Though the DG did not say exactly how the Brus who were enlisted in the voters list in Mizoram would vote, he hinted that postal ballot system would be used.
The chief minister termed AGP rule as the darkest chapter in the history of Assam.
With its nine legislators, Congress is the largest opposition in the House.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi will be on a day visit to her parliamentary constituency of Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday.
"After his visit, the atmosphere in the party has changed and workers are hopeful of a revival which is very much needed to take on BJP in the 2014 elections," Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi said.
A few days ago, Verma had claimed that there was a threat to his life for continuously speaking against Mulayam.
The rally was earlier shifted to 20 October from 15 October, as the date was clashing with two religious festivals.
A day after Rahul Gandhi caused political tremors with his denunciation of the ordinance on lawmakers and attack on government, Congress today got into damage control mode hailing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for convincing the US on the issue of terror.
Once a stronghold of the CPI-M, the Haldia municipality in East Midnapore district today voted in favour of a Trinamool Congress-sponsored no-confidence motion against its chairperson Tamalika Panda Seth of the Marxist party.
Visalandhra Mahasabha General Secretary Parakala Prabhakar demanded the resignations of central and state ministers as well as MPs belonging to the Congress party, to exert pressure on the UPA and Congress High Command to roll back its decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh.
The district unit of BJP today passed a resolution that Narendra Modi should contest the Lok Sabha elections from Kanpur.
The poll result assumes significance as Delhi assembly election is due in November.
Advani, 85, the seniormost leader in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has seemingly not found it easy to reconcile with the growing mobilisation around Modi in the party.
The decision to modernise madrasas was taken during a state cabinet meeting last week
At least one Election Commission nominated official would be deployed in every district to monitor election expenses, the release said.
A delegation of BJP leaders including Samir Mohanty, met the State Election Commissioner Ajit Tripahty and sought action against the BJD leaders.
Congress leader Pramod Tiwari has accused the ruling Samajwadi Party and BJP of fanning communal tensions in Muzaffarnagar that has left 28 persons dead.
Speaker of the Haryana assembly suspended 29 opposition members for the rest of the session, following unruly scenes in the House over a CD purportedly showing a Cong member taking bribes.
Ahead of his departure for St. Petersburg for the G20 Summit, the prime minister said the collective focus of rich and developing countries must be on job creation and investment promotion in a bid to spur growth and sustain it.
Uttar Pradesh has started identifying unutilised land in government departments and government controlled bodies so that it can be used for infrastructure and industrial development, an official said Friday.
In an open act of defiance, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy indirectly warned his own Congress party's leaders that the organisation would have to face the consequences of bifurcating the state.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today asked partymen to use social media to woo young voters, who constitute above 40 per cent of the total electorate in the state.
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said he has been projected as a "villain" by some people though he takes the label as a compliment.
Given India can't settle the matter through war there was only one alternative available, the former J&K chief minister said.
The BJP leader claimed that the protests over Telangana could have been avoided.
TRS President K Chandrashekhar Rao has taken a decision to this effect as an unanimous opinion expressed by the party politburo, TRS sources said.
The Tarun Gogoi-led state government is a "bigger failure" than the Manmohan Singh's UPA government at the Centre, AGP president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said the society should accept only "good things" coming out of the globalisation.
During Question Hour, Sherman Ali Ahmed of AIUDF insisted on clarifications from the government on 'D' (doubtful) voters issue.