remained against it as it was concerned about employment issues.

Sources say the Rawat camp wants posts of the state unit chief, deputy Chief Minister and Speaker in Uttarakhand.

The notorious Raja Bhaiyya with several cases against him becomes a minister in the new UP government.

Samajwadi Party workers created a ruckus at Akhilesh Yadav's swearing-in ceremony in Lucknow.

Akhilesh Yadav at the age of 38 has become the youngest chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.

Shivraj Singh Chauhan is forced to order a CBI enquiry into the murder of IPS officer Narendra Kumar.

85-year-old Badal senior had headed two full five-year terms from 1997 and 2007. His other terms were in 1977-1980 and 1970-71.