Politics

All the major political parties in Mizoram have also announced their nominees for the coming by-poll.

The Left Front has already held three rallies here which were addressed by Prakash Karat and Brinda Karat.

Without naming Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, Naidu said the debate is that somebody is going to save the Congress is useless.

"This is nothing but putting off the Telangana issue permanently," Telangana Rashtra Samiti MLA T Harish Rao said.

A Raj Bhavan communique said in exercise of the powers vested in him under Article 164(1) of the Constitution, the Governor has accepted the resignations.

The timing of the event was symbolic as the party observed the birth anniversary of Shiv Sena 'pramukh' Bal Thackeray.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar called Rajnath Singh an experienced leader and congratulated him.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday blamed the media for "distorting facts".

The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) leader is lodged in Adilabad District Jail since his arrest on January 8.

The yatra will also act as a show of strength by those party leaders who are eyeing a bigger role in the state politics.

Nitin Gadkari will be elected unopposed if no other nomination is received by January 23.

Digvijaya Singh said that Congress has seen several young leaders as its chief like Maulana Azad and Jawahar Lal Nehru.

A fourth-generation scion of the politically powerful Nehru Gandhi family, Rahul's place under the sun has highlighted the party's lack of alternatives.

Sinha said neither diesel nor petrol prices are fully deregulated as most oil marketing companies are owned by government.

RPN Singh also interacted with fellow travellers and listened to their suggestions about improving the bus services as well as security.

The BJP president said that Pakistan had violated human rights and international norms with the recent ceasefire violations.