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New Delhi, Feb 10: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and the Left leadership on Monday had a breakfast meeting with other leaders to discuss the formation of a non-Congress, non-BJP alliance for the next Lok Sabha polls. The informal meeting took place at the residence of JD(S) chief and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda in which it was decided that leaders of 11 non-Congress non-BJP parties

New Delhi, Feb 10: Both houses of parliament were adjourned Monday till noon following an uproar over the formation of Telangana. As soon as the Lok Sabha met, members opposing the division of Andhra Pradesh raised slogans demanding that Andhra Pradesh remain united. This led Speaker Meira Kumar to adjourn the house till 12 noon. In the Rajya Sabha too, the members from Andhra Pradesh raised

New Delhi, Feb 10: Several leaders pursuing the non-Congress, non-BJP ‘alternative’ for the Lok Sabha election are expected to have a breakfast session on Monday, at Janata Dal (Secular) national president H.D. Deve Gowda’s residence here. They intend to evolve both an alternative economic vision and an aggressive strategy to counter communalisation of the polity. The leaders who are scheduled to

New Delhi, Feb 9: Upping the ante over the Jan Lokpal Bill, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tonight threatened to resign if his pet anti-graft legislation is not passed by the state Assembly due to lack of support from other parties. A day after he told PTI that he can "go to any extent" over the "huge" issue of corruption, Kejriwal said he does not have the right to stay in office if the

Sivaganga (TN), Feb 9: Finance Minister P Chidambaram today hit back at Narendra Modi for his "recount" dig at him, saying the Gujarat Chief Minister has once again staged a "fake encounter" with facts on the issue and that there was never a recount in the 2009 Lok Sabha election in his constituency here. In a statement here, he said Modi has once again staged a "fake encounter" with facts at his

Mumbai, Feb 9: President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said the pendency of 31 million cases in courts across the country was very disturbing. "I am very disturbed to find a staggering 31 million cases pending in various courts all over the country and hope the judiciary would do its best to clear them," Mukherjee said, inaugurating the sesquicentennial celebrations of the Advocates' Association of

New Delhi, Feb 8: Eminent lawyer Soli Sorabjee today backed the Delhi government's stand that there was no need to take the prior consent of the Centre before introduction of its Jan Lokpal Bill in the Assembly, which it plans to do next week. In his opinion given to the Delhi government he said that there are "serious legal infirmities" in the Transaction Business Rules (TBR) of 2002 which

New Delhi, Feb 8: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday threatened to "go to any extent" over his pet anti-graft legislation, the Jan Lokpal Bill, which is opposed both by the Congress, whose continued support is essential for the survival of his government, as well as the BJP. "Corruption is extremely important issue and I will go to any extent," he said during an interaction with PTI

Imphal, Feb 8: BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Saturday said the death of Arunachal Pradesh student Nido Tania in Delhi is a matter of national shame and asked the Centre and the Delhi government to shun their blame game on the issue and ensure justice for him. He said such incidents further alienate the people of the northeastern states, which due to the "unfortunate policies"

New Delhi, Feb 8: A controversy has erupted over the reported remarks of CBI chief Ranjit Sinha that the UPA government would have been happy if BJP leader Amit Shah was named as accused in Ishrat Jahan case charge sheet, a comment which he has denied. A Delhi daily reported that Sinha has said that UPA government would have been happy had the encounter charge sheet mentioned close aide of BJP's