Politics

Team Anna on Tuesday asked lawmakers whether the "good MPs" will support 162 of those with criminal background or demand cleansing of Parliament.

Several Sikh groups, including the SGPC, have appealed for clemency for the co-assassin of former Punjab CM Beant Singh.

Congress MLA Govind Singh Kunjwal and BJP MLA Harbans Kapoor on Sunday morning filed their nominations for the post of Speaker in the Assembly.

Ashok Bhatt also said owing to internal rifts, Congress had not yet formed a full government in the hill state even 12 days.

The FSL findings are based on the forensic examination of the iPad belonging to MLA Shankar Chaudhary.

The petition was filed by an NGO seeking a CBI inquiry into Yeddyurappa's alleged involvement in illegal mining.

The lone Congress nominee is former party spokesman Satyawat Chatruvedi who was earlier Rajya Sabha member from Uttarakhand.

Though four others had filed their nomination for the Rajya sabha polls, these were rejected during scrutiny as the papers were without any proposer.

EV Velu, presently an MLA from Tiruvannamalai, was food minister during the DMK regime.

There were nine candidates in the fray in the March 17 bypoll, whose outcome has given a boost to CM Oommen Chandy.

The Planning Commission said that the poverty in India has come down in the country during the 2009-2010 period.

Mukul Roy said he will reply to the debate over the Rail Budget later this week.

After the humiliation of having to step down, it needs to be seen if Dinesh Trivedi sticks with the Trinamool flock for long.

Trinamool Congress has renominated union minister Mukul Roy and given tickets to three journalists.

The Congress said there is zero governance in the state in the wake of internal bickerings in the ruling BJP.

Mulayam Singh Yadav said strict action could be initiated against ministers if any celebratory firing takes place during their felicitation.