'Mulayam spoke against FDI, but was absent during vote'

In a dig at Mulayam Singh Yadav, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said Wednesday that while the Samajwadi Party chief during the parliament debate spoke against allowing FDI in multi-brand retail, his presence in the Lok Sabha during voting would have ensured the economic move is defeated.

 

In her speech concluding the debate in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj said: "Mulayam Singh had appealed to Sonia Gandhi (Congress chief) to withdraw FDI in retail. And he told her: 'If Mahatma Gandhi, Ram Manohar Lohia and Jai Prakash Narayan were here, FDI would not have come'."

The Science Behind Those Obama E-Mails

One fascination in a presidential race mostly bereft of intrigue was the strange, incessant, and weirdly overfamiliar e-mails that emanated from the Obama campaign. Anyone who shared an address with the campaign soon started receiving messages from Barack Obama with subject lines such as “Join me for dinner?” “It’s officially over,” “It doesn’t have to be this way,” or just “Wow.” Jon Stewart mocked them on the Daily Show. The women’s website the Hairpin likened them to notes from a stalker... AndhraReporter

It's a political game changer, not bribe to voters, says Chidu

Gearing up for the next general elections, scheduled in 2014, the Congress Tuesday termed its big-ticket plan to directly transfer cash to various social welfare beneficiaries as a “game-changer” and “politically revolutionary” step for UPA-II.

 

“It will be a game changer,” Finance Minister P Chidambaram said at a press conference at the Congress headquarters here.

 

“It is a politically revolutionary step. It was a promise we made in the 2009 manifesto,” added Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, who accompanied Chidambaram...Click Here