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The West Bengal Congress Legislature Party (CLP) Wednesday decided to send a show-cause notice to its two senior legislators - Somen Mitra who floated his own party, and Sudip Bandhopadhyay who joined Trinamool Congress - after leaving the party recently.

After nearly two years of tender submissions and bidding, the ministry for development of northeastern region-DoNER has tied up with Indian Airlines to have dedicated air services across the region, a central minister said Wednesday.

Shekhar Tiwari, a legislator of Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) who has been arrested for the murder of a government engineer here last month, Wednesday denied any role in the crime and said he was being framed up to save "someone high-up".

Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Wednesday launched the Hindi website of the lower house.

The Supreme Court Wednesday stalled the imminent arrest of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, ordered by a Jamshedpur court for his rabble-rousing speeches against people from Bihar and other north Indian states who were staying in Maharashtra.

Tara Chand Sahu, a Lok Sabha me4mber from Chhattisgarh who was sacked from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for anti-party activities, Wednesday said senior party leaders have lost their "mental balance".

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Wednesday called upon officials of the state government to accelerate the pace of development and adopt result-oriented measures as the city gets ready to host the Commonwealth Games (CWG) in 2010.

The Delhi High Court Wednesday reserved its order on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's plea challenging the central government's decision to reassess her income in 2001 to find out if she evaded taxes.

The Congress party Wednesday said the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is trying to dilute and fragment the united war against terror by opposing the formation of a federal agency to fight terror.

Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh Wednesday threatened to withdraw support from the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government if strong action was not taken against Pakistan in the wake of the Mumbai terror attack.