Politics

Yadav put the onus of proper functioning of Parliament on the government while accusing it of shirking its responsibility.

Sukhbir Singh Badal blamed media for projecting Akalis as the ones responsible for law and order issues in Punjab.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath made the announcement as soon as the Lok Sabha met on Wednesday.

The elections will be held in the state on December 13 and 17 while counting will take place on December 20.

The Congress General Secretary told the gathering, which mostly consisted of farmers, that the "BJP did not care for agriculturists."

Hailing Pawar's political skills, Joshi told reporters that he should join NDA to end quarrels within the alliance.

Kameshwar Baitha, who had voted for the UPA government in the Parliament, said FDI is in the interest of India.

One of the prisoners announced to be freed by the state government was Utthan Kumar Pal, a SUCI activist, an electoral ally of TMC.

Sources said the two arrested Zee editors would also be questioned again on Sunday.

Sources say the editors will be questioned again on Sunday. However, the decision of further questioning of the owners is yet to be taken.

The BJP also lashed out at the BSP and the SP for making a 'U-turn' on their stand on FDI retail and alleged that they had 'colluded' with the government.

The Minister was asked if approval of FDI in retail by Parliament was a signal for more reforms in the near future.

Shinde also said that the neighbour is still trying to weaken country's economy by pumping fake Indian currency notes.

The Centre has on December 28 convened a meeting of political parties of Andhra Pradesh in Delhi on the Telangana statehood issue.

The man, identifying himself as Hari Singh, a senior leader of SP, warned Urvashi Sharma she will be kidnapped.

Gujarat Congress President Arjun Modhwadia assured that if the party came to power, then big corporates would take a back seat.