Politics

Kushwaha said the party may change names of candidates after consultation, he said. Recognising that workers were the backbone of SP.

The GoM was constituted by PM Manmohan Singh to prepare a draft law to insulate CBI from external influence.

He said the weaknesses in governance erode trust and faith in government and "we cannot, as a people, afford such an outcome".

Singh presided over the first meeting of Kangra District Congress Committe to chalk out startegy to further strengthen the party before general elections.

AAP workers claimed that a number of volunteers were injured during police action at the time of the protest.

He also said Congress introduced the slogan 'garibi hatao' 40 years ago but it led to nothing.

The ruling BJD, however, rejected the Congress's demand for CBI probe into the matter.

Agency is trying to find out whether a case of disproportionate assets can also be slapped against Kumar.

Sushil Kumar Shinde had said that the BJP and the RSS were promoting 'Hindu terrorism' through training camps.

India is likely to formally decline Nawaz Sharif's invitation to Manmohan Singh.

"Given the bloody election Pakistan has seen I hope they now realise that there can be no good terrorists and bad terrorists," he tweeted.

Calcutta High Court upheld the primacy of the SEC and directed that the panchayat elections be held in 3 phases with central police forces.

Pawan Kumar Bansal on Friday evening resigned as Railway Minister following allegations of corrupt practices by his close relatives and aides.

The Railway Minister has stopped attending office, a sign perhaps that he is on the way out.

Sources said the government will introduce a bill in Parliament to bring about the changes in MP disqualification act.

The CBI on Thursday grilled Bansal's secretary Rahul Bhandari who is believed to be privy to all the crucial decisions taken in the ministry.