Politics

Digvijaya Singh also defended Salman Khurshid's reported remarks that the party had only seen "cameos" of Rahul's thoughts and ideas.

HR Bhardwaj had said on July 13 that some ministers with "tainted record" had been inducted into the ministry, ignoring his advice to keep out names of those facing court cases.

The girl was employed in the house of the former MLA as a domestic help.

To add to the woes of Congress, the BJP also wrested five Assembly seats in the bypolls.

Describing Congress as a directionless party, Ramdev said the Centre was trying to derail the proposed protest against black money and illicit hoarding of wealth overseas on August 9.

The TMC plans to convey its preference for Gandhi at a meeting of the UPA constituents on the issue on Saturday.

Omar said despite financial constraints, the state government is creating job facilities for youth to the "extent possible".

UPA's candidate Pranab Mukherjee on Monday went down the memory lane to recollect how he was first elected to the Rajya Sabha.

JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav asked the Government to 'introspect' in the wake of Time magazine's criticism of the PM.

Time Magazine had flayed Manmohan Singh and the UPA government for failing to act when India's growth was going down.

According to state chief electoral officer Anita Karwal, the panel will meet representatives of six political parties.

Manmohan Singh has been dubbed as an "underachiever" by the Time magazine.

The decision to change Gowda has sent out a strong meassage that the BJP supports corruption, Moily said.

Yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday charged the Congress with "lowering the dignity" of the President's office.

An article in RSS mouthpiece Organiser also expressed concern over "clash of personalities" in the BJP.

Sources say that the BJP high command has decided to replace Gowda with Jagadish Shettar as the Karnataka Chief Minister.