Politics

Sources said the Election Commission held meetings on Monday as well as on Tuesday to finalise the schedule for the poll.

The question, however, remains whether the Kadapa MP will provide answers to all the queries of the CBI.

In 2008, 19 banks violated RBI and FEMA guidelines to sell 'engineered' forex derivatives to Indian corporates.

Violent protests had followed the killing of Brahmeshwar Mukhiya on Friday but the situation calmed down by late evening.

Reports suggesting that the state might face assembly elections ahead of its schedule were "incorrect", Gowda said.

The budget provides for unemployment allowance, and laptops and tablets to school students.

On a day when opposition parties called a Bharat Bandh against the hike, the government appeared in no mood to announce a cut.

The Finance Ministry has asked all ministries to reduce non-Plan expenditure by 10 per cent in the current financial year.

The nationwide bandh has been called by the NDA and Left parties to protest the petrol price hike.

Ahead of 2011 Assembly elections, the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC had called for 'paribartan'. The election ended 34 years of Left rule.

India will witness a bandh on Thursday as the BJP and the Left come together to demand a rollback of the steepest-ever petrol price hike.

A BJP delegation led by Nitin Gadkari met President Pratibha Patil to demand the removal of Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal.

Criticising levying of five per cent tax on CNG, the BJP leader said it will lead to rise in auto, taxi and bus fares.

Oil Marketing Companies had last week increased the price of petrol by over Rs 7.5 a litre.

Vijaya alleged her son was arrested just days before the bypolls as part of a larger conspiracy to deprive his participation in the election.

Akhilesh reiterated development through PPP model to march ahead in the field of IT, power, health, transport, industry and other sectors.