Congress ahead in Lok Sabha bypolls in Karnataka
Bangalore: The ruling Congress party candidates were racing ahead of their rival JDS in Mandya and Bangalore rural Lok Sabha constituencies in the August 21 bypolls as counting of votes was taken up on Saturday.
Bangalore: The ruling Congress party candidates were racing ahead of their rival JDS in Mandya and Bangalore rural Lok Sabha constituencies in the August 21 bypolls as counting of votes was taken up on Saturday.
Congress' candidate actress Ramya was ahead of her opponent CS Puttaraju by over 12,000 votes while her party colleague DK Suresh had established a lead of over 18,000 votes against JDS' Anita Kumaraswamy, wife of former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, in the third round, officials said.
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Friday promised to enact a law that would let people frame their laws in Delhi if his party won the coming election.
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has issued arrest warrants against 70 top Vishwa Hindu Parishad leaders including Ashok Singhal, Pravin Togadia and Ram Vilas Vedanti after the party said it will go ahead with its proposed Ayodhya yatra from August 25 (Sunday).
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi jointly inaugurated the information and broadcasting ministry's new Rs. 60 crore National Media Centre on Raisina Road in New Delhi on Saturday.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said he was eagerly awaiting the central government to accord special category status to the state.
New Delhi:
"If India is computer, Congress is its default programme," Rahul Gandhi on Thursday told a Congress workshop on social media. Addressing odd-300 participants from various states, NSUI and Youth Congress members, the Congress Vice President said the party captures the essence of the nation.
New Delhi:
After anti-BJP parties, the country's civil society has taken on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in cyberspace. 
New Delhi: Putting to rest any speculation that the Centre might raise the retirement age of its staff, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions V Narayanasamy said on Thursday that there was no such proposal on the anvil.
New Delhi: Under persistent pressure from the opposition parties, the UPA government is expected to allow a discussion on missing files pertaining to coal block allocations in Parliament on Thursday. 
New Delhi: Seeking to come out of his ‘retirement’, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Thursday expressed his desire to contest next year’s Lok Sabha polls. 
Government has taken a number of steps to stem the depreciation of Indian rupee including moderation in demand of non-essential imports and enhancing supply of capital flows, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said.
By-polls to Mandya and Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha seats will be held today with 36.37 lakh voters expected to exercise their franchise at the end of a bitterly fought battle between the ruling Congress and JD(S).
As many as 190 cases of electoral offences have been booked in Mandya and Bangalore Rural constituencies facing Lok Sabha by-elections on Wednesday.
Keen to pass Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's pet welfare legislation, the Food Security Bill, but concerned over the large number of amendments (over 260) moved by the opposition parties, the government has indicated it would accommodate some of them.
Both houses of parliament were adjourned till Thursday after being repeatedly disrupted over the BJP's demand for a statement by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the missing files related to the allocation of coal blocks.
