Politics

MLAs demanded that the House adopt a resolution seeking statehood for Telangana region.

The sources said that Dikshit apprised Gandhi of the preparations for the assembly poll.

Over the last few months, Nitish Kumar had given enough hints that elevation of Gujarat CM Narendra Modi was not acceptable to him.

Khan claimed that Haj pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh constitute almost 50 per cent of the total from the country.

Modi visited three schools in as many villages of Gandhinagar district and distributed text books, notebooks, school bags among other things.

Gujarat CM Narendra Modi has questioned the Central Government's ambitious plan to provide food security to the poor.

The CMP said her asking non-Congress and non-BJP regional parties to form a front for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls would be a damp squib.

Varun Gandhi had allegedly made provocative speeches against Muslims during the 2009 election campaign.

Congress leaders in Goa are wary that discussions by the delegation might lead to a blame game between the Goa government and the Union government.

Kalpataru Das said that though Odisha contributes a lot to the Centre, the state gets minimal help from it under the federal structure.

Advani quit from all BJP posts on Monday, just a day after Narendra Modi became BJP's Central Election Committee chief.

Often called the BJP's poster boy, Narendra Modi is seen as India's most divisive politician - loved and loathed in equal measure.

Arun Jaitley said with BJP's decision to appoint Narendra Modi as poll campaign chief will be now a fight between Congress and BJP in which Congress is poorly placed.

The shortlisted candidates include a daily wage earner, doctors, businessman and a party worker who has now shifted to Australia.

There is speculation that Modi may be made in charge of the BJP's 2014 poll campaign.

Meanwhile, the BJP has downplayed the absence of leaders at the meet and has said that there is no rift within the party.