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Union Government The Government of India (Hindi: भारत सरकार [1]Bhārat Sarkār), officially referred to as the Union Government, and commonly as Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of a federal union of 28 states and 7 union territories, collectively called the Republic of...

Constitution Constitution of India Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties

Executive This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Preamble of the Constitution of India — Indias fundamental and supreme law The Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Duties are sections of the Constitution of India that prescribe the fundamental obligations of the State to its citizens and the duties of the citizens to the... Government Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Ministers

Legislative The Prime Minister of India is, in practice, the most powerful person in the government of India. ... Dr. Manmohan Singh (Punjabi: , Hindi: ) is the 17th and current Prime Minister of India. ... List of Indian ministers in the current government elected in 2004: Names in italics are women ministers. ... A legislature is a type of representative deliberative assembly with the power to adopt laws. ... Parliament President Pratibha Patil Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari Lok Sabha Speaker of Lok Sabha Somnath Chatterjee Rajya Sabha Chairman of Rajya Sabha

Elections in India Sansad Bhavan, The Parliament of India The Parliament of India (or Sansad) is bicameral. ... The President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India and the Supreme Commander of the Indian armed forces. ... Pratibha Patil (Marathi: प्रतिभा पाटील) (born December 19, 1934) is the 13th and current President of India. ... The Vice-President of India is the second-highest ranking government official in the executive branch of the Government of India after the President. ... Mohammad Hamid Ansari is chairman of National Commission for Minorities,a former Vice-Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University, a former Indian diplomat and academician who has been declared as a candidate to the Vice President of India election by the ruling United Progressive Alliance and Left Front. ... The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India. ... The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the presiding officer of the lower house of Parliament of India. ... Somnath Chatterjee (born July 25, 1929 in Tezpur, Assam) is a politician in India. ... Executive President Vice-President Prime Minister Dy. ... The Vice-President of India is the second-highest ranking government official in the executive branch of the Government of India after the President. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... 2007 Presidential election 2004 General election State Assembly elections Political parties

Judiciary The Election Commission of India held indirect 13th presidential elections of India on 19 July 2007[1]. Pratibha Patil with 638,116 votes won over her nearest rival Bhairon Singh Shekhawat who got 331,306 votes. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The State Assembly elections in India are the elections in which the Indian electorate choose the members of the Vidhan Sabha (or Legislative/State Assembly). ... Political parties in India lists political parties in India. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      In law, the judiciary or judicial is the system of courts which administer justice in the name of the sovereign or state, a mechanism for the resolution of disputes. ... Supreme Court Chief Justice K. G. Balakrishnan High Courts District Courts

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The [Rashtriya Janata Dal]http://www.rashtriyajanatadal.com/ (RJD- "National People's Party") is a political party in India. It is led by Laloo Prasad Yadav. It held power in the Indian state of Bihar, under the Chief Ministers Laloo Yadav and then Rabri Devi, who is also Laloo's wife, but after the elections in February 2005 the state of Bihar came under President's Rule through Governor of Bihar Sardar Buta Singh. Since then, a new election has brought another party to power in the state. The RJD is also a member of India's governing coalition led by the Congress Party. The RJD was formed when Laloo Yadav broke away from Janata Dal in 1997.[1] The mass base of the party has traditionally been comprised of Yadavs and Muslims, two large and relatively disadvantaged segments of Bihar's population. [2] The Supreme Court of India is the highest court of the land as established by Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India. ... The Chief Justice of India is the highest position obtainable by a judge in India. ... Justice K.G. Balakrishnan; First Dalit cheif justice of India Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan aka Justice K G Balakrishnan, an Indian Judge and member of the Indian Supreme Court, has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Composition and Jurisdiction of District Courts In India : administration of justice at district level is done through law courts which are presided over by a judge. ... An Indian political scandal commonly refers to some action by a politician deemed unacceptable in law or by custom, or which is held to be morally unacceptable to the politicians peers or the electorate. ... The Republic of India, the second most populous country and one of the fastest growing economies in the world, is considered as a major power and a potential superpower. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x960, 263 KB)Rashtriya Janata Dal Womens wing. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x960, 263 KB)Rashtriya Janata Dal Womens wing. ... , Delhi (Hindi: , Punjabi: , Urdu: ) sometimes referred to as Dilli, is the second-largest metropolis in India after Mumbai with a population of 13 million. ... Political parties Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... Laloo Yadav Laloo Prasad Yadav (Devanagari:लालू पृसाद य़ादव)(officially spelt Lalu Prasad) (born 1947-06-11) is the chief of the Rashtriya Janata Dal political party of India. ... For other uses, see Bihar (disambiguation). ... A Chief Minister is the elected Head of Government of a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British overseas territory that has attained self-government. ... Rabri Devi Rabri Devi (born 1959) is the 30th chief minister of Bihar (Term: March 11, 2000 - 2005 (5 years)). She is from the Rashtriya Janata Dal. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... , Bihar (Hindi: बिहार, Urdu: بہار, IPA: ,  ) is a state of the Indian union situated in the eastern part of the country. ... Presidents rule is enabled by article 356 of the constitution of India. ... Sardar, in some senses also Sirdar (Persian: سردار ) (, IPA ) is a Persian word meaning commander. ... Sardar Buta Singh is the present governor of Bihar state, India. ... United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is the present ruling coalition of political parties in India. ... Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. ... Janata Dal is an Indian political party which was formed through the merger one of the major Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal and a group of Congressmen led by V.P. Singh. ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... Yadav (Sanskrit: यादव) is an Indian caste that claims descent from the clan of Yadu. ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ...