Politics

Rahul Gandhi has denied in the SC allegations that he had kept a girl and her parents in illegal confinement in UP.

In a newspaper interview, Manmohan Singh had said he will work towards making India a more business-friendly place.

UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee was in Ahmedabad on Thursday as a part of his campaign.

CBI sources tell CNN-IBN that there are as many as 24 benami flats being probed in Adarsh scam.

The apex court passed the order after senior counsel PP Rao submitted that the former railway minister was innocent.

Jagan, who was named as the key accused in the case, was arrested on May 27 and is under judicial remand at Chanchalguda jail.

Earlier, Kerala Police on Wednesday set a deadline of 10 am for MM Mani to come for questioning.

The BJP did not have majority in the last assembly elections and it had to poach on MLAs, said Moily.

Sena chief Bal Thackeray said Pranab may not be a 'missile man' but his vast experience is no less than any nuclear bomb.

Pranab Mukherjee is expected to meet DMK supremo M Karunanidhi and other leaders in Tamil Nadu to canvass for his candidature.

Partha Chatterjee said the state would provide land to investors who come up with proposals for industrial projects.

This came after the Union Minister himself offered to resign saying he did not want to embarrass the Prime Minister.

The economy is facing a tough time with high inflation and poor GDP growth on one side and the global crisis on the other.

Pranab said that those political parties which had not taken any decision to support his candidature should do so.

The civic body poll is for all practical purposes a direct battle between the Cong and the BJP, as SP is not participating.

BJP's key ally the Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab is not taking part in the protest saying it's BJP's own programme.