Politics

Mamata has decided to send her representatives for the swearing-in ceremonies of Badal and Akhilesh Yadav.

Ten to 15 party leaders are likely to take oath along with Akhilesh on March 15, sources said.

TMC leader Dinesh Trivedi on Thursday openly said that with the election results, "policy paralysis will be more acute".

BJP candidate Lallu Singh lost to Samajwadi Party's Tej Narayan Pandey alias Pawan Pandey.

Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh said the party will introspect to find out the reasons for the loss.

The mood turned festive, with Samajwadi Party supporters smearing one another with Holi colours.

Sachin Pilot said the fight for Uttar Pradesh would go on till the 2014 parliamentary polls.

The National Food Security Bill was presented in Parliament in the winter session and has been referred to the Standing Committee for recommendations.

The Union government on Monday banned the export of cotton amid fears that its prices could shoot up on account of declining production in the current season.

Sonia returned a day before the counting of votes in the elections to five states including crucial Uttar Pradesh.

The CBI claimed that sacked CWG OC chief Suresh Kalmadi and others escalated the Swiss firm's TSR tender cost, causing a loss of Rs 90 crore to the exchequer.

The CEC said current fines for violations of the MCC were ridiculous. He said there was a fine of only Rs 500.

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said that every political party if it has majority has the right to form government.

The Congress spokesman said that investigations were on into the case. 'Let us wait for the outcome,' he said.

The Home Ministry said it had not ordered any inquiry, leave alone the IB, into the matter. 'There were just routine checks,' it said.

Beni Prasad had said that reservation for Muslims will be increased and if the EC wants, it can now issue a notice to me.