Politics

The Union Finance Minister said the state governments should take effective steps to ensure that hoarding is discouraged.

The decision to create new district units had been taken based on the recommendation of the committee of senior party leaders.

"Why can't Muslims be given reservation if Marathas can be, even though Muslims are leading very precarious lives," Congress MP Hussain Dalwai said.

Modi's two-day trip to Bhutan underscores his government's commitment to consolidate ties in India's neighbourhood.

The team in its report accused the ruling party of "patronising and harbouring" Bangladeshi fundamentalists to unleash a reign of terror in Bengal.

Calling the meeting productive, the J&K CM said the two leaders discussed issues related to defence and finance.

"We will check if the outfit can be banned," Patil said, replying to a calling attention notice by MLC Kapil Patil.

The Prime Minister said he would be happy to see the states competing with each other to be better in terms of development.

But the court did not bar the Sikh group from bringing litigation against her in future.

"Attacks on political workers was an excuse. The reality is that the TMC and CPI(M) are trying to protect themselves from the BJP," BJP said.

A 28-year-old Pune resident was allegedly killed during protests after some unknown people uploaded objectionable post on Facebook.

Jaitley said the manufacturing sector has had an abysmal performance in 2013 and the investment cycle has been disturbed.

Achuthanandan said the party could not take advantage of the anti-Congress wave sweeping across the country.

Kiren Rijiju on Saturday appealed to militants in the North East to eschew violence and join the mainstream.

Till Thursday morning, the only one member of the House to have taken oath was Protem Speaker Kamal Nath.

CBI has registered three FIRs in West Bengal and 43 FIRs in Odisha in connection with the Saradha Chit Fund scam.