Politics

The elections to 403-member UP Assembly will be held in February in seven phases.

Achary who is now the CBI's star witness had earlier testified that Raja was close to four other co-accused.

The trial for corporate managers accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case will also resume on Monday.

Rahul Gandhi has been keen on passing the Land Acquisition Bill before the UP Assembly polls.

Krishna's office said that the RTI application sought details about a meeting between two foreign ministers.

Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that the BJP wanted to exploit the Lokpal issue in the forthcoming elections.

With the debate ending barely before the midnight deadline, and the amendments not discussed, voting was successfully avoided.

Yeddyurappa accused Eswarappa, also from his home district of Shimoga, of hatching a conspiracy and being responsible for him going to jail for 24 days.

After the Bill was moved, the BJP protested demanding that the Prime Minister be present during the debate.

Anna said his team's next move would be to focus on the 5 poll-bound states early in the new year.

Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson said the President gave her approval from Hyderabad where she is on a ten-day visit.

Supriya Sule said unless there are election reforms, political corruption can never be eradicated.

He alleged that the govt had taken the whole country for a ride by floating its own version of the Bill.

The Nanawati commission is supposed to submit its report on 2002 Gujarat riots by March 31.

All the parties ruled out any more pre-poll alliance, claiming it would come to power on its own steam.

The Centre has decided to carve out a sub-quota of 4.5 pc for minorities within the 27 pc reservation for OBCs.