Politics

Zakia Jafri has opposed the closure report filed by SIT giving clean chit to Narendra Modi.

Ramveer Upadhyay was given Y security cover during Mayawati regime but the Samajwadi Party government withdrew the protection when it came to power.

Slamming Congress for not keeping its promise to grant Telangana statehood, Rao said the separate state can be achieved by "dictating terms to Delhi".

The main candidates in the fray are Congress's Nandini Parvekar and BJP's Madan Yerawar.

BJP's coming on board over the Food Bill is crucial for the government which could not pass it in the Budget session because of disruptions by Opposition.

Two top Congress leaders from the state were among those killed during the Maoist attack on a Congress convoy in Chhattisgarh last week.

Jairam said if one does not have the Aadhaar number, then that person will not get the benefits.

The financial package will help the state to complete projects in the pipeline and add to the irrigation potential of the state, Pawar said.

A ministerial group on Wednesday has approved a draft bill to set up a coal regulator.

The Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh on May 25 killed 27 people, including former state minister Mahendra Karma, Congress leader Nand Kumar Patel and his son Dinesh.

Official sources said the Home Ministry officials have briefed Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, who is abroad, about the Naxal attack.

The Finance Minister was in Mumbai to attend the Silver Jubilee celebrations of market regulator SEBI.

Sources said LK Advani had proposed to party chief Rajnath Singh that Gadkari be made incharge of its election management committee.

Parameshwara on Wednesday laid down guidelines for the Congress ministers to strengthen the party in the state.

The government also tried to highlight that it had cleared the decks for expansion of FM radio with 839 new channels on the anvil.

Modi called for making optimum use of media, including social media, to put forth the party's views before the public in an aggressive way, they said.