Politics

On Friday a 20-year-old girl was abducted, gangraped and murdered near Kolkata.

Stones were pelted and a jeep parked outside the venue was also overturned, police said.

Many villages in Mehsana and Ahmedabad have warnings painted on the walls asking industrialists and government officers not to acquire land.

The investigative agency's application has been moved in court with Raja Bhaiya's consent.

There were reports in a section of the media that 88-year-old Vajpayee is critically ill and has been admitted to hospital.

Arvind Kejriwal also refused to furnish a personal or surety bond, saying he had been following the same principle in other cases lodged against him.

DG Vanzara was arrested by the CBI on Tuesday following his transfer to Sabarmati Central jail in Ahmedabad from Mumbai.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee also claimed that the law-and-order situation was under control in the state.

Lalu Prasad said the RJD was on a comeback trail in the state and the real battle will the 2014 Lok Sabha election.

"My wife and former MP Ranjeeta Ranjan is in Congress hence any decision on me has to be taken by that party", he said.

The Chief Information Commissioner ruled on Monday that all political parties come under the ambit of the Right to Information Act.

The by-poll was held to fill the vacancy left by the death of sitting Trinamool Congress MP Ambika Banerjee.

MoS for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor said that this was the age of globalisation and communication.

The state Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel and his son were killed in the attack.

For more than a year, Pillai's only demand was the ouster of his son from the cabinet.

Heavily-armed Maoists had on Saturday ambushed a convoy of Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district.