Politics

Backing its claim, the AAP on Wednesday released a video of the incident where a Delhi Police bus lost control while party Delhi chief Dilip Pandey was talking to mediapersons.

The last caste census held in 1931 had become obsolete and the proportion of SC and ST has changed, Prasad said and demanded that reservation in jobs and educational institutions be provided as per the new figures.

The government said if needed Swaraj would get a permission to speak in her defence.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday convened a meeting of her cabinet, the first after she returned to the top post following her acquittal in a wealth case.

Sugar mills owned by three top state BJP leaders together alone owe Rs 450 crore to growers.

"All the tenders for the JAICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) project were issued as per central public works department norms. There is no intervention of any minister in it," Kamat told on Monday.

At New York, Tota Singh and his delegation came under attack as hundreds of Sikhs protesting his visit allegedly threw stones and hurled a shoe at them, following which the police took two youths into custody.

The protesters outside Delhi Police headquarters, some of whom climbed barricades set up by the police, were then sprayed with water cannons.

Bracing for an Opposition onslaught on Lalit Modi controversy, Vyapam scam and other issues, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a maiden meet of all NDA .

BJP on Friday asserted that it would take Bihar out of the quagmire of casteism after coming to power.

Unidentified miscreants fired shots at the office of Aam Aadmi Party MLA Kailash Gahlot on Dhansa Road in Najafgarh, police said.

Modi also disapproved of political untouchability, saying the national heritage should not be divided by leaders.

Hardline Hurriyat Conference has decided to boycott the event to protest non-inclusion of Kashmir in the talks that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif held in Ufa in Russia.

This came even as the CBI moved the SC seeking directions for SIT to file chargesheets in connection with the Vyapam scam where investigations have been completed.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to make a day-long visit to his Lok Sabha constituency in Varanasi on Thursday.

While all Congress chief ministers remained absent from the meeting, it was attended by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and J&K CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, among others.