Politics

The CBI also sent summons to Jayaswal's brother Manoj for questioning.

Vaiko, a strong critic of Rajapakse, has held him responsible for the killing of civilian Tamils in the war against LTTE in 2009.

The police stopped VS Achuthanandan at Kalikavil near the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border.

The opposition also wants the prime minister and Finance Minister P Chidambaram to be called as witnesses.

While the local units of both the parties have agreed on the alliance, a final call on the issue is yet to be taken.

LJP chief Ramvilas Paswan said Nitish Kumar's reservations on making Modi NDA's Prime Ministerial candidate is nothing but a political stunt.

The CBI is likely to file a chargesheet in the case in the first week of October.

Nitish Kumar said that the common people and farmers would not reap any benefit if the policy was implemented.

The RJD leader said the FDI in multi-brand retail will, however, hit badly to the crores of retail shopkeepers and vendors.

Justifying the diesel price, Singh said rational energy pricing was critical and "our energy prices are out of line with world prices".

The president said several times in the past the country has overcome difficulties through collective efforts.

The TMC parliamentary party will meet on Tuesday to chart its next course of action.

The Congress won only two of the five assembly seats in Amethi in the recent polls and lost all the five seats in Rae Bareli.

Sisodia also said efforts were on to convince Kiran Bedi about the need to provide an alternative.

Attacking Jaiswal, the SP said within an hour of assuming the office of Coal Minister, he allocated three coal blocks.

The court extended the duo's judicial custody, conducting its proceedings through video conferencing.