Politics

"It is up to the L-G to decide the date of swearing-in after holding consultation with Chief Minister designate," the Home Ministry said.

Despite the country showing good economic growth in the last ten years, Congress has become politically isolated at the all-India level and party leaders should find ways to overcome this, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Tuesday.

He said neither Congress nor BJP was going to cross the halfway mark in Parliament by projecting Gandhi and Modi as their Prime Ministerial candidates.

Akhilesh said he will act on suggestions on rehabilition of victims, if any, of the Congress or any other political party.

Manish tewari said if the NBCC gets back to the government at the earliest, the reservation could be a reality soon.

Ramdev had reportedly said, "It appears that many Congress activists were supporting gay sex as they are homosexuals."

LK Advani has expressed his displeasure with the BJP naming Narendra Modi as its PM candidate.

TMC MP Derek O'Brien alleged that the Bill was introduced through the back door by the Congress.

Lalu claimed his party will not let down the country and will fight against communal forces "led by Narendra Modi".

The Chairperson of a Human Rights Commission can be removed only on grounds of proven misbehaviour as ascertained by the Supreme Court.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after the meet said that the Congress has never made promises that cannot be fulfilled.

BJP leader L K Advani on Tuesday compared the defeat of Congress in the Assembly polls in four states to its "disastrous" loss in the post-Emergency elections and maintained that the ruling party may be reduced to double digits in the next Lok Sabha.

AAP leaders and MLAs will start the process of public consultation and hold rallies in every constituency soon.

The government has said that all efforts are on to ensure the Lokpal Bill is passed in the current session.

"We would like to contest on all the 26 seats and the deliberations are going on in the meeting about it," AAP's Gujarat convener said.

The Centre is likely to go for a review petition or curative petition over the SC order which upheld Indian Penal Code Section 377.