Rights activist Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on HRD minister Kapil Sibal, asking him what was wrong in civil society members calling ministers “liars, cheats and conspirators.”

Two former chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh — Digvijay Singh and Uma Bharti — have emerged as key players in the impending Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh being the incharge of the Congress and the BJP for the state. The bitter rivals in Madhya Pradesh when in power and outside, would confront each other in the belt of Ganga-Yamuna in the fight for space against Mayawati and Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday accused the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government of “having lost its balance” in dealing with Baba Ramdev.

The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday mounted a blistering attack on the Congress-led UPA government on the issue of black money and corruption.

Sustained and strategic efforts are needed to achieve the challenging targets of tax collection during the current financial year, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said here on Wednesday.

Nearly six years after she was expelled from the party, firebrand Hindutva leader Uma Bharti was on Tuesday re-inducted into the BJP that entrusted her with the task of looking after Uttar Pradesh which is going to polls in 2012.

Concerned over poor response to its plea to leave clash-hit Yemen, India on Tuesday made a fresh appeal to its nationals to leave the poor Arab nation by any available commercial means.

Anna Hazare and his supporters will sit on a day-long fast at Jantar Mantar here on Wednesday to protest against the police action on Baba Ramdev and have threatened to defy prohibitory orders if police refuse to give permission.

Revealing what went behind the scenes during the run-up to the Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, the Congress on Monday said that there were feelers from the AIADMK who sought an alliance for the elections but the party rejected the offer as it didn’t want to change the ally just for romping home. It added that relations with the DMK was good.

The strike by workers at the country’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India’s (MSI) Manesar plant entered its fourth day on Tuesday and production continued to be completely affected.