The issue of 'ghar wapsi' programme by some Hindu organisations is likely to figure prominently in the 3-day meet
BJP leader says there can be no government at the Centre without the BJP or the Congress backing
An inquiry will be held into works under the flagship Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojna in Sonia Gandhi's constituency, it was decided at a meeting attended by the Congress chief and officials in Rae Bareli on Monday.
Women seem to be a neglected lot in Uttar Pradesh in terms of representation in the Assembly. Since 1952 when the polls were held for the first time, Uttar Pradesh has witnessed 15 assembly elections, but if figures of the Election Commission are analysed, the average representation of women in the elected house is a mere 4.4 per cent.
Terming the Right to Education Act as an "attack" on the sovereignty of madarsas and other minority institutions, Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband on Thursday said it will oppose it.
Attacking the United Progressive Alliance government on the issue of black money and price rise, Samajwadi Party on Tuesday alleged that the government indulged in corruption.
Employees of Sheena textiles, which is lying closed for past over one year, met Congress President and local Member of Parliament Sonia Gandhi in whose presence the management assured them that the unit will start soon.
The newly appointed Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party president Surya Pratap Shahi visited the disputed site in Ayodhya on Friday and vowed to construct a Ram temple there, saying it was something related to the faith of crores of Hindus.
Board chairman Maulana Mirza Mohammad Athar has sent a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, copy of which had also been forwarded to the President, to arrange a correct 'tarjuma' (translation) of Vande Mataram at the earliest. He said efforts should be made to clear the controversy over the song once and for all.
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