Politics

Iftekhar Gilani was detained by Delhi Police for 10 hours following the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru on February 9.

The FIR was registered at Sambhal police station on Saturday night under section 188 IPC (Disobedience to order) and 124 (sedition).

Among state ministers with independent charge, newly-appointed minister Vijay Kumar Mishra has been given the charge of Alternative Energy Department.

BJP spokesman Rajiv Pratap Rudy said the party has always been pressing for strong and prompt action against perpetrators of terror.

The video of the attack showed Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury instigating a mob of Congress workers to ransack the DM's house.

Shibu Soren is not an accused in the case neither has he been named in any FIR.

The Left Front alleged that its women MLAs were beaten up by the police when they protested against Kurien.

The EU stressed on the "accountability" for the 2002 Gujarat riots, maintaining that the matter was of "interest" to everyone.

TMC has also asked Bhattacharjee to apologise publicly within 48 hours for his remarks against the Trinamool chief.

Mamata said the state government generates Rs 21,000 crore as revenue, but the centre takes away Rs 26,000 crore as repayment of central loans and payment of interest.

Rahul Gandhi will arrive on Feb 8 and is scheduled to address 3 election rallies in three districts on same day.

According to sources, the Finance Ministry would be slashing the budget of ministries in view of the poor financial health of the economy.

The last date for filing nomination is February 4 and names could be withdrawn till February 7.

Kejriwal on Saturday tweeted alleging that the police came and removed the stage and the tent.

Rahul also said there was no need to rush with change in the organisation and said it would unfold in two phases.

The CM sought liberal central funding for devolution of resources to panchayats including payment of honorarium to nearly 33,000 panches and sarpanches.