Politics

"Bharat Day on Capitol Hill" is being hosted by House Republican Conference in the US House of Representatives.

The Congress screening committee is likely to submit the shortlisted names to the Central Election Committee on November 9.

The notice pertains to the speech in which Gandhi had alleged that youth affected by the Muzaffarnagar riots were approached by Pakistan's ISI.

The BJP leader said thatthe riots in Muzaffarnagar and adjoining areas were a result of Uttar Pradesh government's "failure to prevent the violence".

The Congress leader, however, chose to defend veteran singer Lata Mangeshwar on her views on Modi, saying that she was entitled to her political views.

"In law and order situations, it is the police leadership which has to respond and not the political leadership," Gill said.

The Left-sponsored convention is widely seen as a move to forge a non-Congress, non-BJP coalition ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

The CBI has named Parakh for alleged irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks in 2005 to Hindalco.

Amit Shah claimed there is a Modi wave and the BJP will win by a huge margin in 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

BJP's central leadership is likely to take a final call on its chief ministerial candidate during Sunday's meeting.

He said scandals like spectrum and coalgate are adding to the "disillusionment" with the UPA government.

YSR Congress chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has positioned himself as the sole saviour of united Andhra.

Parakh denied any misuse of power and said that if that would have been the case, the entire thing could have been given to Hindalco.

Vijayawada MP L Rajagopal of the Congress has even gone to the Delhi High Court asking it to direct the Speaker to accept his resignation.

The government employees have decided to continue the boycotting of work opposing Telangana.

His earlier statement that it is alright if minorities don't repay loans led to allegations of vote bank politics against him.