The Congress said that the Prime Minister and government would need to decide a future course of action given that Singh is a union minister.
He said the Congress had set up the Sachar Commission in 2005 to study the status of minorities and it had exposed the true face of the party.
Forward Bloc will ask other Left parties to back UPA Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee, saying he has earned the "widest possible acceptance".
According to official sources, the cumulative cost of all the five bypolls is about Rs 70 crore.
MLAs loyal to Yeddyurappa had met yesterday and set a three-day deadline to Gowda to call the Legislature party meeting to discuss various issues.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and Housing Minister V Somanna today appeared before a Lokayukta court in a case relating to alleged irregularities in denotification of land.
DMDK decided to boycott the forthcoming Presidential poll, accusing the Centre of not taking any concrete step to resolve issues confronting the state.
Ahead of 19th July presidential election, a think tank on Tuesday said presidential candidates should be asked to declare their assets.
The bypoll, which is slated on 8 July, was necessitated following the resignation of BJP legislator Kiran Mandal last month.
Speculation is rife about Arya, an MLA from Ghansali, joining the Congress after another BJP MLA Kiran Mandal had quit his Sitarganj seat in favour of Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna.
The US-educated son of the chief minister had last month evinced interest in joining politics and has also undertaken a tour of the state.
Dipankar Mukherjee, an engineer-turned-trade unionist and former Rajya Sabha member, died at a hospital here this morning after battling pancreatic cancer.
The by-election on Tuesday was necessitated following the death of ruling CPM legislator Sukumar Barman 10 March.
Ramdev went to CPI headquarters where he met CPI General Secretary Sudhakar Reddy and top leader AB Bardhan and talked about his agitation.
After being forced out of BJP due to the political will of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Sanjay Joshi attended a meeting of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
The four-phased polls will see the election of more than 700 chairpersons of local bodies, of which 66 percent are reserved for the four categories.
A BJP spokesperson said that Sanjay Joshi's exit from the party will not adversely affect the party's fortunes in the Gujarat Assembly polls.
The chief minister was speaking at a conference in Mumbai which was attended by deputy chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
Akhilesh lashed out at the Mayawati government for leaving the economy in a "very bad shape" and termed his budget aimed at bringing prosperity in the state.
CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechuri today said the people of the country want a "credible third alternative” and his party would strive hard to fill the "political void created by the failure" of UPA and NDA.
He alleged the UPA 2 government was "directionless" as there was no CPM to keep a check on "anti people" policies of the government.
Reassuring that there was no threat from him to the Naveen Patnaik government, Mohapatra said that he did not believe in groupism.
The Union minister said that he favoured greater accountability and media exposure to tackle the issue of state acting against change agents.
In yet another naxal blowout, close to 25 people were injured in a land-mine blast carried out by the maoists in the Kondagao district of Chattisgarh. The victims were returning after a court appearance.
Several BJP leaders still invoke Vajpayee, who has been ailing for the last few years.
In a jolt to the Congress in Karnataka, party opposition leader in the assembly Siddaramaiah today announced his resignation.
CPM had dismissed the allegation as "ridiculous" and said the party will examine whether it merited a defamation suit against Mamata.
The new list issued to the television channels by the AICC today retains all previous names except that of Singhvi.