Politics

The UP government on Thursday came out with a policy which empowers concerned ministers to shift officers.

CPI national secretary Atul Kumar Anjaan said it was 'ridiculous' that the Planning Commission has described a person earning Rs 29 a day as not poor.

The probe was ordered after Congress MLAs disrupted assembly proceedings, demanding the Speaker take action.

The Commission had released poverty data based on the 66th round of the National Sample Survey.

BJP legislator Matanhy Saldanha representing Cortalim constituency was sworn in as the minister on March 9.

The Congress has already nominated Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson, K Rahman Khan for the March 30 poll.

State JD(U) president Bashishtha Narayan Singh, its senior leaders Ali Anwar Ansari, Mahendra Prasad and Anil Kumar Sahni, besides BJP general secretaries Dharmendra Pradhan and Ravi Shankar Prasad submitted their nominations.

Manmohan Singh has made a strong pitch for the NCTC saying it was an important step to fight against terrorism.

BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Monday said no decision would be taken under pressure and asked him to have patience.

A Congress worker was killed Saturday night by unidentified goons in Basirhat area of North 24 Parganas district.

The chief minister said he believed that Rushdie was not aware of who he is and would not care whether he attended or not.

In proportion to the party position in the UP Assembly, SP will have a quota of 6 of the 10 member limit set for UP.

The March 3 Goa election saw ruling Congress being decimated and reduced to single digit in the Assembly; while BJP-MGP alliance won a landslide victory.

The suspense over the fate of Union Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi continued on Thursday.

The 38-year-old SP leader said responsible and honest officers would be inducted in the government.

This came after SM Krishna stressed on India's role in reconstruction of the Tamil community in Sri Lanka.