Rahul Gandhi meets family of Punjab farmer who committed suicide
Chandigarh: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met the family of Punjab farmer Surjit Singh, who had committed suicide on June 11, and...
Nearly 700 paid news cases detected in this election
New Delhi : As many as 694 cases of paid news - or news for which the media organisations took money to publish or...
Andhra opposition protests with lanterns
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Legislators from opposition parties came to the Andhra Pradesh assembly Tuesday with lanterns to protest against a severe electricity shortage in the state.
Led by former chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, legislators of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) staged the protest with lanterns and dummy transformers at Gun Park opposite the assembly building.
Aam Aadmi Party condemns Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh
By IANS,
New Delhi: The attack by Maoists on a Congress party convoy in Chhattisgarh should serve as a wake-up call to the nation, the Aam Aadmi Party said here Sunday.
Punjab assembly adjourned after pandemonium
By IANS,
Chandigarh : The Punjab assembly, which witnessed a free-for-all Tuesday with ruling Akali Dal and opposition Congress members coming to blows inside the house, was adjourned Thursday for some time after members exchanged heated arguments.
The assembly was adjourned for one hour by Speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon.
During the afternoon session, Congress legislators, led by Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, raised slogans against the Akali Dal government.
Telangana state may come into existence by month-end
By IANS,
Hyderabad : With the passage of a bill in Lok Sabha, formation of a separate Telangana state has almost become a reality. But...
Using pellets in Kashmir is sensible: V.K. Singh
Kolkata : Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh, also a former Indian Army chief, on Saturday described pellet firing as non-lethal and...
Tribal leader to join Tripura cabinet
Agartala : CPI-M legislator and senior tribal leader Naresh Chandra Jamatia will be inducted in the Left Front ministry next week, an official release...
Online petition to stop “Media vilification against Dr. Zakir Naik” gathers 30,000 signatures in...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Bangalore: A banglore-based human rights group of Islamic organisations working under the umbrella of ‘Mission Possible for Justice and Rights’...
UP set for ‘sky war’ ahead of Lok Sabha battle
By Mohit Dubey,
Lucknow : The battle for the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh is set to be fought in the skies --...
Amar Singh, Jayaprada join RLD
New Delhi : Former Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders Amar Singh and Jayaprada Monday joined the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD).
The announcement was made in a...
Telugu forum in US wants megastar in politics
By Parveen Chopra, IANS
New York : Amid continuing speculation over Telugu megastar Chiranjeevi's entry into politics, a forum of his admirers in the US is galvanising public opinion to press him to make his political debut.
The forum called Pro Telugu Org (PTO) has been holding open meetings and has put up an online petition asking Chiranjeevi to form and announce his political party.
Tamil Nadu fishermen issue must be remedied politically: SC
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Tuesday said the issues affecting the Tamil Nadu fishermen including the release of those languishing in Sri Lankan...
Himachal Congress obsessed with Gandhis: BJP
By IANS,
Shimla : The Congress party's "obsession" with the Gandhi family Tuesday turned out to be a topic for animated discussions in the Himachal Pradesh assembly.
Bihar shutdown a daylong Satyagraha: Nitish
Patna : Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Thursday said his call for a shutdown in Bihar March 2 is in line with Mahatma Gandhi's ideology,...
Who shall lead the opposition front at the hustings?
By S.M. Anwar Hussain
There is an undercurrent realisation among the non NDA party workers and common masses, that the big promises made by BJP have...
Death threat to judge hearing Omar Abdullah case
Lucknow: A judge in Allahabad has received a threatening letter, saying he will be blown up if he does not dismiss a case against...
Rajiv Gandhi’s would-be assassin to enter poll fray in Punja
By Jaideep Sarin, IANS,
Chandigarh : As a 24-year-old, he hogged national headlines as the would-be assassin of then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi at Delhi's Rajghat, the memorial of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi. But nearly 25 years after that incident, Karamjit Singh wants to fight with the ballot rather than the bullet.
Now a practicing lawyer in Sunam town in Punjab's Sangrur district, 180 km from here, Karamjit Singh says that he will file his nomination for the Patiala Lok Sabha seat next month.
Actor-politician Vijayakanth accuses national parties of neglect
BY IANS,
Chennai : Actor-turned-politician and DMDK leader Vijayakanth Wednesday charged the national parties, like the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), of indulging in "double standards" on issues relating to Tamil Nadu, particularly river water disputes with neighbouring states.
"Water disputes like Cauvery with Karnataka, Mullaperiyar with Kerala and Palar with Andhra Pradesh could have been easily solved, if these parties, which ruled or are ruling these states, made serious efforts," Vijayakanth said at an election meeting in Coimbatore, 500 km from here.
First-timers, young MPs wanting in performance: study
By IANS,
New Delhi: The youth was the buzzword during the elections and 59 first-timers and many young members were elected to the 15th Lok Sabha, but their performance during the budget session has been dismal, according to a study.
The study by PRS Legislative Research of the proceedings of the house in its first month-long budget session that concluded Friday says the participation of the first-timers and the young MPs was below average and worse than their elders.
सिवान का बाहुबली शहाबुद्दीन दिल्ली में सुपुर्द खाक
न्यूज़ डेस्क । Twocircles.net
बिहार के सिवान से पूर्व सांसद और राजद नेता मोहम्मद शहाबुद्दीन का शव काफ़ी कोशिश और मशक्कत बाद भी सिवान...
BJP promises to make Delhi ‘one of the best cities in the world’
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pledged in its manifesto released Tuesday to make Delhi "one of the best cities" in the world if it won the assembly elections and made several promises including providing Rs.20 million an acre to farmers for land acquired for development work.
Coming down heavily on the Congress which has ruled the city-state for the past 10 years, the BJP's chief ministerial candidate V.K. Malhotra said his party was determined to give the Indian capital a thorough makeover it order to make "beautiful, clean and full of greenery".
JU demands response from police over complaint against outsiders
Kolkata : Jadavpur University Vice Chancellor Suranjas Das on Saturday demanded police respond to their complaint against outsiders, including three ABVP activists, for allegedly...
Special assembly session for no-trust against Andhra speaker
Hyderabad : The Andhra Pradesh assembly will have a special session on April 4 to take up a no-confidence motion moved by the YSR...
हमें फ़ातिमा शेख़ को क्यों याद रखना चाहिए!
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महिलायों की शिक्षा जैसे क्रान्तिकारी क़दम की सराहना के लिए सावित्रीबाई फुले और उनके पति ज्योतिबा फुले के बारे में...
Model code relaxed in states where polls completed
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Election Commission Monday said it has partially relaxed the application of model code of conduct in the states where parliamentary elections have been completed.
The relaxation would now enable ministers to review implementation of ongoing development programmes in the states where the Lok Sabha polls are over, Deputy Election Commissioner J.P. Prakash told reporters.
The relaxation comes as nearly half of the 543 parliamentary seats have already been voted for in the first and second phase of the five-round Lok Sabha elections.
India needs alternative government: BJP
By Sanjay Sharma, IANS
Bhopal : Giving a call to its cadres to be prepared for early polls any time next year, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here Saturday adopted a political resolution saying the nation was facing political instability and was now looking forward to an alternative government.
International rights bodies urge the Indian govt to release G.N. Saibaba on humanitarian grounds
G.N. Saibaba, a wheelchair-bound academic, is an active campaigner for the rights of oppressed communities, including Dalit and Indigenous communities. He was arrested in...
BJP stoking religious fundamentalism, says Congress
By IANS,
Lucknow: Charging the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with stoking religious fundamentalism, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh Tuesday said using religion as a medium to spread hatred was not allowed by any faith.
Singh, who was in the city to attend a function of the Youth Congress-affiliated Anti Communal Forum, founded by Rahul Gandhi, noted that opportunists were present in every religion and they are responsible for every kind of dispute among people of the same or different religions.
Left threatens ‘consequences’ if nuke deal is signed
By IANS
New Delhi : The Left parties Friday termed India's deepening strategic ties with the US and its civilian nuclear agreement with Washington as a "national tragedy" and warned of "serious consequences" if New Delhi went ahead with the deal.
"This government is surviving on the Left parties' support and it is a national tragedy that it is going into a partnership of strategic alliance with the imperialist powers," Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Gurudas Dasgupta said.
Fight Modi’s ‘brute force’ with power of spirit: Yogendra
Gurgaon : AAP candidate for the Gurgaon Lok Sabha seat Yogendra Yadav Thursday said the "brute force" behind BJP leader Narendra Modi's election campaign...
Sincere efforts can only address less pre primary education in Muslims
By Dr Kouser Fathima for TwoCircles.net,
The recently released “State of the World Children Report-2016” by UNICEF says 34% of Muslim children have no access...
Railway ministry to stay with Trinamool: Mamata
By IANS,
Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Thursday said her party will retain the railway ministry.
अब क्या सोचते हैं जेएनयू के आम छात्र?
Fahmina Hussain, TwoCircles.net
जेएनयू की कहानी में एक दिलचस्प मोड़ आया है. जिस उमर खालिद व उसके साथियों को दिल्ली पुलिस पूरे भारत में खोज...
60 percent polling in Tamil Nadu
Chennai : Sixty percent voter turnout was registered in the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies of Tamil Nadu in the 2014 general elections Thursday, the...
Nitish returns as Bihar CM, to meet Modi over development
Patna : Nitish Kumar Sunday returned as Bihar chief minister, nine months after he resigned following his party JD-U's massive defeat in the 2014...
Sack Home Minister Shinde: BJP
By IANS,
New Delhi : The BJP Tuesday demanded the removal of Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde saying his statement on "Hindu terrorism" has favoured Pakistan and terrorists.
Infosys’ Nilekani terms poll verdict ‘decisive’ Text
By IANS,
Bangalore : Infosys Technologies co-chairman Nandan M. Nilekani termed the verdict of the 15th Lok Sabha elections "decisive" Saturday and said it was a signal from people to the government to go for "bold reforms".
"It is a decisive verdict. The message from the people is that the new government should go for bold reforms," Nilekani said to a national news channel.
Counting trends available till around noon indicated that the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was heading for victory.
Final round of crucial Gujarat polls Sunday
By IANS
Ahmedabad : With the curtains down on the high-decibel campaign, it is over to the people of north and central Gujarat who will Sunday vote in the second and final round of the assembly election that will be decisive for Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : बिहार में स्नातक की डिग्री में लगते हैं छह और परास्नातक...
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बिहार के आरा की रहने वाली अपर्णा कुमारी की इच्छा दिल्ली के जेएनयू से पीएचडी कर प्रोफेसर बनने की है। लेकिन...
Bihar Election: Darbhanga Muslims tilting towards RJD
By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,
Uttarakhand Congress leader Satpal Maharaj joins BJP
Dehradun/New Delhi: Uttarakhand Congress leader Satpal Maharaj Friday joined the BJP after resigning from the Congress, where, his supporters said, he was feeling "suffocated".
Welcoming...
Modi’s olive branch to Muslims: Community needs to monitor ‘initial promise to substantial praxis’
Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood,
In a conclave titled 'How government and business can change to provide Indian youth with the opportunities they deserve' organized in Ahmedabad on 29 June 2013 by Citizens for Accountable Governance and inaugurated by Mr APJ Abdul Kalam, I had made a 30 minute PowerPoint presentation 'Ek Bharat' in the presence of Mr Narendra Modi as he aspired for the prime ministerial position. He sat through the presentation, listened to my words, watched each of the 65 slides and later commented from the stage: "Dr Zafar Mahmood has pointed out some issues, these are thought provoking; one must try to understand others". The presentation can be seen at http://im.rediff.com/news/2013/jul/01s_zafar_mahmood_talk.pdf and Mr Modi's comments are available at http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/narendra-modi-is-shown-presentation-on-2002-riots-in-gujarat/281295.
Kashmir truck attack victim dies, violence rages
Srinagar: Violence raged in parts of the Kashmir Valley on Sunday after a 16-year-old injured in a bomb attack on a truck in Udhampur...
नीतिश कुमार और गोलवलकर : पुराना प्रेम नयी फ़जीहत
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
पटना: बिहार की राजधानी पटना में कई जगहों पर लगे पोस्टर और होर्डिंग इस बात की गवाही दे रहे हैं कि...
Budget session of UP Assembly to begin with Governor’s address
Lucknow : The budget session of the Uttar Pradesh assembly would begin on Friday with the address of governor Ram Naik to the joint...
Smart clothes mark the new politician in Jharkhand
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
Jamshedpur : Younger politicians in Jharkhand are shedding khadi for denims and other forms of western wear while campaigning for the ongoing state assembly polls.
Banna Gupta of the Congress, or independents Sailesh Verma or Anand Bihari Dubey, candidates from two assembly constituencies in this steel city, have opted for office shirts, denims or trousers and chinos while campaigning.
Samar Khan, the Congress candidate from Bahragora in East Singhbhum district, moved around in a formal workday shirt, spiffy trousers and a woollen waistcoat.
Midnapore skeleton case: Arrested CPI-M leader admitted to hospital
By IANS,
Kolkata : Arrested Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader and former West Bengal minister Sushanta Ghosh was admitted to a state-run hospital after he complained of discomfort.
Aditya Sachdeva murder: Bihar legislator seeks anticipatory bail
Patna : Manorama Devi, a Janata Dal-United legislator and mother of murder accused Rocky Yadav, on Friday filed an anticipatory bail plea in Bihar's...
SC declines plea for holding back Varanasi result
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Tuesday declined to entertain the plea by advocate seeking to put on hold the declaration of Varanasi Lok...
Tamil Nadu’s gypsies demand right to vote
By IANS
Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu): Over 100 tribals of Tamil Nadu's Narikkorava (gypsy) community held a demonstration here Wednesday, demanding the right to vote, police said.
"This near illiterate gypsy tribe could not cast their votes so far due to their nomadic character, though they were issued ration cards 10 years ago. We are assuring them all help this time," a police official said after persuading the tribals to give up their protest.
Mamata launches front to take on CPI-M
By IANS
Kolkata : Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Wednesday announced the formation of a political alliance to take on West Bengal's ruling Left Front in next year's local body polls in West Bengal.
"We have decided to form a 'Progressive Secular Democratic Front' (PSDF) to fight against the CPI-M (Communist Party of India-Marxist) in the coming panchayat election in West Bengal," Banerjee told reporters Wednesday evening at Trinamul Congress headquarters here.
Sponsorship deal cancelled; powerlifter Majiziya Bhanu requests help on social media
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
International powerlifter Majiziya Bhanu has qualified to participate in the World Championship being held in Russia in December but is in...
Most parties favour caste-based census
By IANS,
New Delhi : There was near unanimity among the parties - both ruling and opposition - in the Lok Sabha Thursday on the demand for a caste-based census, with Janata Dal-United's (JD-U) Sharad Yadav warning of a "volcanic eruption" (of backward class people) if this was not done.
The government will reply to the discussion on caste-based enumeration in the Census 2011 Friday, the last day of the budget session of parliament.
Don’t sign ordinances, CPI-M tells president
New Delhi : The CPI-M Sunday urged President Pranab Mukherjee not to approve a clutch of bills which it said the cabinet might turn...
Neighbourhood in focus while marking out red lines
(100 days of Modi government)
By Ranjana Narayan,
New Delhi : The foreign policy inbox of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has Indeed been full...
‘Stage-managed’ minority affairs
By IANS,
New Delhi : The entire nation got to know about the tiff between the Samajwadi Party's (SP) Amar Singh and Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) S.S. Ahluwalia in the Rajya Sabha over raising 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans. But was there more to it than meets the eye?
Amar Singh rushed towards the BJP member and pushed him. Following this, Ahluwalia, a Sikh, was heard asking the SP leader why he was targeting a member of one minority community to protect another.
Amar Singh, who later apologised for his behaviour, said he was against any religious slogans being raised in the house.
Third front will only help communal forces: Congress
By IANS
New Delhi : The formation of a 'third front', proposed by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), will only help "communal forces", the Congress party said Monday.
"Whenever the secular forces have been divided, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the communal forces have come to power," Congress spokesperson Jayanti Natarajan told reporters here Monday.
Now, Mayawati raising force to protect statues
By IANS,
Lucknow : Chief Minister Mayawati is set to raise a security force to protect memorials and statues erected by her government in Uttar Pradesh even as the Supreme Court has questioned the allocation of thousands of crores of rupees for these monuments.
"The new force will be named State Special Zone Security Force and will be headed by an officer of the rank of inspector-general, who will have a superintendent and a few deputy superintendents to assist him," state home secretary Mahesh Gupta told IANS here.
Hope Sardar Sarovar dam work is completed on schedule: Gujarat CM
Bharuch : Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel has said she hoped the work on Sardar Sarovar Project dam would be completed on schedule by...
Farmers’ suicides haunt Karnataka CM on I-Day
Bengaluru : The spate of suicides by farmers across Karnataka since July is haunting Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
"Our farmers are in distress these days. Continuance...
Are Kashmiris really fighting for a freedom?
By Ibrahim Yousuf for TwoCircles.net
Living in a nation, yet not being called its citizen is a matter of shame. But we must not forget...
Himachal to provide free medicines
Shimla : The Himachal Pradesh government on Thursday announced certain medicines prescribed by doctors at government hospitals would be provided free of cost at...
I requested Deshmukh to accept Patil’s resignation: Pawar
By IANS,
Mumbai : Chief of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Sharad Pawar Monday said he requested Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh to accept his deputy R.R. Patil's resignation.
Patil, the deputy chief minister, in the morning submitted his resignation to Deshmukh to own up moral responsibility for the Mumbai terror siege that killed at least 183 people.
“Today he (Patil) communicated his resignation to the chief minister. I requested (Deshmukh) to accept the resignation,” Pawar, who is also a union minister, told reporters here.
SDPI to hold national meeting of its representatives on May 21-22
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
I am being falsely implicated: Koda
By IANS,
Ranchi: Former chief minister Madhu Koda said Saturday that people jealous of him were conspiring to keep him away from the Jharkhand assembly polls by implicating him in the Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam.
"I fear I could be killed by conspirators. I will quit politics if investigation agencies prove that I invested in foreign countries or purchased land or mines in foreign countries. There is a conspiracy to keep me away from assembly elections as people are jealous of my (political) growth," Koda told reporters in Chaibasa.
Former Mumbai police chief attacked in UP
Lucknow: BJP candidate and former Mumbai police chief Satyapal Singh's motorcade was attacked Thursday in Uttar Pradesh when he was proceeding to check allegations...
BJP ahead of Congress in Karnataka
By IANS,
Bangalore : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was Sunday ahead of the Congress party in the race for power in Karnataka.
The BJP was leading in 39 constituencies, the Congress in 27 and the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) in six, officials said. Independents were ahead in two places.
Counting of votes began at 8 a.m. in 48 centres across the state to elect a new 224-member house.
Jayalalithaa to be sworn in as CM for fifth time on Saturday
Chennai : AIADMK leader J. Jayalalithaa will be sworn-in as chief minister of Tamil Nadu for the fifth time on Saturday, within less than...
Budget will not contribute towards growth: Jayalalithaa
By IANS,
Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday said the budget presented by Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was only an interim...
Over 150 MNS workers held in Maharashtra
By IANS,
Nagpur : Even as Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray dared the government to execute the non-bailable warrant from Jamshedpur against him, police Monday arrested over 150 MNS workers following assaults on non-Maharashtrian candidates appearing for railway recruitment examinations in Mumbai Sunday.
While Thackeray hurled the challenge during his media interaction at Mahad in Konkan, the preventive arrests made during the day included nine in Nagpur and 15 each in Chandrapur and Amravati in Vidarbha besides nearly 50 in Mumbai, 66 in Nashik and 28 in Aurangabad.
Trinamool not to ally with Congress in Tripura
By IANS,
Agartala : The Trinamool Congress will not form any alliance with the main opposition Congress in Tripura to fight against the Left Front government, party leaders said here Sunday.
Waving Pakistani flag not new in Kashmir: NC leader
Srinagar: The waving of the Pakistani flag during separatist rallies in Jammu and Kashmir was not a new thing and had also happened in...
Telangana drops move to introduce cheap liquor
Hyderabad: Bowing to pressure from the opposition and women's organisations, the Telangana government on Wednesday withdrew its proposed cheap liquor policy.
The state cabinet took...
RSS sees ‘nothing bad’ in personality cult
By Anando Bhakto,
New Delhi : The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological fountainhead of the BJP, has said it is not worried about Narendra...
Naidu performs ‘bhoomi puja’ for Andhra capital
Vijayawada: Amid chanting of Vedic hymns, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday performed 'bhoomi puja' or ground breaking ceremony of the...
Modi’s domestic barbs abroad could undermine his dignity
By Amulya Ganguli
It has now become almost a routine feature of Narendra Modi's trips abroad to take a dig or two at his...
Ajit Pawar denies favouring firm with land allotment
By IANS,
Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar Wednesday denied allotting government land to a private company in which he was a shareholder.
Move to remove governors ‘dictatorial’, says Congress
New Delhi : The Congress Tuesday termed as "dictatorial" the reported move by the BJP-led government to move out governors of some states, saying...
Guerrillas won’t use guns to force Kashmir poll boycott
By IANS
Srinagar : An influential Pakistan-based insurgent group has decided not to use guns to force the boycott of forthcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
Syed Sallahuddin, supreme commander of the United Jihad Council (UJC), however declared that all "militant organisations" would remain opposed to the polls.
Sallahuddin said in Muzaffarabad, in the Pakistani Kashmir: "All the militant organisations associated with UJC will fully take part in the anti-poll campaign but guns will not be used to force the people to boycott the election."
Mulayam is insensitive, asserts BJP
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday slammed an unapologetic Mulayam Singh Yadav for his controversial remarks about the women's reservation bill, saying the Samajwadi Party chief was "insensitive".
"(Mulayam Singh) Yadav has been unapologetic about his recent sexist remarks. Nonetheless, nothing better was expected of him," BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said after the SP leader refused to apologise for his remarks against women who would get elected as law makers under a proposed quota.
Tough for CPI-M if Congress, Trinamool form alliance: Basu
By IANS,
Kolkata : The electoral battle in the coming Lok Sabha elections will be tough for the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) if the Congress and the state's main opposition Trinamool Congress formed an alliance in West Bengal, veteran communist leader Jyoti Basu said here Friday.
"It'll be a tough for us (CPI-M) if there is an alliance," Basu told reporters at the party headquarters at Alimuddin Street here.
He said the CPI-M might lose some seats in the coming Lok Sabha polls if the Congress-Trinamool alliance finally materialised.
In Tripura civic polls, parties pledge for green cause
By IANS,
Agartala : Unlike previous elections, environment protection and heritage conservation have found places in the main political parties' pledges for the Dec 11 civic polls in Tripura.
BJP may bring privilege motion against home minister: Yashwant Sinha
By IANS,
Ranchi : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may bring a privilege motion against Home Minister P. Chidmabaram during the winter session for "misleading parliament" over holding assembly elections in Jharkhand, party leader Yashwant Sinha said Wednesday.
"BJP may bring privilege motion against central home minister for misleading parliament," he told reporters.
The privilege motion could be brought in the winter session. "Chidamabaram had assured parliament to hold assembly elections in Jharkhand after monsoon. Why are elections not taking place in the state?" he said.
Delhi government official suspended for model code violation
By IANS,
New Delhi : A day before the capital goes to polls, a Delhi government official on election duty was suspended for violating the model code of conduct set by the Election Commission Wednesday.
Bhupesh Chaudhary, a lower division clerk posted in the Sadar Bazar area, was suspended for supporting a political party while on poll duty, said a statement issued by the Election Commission.
"All officers involved in the election have to abide by the model code of conduct - that includes remaining neutral during the election process," said a poll official.
Jitendra Singh assures help to Mumbai redevelopment logjam
By IANS,
Mumbai : Following an assurance by union Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh, residents in old and crumbling buildings in Mumbai's north-western...
Bihar bids goodbye to muscle-men, says Nitish
By IANS,
Patna : Bihar is changing, and its youth no longer look up to 'Bahubalis' (muscle-men) as their role models, says Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Instead, the young admire people with clean records and those who have contributed positively to the society, the chief minister said on his blog.
The veteran politician said he had observed the changes during his 'Vishwas Yatras' ahead of the October assembly elections. "I observed a new awakening among the youth of the state," he said.
UPA allies urge strong action in Maharashtra
By IANS,
New Delhi : Key allies of India's ruling coalition including the Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) Wednesday denounced the lynching of a labourer from Uttar Pradesh in Mumbai, with the LJP demanding President's Rule in Maharashtra.
Reacting sharply against the attacks on non-Maharashtrians and the state government's failure to control the violence, Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh said: "Maharashtra has become a Banana Republic. The north Indian parties should speak up against such incidents."
Vaiko to protest against Rajapaksa’s India visit
Chennai : MDMK general secretary Vaiko Saturday said his party would stage a black flag demonstration May 26 in New Delhi to protest Sri...
`National I-card only option to curb poll irregularities’
By IANS,
Bhopal : Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswamy Thursday mooted introduction of uniform national identity cards throughout the country, saying the measure was the only option to curb election-related irregularities.
He inaugurated the ninth conference of the state election commissioners here Thursday.
Gopalaswamy said that it was not possible to curb the poll-related irregularities without issuing the national identity cards.
BJP has itself to blame in Jammu
By IANS,
Jammu : The Congress' being part of the state government helped it clinch both the parliamentary seats in the Jammu region while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost owing to its choice of candidates, say residents and political activists alike.
The Congress, which partners the National Conference government in Jammu and Kashmir, had fielded its sitting MPs from the Jammu and Udhampur constituencies. The BJP lost despite having made big gains in the Jammu region in the assembly polls last year.
‘Ageing’ Rahul beckons youth to join politics
By IANS
Mangalore : Calling himself "an old person", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday exhorted youths to join politics and take up leadership roles to strengthen the Indian democracy.
Addressing Youth Congress workers here on the second day of his five-day tour of Karnataka, Gandhi said that at 37 years he was getting old.
He would like the younger generation to enter politics to widen the democratic base and to serve the people to make India a developed country.
Mattoo appointed advisor to Kashmir chief minister
Srinagar : Noted academician and Jammu University's former vice chancellor Amitabh Mattoo was on Friday appointed as advisor to the Jammu and Kashmir chief...
Congress condemns remarks by Goa minister’s wife
Panaji : The Congress came down heavily on Monday over comments made by the wife of a cabinet minister in Goa, who has claimed...
‘No change of guard in offing in Jammu and Kashmir’
Srinaga: There will be no change of guard in the Jammu and Kashmir government and Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed is not contemplating to...
Modi’s foreign policy has enhanced India’s stature globally: BJP
Bengaluru : The foreign policy of the BJP-led NDA government, reflecting the country’s age-old cherished cultural and civilisational values, has enhanced India’s stature globally,...
Trinamool tie-up not hemmed in by any pre-condition: Pranab
By INS,
Kolkata : External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday clarified that the Congress' poll tie-up with the Trinamool Congress did not preclude his party joining hands with the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) after the elections.
"I don't know of any such pre-condition. I have formed the alliance," Mukherjee told reporters here, days after Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee claimed her party entered into the poll adjustment with the Congress after it gave a commitment not to tie up with CPI-M after the polls.
Won’t be official hostess when Obama comes: Sharmistha
New Delhi : When President Pranab Mukherjee hosts US President Barack Obama for the official ceremonial banquet and the At Home on Republic Day,...
I would have died of suffocation, says Mamata
Kolkata: "I thought I would die" of suffocation, said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday as she relived the horror when she narrowly...
Tamil Nadu urges Centre to advise Karnataka over dam
Chennai : Tamil Nadu assembly on Friday passed a resolution urging the central government to constitute Cauvery Management Board and Cauvery Water Regulatory Authority...
Memorandum against Uniform Civil Code signed by one crore handed over to President
By TCN News,
New Delhi: A delegation of Indian Union Muslim League led by its National President and Member of Parliament E. Ahamed handed over...
Congress breached faith by aligning with CPI-M in Siliguri: Mamata
Kolkata, Oct 1 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Thursday accused the Congress of breaching the rules of alliance politics, hours after the latter formed the civic board in the Siliguri Municipal Corporation with support from the West Bengal's ruling Left Front (LF).
The Left Front, led by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), is a staunch opponent of the Trinamool Congress, a coalition partner of the Congress in the central government.
MPs concerned over shortage of teachers
New Delhi : Expressing concern at the shortage of teachers in the country, members of parliament at a meetng here on Thursday said India...
NC, Congress won’t fight each other in RS polls
Jammu: The National Conference will back Congress' Ghulam Nabi Azad in the Feb 7 Rajya Sabha elections for four seats in Jammu and Kashmir.
This...
Devotees slam authorities in Kashmir for not allowing prayers in major mosques, shrines
The predominantly Muslim region has been under an unprecedented lockdown following the outbreak of Covid-19 in March 2020. While the lockdown restrictions have gradually...
Gadkari denies comparing Narendra Modi with Mahatma Gandhi
By IANS,
Bangalore : Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari Sunday denied he had compared Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi with Mahatma Gandhi.
"I was only referring to Gujarat government's programmes for the poor and said that Modi was following in the footsteps of Gandhiji who had initiated Antyodaya (welfare of the poor) programme," Gadkari told reporters here.
"Modi is inspired by Gandhiji and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (one of the founders of BJP's precursor Jan Sangh) and is doing what Gandhiji did," the BJP chief said.
Former Bhopal MP commits suicide
By IANS,
Bhopal: Sushil Chandra Verma, former MP from Bhopal, attempted suicide by jumping from a building here Thursday, police said. He later succumbed to his injuries in hospital.
Maharashtra to bring independent minority education policies
By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: Considering the backwardness of Minorities in the Education field, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan Thursday asked the state bureaucracy to bring out a separate education policy for minority students.
Congress wins speaker, deputy speaker’s posts in Arunachal
By IANS,
Itanagar : Candidates of the ruling Congress, Wanglin Lowangdong and Tapang Taloh were Wednesday elected unopposed as the speaker and deputy speaker respectively of the Arunachal Pradesh assembly.
Lowangdong and Taloh, who were elected to the assembly for the second time, were declared elected unopposed to their new posts by the pro-tem Speaker Chow Tewa Mein in the absence of any other candidates for the two posts.
The first session of the fifth assembly, which began Tuesday will continue till Nov 6.
Modi will scrape through in Gujarat, surveys predict
By IANS
New Delhi : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to win the state assembly elections that concluded Sunday, albeit with less seats compared to 2002, exit polls carried out by TV news channels predicted.
The private news channel CNN-IBN projected 92-100 seats for the BJP, giving 77-85 seats for the Congress and 3-7 seats for others in a house of 182 members.
J&K municipal polls: Subdued polling in valley; brisk in Jammu
Jammu/Srinagar, Oct 8 (IANS) Brisk voting was seen in almost all the wards in Jammu region with Rajouri registering the highest votes on Monday...
Start dialogue, restore normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir: CPI-M
By IANS,
New Delhi : Expressing concern over the situation in Jammu and Kashmir over the Amarnath land row, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Wednesday said the government should start the process of dialogue to restore peace and normalcy in the state.
"CPI-M expresses its deep concern at the ongoing grave situation in the state of Jammu and Kashmir," a party statement issued here said.
First stop casinos if against pub culture: Congress to BJP
Panaji : If pub culture was destroying Goa, then why doesn't the BJP government in the state act against casinos too, the Congress asked...
Key DMK, AIADMK allies fume over seat allocation
By IANS,
Chennai : Ahead of the single phase Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu on May 13, the two key parties, the ruling DMK and the main opposition AIADMK, are facing allies fuming over their seat-sharing arrangements.
Though the AIADMK has not yet officially announced, its indication that it would cede four seats each to the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and MDMK, of the total 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state, have upset them both.
"The seat-sharing negotiations with the AIADMK are far from satisfactory," a top CPI-M source told IANS Wednesday.
Government vans to sell pulses at fair price in Delhi
New Delhi : Union Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday flagged off mobile vans for selling pulses at...
Sonia to nominate Maharashtra legislature party chief
Mumbai : The Maharashtra Congress Legislature Party (CLP) Thursday authorised party president Sonia Gandhi to nominate their leader amidst calls to give the post...
BJP eyes states where it was not number one
New Delhi : The BJP will focus on those states where it did not win many seats in the Lok Sabha elections, a party...
NCP to support BJP government in Maharashtra
Mumbai: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) said Sunday it will offer legislative support to a BJP government in Maharashtra.
Speaking after the election results produced...