Politics

BJP welcomed the decision of the Election Commission to issue a notice to the government for enhancing the cap in LPG cylinder suibsidy ahead of elections in Gujarat.

The campaigning for the first phase of elections in Gujarat to be held on December 13 ended on Tuesday.

Changing his earlier stand on Kejriwal, Anna said that his former aide had become 'greedy' for power.

The government has said that it has no hesitation in ordering a probe into the Walmart lobbying report.

Pradyot Debbarman said the treatment meted out to him since he became general secretary was not what it should be.

BJP on Sunday hit back at the Prime Minister saying that Congress will be in a minority in Gujarat after the Assembly elections.

Sudip Bandyopadhyay said the Congress-led UPA government had become a minority the day Trinamool withdrew support from it.

Those who have infiltrated into TMC from other parties with an eye for loaves and fishes were gaining, Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay said.

The BJP leader said that FDI failed in five countries in which it was introduced earlier.

Maken also followed Sonia Gandhi's tone and blamed Modi for not implementing centrally funded schemes in Gujarat.

The action comes a day ahead of Yeddyurappa launching his own outfit, Karnataka Janata Party, on Sunday.

The Samajwadi Party announced that it would stage a walkout in the Rajya Sabha before the voting on FDI in retail.

The Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha attacked the government for being in minority and called it a "lame duck".

Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Tuesday expressed dismay over political parties giving tickets to people with criminal records.

The government had said that the scheme was announced before the announcement of poll dates in the two states.

The I-T Department's reply to an RTI plea revealed that the Congress and the BJP cornered more than 80 pc of the amount.