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New Delhi: Following Saturday's serial bomb blasts in Delhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singha and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi is under tremendous pressure to drop the Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil, who has been held responsible for the failure of intelligence agencies.

New Delhi: With Samajwadi Party agreeing to give 22 Lok Sabha seats to the Congress in Uttar Pradesh and the ruling party conceding to accommodate its newly found ally in few other states, the two parties appear to have sealed the seat sharing pact, which would be given final touch in the last meeting on Monday.

New Delhi: Top officials of the Congress held a meeting Friday morning and finalized the agenda for the Saturday's meeting of the Congress Working Committee. The main focus of the agenda is to formulate a strategy for the forthcoming elections to the six assemblies and parliament.

New Delhi: The Congress, the main constituent of the ruling United Progressive Alliance, is weighing the option of going for general election in November - December this year or in February next year.

New Delhi: Accusing Orissa government of conniving with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal in unleashing a reign of terror against Christian community in violence-hit district of Kandhmal, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Saturday demanded the Centre to play a proactive role to ensure an immediate end to the violence and provide security to the minority community. The party has also asked the ruling BJD to snap ties with the BJP.

New Delhi: The allies of the NDA are creating trouble for the BJP that leads the opposition coalition by staking claim on the seats either currently held by the party or where it stood second in the previous Lok Sabha elections.

New Delhi: The ruling Congress party and its new ally Samajwadi Party are exploring the possibilities of having electoral alliance beyond Uttar Pradesh particularly in the states where Muslim community has an influential presence.

New Delhi: Sharp differences have come up within the Left Front over the issue of projecting BSP chief Mayawati as third front's Prime Ministerial candidate with two allies RSP and Forward Bloc opposing the move reminding the CPI(M) that Left are struggle-based parties.

New Delhi: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour and Employment of India has demanded the government to create a National Fund to institutionalize the implementation of all social security schemes covered in the proposed unorganized sector workers' social security bill.

New Delhi: The much-publicized seat-sharing talks for Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh between Congress and the Samajwadi Party has hit roadblock with the Congress staking claim on more than two dozen seats, most of which are currently held by SP.