Politics

Reaching out to the diaspora community, Modi lauded the Gujaratis for being cultural ambassadors of India abroad and highlighted the all-round progress made by his state.

Shakeel Ahmed said that the decision to drop the two ministers was a "mutually agreed decision" of the prime minister and Congress president.

Khurshid said that if anyone is not opening US doors for Modi, then he should 'ponder' over the reasons behind it.

The CBI has identified for closer scrutiny, 500 phone calls from out of the 1,000 intercepted calls mainly among the four arrested accused.

Sources say a mini Cabinet reshuffle is likely next week and Congress President Sonia Gandhi has called a meet to discuss this.

Calcutta High Court upheld the primacy of the SEC and directed that the panchayat elections be held in 3 phases with central police forces.

A senior advocate in the Supreme Court of India, Ashwani had become Additional Solicitor General of India in 1991.

The Congress leaders are consulting MLAs even as several aspirants throw their hat in the ring.

The SEC had moved court after differences with the Mamata government over when to hold the elections and the deployment of state or paramilitary forces during the polls.

Yeddyurappa said that within 6 months of its launch, the party has become eligible for recognition by the EC by winning 10 pc of the votes polled.

Congress too was not without significant casualties, its former union civil aviation minister CM Ibrahim was pushed to third position in Bhadrawati.

Congress was leading in 111 and has won 7 seats, followed by the JDS leading in 42 and the BJP in 32.

Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday reached out to the BJP leader in Parliament and walked with one hand on her shoulder, ostensibly to win support for the passage of crucial bills.

The Delhi Lokayukta also recommended to the President to issue an 'advisory' asking the CM and the minister to desist from publishing their photos on certain loan forms.

Pawan Bansal is in the eye of a storm in the wake of the arrest of his nephew by CBI on the charge of accepting bribe.

Congress has been trying to puncture BJP's confidence asserting that Karnataka people 'are fed up' with the ruling party's corruption scandals and are set to throw it out.