Politics

The NCP said that the party did not want rollback in diesel price hike and capping of gas cylinders.

The Congress has already prepared a list of probable candidates for each of the 182 Assembly seats in Gujarat.

BJP leader LK Advani said that after the TMC's withdrawal of support, it was only a matter of time before UPA collapsed.

UPA is presently 17 short of the halfway mark in Parliament after key ally, the TMC withdrew its support from the government on Tuesday.

Calling shutdowns do not solve any problems. Problems are solved by taking decisions, said Mamata Banerjee.

Mamata said that she would reconsider her decision if the UPA took a favourable decision on diesel price hike, cap on subsidised LPG cylinders and FDI in retail.

The RBI Governor said he did not agree with the controversial Finance Ministry note which suggested that Chidambaram could have insisted on auctioning the 2G spectrum.

The CBI also sent summons to Jayaswal's brother Manoj for questioning.

Anna has invited 35 top social workers of the country to decide on how to strengthen and take forward his movement, an official said.

WB Congress chief Pradip Bhattacharjee said that there will be no problem to its stability if the TMC decides to quit.

Balbir Punj also demanded that a special session of Parliament should be summoned and the Prime Minister should resign immediately.

All the parties accused the UPA government of striking "cruel blows on the people one after another.

Congress stoutly rejected suggestions that the protests by allies like Trinamool Congress and DMK was a "drama".

Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray said that he would not spare the perpetrators of August 11 Azad Maidan violence.

The Calcutta High Court has given the Mamata Banerjee government two weeks time to file report on dengue cases.

As per the provisions of the Bill, anyone over 14 years can register with the Town Vending Committee.