Politics

Union minister Prakash Javadekar alleged that Abhishek received Rs 1.15 crore when he was director in the firm Leaps and Bounds Pvt Ltd from a realtor Raj Kishore Modi, who is under probe for criminal activities, including land grabbing.

Newly appointed Animal Husbandry Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras on Monday said no new slaughter house will be opened in Bihar and that there will be a total ban on cow slaughter.

Governor Keshrinath Tripathi administered the oath of office to 14 ministers from JD(U), 13 from BJP and one from LJP. Nitish Kumar chose not to drop any of the ministers who were part of the cabinet in the previous government.

A team of the CID officers went to Roopa Ganguly's south Kolkata house to question her over her alleged meeting with arrested former BJP womens' wing general secretary Juhi Chowdhury, an accused in the Child trafficking case.

The statement issued by Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir could anger the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leaders who are adamant for a separate state.

Zeliang secured 47 out of the 59 votes in the House which included 36 votes of the NPF, 4 of the BJP and 7 from the Independents.

TR Zeliang, who belongs to the Naga People’s Front (NPF), will be sworn in at 3 pm. He has to prove his majority on the floor of the House on or before July 22.

Venkaiah Naidu was accompanied by BJP president Amit Shah, senior leader Murli Manohar Joshi as well as leaders from BJP allies while filing his nomination papers in the parliament complex for vice presidential election.

A review of the performance of MPs in the Sixteenth Lok Sabha on four key parameters — attendance, questions asked, debates conducted and private members’ bills presented — shows interesting trends.

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said the charge of Urban Development Ministry has been given to Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.

Wireless communication experts, who are assisting the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government in tracking the movement of top Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leaders, made this startling revelation.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi had said that Gopalkrishna Gandhi's was the only name discussed when 18 opposition parties met to decide on their candidate for the vice presidential elections.

'The casualties are the people of Jammu and Kashmir and the future of the state'

Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the unanimous choice of 18 opposition parties for vice president, called Kumar as well to express his thanks, the JD(U) chief general secretary said.

“We will let you know as and when things happen”; is the common refrain of a party general secretary over the last one week whenever journalists have come with queries on VP polls.

There were media reports on Sunday that Congress President Sonia Gandhi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee talked to Lalu Prasad Yadav over the phone, expressing support.