Politics

While a different portfolio is reportedly being considered for Ashwani Kumar, Congress remained silent on Pawan Bansal's future.

Sources said a detailed post-mortem of Sanaullah Haq would be done in Chandigarh.

Preliminary investigations into the probe of the Railway bribery scandal are leading to the office of the Railway Minister, CBI sources said.

Siddaramaiah, who is facing a challenge from other chief ministerial aspirants Parameshwara and Kharge said that he is one of the strong contenders for the post.

Akhilesh said that in the near future, probes could be initiated against some of the BSP ministers under corruption charges.

He said while the Chinese withdrawal from the area was understandable, he could not apprehend why the Indian troops pulled back.

Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew was arrested by the CBI for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 90 lakh.

The voting kicked off on a brisk pace in 223 segments, where a total of 2,940 candidates were in the fray.

BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy said that his party demands Manmohan Singh's resignation as his government is deep into corruption.

The main agenda of both the BJP and RSS against the UPA is corruption.

The proposed Food Bill aims to provide legal right over subsidised foodgrains to 67 per cent of the population.

Nirpreet Kaur, who lost her father in the riots after the assassination of Indira Gandhi, began her fast on Friday.

The delegation would be led by senior party leader LK Advani, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and party president Rajnath Singh.

The government has already announced that the two daughters of Sarabjit - Swapanadeep Kaur and Poonam - will be given government jobs in Punjab.

Sarabjit was convicted of alleged involvement in bomb attacks in Punjab province in 1990 and spent about 22 years in Pakistan prisons.

BJP members stormed the Well raising anti-Pakistan slogans in protest against Sarabjit's death.