Politics

The Congress had requested the EC to hide lotus ponds in the state so that voters are not unfairly drawn to the BJP.

Opinion polls show Congress and the BJP are already losing ground to a clutch of increasingly powerful regional parties.

The SC will take up CBI's latest status report filed on October 22 in the coal blocks allocation case.

Manmohan Singh urded the people of Bihar to maintain calm after serial bomb blasts exploded in Patna.

While Bihar BJP publicly states that the rally will focus on Bihar's development, in reality the party's biggest gun will try and demolish Nitish Kumar.

New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi "is learning" and it is not right to "pre-judge" him, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Saturday.

Rahul claimed that intelligence inputs have revealed that some ISI agents were in touch with riot victims.

"It is true that information suggests Hafiz Saeed could be visiting areas of LoC to abet infiltration," said Shinde.

Vijay Goel has expressed displeasure to party in-charge of Delhi polls, Nitin Gadkari, over the nomination of Harsh Vardhan as the party's candidate.

Congress also went on to compare Modi's rallies with circus shows "which also fetch crowd" and questioned his understanding of foreign affairs.

Students shouted slogans against Modi's visit contending a university wasn't a place for any politician with a communal colour.

Astrologers have been roped in to propitiate the gods to ensure a hassle-free rally.

India's participation in the Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka next month would be decided upon after considering all factors, including sentiments of Tamils and the DMK, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured on Tuesday.

Media reports last month said that Nilekani may join the Congress party and contest the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

Rubbishing media reports, Rajasthan's BJP President Vasundhara Raje said that her party has not zeroed in on a candidate for the upcoming assembly elections yet. The Rajasthan Assembly polls are slated for December this year.

Sushil Kumar Shinde welcomed the idea of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi being made the Prime Minister of India.