Politics

Punjab has become power surplus state due to persistent efforts of present regime: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal.

The DMK has attacked Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa over the Chennai floods for not personally visiting the affected areas.

Addressing a rally in Bargarh in Odisha on Sunday, Modi had said critical NGOs and black marketeers were conspiring to destabilise his government and "defame" him.

The Modi government is trying hard to bargain with the opposition to get important Goods and Service Tax Bill and Real Estate Bill passed in the session.

The DMDK MLAs who tendered their resignation are-- C Arun Pandian, M Arun Subramanian, K Pandiarajan, K Tamil Azhagan, S Michael Rayappan, R Sundarrajan, T Suresh Kumar and R Santhi.

It has been 10 years of Akali rule in Punjab, and the political equations have changed and the stakes are high ahead of Assembly elections.

There are a few other officers whose central deputation has been suspended and they have been sent back to their parent cadres.

Fruitful talks resulted in the two former allies joining hands after a gap of three years when DMK snapped ties with Congress over the Sri Lankan Tamil issue.

The guests include Prime Ministers from various countries, industrialists, select politicians and top government officials.

A bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice R Banumathi assured senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing the Gandhis, by saying "we will look into it".

Union minister and Lok Janshakti Party chief Paswan had on Monday made a scathing attack at the CM over law and order situation in the state, saying Kumar was a "lion" till he was with the BJP in NDA but has turned a "cat" in the company of Lalu Prasad.

PDP is pushing for more financial assistance to the state from the Centre.

"The decision, though taken after contradictory posturing on part of the Government, vindicates the demands raised consistently and unequivocally by Rahul Gandhi as indeed millions of net neutrality supporters across the country," party's chief spokesman...

Condoling the death of a bus driver, Kamaraj, of the college in the incident, she announced a solatium of Rs 1 lakh to his family.