Politics

Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala was quick to disassociate the party from Tharoor's potentially controversial tweet on Memon's hanging.

Swaraj Abhiyan (SA) leader Prashant Bhushan on Monday met social activist Anna Hazare to discuss the contentious Land Acquisition Bill and the One Rank One Pension issue.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday claimed that his state has forged ahead in the last 10 years under his stewardship, clocking a 10 per cent growth rate and development in health, roads, power, agriculture and education sectors among others.

Shops remained shut, colleges and educational institutions were forced to close down, roads including national highways were blocked and vehicles were attacked during the shut-down called by RJD.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that India cannot wait for the second Green Revolution, which must come from eastern states.

Congress will not allow Parliament to function till the ministers whose names have surfaced in Lalit Modi controversy and Vyapam scam resign, party leader Ashwani Kumar said.

Radio and newspaper advertisements have also been issued by the Delhi government to convey the message.

Government needs about Rs 4 lakh crore, including borrowings of about Rs 1.53 lakh crore, in the next four years to complete stalled highways projects.

In a major push to Modi's financial reform, the Parliament panel has given its approval to the Goods and Service Tax Bill.

Bassi's potshots at the Kejriwal government came minutes after Delhi Home Minister Satyendra Jain accused the police of taking the 19-year-old's murder lightly.

"We want discussions on key issues inside Parliament. BJP leaders used to keep allies in the loop, not anymore," said Sena leader Sanjay Raut.

Bassi has said that there is no need for implementing AAP's demand for bringing Delhi Police under the city government.

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered at least 12 cases so far, following Supreme Court's direction, to probe the scam.

Smriti Irani on Saturday held deliberations with some RSS-affiliated education bodies on the new education policy.

If loans cannot be waived off, farmers should be made free from all kinds of debts. We have been pressing for this demand from the time we were in opposition. The Opposition should behave like an Opposition," Thackeray said.

Congress on Thursday accused the Narendra Modi dispensation of deliberately suppressing a national survey which says that child immunisation levels in Gujarat were shockingly low.