Newly appointed Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kantilal Bhuria arrived at the Raja Bhoj airport here on Friday to a warm welcome from a large number of party leaders and workers.

The CPI(M) has attacked anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare for his remarks that he will not contest elections because “ordinary voter does not have awareness. They cast their vote under the influence of `100 or a bottle of liquor, or a saree offered by the candidates. They don’t understand the value of their vote.”

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday greeted the nation on the auspicious occasion of Mahavir Jayanti to be celebrated on Saturday.

Social activist Anna Hazare’s emegence as a crusader against corruption at the national level is making some leaders in the Hindi heartland restive.
They have started branding him as pro-Narendra Modi through suggestive comments and private conversations despite the fact that he has also praised Bihar chief

Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh on Friday said that his government "respects" the Supreme Court's decision of granting bail to activist Binayak Sen, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for sedition by Chhatisgarh high court.

In a bid to silence their adversaries on the issue of transparency, the anti-graft group under the banner of India Against Corruption, on Thursday made public the income and expenditure of the Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF), which has been functioning as the secretariat for the campaign.

UP chief minister Mayawati’s elephant now has a new opponent in the electoral arena — a road roller that will be driven by Dalbara Singh, brother of late Kanshi Ram.
Mr Singh has floated a new party called Bahujan Sangharsh Party that has the same acronym, BSP, as Ms Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party.

Hours after the Supreme Court granted bail to Binayak Sen convicted for helping Naxalites, law minister M. Veerappa Moily on Friday dubbed sedition laws as "outdated" and said he would ask the Law Commission to study the issue.

The main Opposition BJP on Wednesday asked government to build pressure on Pakistan on the issue of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, especially in the wake of revelation made by accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana. The party asked the government not to hold talks with Pakistan till it takes “credible action” to prevent terrorism from its soil targeted against India. The Congress, meanwhile, criticised the BJP and said it should introspect about its own track record.

Calling her statement an 'absolutely lie', agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Thursday rubbished corporate lobbyist Niira Radia's claim that he pursued the issue of spectrum with former communications minister A. Raja.