EC plea politically motivated: Cong The Congress has termed as politically motivated the petition in Election Commission (EC) that has resulted in an office-of-profit notice to Sonia Gandhi for accepting the Order of Leopold honour from the Belgian government.
Left was not consulted over price hike: CPI Demanding immediate withdrawal of the hike in petrol and diesel prices, CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta on Thursday said it was a damn lie that the left parties were consulted on the matter.
CONGRESS DEFENDS "The hike could have been more but the government has taken the burden and effected the hike after as much delay as possible," AICC spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said.
Working women to get better maternity benefit In a gender-friendly initiative, the government on Thursday approved a proposal for enhancing the maternity benefit given to working women from Rs 250 to Rs 1,000.
Pappu Yadav gets life term Sarkar, a veteran Marxist, along with his associate Asfaque-ur-Rehman and driver Harendra Sharma, were gunned down in Purnia on June 14, 1998.
First for the lady... President Pratibha Patil touches a display of tulips in the Mughal Garden at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on Thursday. The Mughal, Musical, Spiritual and Herbal Gardens of the Presidential Palace in the centre of the national capital will be open for public viewing from February 16 to March 24. AFP
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