Two former chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh — Digvijay Singh and Uma Bharti — have emerged as key players in the impending Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh being the incharge of the Congress and the BJP for the state. The bitter rivals in Madhya Pradesh when in power and outside, would confront each other in the belt of Ganga-Yamuna in the fight for space against Mayawati and Mulayam Singh Yadav.

The Delhi police reiterated that the “provocative” speeches given by religious and political leaders, including Baba Ramdev and Sadhvi Ritambara, was the main reason which has forced it to cancel the permission for the yoga guru’s protest at Ramlila Maidan.

The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday mounted a blistering attack on the Congress-led UPA government on the issue of black money and corruption.

The civil society members led by social activist Anna Hazare would sit on a day-long fast in the vicinity of Raj Ghat after the Delhi police indicated the leaders of the India Against Corruption that following imposition of Section 144 (preventive detention of CrPC) )in the New Delhi area under which Jantar Mantar comes their plan would not be allowed.

Problem for Meghalaya chief minister Mukul Sangma seems to be far from over as on Tuesday he dropped four ministers and inducted three new faces in his council of ministers in an obvious attempt to quell the dissidence.
It, however, failed to placate dissident camp, said to have been led by veteran Congress leader and former chief

Children cool off in a water fountain to beat the heat as the temperature soared to 43.6ºC in New delhi on Tuesday.

Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti’s entry into the BJP on Tuesday has left her supporters happy but the state party leaders and the cadres down the line were either cautious or tight lipped in expressing their reaction over this development.

Accusing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of “working as a CEO” on the orders of the “owner” of the company, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said there were “structural contradictions” in the ruling dispensation.

Expressing happiness at her homecoming, Ms Bharti, who has also been Madhya Pradesh chief minister, said she was feeling like the proverbial bird of the ship who leaves it only to come back again.

Ms Sushma Swaraj, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, appears to be under fire from several quarters, including her own party, after she broke into an impromptu post-midnight jig during the party’s 24-hour satyagraha at Rajghat which had started on Sunday evening.