Politics

The BJP also moved the Election Commission on Sunday seeking a ban on Law Minister Salman Khurshid's campaigning in UP.

The EC on Saturday wrote to President Pratibha Patil against Union Law Minister Khurshid's alleged defiance of model code of conduct.

Mayawati also took potshots on the Congress' stand on Batla House encounter, saying the party was befooling Muslims.

The apex court had on September 12 dismissed Jayalalithaa's plea for exemption from personal appearance owing to threat perception.

Akhilesh Yadav said that as per our analysis we will get 40 out 55 seats, which went for polls in the first phase.

The Gujarat High Court has censured Gujarat government for 'inaction and negligence' during the 2002 post-Godhra riots.

Sonia Gandhi said her party is contesting the UP election for forming a government and not for striking a coalition with any party.

Patil made the statement while referring to an Andhra DGP's statement last year that women invited rapes by dressing up in salwar kameezes.

Raja is an accused in respect of the alleged distortion, Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi said.

The petitioner sought directions to ensure that dissemination of results of opinion and and exit polls were not violated.

The committee has come down heavily on mining companies and recommended that their licenses be cancelled.

The BJP leader alleged that the government forgot common people and concentrated on corruption only.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi also said that the UPA has damaged the image of the nation in the world with a series of scams.

A Delhi court on Saturday rejected a plea to make Union Home Minister P Chidambaram an accused in the 2G case.

The Maharashtra Congress chief has however made it clear that the suspended leader would not be participating in the party campaign.

Judge OP Saini took 30 minutes to decide the case and then pronounced that Swamy's petition had been dismissed.