Politics

Akhilesh said that to prevent communal forces from coming to power at the Centre, Samajwadi Party will continue supporting the UPA.

Lalchand Kataria has refused to take charge of his portfolio in the Defence Ministry in the last two days.

Congress alleged in the memorandum the Chief Minister is using Government machinery for communal polarisation ahead of the election.

Congress spokesperson Sandeep Dikshit also dismissed the talk of any pressure behind the change in Reddy's portfolio.

While Salman Khurshid has been elevated, other tainted names like Rahman Khan and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury have also been inducted.

He took the initiative in the election campaigns of Pranab Mukherjee from Jangipur constituency in 2004 and 2009.

Wherever the Congress runs a government it is of the "aam aadmi", the poor and the downtrodden, Rahul Gandhi said.

Virbhadra Singh had threatened to mediapersons that their cameras would be broken on being questioned about allegations of corruption against him.

He said government was forced to decrease the tariff due to agitation by people.

Kickstarting party's poll campaign in Himachal, Sonia Gandhi said the Congress has acted sternly in dealing with corruption.

Rule 184 entails voting in the Winter Session of Parliament against the "anti-people" policies of the UPA government.

A steely resolve to fight cancer ultimately saw NCP supremo Sharad Pawar emerging triumphant in his battle against the deadly disease.

Security has been beefed up and the entire road from Kirnahar to Mirati is being guarded by security personnel, the sources said.

According to the apex court order, Shah can not be arrested in the Prajapati fake encounter case till November 23.

Transferred Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka says the government is the competent authority, and it should decide on the issue.

The Home Ministry decided to extend the elite security cover to Akhilesh Yadav based on the threat perception about him.