NEW DELHI - Names for a new All India Congress Committee (AICC) and the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party's highest-decision making body, have almost been finalised and they will comprise experienced people as well as new faces, according to party leader Oscar Fernandes.

JAMMU - BJP leaders Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj and Ananth Kumar squatted in the Jammu airport in protest Monday after police prevented them from entering the city, party leaders said.

BEIJING - BJP president Nitin Gadkari, now on a visit to China, Monday criticised the "repressive approach of the central and state governments" towards a march being taken out to unfurl the national flag at Srinagar on Republic Day.

NEW DELHI - The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has condoled the demise of legendary vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi.

NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation led by senior leader LK Advani met President Pratibha Patil on Monday and sought the removal of Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj.