Politics

In August, a GoM headed by AK Antony had recommended establishment of the National War Memorial at the Princess Park complex near India Gate.

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will make his second appearance this election season and will address a rally in Bhuj on Saturday.

Mamata urged industrialists to invest in new areas like education, health, tourism, transport and infrastructure.

The bill will make consent of 80 per cent people, whose land is taken for private projects, mandatory.

The Shiv Sena agreed to remove the temporary memorial structure while responding to a notice from the BMC.

The quota bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday amidst high drama as Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien was forced to evict two of SP MPs.

The BJP leader also demanded judicial monitoring of the probe against Akhilesh to ensure that UPA government did not use the CBI as its "political tool".

Consent of as many as 80 per cent of the landowners is required in case of land acquisition by private parties.

This came even as Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had opposed FDI in multi-brand retail in the state.

Jindal had accused the Zee Network of trying to extort Rs 100 crore from JSPL to drop negative stories against the company in connection with the coal blocks allocations.

The EC held an emergency meeting soon after Veerappa Moily said the Centre was considering raising the cap.

Drastic action like expulsion from the party is unlikely as that would reduce the Shettar government to a minority.

Lobbying is nothing but a benign form of bribery, said BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad.

Nitish said that despite numerous welfare measures and reservation in jobs, the condition of the weaker sections has not improved very much.

He also took on the BJP saying the party has yet not been able to decide its PM candidate for 2014 General Elections.

Saurashtra, an area without a perennial river and having inverted pan topography, suffers from water scarcity.