Close on the heels of BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa’s statement that the party doors are open for the Congress-JDS dissident MLAs if they are willing to come, BJP Raichur urban MLA Shivaraj Patil called on disgruntled Congress MLA and former minister MB Patil at the latter’s house here on Sunday, creating curiosity for the further development.

In a bid to ratchet up public support for its demand for full statehood to Delhi, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will hold 300 meetings in all municipal wards between June 17 and 24, the party's Delhi Convener Gopal Rai said on Sunday.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Bihar's Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday denied any rift with his elder brother and former Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav.

Opening the doors of bureaucracy for private sector professionals, the government on Sunday invited applications for 10 Joint Secretary level posts through lateral entry as opposed to the UPSC examinations.

The Jayanagar assembly constituency, which created a tough competition between the Congress-JDS coalition government and the BJP, will go for voting on June 11. The Election Commission has made all preparations to conduct voting from 7 am to 6 pm.

A large number of women near the Manipur capital on Sunday launched a sit-in protest to condemn the killing of a migrant worker.

The police who usually carry lathis to maintain law and order situation, took crowbars and hoes in their hands on Sunday.

Former President Pranab Mukherjee is not going to rejoin politics, his daughter and Congress leader Sharmistha Mukherjee said on Sunday.