The government is considering appointing a political person as governor of Jammu and Kashmir. Sources disclosed that current J&K governor N.N. Vohra has sent feelers to the government for being released from the state due to some “personal problem”. His term, however, expires only in 2013.

Political parties on Monday prevailed on the the Election Commission(EC) to address all their fears over the use of Electronic Voting Machines(EVMs). The EC, which met with all political parties to discuss four issues namely — the use of Electronic Voting Machines(EVMs), the phenomenon of paid news, the use of money power in

The Congress Working Committee will be meeting here on Tuesday at a time when the BJP is trying to get political mileage on the Ayodhya issue while the RJD and Samawadi Party are expected to intensify their atttack on these two national parties in the coming days on t he same issue.

On a day when the top leadership of bitter rivals, the CPI-M, were busy closeted in a Politburo meeting here on Monday, the Trinamul Congress tried to gain the upper-hand politically by complaining to the home ministry in writing about the Left-led West Bengal government.

The West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, in favour of intensifying his drive against the Maoists, met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday. The meeting assumes significance as the railway minister and Trinamul Congress chief, Mamata Banerjee, has been mounting pressure on the Centre to withdraw Central forces from the Maoist infested ‘’Junglemahal’’ (West Midnapore region).

West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Tuesday met home minister P.

Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang on Tuesday gave India the first gold of the 19th Commonwealth Games by winning the men's 10-metre air rifle pairs event, breaking their own Games record.

The Congress Working Committee met here on Tuesday to discuss the party's strategy on the Allahabad high court verdict on the Ayodhya title suit case.

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The Delhi Metro rolled out from Central Secretariat to South Delhi’s Sarita Vihar on Sunday morning, connecting the main 2010 Commonwealth Games venue — Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium — a few hours before t