Politics

The Gujarat Chief Minister otherwise often reacts to national events through twitter or other forums.

The most prominent loser was Louise Khurshid, wife of Union Minister for Law and Minorities Affairs Salman Khurshuid.

The SP gained absolute majority while the Congress finished fourth in UP polls. Rahul Gandhi, who was the face of the party in the poll campaign in UP, has acknowledged the defeat.

Soon after his loss, Chief Minister BC Khanduri said, "I am not in the race for CM."

Congress spokesperson Renuka Chowdhary said this while responding to questions on Anna and his team's demands for the party's poll expense.

This comes a day after almost all the exit polls suggested a simple majority for the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh.

Goa Congress Working President Fracisco Sardinha blamed the contractor assigned the job to set up sound system.

A bench of justices RM Lodha and HL Gokhale passed the ruling upholding an appeal filed by Independent MLA Jitu Patnaik.

There are reports of possible involvement of BJP leaders in the RTI activist Shehla Masood murder case.

DMK chief M Karunanidhi, MDMK leader Vaiko and PMK leader Dr S Ramadoss also demanded that India should not back Colombo.

The officials had earlier said that permission had not been granted to the rally as it was being held on the government-run college's ground.

Manish Sisodia also slammed the BJP for allegedly dividing the nation in the name of religion.

Yeddyurappa was forced to resign more than six months ago after a Lokayukta report indicted him for illegal mining.

Anna will also receive an award of Rs 25 lakh for his contribution to rural development on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Nitish Kumar became the 13th leader from non-Congress-ruled states to oppose the anti-terror body.

Digvijaya Singh on Sunday said that he never looked to stir up controversies.