Politics

Modi compared him to a Hindi film character "Singham", asking as to why he became bold only to benefit foreign countries.

Raj Thackeray had threatened to brand Biharis as infiltrators in Mumbai and said his party would throw out of the state.

Sources say Congress's trusted allies, DMK and NCP, said in the meeting that fuel price hike would make winning the elections difficult.

The UPA coordination committee is expected to endorse the government's new economic reforms decisions.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar suffered a similar humiliation at Madhubani three days ago.

Anand Sharma dismissed the threat of the BJP that FDI in retail could be scrapped if the NDA comes to power.

Sule said she would not accept any responsibility in the Maharashtra government as she was working with the Centre.

The BJP said it is opposed to the proposal completely as it is against the interest of the farming community.

Prithviraj Chavan will meet Congress MLAs on Thursday to discuss the political situation in Maharashtra.

The shutdown in Baramati, about 250 km from Mumbai in Pune district, saw all businesses and trading establishments closed till 11 am.

Arun Shourie supports Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's decision of the diesel price hike.

He criticised Kumar for his alleged inconsistent stand on the special status issue.

Samajwadi Party had participated in the Bharat Bandh on September 20 to protest against the FDI in multi-brand retail and hike in diesel prices.

The Congress nominee from the seat is President Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit Mukherjee.

Meanwhile, Salman Khurshid said that the UPA had undertaken the reforms in the interest of the country.

The government had issued a notification on Wednesday to ensure normal functioning and attendance in government offices.