Politics

Dwivedi's comments hold significance in the sense that the BJP had recently dropped off its veteran leaders from the party's parliamentary board in order to give key positions to comparatively younger politicians.

"I believe that governors appointed by one government should themselves tender their resignation when a new government takes over," he said.

"These are just speculations," said Sheila Dikhsit.

The Congress has retained Chikkodi-Sadalaga assembly seat.

Sourabh Singh, who joined Congress recently after quitting BSP, won from Bahoriband by a margin of 7,977 votes.

The announcement comes a day after Shah announced his new team of 11 vice presidents and eight general secretaries.

In his report, anti-Congress media coverage, poor local leadership, corruption, inflation and infighting in the party have been listed as some of the reasons for the loss.

President Pranab Mukherjee's address to the nation on the eve of 68th year of Independence on 14 August 2014.

The Rs 1000 kit will have 16 items that include towels, a dress, sanitiser, milk booster, doll, rattle, nail clipper among other things.

Congress MPs led by Rahul protested at the well of the House last Wednesday over the rising incidents of communal violence.

Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel have been deployed in the area and the state BJP delegation will visit the place on Tuesday.

Sitharaman has been steering efforts of the Ministry in addressing concerns over the Companies Act, 2013 -- whose many provisions came into effect from April 1.

"The country is yet to be rid of Congress. The cadres should keep this in mind... Assembly elections are coming in four states," Shah said.

The Narendra Modi government is under pressure from two RSS-linked outfits who want a ban on GM crops.

Arun Jaitley needs the support of the opposition in Rajya Sabha where his party and its allies have about 60 members.

"The work is talking at the moment. There is absolutely no need for anyone to talk apart from their work," Maneka Gandhi said.