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Sonia thanks Mulayam in Lok Sabha

Congress President Sonia Gandhi today thanked Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for facilitating uninterrupted power supply to her constituency Rae Bareli and Rahul Gandhi's Parliamentary seat Amethi.

Buddhadeb denied permission to hold conference

Raising the hackles of the opposition, the state administration has denied former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee permission to hold a party conference in the state's Hooghly district, citing law and order reasons.

Will ensure safety of northeast citizens: PM

All parties would together ensure that citizens from the northeast are safe in all parts of the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday.

Pranab to address nation as prez for first time today

President Pranab Mukherjee will address the nation on Tuesday on the eve of 66th Independence Day.

As V-P swearing in proceeds, Advani moves up the rows

NDA Working Chairman L K Advani on Saturday moved from one row to another before he was finally seated in the front row at the swearing-in ceremony of Vice President Hamid Ansari at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.

Goa legislators to get iPads?

Goa assembly may go green and paperless by 2013, with Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday suggesting that iPads could be given away to legislators.

Yeddy seeks cancellation of 100 MLAs' 'study tour'

The BJP-led Karnataka government's move to send around 100 MLAs abroad on 'study tour' has come under flak from party strongman in the state, B S Yeddyurappa.

Nitish Kumar celebrates by tying rakhi to trees

Bihar Chief Minister on Thursday went to Rajdhani Vaatika and tied Rakhis around the trees on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan pledging to spread greenery.

Congress-NCP coordination committee meet in August

The committee was revived after the recent stand-off between NCP and Congress, who share the power in Maharashtra.

Gogoi heads panel to coordinate between govt, party

The party also made senior leader Bhubaneswar Kalita the chairman of the Manifesto Implementation Committee.

Sonia gifted first volume of 13-part Congress history

Hasan said he wrote "a substantial research-based introduction for the first volume and will continue in the subsequent volumes".

Patil to host Pranab for dinner

President Pratibha Patil will host a dinner for President-elect Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh along with his cabinet colleagues here tomorrow.

SP changing district names with ill will: Mayawati

The BSP head alleged that the SP government in Uttar Pradesh has unnecessarily changed names of he districts.

Want to derecognise parties creating havoc: SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought to know from the Centre if a political party can be derecognised for indulging in violent agitation leading to destruction of public property.

Veteran BJP leader Bal Apte passes away

Veteran BJP and RSS leader Bal Apte died at a city hospital on Tuesday after a brief illness.

Post Prez poll, Rahul to play proactive role in Cong: Digvijay Singh

Congress leader Digvijay Singh today expressed confidence that party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will play a "much more proactive role" in the organisation after the Presidential and Vice Presidential polls.

NCP may meet on Monday to discuss No.2 slot in cabinet

NCP sources said the party kept away from the meet as it was unhappy about the way Congress had "tampered" with the precedence of hierarchy in the cabinet.

Sangma in Bihar to seek support for Prez poll

"More than half a dozen BJP ministers and hundreds of party workers welcomed him," a party leader said.

Tweet hits French 'Mr Normal's' carefully crafted image

A tweet last month, during legislative elections, by French President Francois Hollande's companion Valerie Trierweiler in support of the political opponent of his ex-partner Segolene Royal caused a scandal. The President has agreed to come clean on his affair with Royal if asked on Saturday, which is Bastille Day

BJP MP asks PM to keep Chidambaram out of EGoM

Claiming that the appointment of Home Minister P Chidambaram as head of the Empowered Group of Ministers on Telecom would amount to "conflict of interest", a BJP MP has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to reconsider his decision.

Jagan's party demands his release after Andhra Pradesh CM defends YSR govt

The YSR Congress was quick to pounce on statements by the Andhra Pradesh CM saying the YSR Reddy government had not granted favours in exchange for investments in Jagan Reddy's companies.

West Bengal clears 17% reservation for OBCs

The chief minister also asked Higher Education minister Bratya Basu to take initiative for providing higher education to the minorities.

Ideological justification for terror should be defeated: Yechury

He warning that national unity and integrity were under threat due to the spread of Hindutva "terror" net.

Kanimozhi, Stalin to take part in DMK's fill the jails protest

Around 50,000 party members including his daughter and Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi will participate in "fill the jails" protest today, said DMK president M Karunanidhi.

Maha govt files 2nd report on probe against Kripashankar

The report was filed by Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik, which probed the alleged benami assets of Singh and his family member.

Come to Bihar first after becoming president, Nitish to Pranab

"Bihar is the land of the first president of the country, so Pranab Mukherjee will visit Bihar first," CM Nitish Kumar said.

Pranab says old leaders should make way for younger ones

The UPA presidential candidate said the older generation of politicians should make way for the younger one and said no one was indispensible.

Left Front demands all-party meeting to discuss price rise

The state government should also explore application of the Essential Commodities Act, Bose said referring to the price of potato shooting up.

Situation demands imposition of restrictions: Omar

Omar alleged that there were people who would have liked to exploit the tragic loss of the shrine.

Tripura Cong accuses CPI(M) of collaborating with insurgents

The opposition Congress today alleged that the Left Front Government’s recent decision to withdraw 1300 criminal cases of 736 surrendered insurgents proved that the party was working as collaborator of the ultras.