Politics

Haryana ex-chief minister Om Prakash Chautala along with 54 others, was awarded jail term in the 2000 teachers' recruitment scam.

Omar while replying to Advani's blog had written on Twitter that the senior BJP leader should devote some blog space to explain his silence over Article 370 between 1998 and 2004.

On the economy, Montek said the issue is the issue is not reform but to get growth back.

Earlier, two local parties, MMK and Puthiya Tamizhagam, both former allies of ruling AIADMK, had extended support to Kanimozhi.

Manmohan Singh will be undertaking a two-day visit along with UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi to Jammu and Kashmir from Tuesday.

Of the total 14 per cent minorities in the country, around nine per cent belong to the backward classes.

When asked if Rahul Gandhi would visit Uttarakhand, Tewari said the party did not believe in scoring 'cheap brownie points'.

Mamata Banerjee blamed a section of intellectuals 'patronised by the Communist Party of India-Marxist' of running a smear campaign against her.

The left parties asked Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Prime Minster Manmohan Singh to refrain from advocating for the South Korean steel major.

Sources say Rajnath told Uddhav that he should take the position as Shiv Sena is the oldest ally of the BJP.

Jagan was lodged in Chanchalguda jail since his arrest by CBI on corruption charges in May last year.

This is the second term in government for the Congress-led UPA. The next Lok Sabha polls are scheduled for 2014.

Manmohan Singh, who is the Leader of the Upper House, took oath in the chamber of Hamid Ansari at 10 am.

BJP leader Gopinath Munde alleged that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's pullout from the NDA was a drama to attract Muslim votes.

The RJD President Lalu Prasad attributed the break-up between JD(U) and BJP in the NDA to the 'arrogance' of Nitish Kumar.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath and Food Minister KV Thomas will try to get the opposition on board for the Bill.