Islamic spiritual leader Aga Khan, who runs a large number of philanthropic institutions in India, on Wednesday met President A P J Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discussed developmental issues.
The Opposition wanted the PM to respond to their questions but the Chairman did not allow it.
A meeting of the opposition alliance, chaired by former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, also decided to "expose the falsehood being spread by the railway minister against the Gujarat government.
Media reports said a South African arms manufacturer had paid commission on Indian defence deals.
He was admitted on Tuesday following a mild viral fever.
Kanwar said that there should be a thorough probe to trace out who were behind the cross voting as the National Democratic Alliance backed candidate secured 51 votes when the state BJP has 53 MLAs.
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Wednesday said discussions were on between Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and top political leaders to operationalise the scheme.
As she prepares to take charge, join as in congratulating India's first female President.
Pratibha bagged votes with a value of 3,25,180 while her rival 'independent' candidate Bhairon Singh Shekhawat got votes worth 1,67,050.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi gave a couple of names to BSP supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for her consideration for the post of Vice President.
'There was no communication from the party's leadership asking the MLAs not to vote and they exercised their franchise in favour of Shekhawat.'
Addressing a news conference, she alleged that this has been going on since July 4.
Shekhawat has summoned his chartered accountant from Jaipur and asked him to compile the details so that it could be given to media persons and also posted on his personal website.
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in an exclusive interview with Sheela Bhatt.
In an exclusive interview to rediff.com, Vice President Shekhawat said: Janabhavna mere saath hai (feelings of the people are with me).
Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat will inaugurate the two-day Global Investors Summit at the Science City in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
So far, all those Vice-Presidents who ran for the Presidency, have been successful in reaching Raisina Hill.
Computer disc writers and some other computer accessories have reportedly gone missing from the office of the vice-president's personal secretary.
'A sense of sacrifice is what you want,' says Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on Saturday asked the gem and jewellery exporters to create brand India image by improving product quality with the use of latest manufacturing technology.
The entire opposition, including the BJPs ally the Bahujan Samaj Party, boycotted the function saying that they did not want to 'give credibility' to the activities and 'divisive policies' of Savarkar.
Leading industrialist and Rajya Sabha member, Anil Ambani, has disclosed his assets and investments in various companies in a letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman Bhairon Singh Shekhawat.
'Unfortunately these programmes were not taken seriously by the bureaucracy and they were put on the backburner,' Bhairon Singh Shekhawat said.
Justice Lahoti, 63, who succeeds Justice S Rajendra Babu, has a tenure of nearly 18 months.
The Vice President will be addressing the national assembly of Armenia.
When the House met again, BSP members trooped into the well demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the matter.
Slogan-shouting SP members said the home minister should clarify the matter.
Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat led the people in paying tributes to Tohra whose pyre was lit by his son-in-law Harmail Singh Tohra.
Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday led the nation in paying rich tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 61st birth anniversary.
The bandh was called in response to the arrest of a Maoist last week.
The AIFF headquarters, a three-storey building, is being funded by FIFA as part of it Goal Project.
The issue came up when leader of the opposition Jaswant Singh took the Kargil defence purchase issue and said it would only be appropriate that the government table the report to facilitate a full-fledged discussion.
Doordarshan director-general Navin Kumar is tipped to take over as CEO of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati. \n
Polling began at 1000 hours in Parliament and 30 capitals of states and Union Territories amidst tight security and strict vigil by the Election Commission, which issued a series of stringent instructions for voters.
Shekhawat owns less than one hectare, that too ancestral, in a Sikar district village of Rajasthan.
A notification would be issued on July nine to set the poll process in motion, the EC said.
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