Politics

Amid strong voices to bring Priyanka Gandhi to the forefront of politics, senior leaders A K Antony and Kamal Nath on Saturday reposed faith in the leadership of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi at the helm of the party.

Amitabh Bachchan called Chandrababu Naidu over phone on Saturday and extended his greetings, TDP sources said.

"I always admired Kejriwal and his courage with which he wanted to change Indian politics. But some of his recent actions are not good," Gopinath said.

Shazia, a journalist who has been with AAP since its inception, had contested elections twice and lost both the times.

Earlier this week, the party had sacked 36 leaders with the Minister of State rank.

With 117 MLAs in Bihar Assembly, JDU can easily send two candidates to the Rajya Sabha.

For the first time, the Gandhi family, particularly Rahul Gandhi, is facing a direct attack from his servile leaders of the Congress.

Naik stressed that the current results do not indicate end of the Congress in Goa.

In his message, Russian President Vladimir Putin hoped that both the countries will be able to achieve greater success and further bolster the relationship.

Chandrababu Naidu is scheduled to leave for New Delhi tonight to take part in a meeting of the NDA.

Priyanka had made the 'neech rajniti' remark against Modi during the election campaign.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will have no role in the formation of the union cabinet, senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu said.

These legislators had rebelled against RJD leadership in February and warmed up to Nitish Kumar.

Bhuma Shobha Nagi Reddy died two weeks before the elections in a car accident.

Former Chief Minister Madhu Koda's wife, Geeta Kora, lost the battle to BJP's Laxman Giluwa in Singhbhum (ST) constituency.

There were 15 candidates in the fray and the counting of votes began on Friday morning.