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Washington, Nov 10 (PTI): A team of Indian intelligence officials left the US disappointed after a week-long stay here as they could not question American national David Coleman Headley, arrested by the FBI on charges of plotting a major terror attack in India at the behest of Pakistan-based LeT.

Lucknow, Nov.9 (ANI): Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday said he was proud of Abu Azmi, the party deputy in Maharashtra Assembly, for taking his oath in national language, the Hindi.

Ranchi, Nov. 9 (ANI): The Centre on Monday assured full security to Jharkhand voters in the wake of a recent Maoist call, boycotting the five-phase assembly elections in the state.

Amritsar , Nov. 9 (ANI): BJP activists in Amritsar staged a protest against the rising prices of essential commodities on Monday.

Mumbai, Nov. 9 (ANI): The first day of the new Maharashtra assembly went pretty chaotic, with four Maharashtra Navnirman Sena legislators being suspended for assaulting Samajwadi Party legislator Abu Asim Azmi, who was taking his oath in Hindi.

New Delhi, Nov 9 (ANI): The Congress today termed the slapping of Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) legislators in Maharashtra Assembly for taking oath in Hindi, as highly condemnable, saying it was a bias against the national language.

Ranchi, Nov. 9 (ANI): Scam-accused former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda's wife Geeta Koda will contest the upcoming assembly election from her husband's constituency, Singhbhum.

Kolkata, Nov.9 (ANI): The Trinamool Congress will file a defamation suit against the CPI(M) and West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee for equating the party with the Maoists.

New Delhi, Nov. 8 -- The crisis facing the 18-month-old BJP government in southern state of Karnataka has blown over. The Reddy brothers, who have been leading the rebel charge, on Sunday were nudged by senior party leader Sushma Swaraj to accept the peace deal brokered by the party's central leadership. While Chief Minister B.S.

With tears in his eyes, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa prepared his loyalists to accept the compromise formula with the rebels brokered by the BJP?s central leadership.

An emotional Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa apologised to his loyalists for compromising with the dissidents.

In a marked departure from his style of functioning Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (50) did a Raj Thackrey in the state by saying that the government would not allow the industries in Madhya Pradesh to give employment to people from other states. He attacked people from Bihar in particular in his speech.

The Congress and former chief minister Babulal Marandi?s Jharkhand Vikas Morcha reached a 55: 19 seat sharing agreement in Jharkhand, with the two parties agreeing to friendly contests in the seven remaining seats in the state, where the five-phase election begins on November 27.

If the gup in the NCP camp is to be believed, R R Patil, who had to quit as deputy chief minister following the 26/11 terror attack, may be home minister again.

After days of wrangling over seat sharing, the Congress has finally managed to strike a deal with Babulal Marandi?s Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) for the coming assembly elections in Jharkhand.

A compromise formula drawn to save the BJP government in Karnataka left Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa fuming and rebel Reddy brothers defiant as ever, delaying a final solution by a day.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday said that the Income Tax (IT) department should take necessary action against Jharkhand's former Chief Minister Madhu Koda if there was evidence of money laundering against him. No one should be spared, irrespective of their position, he said.

After 14 days of bickering, the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party finally reached an agreement on power sharing in Maharashtra on Thursday. But it terms still remain unclear.

New Delhi, Nov. 5 -- A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) municipal councillor from Timarpur ward, Surender Singh Choudhary, joined the Congress on Wednesday. He was formally inducted by DPCC Chief JP Aggarwal.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Wednesday said the new government will be formed in 48 hours.