Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh today warned all rebels contesting against party's official candidates in the January 30 state assembly election to withdraw from the contest or face expulsion.
Khurshid had made the promise of nine per cent sub-quota for Muslims within the existing 27 percent OBC quota.
The Election Commission (EC) will look into the letter sent by the BSP stating that there was anger among Dalits over its decision to cover statues of Chief Minister Mayawati and those of elephants, BSP's election symbol.
The ruling BJP today claimed it will come back to power in the state of Uttarakhand with a decent majority cashing in on the clean image of its Chief Minister BC Khanduri
BJP leader LK Advani and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will visit Chennai tomorrow, fuelling speculation that they may meet Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.
The investigating agency had on Wednesday recommended registering a case against Achuthanandan and others after a probe, ordered after the Congress led UDF came to power last year, found that assigning of land to ex-service personnel T K Soman involved 'gross irregularities'.
As strains with the Trinamool Congress persisted, Congress and the government today extended an olive branch to Mamata Banerjee expressing readiness to hold consultations on contentious issues.
Home Minister Chidambaram addressed a press conference today to state that the government had wanted "far-reaching" and "seminal legislative measures" in different areas.
Ramashish Rai, a former national president of Yuva Morcha, was suspended on Monday.
General Secretary Prakash Karat today pooh-poohed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's reported allegation that Congress had colluded with CPI(M) in the state.
Home Minister P Chidambaram will undertake a two-day visit to Andaman and Nicobar Islands beginning January 21.
The Communist Party of India (CPI) has appealed to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to initiate steps to ensure free and fair elections in the forthcoming Assembly polls in five states.
YSR Congress leader Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy tonight began his fast on farmers' issues at Armoor in Nizamabad district of Telangana region amid protests by Telangana supporters.
The Gujarat chief minister was speaking at the day-long Sadhbhavana fast, organised in Mehsana district.
Rana had unsuccessfully contested as BJP candidate from Tehri constituency in Uttarakhand in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls.
Banerjee's party earlier dared the Congress to walk out of the alliance.
The former chief minister said during his tenure he had already erected a statue for the British engineer in 2000 in Madurai.
Anna Hazare's close aide Jayasing Mapari has decided to contest the zilla parishad elections from Wadegavan constituency on behalf of the NCP.
The court will decide on the bails on 12 January.
A Public Interest Litigation challenging the Election Commission's order to cover statues of elephant, the BSP's election symbol, in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh was filed in the Allahabad HC today.
Thackeray said the Congress leader does not have leadership qualities.
Kadapa MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is likely to face opposition from Telangana supporters during his proposed fast in Nizamabad district this week.
Under Election Commission orders, the Uttar Pradesh administration started draping statues of Chief Minister Mayawati and the ruling BSP's symbol in Noida.
Former Union Minister Sukhram, who surrendered before a local court on Saturday which sent him to jail to serve his three-year sentence in 1993 telecom scam case, has again been shifted to ICU of a city hospital.
The BJP MP said there was no consensus inside the party to induct such people.
The former West Bengal CM alleged that after Mamata Banerjee started ruling the state, companies became reluctant to invest in it.
The former Uttar Pradesh CM said BJP get 40-45 seats in the forthcoming assembly polls.
The items and the cash including the cartridges were recovered from eight different places of the district on Thursday.
A court has stayed a non-bailable warrant (NBW) issued by a lower court against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in a case relating to her filing nominations for 2001 Assembly elections.
The chief minister apprised the Congress head about the measures taken by his government to empower the people of the state.