Politics

English dailies or high circulation Bengali ones will no longer be available in state-sponsored and aided libraries in West Bengal.

Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said the multi-crore scam was a state level issue and they would have to take a decision on it.

The chief minister said that he had informed Sibal about the state's capacity to set up a state university there with its own resources.

BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said mid-term general elections are a possibility for which her party is fully geared up.

NCP Chief Sharad Pawar said that in Pune and Kolhapur, Congress failed to honour yuti-dharma.

BJP RS member Tarun Vijay said that this is an attempt to malign the PAC's image.

The independent RS candidate also said that senior BJP leader Dr MM Joshi also sought funds from him for elections.

Vijay Bahuguna on Friday continued his talks for the third day with senior Congress leaders.

Second 144 has been imposed in and around the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant site.

Mamata Banerjee said such 'disruptive movements' have adversely affected overall development of the state.

LK Advani termed it as a serious issue and lamented a lack of communication between the central government and the state government.

Congress, which has formed government in Uttarakhand, has said that it will prove its majority on the floor of the Assembly.

Derek O'Brien said that the Railways should focus on its freight business to earn more revenue.

The Chief Minister asked for preparing feasibility report for linking Lucknow to Nepal through Lucknow-Bahraich- Nepal.

Ranendra Pratap Swain of BJD defeated Congress candidate Suresh Mohapatra by over 47,000 votes.

Electoral authorities said tight security arrangements have been made for the counting.