Politics

There was talk of the session beginning in the second week of August as the Vice Presidential poll is scheduled on August 7.

UPA sources said Hamid Ansari was expected to get 470 votes in the electoral college of 790.

Sangma said the 2012 presidential polls would be on a par with the 1969 elections when VV Giri had won.

Sangma said he admired Biju Patnaik who was a friend of young MPs.

The Prime Minister said that the policies should have a community-based approach to meet local needs.

Lakshman Seth was arrested for alleged involvement in the disappearance of six persons in Nandigram in 2007.

The proposal may come up at the next meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Mamata Banerjee has asked Railway minister Mukul Roy to attend the UPA meeting, TMC's Rajya Sabha member Kunal Ghosh said.

A party leader said Nitish Kumar had told the party that Hamid Ansari was the best option for the JD(U)'s support.

The BJP leader also objected to the sudden transfer of CBI Joint Director Rishiraj from the Adarsh case after filing of chargesheet against Ashok Chavan.

The Centre was addressing two issues over which some states have opposed the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) and the row would be resolved, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Tuesday.

Jagadish Shettar is currently the Rural Development Minister and belongs to the pro-Yeddyurappa camp.

Two influential Congress MPs lashed out at the TMC for 'spreading canards' against Sonia Gandhi and Pranab Mukherjee.

Rishi Raj Singh was shifted from the Anti-Corruption Branch of the agency to the Economic Offences Wing on July 5.

The Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) has sought time to place his arguments on health grounds.

The poster is themed on the Modi government giving benefits to few industrialists and ignoring the common man.