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New Delhi, Nov. 18 (ANI): CPI (M) Politburo member Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday questioned the UPA Government's intention on bringing the ordinance on sugarcane pricing on the eve of the Winter Session of the Parliament.

New Delhi, Nov.18 (ANI): On the eve of the Indian Prime Minister's state visit to United States, US envoy to India Timothy Roamer has reiterated that US wants to see action against terrorist from its partners in Pakistan.

New Delhi, Nov.18 (ANI): Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources, Pawan Kumar Bansal, said today that the Winter Session of Parliament would commence from Thursday and subject to exigencies of Government business, the session will conclude on December 21, 2009.

Sherri (Jammu and Kashmir) Nov 18 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress chief Saifuddin Soz has hinted that talks with separatist leaders might be renewed soon.

Nitin Gadkari may take over as the next BJP president as early as next month. With the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the parental body of the BJP, succeeding in pushing his name for the post, the Sangh does not wish to delay the changeover at the top.

Six days after Bengal fisheries minister Kiranmay Nanda dropped a bombshell in Kolkata by advocating early Assembly polls in the state, Communist Party of India (Marxist) issued a gag order at a Left Front meeting on Tuesday.

The government is expected to announce Governors for five states, including Punjab, this week that could see two senior Congress leaders who did not make it to the Union Cabinet being rehabilitated in gubernatorial offices.

The state?s Tribal Development Minister Babanrao Pachpute has come up with a brainwave to make tribals ?self-reliant?.

Nitin Gadkari could take over as the next BJP president as early as next month. With the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the parent body of the BJP, succeeding in pushing his name for the post, the Sangh does not want to delay the takeover at the top.

New Delhi, Nov 17(ANI): Amidst media speculations that Rajnath Singh may quit early, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president on Tuesday said that he is not averse to quitting early, if there is a consensus on his successor.

New Delhi, Nov 17 (ANI): More and more support is pouring in for Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar after Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray slammed him for his "I am an Indian first" comment.

One of the star MPs of the Trinamool Congress?, the man who defeated the CPI (M) in its stronghold this year, has started feeling ?suffocated?.

Kolkata, Nov.16 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya on Monday finally shook off the lethargy which had affected the CPI(M) in West Bengal after the general elections, and tore into the policies of the opposition Trinamool Congress.

Following its dismal performance in the Uttar Pradesh (UP) by-polls, the Samajwadi Party (SP) has started distancing itself from former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kalyan Singh.

Dust has not yet settle on the FIR issue of Samajwadi Party MP Amar Singh, that a storm rises in the state-over 'victimisation' of Congress Dalit MP, PL Punia.

Ayodhya movement torchbearer and former Chief Minister Kalyan Singh is back to basics, yet again. While announcing the breakup of his less then 10-month old friendship with Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav in Lucknow on Sunday, Kalyan was quite acidic in his attack on Yadav and lavish in his praise for the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)?the party he condemned till the other day.

Kolkata, Nov.15 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) has blamed the State's main opposition Trinamool Congress (TMC) party of supporting the Maoist rebels.

Lucknow, Nov 15 (ANI): Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh on Sunday lashed out at Samajawadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav for cheating him and his son and not keeping his word.

Lucknow, Nov 14 (ANI): Having suffered a jolt in recent by election in Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav said here on Saturday that, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh was neither with the party and nor he would be inducted into the party.

New Delhi, Nov. 14 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday asked the Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to ask the Sri Lanka Government during his scheduled visit for early rehabilitation of the Tamils in Sri Lanka.