Politics

Sources said the trigger for the reform campaign came with the return of P Chidambaram as finance minister on August 1.

The government had constituted a 14-member GoM last week after some ministers had voiced reservations against certain provisions of the Bill.

BJP leader Jaswant Singh took a dig at the government over alleged tapping of phones of political leaders.

Ajit Pawar said that the report of rift between him and his uncle was a creation of the media.

The DMK chief is learnt to have turned down the offer for the induction of his party MPs in the Cabinet.

The Congress general secretary asked his party members to gear up for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

Sam Pitroda, the PM's adviser on public information, addressed a conference on democratisation of information between 3:30 and 4:15 pm.

Sources said N Chandrababu Naidu would complete his deliberations with TDP leaders from all the three regions in the state in the next two days before announcing the stand.

The state government said that an additional amount of Rs 51.25 crore had been released to protect the interests of farmers.

The Andhra Pradesh CM said that there was nothing wrong in people from different regions expressing divergent views on the bifurcation demand.

Nitish said that the people will teach those opposed to the demand a lesson in the 2014 general elections.

The Dumdum MP was seen scouting for a public transport outside Writers' Building.

The reshuffle is likely to take place in the next week to fill vacancies in the cabinet and reallocate work among ministers.

The Samajwadi Party has hinted at continuing giving outside support to the UPA giving the Manmohan Singh regime a reason to smile.

Yeddyurappa said he was facing a suffocating environment in the party and was waiting for the right time to decide his future.

Samajwadi Party General Secretary Ramgopal Yadav said that mid term polls could happen even if the government was in majority.