Politics

Meanwhile, Salman Khurshid's wife Louise Khurshid has reiterated that there has been no misappropriation of any funds.

The Prime Minister had on Wednesday said that the "mindless atmosphere of negativity and pessimism that is sought to be created over the issue of corruption can do us no good".

Gadkari also said the country's dependence on crude oil import should decrease, and people should embrace alternatives such as ethanol-mixed petrol, as in Brazil.

Organisers and Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh have reached an agreement which Manmohan Singh has to endorse.

The sanctity of the motherland has to be preserved while the industry will have to go forward, Mamata said.

Development work came to a complete standstill during the BSP government, Ram Gopal Yadav said.

Three unauthorised youngsters had jumped into the well of the House shouting slogans against the state's employment policies.

Pranab lauded the role of the CAG in keeping a watch on governance but cautioned against an overreach that could lead to "dissonance".

Chidambaram says unless there's an allegation of quid pro quo, the government can't probe private deals.

Karnataka has been releasing 9,000 cusecs since Sunday, in compliance with a Supreme Court directive.

Gadkari said foreign investment had stopped coming into the country and Indian industrialists were investing abroad.

Digvijaya Singh compared the Gujarat Chief Minister with Joseph Goebbels, the Propaganda Minister of Nazi government in Germany.

A division bench while hearing a petition against the MNS chief hinted that media make such leaders big by giving them publicity.

Kiran Reddy also rejected suggestions that the party was being weakened due to desertions, saying people are welcome to leave the Congress.

Anna Hazare's meeting comes against the backdrop of his blog posting in which he put the blame for separation squarely on Kejriwal-led pro-party group.

The rift between Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal widened with the former declaring that he doesn't want to be associated with any political party.