Politics

Sources said that the Samajwadi Party's legislative will meet after Holi to decide for the post.

Three independents, Mantri Prasad Netani, Dinesh Dhanai, and Harish Durgapal are the Congress rebels who the party will try and woo.

SAD had fielded 10, BJP three, Congress 11 and Peoples Party of Punjab (PPP) three women.

The violence started after SP candidate Chandra Pal SIngh Yadav was found trailing by 4000 votes from BSP candidate KP Rajput.

Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh retained his Thoubal seat, defeating his rival from the BJP.

This is for the first time in 46 years that the ruling party has retained power in Punjab.

As per the trends, the SAD-BJP alliance maintained its lead, but Congress has recovered some lost ground.

A total of 215 candidates, including nine women and 74 independents are in the fray in the state.

The Congress candidate in Tipaimukh constituency Dr Chaltonlien Amo won defeating TMC's Lalumkhum Fimate.

Security is up at the residences of Mulayam Singh and Mayawati while all roads leading to Raj Bhavan have been sealed.

It is alleged that in the year 2008, MCI refused permission to Indore-based Index Medical college for admissions of its second batch.

Party leader Rajeev Shukla described as hypothetical, suggestions that Rahul Gandhi needed to take the blame if the party performed poorly in UP.

Too much should not be read into the party's decision to support the DMDK in the bypoll, Rangarajan said.

Awhad had filed a false affidavit ahead of the 2009 elections, not declaring his ownership of a flat in the Adarsh Housing Society.

The Union government on Saturday refused to divulge the names of non-governmental organisations funding the Kudankulam protests.

Goa Congress Working President Fracisco Sardinha blamed the contractor assigned the job to set up sound system.