Politics

The CPI(M) led Left Front is close to coming back to power for a record fifth time in the 60-seat Assembly.

A whopping 88 per cent of the 1.5 million voters exercised their franchise on February 16 to pick a new 60-member house in Meghalaya.

Asha Singh, 60, was undergoing treatment since February 12 for an undisclosed ailment.

This came after the AIADMK lashed out at the government for not doing anything for the people of Tamil origin living in Lanka.

Rajnath Singh said that passenger fares had already been hiked before the budget session started.

Ravindranath Reddy surrendered after the state High Court refused to grant him anticipatory bail.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram said that his cabinet colleague Pawan Kumar Bansal has presented the finances of the railways in a very candid manner.

When asked whether Narendra Modi has the prime ministerial qualities, Shashi Tharoor did not comment.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi are expected to visit the blast site on Sunday at 11.00 am.

Mohanrao Bhagwat termed expression of regret for his remark as an attempt to appease a particular section of voters for the next elections.

The Trinamool Congress councillor suffered bullet injury on his right leg while disembarking from a crowded train.

Raut said that the Centre had intelligence inputs about a terror strike and it was shared with the state government and so both should be held responsible for the blasts.

CPM member TN Seema alleged assault by Delhi Police during a protest demanding removal of Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien.

The ordinance, based on the recommendations of the Justice JS Verma panel, proposes to provide death penalty in rarest or rare cases.

The Ordinance proposes to provide death penalty in cases of rape that leads to death of the victim or leaving her in a vegetative state.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday said that saying Lankan players have no place in the state.