Congress hopes to field upper caste candidates to eat into BJP voter base while SP-BSP focuses on consolidating Dalit-OBC votes in their favour.
Lamenting the abysmally low budgetary support to animal husbandry, dairy and fisheries, Agriculture Minister Ajit Singh on Monday said the government will soon unveil a livestock policy to enhance resources for the neglected sector.
He said the BJP is leaving a "culture", which may be used against it in the future.
The BCCI's Anti-Corruption Unit on Thursday said it will launch a probe into an alleged bribery scandal unearthed by a sting operation, which claimed that a member of Indian Premier League chairman Rajeev Shukla's personal staff sought bribes to facilitate selection of players.
The son of a local Samajwadi Party leader has been named as an accused in the murder of Saheb Shukla.
India scored twice in each half for a 4-1 win in the Hamburg Masters hockey tournament.
The 14-member party has withdrawn support to the coalition government, which has been surviving on a simple majority.
"So far her tour is on," a senior BSP leader said, but added that as the political situation is fluid, the visit may be curtailed if necessary.
"At the national level, we are open to working with secular parties to defeat communal forces," she said at a press in Srinagar at the conclusion of a two-day conclave of Congress chief ministers.
The meeting came a day after Rashtriya Lok Dal president Ajit Singh met the Congress chief for a tie-up in Uttar Pradesh.
Chairman of the Bank of Rajasthan, Praveen Tayal, was arrested on Friday in connection with alleged irregularities in allotment of shares of a company of which he was a director.\n\n\n\n
Government on Tuesday said it can again increase import duty on refined palm oils if the farmers' interests are affected even though the current situation does not warrant such an action.
The YSR Congress on Tuesday told Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar that it is against tabling the Andhra Pradesh Re-Organisation Bill 2013 in Parliament.
Despite severe drought in fiscal 2002-03, India's agricultural output is enough to sustain the country, Union Agriculture Minister Ajit Singh said on Thursday.
In the second phase on April 18, 97 seats,spread across 13 states and one Union Territory, will go to the polls.
Gagan Ajit Singh's goal enabled India hold the Olympic champions 1-1 in the first match of the three-Test hockey series.
India's hockey coach said the fine performance Down Under was possible due to the induction of several members of the junior World Cup-winning team.
Five ministerial berths, including two of Cabinet rank, have fallen vacant after the Ajit Singh-led RLD withdrew support to the Mayawati-led BJP-BSP coalition in Lucknow.
The government on Thursday said India's forays in the world grain market will be reconsidered if the monsoon fails for the second consecutive year as the country's food security is of primary concern.\n\n\n\n
India is looking at massive agri-business opportunities in war-ravaged Iraq, including those for sale of wheat, rice, tea and sugar, the commodities
The India hockey ace opted for a camel back instead of a hockey stick to manoeuvre his way through a strong cattle line-up at the Pushkar fair.
A 3-1 victory over Pakistan in the final gave India the gold medal.
Prabhjot Singh and Gagan Ajit Singh scored a brace each in a 5-1 victory in the men's hockey tournament at the Afro Asian Games.
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh is expected to take a fresh look on the demand for a rollback of fertiliser and diesel price hike
A Boeing team of experts would be flying to India to assess the situation arising out of a series of faults in Air India's Dreamliner aircraft, even as the airline insisted that the aircraft is safe.
The government on Thursday fixed the Minimum Support Price for rabi crops, raising the MSP for pulses and oilseeds up to Rs 30 per quintal and leaving that for wheat unchanged at Rs 620 a quintal.
Sixteen former ministers of the United Progressive Alliance government are staying unauthorised in government bungalows for over a month now and have been served eviction notices, the Lok Sabha was told on Wednesday.
The government on Friday said it is taking a hard look at the proposed introduction of genetically modified mustard and such food crops in the country and trials are going on for the purpose.\n\n
The government said on Friday that India's edible oil imports would be higher this year on account of drought, but the shortfall could be bridged at the existing rate of import duty and a cut in tariff was unwarranted.\n\n\n\n
Ministerial expansion: Focus on Purvanchal, Brahmin voters in UP.
Akhilesh Yadav confirmed in a television interview that the press conference is on the alliance in Uttar Pradesh, while parrying questions on the Congress.
They avenged their narrow loss in the first leg of the Hockey Australia Men's Challenge.
India, the world's largest edible oil buyer, does not plan to cut edible oil duties despite firm domestic prices, Agriculture Minister Ajit Singh said on Saturday.
As per the revised contracts, the players in the A+ category will get Rs 7 crore, while ones in the A, B and C will get Rs 5 crore, Rs 3 crore and Rs 1 crore respectively.
Members of Parliament (MPs) across the political spectrum have written to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), seeking a probe into a stake sale deal between Jet Airways (India) Ltd and Gulf-based carrier Etihad Airways.
Ajit Singh says will seek cabinet nod to scrap 5-year, 20 aircraft rule.
Allegations of electronic voting machines malfunctioningreturned to haunt the Election Commission as four Lok Sabha seats and nine assembly constituencies went for bypolls on Monday across 10 states with moderate-to-heavy voting amid prestige at stake for the Bharatiya Janata Party as well as opposition parties ahead of the 2019 general elections.
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