Politics

The list of old unfinished projects is a long one.

The Home Minister said that the contribution of present BJP-ruled states to the country's GDP stands at 38-40 per cent.

Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu also assured that the Centre was committed to crackdown on those having parked untaxed money abroad but said the process would take time.

Kalikho Pul has urged Centre to review population criterion for releasing grants and make it based on the requirement of the state.

As the opposition rakes the issue of Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari not wearing the helmet while driving scooter, here is what cartoonist Neelabh imagins about the Union Minister.

The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs headed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday recommended the dates to the President.

Back channel talks were said to be on between BJP and estranged former ally Shiv Sena for forming a coalition government.

Over 400 incumbent Lok Sabha members including Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Lal Krishna Advani and Rajnath Singh have not yet declared their assets and liability details, according to an RTI reply.

Ali Mohammad Sagar said he is hopeful that the people of the state would vote for NC keeping in view the overall performance of the government in the last six years.

"Uddhav Thackeray told me that he is very keen on forming the next government in alliance with BJP..." RPI chief Ramdas Athawale said.

However, what transpired between the two leaders could not be immediately known.

The DMK supremo said that the case took shape after then Janata Party chief and now BJP leader Subramanian Swamy filed a petition with the Governor against Jayalalithaa.

As the counting for 288-member Maharashtra Assembly and 90-member Haryana Assembly is about to start, here is what Cartoonist Neelabh thinks the politicians must be doing.

The Assembly polls on October 15 witnessed a multi-cornered fight as Congress, Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena contested alone.

Prakash Javadekar said that he wanted to put the environment ministry in "autopilot" with transparent, policy-based decision making.

He had subsequently claimed that he had been "misquoted", before expressing the regret on Thursday.