Politics

Sikh groups have been demanding capital punishment for Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 riots case.

MP BJP president Narendra Tomar said that though the party lost Karnataka, it gave priority to value-based politics in that state and never compromised its principles.

Congress leader Kharge said that whatever decision the Congress President Sonia Gandhi and the leadership takes will be acceptable to him.

KJP has hit the BJP hard in several constituencies as the Lingayat community to which BS Yeddyurappa belongs deserting the saffron party.

Polling took place for 223 of the 224 elected seats in the 225-member assembly that includes one member nominated to represent the Anglo-Indian community.

This comes after Jethmalani asked the BJP's top leadership in Parliament to take a call on his suspension and accused the party brass of being soft on UPA.

Swamy said that from the very beginning he had termed the agitation against implementation of KNPP as "anti-national".

The blueprint for the six-phased yatra was drafted and approved at a key meeting at state BJP headquarters in Raipur on May 1.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that conspiracies began after the Trinamool Congress quit the UPA government.

The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission hiked the rates by 1.5 per cent to adjust the power purchase cost of the distribution companies.

One of the protesters Nirpreet Kaur will begin her indefinite hunger strike on Friday against the acquittal of Sajjan Kumar.

Uddhav Thackeray, Malik reiterated that the NCP chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar would not contest the next Lok Sabha election.

Punjab Congress Chief Partap Singh Bajwa said that Sarabjit's death "is a setback for relations between India and Pakistan".

Nitish Kumar said that Sarabjit Singh was not brought to India for treatment because of certain circumstances.

MEA spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said India and Pakistan are wedded to bilateralism and we will follow this pattern.

Following the protests in the metro stations, Subash Nagar and Tilak Nagar stations have been closed indefinitely. Traffic on the Blue Line has been hit.