The ruling Nagaland People's Front (NPF) is the only party which has put up candidates in all the 60-seats for the 23 February polls to the Nagaland assembly.
An all-party delegation from Karnataka will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday, 18 February, to apprise him of the state's position on the Cauvery issue.
The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Income Tax department to defreeze the 11 bank accounts of Patanjali Yogpeeth Nyas, a trust run by Baba Ramdev.
After her predecessor Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee questioned her honesty, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today hit back saying that the erstwhile Left Front regime was a 'mountain of corruption.'
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today asked traders to keep shops open during the two-day strike by central trade unions this month and assured to pay compensation for damage or loss in case of any untoward incident.
The CPM demanded a fresh probe into the allegation of the victim against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien in the Suryanelli gangrape case.
"As far as the Home Minister's statement is concerned, it has been clarified by the government and the party that we do not associate terrorism with any religion. Terrorism has no colour," he said.
Trinamool Congress leader Arabul Islam was today arrested for allegedly orchestrating an attack on former WB minister Abdur Rezzak Mollah.
Opposition Leader in Assembly, Siddaramaiah alleged that the government had "failed" to provide adequate funds for irrigation.
Laxman had left Congress in 2004 and after joining BJP he fought the 2004 Lok Sabha election successfully on its ticket from Rajgarh.
Hundreds of IAS and police officials, who turned up to greet him at his official residence at Kalidas Marg, were also kept waiting by the chief minister's security personnel.
Shirani Bandaranayake and her lawyers protested that they could not expect a fair hearing.
The idea of Chintan Shivir was mooted by Sonia Gandhi during the party's plenary here in December 2010.
Party's chief whip in Rajya Sabha Derek O'Brien contended that the Centre's decision to allow 51 percent FDI in multi- brand retail is "not just a change in the norms amenable to placid parliamentary scrutiny but also to vigorous parliamentary sanction".
The chief minister, who is also the working president of National Conference, was addressing Panches and Sarpanches.
The student wing of the party also organised blood donation camp and fruits and clothes were distributed by the workers among the poor and in hospitals.