Popular rule was on Saturday restored in Jharkhand with Hemant Soren being sworn in as chief minister of a coalition government led by Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).

Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said that he is not in the race to become the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh and has ruled out contesting the upcoming assembly polls there.

Following the cancellation of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s keynote address at the Wharton India Economic Forum, it transpires that main sponsor Gautam Adani, chairman of Gujarat-headquartered Adani group, opted out of the event some time ago.

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, who is being projected by some in the BJP as its prime ministerial face for 2014 elections, today asked his party cadres to work hard to present an alternative to the UPA government.

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, projected by many within the BJP as the next prime ministerial candidate, today grabbed the limelight at the National Council meet here with party president Rajnath Singh lauding him for three consecutive victories in Assembly polls.

In the first expansion of his ministry after coming to power, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav today inducted 12 new ministers, including Vinod Kumar Singh who was dropped after he allegedly manhandled the chief medical officer in Gonda.

Ignoring protests outside, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today used a college platform to project himself nationally saying his focus was on development politics and not that of vote-bank, which he said has “ruined” the nation.

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and expressed his unhappiness over the Centre’s refusal to provide gas to the state at the same price at which it is given to Mumbai and Delhi.

Coming out in support of Kashmir’s only all-girls rock band which faced online threats, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah today promised a police probe and hoped that the talented teenagers would not let themselves be silenced by a “handful of morons”.

All efforts will be made to turn Madhya Pradesh into the number one state in the country, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said.