Politics

SP chief Mulayam Yadav softens stand on Beni after Sonia's personal apology, won't create hurdles in passing bills.

Samajwadi Party leaders discussed Beni Prasad Verma's statements on Thursday and left the final decision on Mulayam.

Five Maharashtra MLAs who beat up Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Suryavanshi on Tuesday were suspended till December 31.

"The timing is most unfortunate and the government did not do it," the Prime Minister said in his statement.

BJP has also said party leaders would participate in the blockade at six places on the highway.

The DMK, AIADMK and CPI members walked into the Well raising slogans against atrocities on Tamils in Sri Lanka.

In the Lok Sabha, soon after Speaker Meira Kumar read out obituary references DMK, AIADMK and BJD members trooped into the Well raising slogans.

"We wish to clarify that no such transactions by the alleged person have been routed via Kotak Mahindra Bank," the bank clarified.

Five CRPF troopers and two terrorists were killed when militants attacked a paramilitary camp in the first terror attack in the Kashmir Valley in three years.

BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad underlined that the attack took place just 4 days after Pak PM visited Ajmer for peace.

The BJP leader said Ashwani Kumar's as the Governor of Nagaland appointment was an unhealthy nexus.

The murder of DSP Zia-ul-Haque and two others is being investigated by the Central Unit of CBI from Delhi.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reiterated that the Centre was taking away funds from the state in the form of interest on loans.

The PM on Wednesday went on the offensive as he presented his reply to a debate in the LS on the Motion of Thanks to the President speech.

Narendra Modi had said that a strong leader like Pranab would have made a better Prime Minister than Manmohan Singh.

In a statement in the House, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said he was "deeply shocked at the ghastly and brutal" incident.