Politics

The report has given a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the whole issue.

BJP ally JD(U) is not pushing for the PM's resignation and wants to wait for the government's reply on JPC.

Singh claimed the government is taking appropriate action and the whole picture should be looked at before arriving at any conclusion.

Besides Bansal, the court sent 20 convicts to seven-year jail and two convicts to three-year imprisonment.

The citizen security force will be formed on the lines of Nitish Kumar's state auxiliary police= and would be supervised by retired army officers.

The NDA is miffed at the contents of the leaked JPC report, especially the clean chit given to Singh and Chidambaram.

P Chidambaram, who met investors in Canada and US this week, said Indian downturn was a temporary phenomenon.

The controversial bill seeks to strengthen landowners' rights during acquisition for development.

The trial court had convicted and sentenced Chautala and nine others to ten years jail-term for illegally recruiting 3,206 junior teachers in 2000.

Ajit Pawar has apologised twice for his 'urine' comment. He even sat on a fast on Sunday to express repentance. But his efforts have cut little ice with the opposition.

"Let them (BJP) propose the name and we will consider after that," Sena leader Rahul Narvekar said.

The team is also scheduled to visit the Gujarat International Finance Tech-City (GIFT) in the state capital on Monday.

The party, which has made it clear that it won't support Modi as NDA's PM candidate, will pass its political resolution on Sunday.

The NCP chief said Sonia Gandhi should call a meeting to decide who will be UPA's PM candidate for the next elections.

Tytler said he is also ready to undergo a lie detector test and dared them to also submit themselves to the test.

According to sources, the BJP leaders conveyed to the JD(U) leaders that the party must not insist on early declaration of the NDA's PM candidate.