Politics

The BJP leaders from Sikh community appealed to the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha to request the French President to repeal the anti-turban law.

The CPI-M, the dominant partner in the Left Front, is contesting 56 seats; RSP two and CPI and Forward Block one seat each.

The Congress is likely to make a strong pitch for raising the Income Tax exemption limit and increasing allocations for anti-poverty programmes.

The post of the state Lokayukta has been lying vacant since September 2011.

Congress' Ngaitlang Dhar, contesting from Umroi seat, is the richest with assets of over Rs 235 crore.

Statistics reveal that there are 100 clashes every month in West Bengal.

The 43-year-old Parliament attack convict was hanged and buried in Tihar jail premises in Delhi in a secret operation on Saturday.

The post also spoke of Gujarat's work in other forms of renewable energy, including wind energy.

The Congress's Jaipur Declaration called on all secular forces to unite in its ideological battle against divisive forces.

The Congress, however, sidestepped questions on the "clean chit" given to Modi by the European Union.

Party leader Arun Jaitley accused the Congress-led UPA government of using national resources for votebank politics.

MLA Michael Rayappan was heckled and pushed by the other DMDK MLAs who surrounded him, leading to some of them coming to blows with him.

The Shiv Sena in Maharashtra has called for a bandh at Bhokar and Nanded.

The Congress MP said he was ready to quit if it was proved that his supporters broke any chair.

Now, besides the Chief Minister, there will be 19 cabinet ministers, 5 ministers of state (independent charge) and 33 MoS.

Chidambaram said recent history had many examples of nations that have single-mindedly pursued growth, prosperity and security.