The BJP, which did not include Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s name in the list of its star campaigners for the coming Bihar Assembly polls, on Saturday claimed that the party is yet to submit names of its chief ministers to the Election Commission who would campaign in the state. Meanwhile, hectic lobbying has begun in the

After verdict on the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court, the CBI, which is the prosecuting agency in the Babri Masjid demolition case, may not produce too many fresh witnesses for deposition before the Rae Bareli court in a bid to expedite the trial and facilitate the early completion of the judicial process.

The first reaction of minorities to the Ayodhya verdict will be seen in the six—phase Bihar Assembly election to be held during October 21 to November 20. Although major political parties barring the BJP, are optimistic of getting their support in the electoral battle, insiders sense a change at the ground level following the judicial

Coalition politics has forced the BJP to delete the name of leader and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi from the list of party leaders who would campaign during the Bihar Assembly polls. The name of Mr Varun Gandhi, BJP MP from Pilibhit, is also missing from the list submitted to the Election Commission.

When the Indian flag went up at the Games Village on Friday afternoon, there were more onlookers present than members of the Indian contingent itself. The home squad, boasting of 619 athletes, hardly showed their numbers at the flag-hoisting ceremony with most star athletes choosing to stay away citing reasons like practice and rest.

A day after the Allahabad high court’s verdict in the Ayodhya land title suits the Congress initiated an exercise to consolidate its support base among the minority community spread across north India. The party said the verdict has not diluted the crime of demolition and the culpability of those involved and that the guilty should receive strict punishment. It also accused the BJP of politicising the issue.

The Centre on Friday said the interlocutors for holding a peace dialogue with all shades of opinion in Jammu and Kashmir will be appointed at the earliest but no time frame has been set for the same. “That will be done. We cannot give a time limit but the intention is to do it at the earliest,” Union home minister P. Chidambaram said on

The Centre will carry out the first caste-based census exercise in the country between June and September next year.
Union home minister P. Chidambaram said the government has decided that “caste will be canvassed without affecting the integrity of the head count of Census 2011”.

In a major relief to Sterlite, a subsidiary of Anil Agrawal-promoted Vedanta multinational, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Madras high court order for closure of the company in Tamil Nadu for alleged violation of pollution control norms in its Tuticorin copper smelting plant.

The Supreme Court on Friday directed its registry to find out if the continuous curfew in the Kashmir valley has affected the functioning of the state high court and dispensation of justice to the people and submit a report on the issue.