BJP showing pernicious signals of intolerance:Sonia
New Delhi : Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday asked party members to be wary of "pernicious signals of intolerance" and said there was a...
Congress core committee discusses Telangana
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Congress core committee met here Friday to discuss the report by party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on the demand for carving a separate Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh.
BJP trying to woo back Himachal rebel
By IANS,
Shimla : The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Himachal Pradesh is trying to woo back its rebel, fearing that he might dent the party's vote bank in the Jawali assembly by-election scheduled Nov 7.
BJP rebel Madan Sharma, who was denied party ticket from Jawali, filed his nomination papers for the bypoll as an independent candidate.
State BJP chief Khimi Ram said Tuesday that there was no harm in convincing Sharma to return to the party.
"The doors (of the party) are still open for him," Khimi Ram said.
BJP’s second list to be out on April 9, says Karnataka CM
By TCN News,
Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar said on Saturday that BJP would release its second list of candidates for the Assembly elections on April 9.
नीतिश को वोट न देने के 10 बहाने
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
पटना: बिहार में हमने मतदाताओं से कई मुलाकातें की हैं, जो आगे भी जारी रहेंगी. लेकिन नीतिश कुमार का सम्बन्ध भाजपा...
BJP delegation to meet Rajnath over Malda violence
New Delhi : A BJP delegation, headed by party general secretary and in-charge of West Bengal Kailash Vijayavargiya, will meet Home Minister Rajnath Singh...
New minister hopes to turn sick industries around
By IANS
Ranchi : The newly inducted union Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Raghunath Jha, on a two-day visit to Jharkhand, said Saturday that no political interference would be allowed in the functioning of public sector companies.
Talking to reporters here, the minister said: "Under the heavy industries ministry, there are a total of 48 industries. Half of the total industries are either sick or in a very poor condition.
ज़रुरत है पटना यूनिवर्सिटी के आंदोलनरत छात्रों पर भी नज़र डालने की
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
पटना: देश के कई विश्वविद्यालयों में हो रहे विवाद की आग अभी तक शांत नहीं हुई है. बिहार के पटना विश्वविद्यालय में...
Indian-Americans Demand Minister M J Akbar’s Resignation
TCN News:
A week ago about 10 women journalists made public allegations of sexual harassment against current BJP central government minister MJ Akbar. These women...
Does anti-defection law ‘stifle’ MPs?
By IANS,
New Delhi : Does the anti-defection law, which was legislated to deter rampant floor-crossing in parliament, curtail freedom of MPs who feel powerless and "stifled" to express their views freely in parliament?
Many MPs may think so, and have expressed the need to take a relook at a law that was enacted in 1985 to check the aya-ram-gaya-ram syndrome - so called because of the phenomenon of MPs crossing the floor repeatedly to switch party affiliation lured by the prospect of office or other blandishments.
For BJP, there will be heavy price to pay in Karnataka
By IANS
Bangalore : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may take power in Karnataka to rule a south Indian state for the first time, but this is bound to cost it politically.
Political sources outside the BJP say that the party's image will be dented with it deciding to go with the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) after calling the latter names for not honouring an earlier power sharing arrangement.
This, the sources said, could dent the BJP's prospects of capturing power in the sprawling state on its own in the future.
Crucial UPA-Left meet on n-deal underway
By IANS
New Delhi : The ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and Left met Monday afternoon for a crucial round of discussion on the India-US nuclear deal.
"We are not expecting anything much from this meeting," a senior Left leader said before going for the meet. He underlined that the Left would not change its stand on the deal.
The government was to brief the Left leaders on the negotiations that have taken place at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about the India-specific safeguards - a necessary step to make the deal operational.
Kerala becoming a centre of Islamic fundamentalists: BJP
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday said Kerala is becoming a centre of Islamic fundamentalists and it has sent a team of party leaders to probe the chopping off of a lecturer's palm by a radical outfit there.
"Yes, a team has been sent to Kerala. The Left government there is not taking any action," BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters here.
Monsoon session of parliament Aug 8-Sep 7
By IANS,
New Delhi : The monsoon session of parliament will begin Aug 8 and end Sep 7, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal announced Wednesday.
Rahul Gandhi to visit Assam, West Bengal Saturday
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will visit Assam and West Bengal Saturday for the 2014 Lok Sabha election campaign.
In Assam, Gandhi will...
55 percent voting recorded in Jammu and Kashmir
By IANS,
New Delhi/Srinagar : An estimaged 55 percent of the 1.4 million electorate voted Sunday in the fourth phase of the staggered Jammu and Kashmir elections, defying a winter chill and Muslim separatists' boycott call, Election Commission officials said.
Polling was by and large peaceful in the 18 constituencies spread over the Muslim-dominated Kashmir Valley and predominantly Hindu Jammu region.
"An estimated 55 percent voters peacefully exercised their right to vote," R. Bhattacharya, deputy election commissioner, told reporters in the national capital.
Rahul Gandhi heads to Amethi, silent over Joshi’s remarks
By IANS,
Lucknow : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi headed to his parliamentary constituency Amethi Friday but preferred to maintain silence on the alleged derogatory remarks made by Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi against Chief Minister Mayawati and Joshi's subsequent arrest.
After arriving at the Amausi airport here in the morning, Gandhi drove to Amethi in Sultanpur district without answering any queries by mediapersons on the issue.
No role in 1984 riots, ready for probe, says Kamal Nath
New Delhi : Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath, who quit as in-charge of party affairs in Punjab over his alleged role in the 1984...
Azad predicts `disaster’ of NC, says party not to get more than 15 seats
Jammu, Dec 21 (NAK): Just ahead of the final phase of polling for Jammu and Kashmir assembly, former chief minister of the state and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that the ongoing election has `unfortunately' proved `disastrous' for National Conference, which may not get more than 15 seats.
"Unfortunately the election is likely to burry National Conference as it failed to come up to the expectations during the first six phase", Azad said during an interview with a local cable TV network, here on Saturday.
Budget session was most productive, says Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Congress Monday said the budget session of the 15th Lok Sabha that concluded last week was one of the most productive sessions of parliament.
"This was one of the most productive session of parliament," Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi told reporters.
Singhvi also said that this session "should become a role model for the future".
Addressing a press conference here, Singhvi said the Rajya Sabha spent 13 percent more time than the schedule while the Lok Sabha spent four percent extra time discussing the budget proposals.
Rajasekharan is new Kerala BJP chief
Thiruvananthapuram : Kummanam Rajasekharan was appointed the new Kerala BJP president on Friday.
The name of Rajasekharan, a full-time RSS pracharak, was announced in Delhi...
Chiranjeevi finds fault with brother’s meeting with Modi
Hyderabad: Union minister and Congress leader K. Chiranjeevi has found fault with his brother Pawan Kalyan for meeting BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
Chiranjeevi...
A newspaper hawker who made it to parliament
By Alkesh Sharma, IANS,
Chandigarh : It could qualify as a real rags to riches story with a lot of determination and guts thrown in. A strong contender for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former MP Satya Pal Jain has come a long way from being a newspaper hawker.
The quick-speaking Jain, 56, is one of the youngest and probably the most educated contestant among the main contenders in the poll fray in Chandigarh.
DMK ministers submit resignations to PM
By IANS,
New Delhi : All five DMK ministers in the UPA government Wednesday submitted their resignation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Threats, diatribes take campaigning to new low
By V.S. Karnik, IANS,
Bangalore : The manifestos of political parties appear to have sunk without a trace even before the elections begin. Instead, threat words like "chop off", "kick" and "behead" or below the belt jibes hurled at opponents are dominating campaign speeches.
What started in Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Varun Gandhi's reported hate speech is spreading across India at a disconcertingly fast pace. As the first date of polling nears, the voices are getting more shrill.
Why don’t Muslims vote for the BJP?
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net,
“What percentage of Muslims will vote for the BJP?,” Dr. Zafar Mahmood was asked last week during his talk at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is a difficult question to answer as there is no data available regarding this but everyone agrees that it is not a huge numbber. But the question to be asked here is why a major national political party has failed to attract significant number of Muslims to its side?
Actor-politician Raj Babbar to join Congress
By IANS,
Agra : MP and film star Raj Babbar is all set to join the Congress party Sunday with a number of his supporters.
Babbar Satruday scored a major success when he managed to secure defection of powerful Jat leader Raj Kumar Chahar from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to the Congress.
Babbar has represented Agra city in the Lok Sabha twice. But for the next time he has to try his luck from the adjoining Fatehpur Sikri (Rural) constituency as Agra city has been declared a reserved constituency.
Advani declares assets worth Rs.3.55 crore, has no vehicle
By IANS,
Gandhinagar : The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani has assets worth Rs.3.55 crore (Rs.35.5 million) but does not own a vehicle, according to his affidavit submitted with his nomination papers for the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat Wednesday.
Advani has immovable property worth Rs.2.35 crore, jewellery worth Rs.16 lakh, Rs 67.56 lakh in bank deposits, Rs.36.56 lakh in bank deposits in wife Kamla Advani's name and Rs.20,000 in cash.
MDMK backs out, number game gets trickier for UPA
By IANS,
New Delhi : With the MDMK declaring Wednesday that its four MPs will not back Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government, floor managers of the ruling coalition are struggling to stack the numbers to prove its majority in the Lok Sabha.
MDMK chief Vaiko told a television channel over telephone from the US that he and his MPs would not support the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in the event of a floor test.
The declaration made the numbers game that much more trickier for the UPA, which has 226 MPs without the support of the Samajwadi Party and its 39 MPs.
Modi to be first Indian PM to visit Nepal in 17 years
New Delhi : As part of his policy to engage with India's neighbourhood, Narendra Modi travels to Nepal Sunday on a two-day visit -...
Mayawati visiting Bihar, may announce big relief package
By IANS,
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Friday left for a visit to the flood-hit areas of neighbouring Bihar and was expected to announce a big relief package for those affected by the calamity, an official said.
"Mayawati, who will conduct an aerial survey of the flood affected areas in Bihar, has appealed to people in Uttar Pradesh to donate liberally to the calamity relief fund and help the flood-affected victims of Bihar," the official added.
Vande Mataram should not be imposed: Minister
Patna: Union minister of state for HRD Upendra Kushwaha said Sunday that singing 'Vande Mataram' should not be forced on any one in the...
Opposition slams Mayawati’s move for reservation to Muslims
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
पूरे बिहार नहीं, सिर्फ सीमांचल से लड़ सकती है ओवैसी की पार्टी चुनाव
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
ऑल इंडिया मजलिस-ए-इत्तेहादुल मुस्लिमीन (मजलिस) के नेता असदुद्दीन ओवैसी बिहार चुनाव को लेकर पत्ते खोलने के अभी मूड में नहीं हैं....
Bihar CM denies meeting BJP chief
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday denied meeting Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah and his alleged efforts to get close...
BJP slams US for ‘flip-flop’ over Headley access
By IANS,
New Delhi: The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday slammed the US for its alleged "flip-flop" over providing India "direct access" to David Coleman Headley and pressed for extradition of the American-Pakistani terror suspect who has confessed to plotting the 26/11 Mumbai attack.
"It's a flip-flop on part the US and also of the UPA's (United Progressive Alliance) foreign policy. The US ambassador is now saying they have not decided on the issue even as Home Minister P. Chidambaram is planning to send a team to the US," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told IANS.
And now, it’s the T-word
By IANS,
New Delhi : And now, it's the T-word, with "transparency" fast becoming the buzzword in parliament.
Be it finance, external affairs, education, civil aviation or what have you, ministers are literally falling over themselves to assure the two houses of parliament that "everything will be done in an open and transparent" manner.
On Wednesday, it was the turn of Kamal Nath, the minister for road transport and highways, to use the word - at the prompting of Ravi Shankar Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
UP governor seeks CD of Azam Khan’s statement
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik on Wednesday wrote to state assembly Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey seeking audio and video CDs of remarks made...
CPI-M demands repoll in over 300 Bengal booths
New Delhi: The CPI-M has demanded repoll in over 300 polling booths in five parliamentary constituencies of West Bengal where voting was held Wednesday,...
Porous Bangladesh border Trinamool’s votebank ploy: BJP
Kolkata: The BJP Saturday accused West Bengal's Trinamool Congress of deliberately keeping the border with Bangladesh porous to increase its vote bank.
"The border with...
CPI-M condemns raid on Shimla office
New Delhi : The CPI-M on Thursday condemned the police raid on its office in Shimla and the arrest of more than a dozen...
Regional unity only way to oust Congress: Mahanta
By Syed Zarir Hussain, IANS,
Guwahati : Setting aside differences among regional parties and maintaing unity is the only way to oust the Congress party in Assam, feels former chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta.
"The need of the hour is regional unity and unless that happens the Congress would continue to rule the state without any fight," Mahanta told IANS.
Mahanta, two-time chief minister, was unceremoniously expelled from Assam's main opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) in 2005 for anti-party activities.
No criticism of Shiv Sena to respect Bal Thackeray’s memory: Modi
Sangli/Kolhapur (Maharashtra) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at the Congress-NCP Sunday as he stormed their bastions in prosperous western Maharashtra while campaigning...
Political crisis in Meghalaya, MPA government may collapse
By IANS,
Shillong : The ruling Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) government may collapse after two independent lawmakers withdrew support to the 11-month-old fragile coalition, reducing its strength in the 60-member legislature to 31.
Independent legislators Limison Sangma and Ismail R. Marak withdrew support to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)-led MPA government Monday, putting the hotchpotch coalition under threat. Support to the oppositon Congress has now swelled from 27 to 29 with the two legislators switching camps.
Silicon Valley County passes resolution against draconian Indian laws
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Alameda County becomes 7th US body to denounce the draconian CAA-NRC that is targeting citizenship of Indian Muslims.
Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy...
558 candidates line up for 26 Gujarat seats
By IANS,
Gandhinagar : As many as 558 people have filed nominations for the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat.
The nomination papers were filed April 8 and 9, a senior poll official at the State Election Office said Friday. Nominations will be scrutinised Saturday. The last date for withdrawal of candidature is April 13.
The number of contestants in the 2004 Lok Sabha polls was 162.
‘मुसलमान किसी भी काले क़ानून को नहीं मानेंगे’
TCN News
लुधियाना : ‘केन्द्र सरकार शरीयत में दख़लअंदाजी की कोशिश न करे, क्योंकि मुसलमान अपने धर्म में हस्तक्षेप करने वाले किसी भी क़ानून को...
Modi pays tribute to Maharana Pratap
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday paid tribute to the valiant 16th century Rajput warrior Maharana Pratap on his 473rd birth anniversary.
"Maharana...
Shiv Sena into reactionary politics, says CPI-M
By IANS,
New Delhi : The CPI-M Tuesday denounced the Shiv Sena for playing upon "reactionary politics of identity" and urged the Maharashtra government not to pander to the Sena.
YSR Congress calls for Andhra shutdown Friday
By IANS,
Hyderabad/New Delhi : YSR Congress has called for an Andhra Pradesh shutdown Friday to protest the manner in which the Telangana bill was...
Three held in Pakistan with pirated editions of Jaswant’s book
By IANS,
Lahore : Three people have been arrested for selling pirated editions of former Indian minister Jaswant Singh's book "Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence" in this Pakistani city, authorities said.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) raided two shops in Defence Housing Authority and arrested three people for selling the pirated editions of Jaswant Singh's book, Daily Times reported Friday.
A countrywide crackdown has been launched on publishers and bookstores selling fake editions of Jaswant's book.
Contribute to help rehabilitation of war widows: President
New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday called upon the people to make voluntary contributions for the rehabilitation of war widows, disabled defence...
Sonia in New York on Oct 2 for Non-Violence Day
By Parveen Chopra, IANS
New York : India's ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi will be in New York for two days next month in connection with the UN observing Oct 2, Mahatma Gandhi's birthday, as International Day of Non-Violence.
The day before, on Oct 1, Gandhi will also attend a reception hosted in her honour by the Indian National Overseas Congress (INOC) at Manhattan's Marriott hotel.
BJP sews up its Tamil Nadu front with DMDK, MDMK, PMK
Chennai: The BJP Saturday finalised its alliance formation in Tamil Nadu with DMDK, MDMK, PMK and two other small parties, said a party official.
The...
Mulayam disowns Kalyan Singh after election rout
By IANS,
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Saturday virtually disowned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rebel Kalyan Singh but blamed the Congress for his party's humiliating defeats in the assembly and Lok Sabha by-elections in Uttar Pradesh.
"Kalyan Singh was never a part of the Samajwadi Party, nor is he one today and let me also tell you that he will never be allowed to join our party," Mulayam Singh said at a press conference here.
Rajya Sabha discusses JNU, Vemula; Irani’s reply cut short
New Delhi: Functioning for nearly the whole day after a long time, the Rajya Sabha on Thursday witnessed an intense debate on the recent...
Think of harsher punishment for child rape accused: SC
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday said parliament may think of formulating laws providing for harsher punishment for those accused of rape...
BJP seeks action against Virbhadra over poll code violation
Shimla : The opposition BJP in Himachal Pradesh Tuesday urged the Election Commission to expedite action against Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh for making false...
Modi delivers on promised financial inclusion mission
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday announced a financial inclusion mission to mark India's 68th Independence Day and extend banking, credit, insurance and...
Ram Madhav to finalise J&K government formation with Mehbooba
Jammu: BJP president Amit Shah on Monday authorised Ram Madhav to fly to Jammu and Kashmir to finalise government formation arrangements with PDP leader...
CPI-M activist shot dead in West Bengal
By IANS,
Kolkata: A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activist was shot dead by unidentified men Monday in South 24-Parganas district of West Bengal, police said.
"Madar Ali Mollah was shot in his head in broad daylight today (Monday). He died on the spot. The miscreants also went on rampage and damaged Canning zonal committee party office, injuring five others," a senior police officer said.
The incident took place at Jibontala area of Narayantala village.
The ruling CPI-M claimed that Mollah was killed by the opposition Trinamool Congress supported men.
DMK upset at posters ‘defaming’ party
By IANS,
Chennai : The DMK Tuesday warned of action against party workers who put up posters here defaming the party under the guise of praising union minister M.K. Alagiri.
Of dreams and hope: Remembering Shaheen Bagh
By Sharjeel Usmani, TwoCircles.net
Last year, around this time, Amir Aziz recited his poem that soon became an anthem for the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protesters...
Maharashtra BJP to discuss post-results future
Mumbai : The Bharatiya Janata Party's Maharashtra executive committee will meet and take stock of the post-election and post-results scenario here Wednesday.
The meeting will...
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Andhra Governor N.D. Tiwari quits over ‘sex scandal’
By IANS,
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Governor N.D. Tiwari resigned Saturday citing "health grounds" after allegations of his involvement in a sex scandal.
The 86-year-old Tiwari submitted his resignation to the president, official sources said.
The state government had also sent a report on the alleged scandal to the union home ministry.
ABN channel owned by Telugu daily Andhra Jyothi Friday showed explicit clippings purported to be of Tiwari involved in a sex romp. It claimed that the pictures were taken in the Raj Bhavan.
Former speaker of WB Assembly Hashim Abdul Halim passes away
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Kolkata: Hashim Abdul Halim (80), who served as the Speaker of the West Bengal Assembly from 1982 to 2011, passed away...
Priyanka, Rajnath, Akhilesh hold road shows in UP
Lucknow : Rajnath Singh, Akhilesh Yadav and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Monday pulled out all stops on the last day of campaigning for the April...
Government playing with sentiments of ex-servicemen: Congress
New Delhi: A day after ex-servicemen said they would continue their protest over issues related to the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme, the...
Presence on parliamentary panel of MP with tobacco-links questioned
New Delhi : Opposition parties as well as activists on Thursday questioned as to why a BJP MP with substantial interests in the 'beedi'...
Mamata ridicules CPI-M for demanding her resignation
By IANS,
Kolkata: Ridiculing West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led Left Front for demanding her resignation in the wake of the Sainthia train accident, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday again hinted at a conspiracy behind the tragedy.
"The Gyaneshwari Express tragedy happened May 28, two days before the Kolkata civic polls. I went to the spot and learnt certain things about who is behind this. Now the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is conducting a probe," Banerjee told a huge rally in the heart of the city.
Chhattisgarh anti-terror law to go if Congress returns: Ajit Jogi
By Sujeet Kumar, IANS,
Raipur : Chhattisgarh's controversial anti-terror law will be repealed if the Congress is voted to power in the November assembly elections, former chief minister Ajit Jogi says.
"Repeal of the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act (CSPSA) will be the top priority of the Congress government (if it is formed after the polls)," Jogi told IANS in an interview here.
Congress will do well in the northeast: Goa ex-CM
Shillong : Former Goa chief minister Luizinho Faleiro Friday exuded confidence that the northeastern states would contribute more seats to the Congress kitty, and...
We will back Lok Sabha member for PM’s post: Karat
By IANS,
New Delhi : In an indirect reference to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is a Rajya Sabha member, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat said Sunday that Left parties will work towards making a Lok Sabha member the country's next prime minister.
Thousands held during Jharkhand shutdown
Ranchi : Thousands of people, including 10 lawmakers, were arrested in Jharkhand on Saturday and a few incidents of arson were reported during a...
UP government fourth class staff to exercise NOTA
Lucknow: The fourth class government employees in Uttar Pradesh have decided to opt for the None Of The Above (NOTA) option in the forthcoming...
Issuing bank licences has nothing to do with politics: RBI
Mumbai: The granting of new bank licences has no link with politics and the process is purely economic and regulatory, Reserve Bank of India...
Rajnath pays tribute to Swami Vivekananda
New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday paid tribute to Swami Vivekananda on his birth anniversary.
"On his 152nd birth anniversary today (Monday), I...
Patnaik sees foreign hand behind national mineral policy
By IANS
Bhubaneswar : Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday described the national mineral policy as against national interest and alleged that it was influenced by the international mining lobby.
"It seems to be heavily influenced by the international mining lobby which has recently earned huge profit due to favourable market conditions," the chief minister told the state assembly.
The national mineral policy 2008 was tabled in the Rajya Sabha March 20.
Mamata threatens BJP with tit for tat approach
Kolkata : In the wake of a BJP team visiting West Bengal over political violence, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday accused the party ruling...
“This is clear attack on our identity,” anti-CAA activist on father’s arrest in Lucknow,...
By Amit Pandey, TwoCircles.net
Lucknow: It has been over twenty days since fifty-two-year old Mohammed Naem Siddique from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh was arrested on charges...
Will continue to write, paint to fund Trinamool’s campaign: Mamata
Kolkata : Notwithstanding the opposition's strident attack on the sales proceeds of her paintings during the Lok Sabha poll campaign, West Bengal Chief Minister...
Independent legislator to withdraw support to AAP government
By IANS,
New Delhi : Independent legislator Rambeer Shokeen Monday said he would withdraw support to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi...
Kalam candidature rejected by Left and other parties
By IANS
New Delhi : Attempts to mobilise support for a second term for President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam received a jolt Thursday with the Left and heavyweight Nationalist Congress Party dismissing the idea and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad advising Kalam to "quit gracefully".
Cabinet hikes MPs’ perks
By IANS,
New Delhi : The union cabinet Monday further increased allowances of MPs by Rs.10,000 per month, comprising a hike of Rs.5,000 each in constituency and office expense allowances for parliamentarians. However, the three-fold salary hike raise remained unaltered.
The panel met here under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to reconsider and bring amendments to the MPs' salary hike bill it had cleared last week.
It was severely opposed by parliamentarians who were demanding a 500 percent raise against the three-fold hike proposed by the government.
Gujarat Election Trend: 10.55 a.m.
By IANS
Leads (Total 182)
BJP 117
Congress 60
Others 5
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Anti-rape bill introduced in Lok Sabha
By IANS,
New Delhi : The anti-rape bill was Tuesday introduced in the Lok Sabha by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde.
For NCP, it’s Amisha Patel or Ajay Jadeja from Rajkot
By IANS,
Rajkot (Gujarat) : The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has decided to field a celebrity from Rajkot in Gujarat and the toss-up is between former cricketer Ajay Jadeja or Bollywood actress Amisha Patel.
Confirming this, the NCP's Gujarat unit chief Jayant Patel said: "Yes, it is true that we are going to field a celebrity from the Rajkot seat. The choice is between Ajay Jadeja or Amisha Patel. The central leadership in New Delhi will now decide who should be fielded from Rajkot."
Odisha asks Khadi board to generate 60,000 jobs
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has asked the Odisha Khadi and Village Industries Board (OKVIB) to prepare a road map to generate 60,000 jobs in...
Orissa assembly session to begin Nov 26
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : The winter session of the Orissa assembly will begin Nov 26, an official statement said Saturday.
The assembly will sit for 27 days and conclude Dec 31, according to a notification from by the state parliamentary affairs department.
The killing of a Hindu leader and four of his aides in the tribal-dominated district of Kandhamal and the communal violence that followed is likely to dominate the session, Binod Patra, a senior Congress leader, told IANS.
Police announces Rs.25,000 bounty for missing Goa minister
Panaji : In a late development, police here on Wednesday announced a reward of Rs.25,000 for information about former archives and archaeology minister and...
Uttar Pradesh challenges nixing NSA against Varun
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging a court panel order nixing the invocation of the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Varun Gandhi for his hate speeches against Muslims.
The state government challenged the May 8 decision of the state advisory board, a judicial forum constituted by the Allahabad High Court to examine the legality of invocation of NSA against Varun Gandhi, contending that "the board ignored various cogent reasons and evidence" for invocation of NSA.
Left to set time frame for n-deal review
By IANS
Hyderabad : The Left parties would set a "time frame" for the government to complete evaluation of their concerns over the Indo-US nuclear deal and implications of the Hyde Act, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat said here Saturday.
Stating that the first meeting the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)-Left committee on Sep 11 identified the agenda for discussions at the next meeting on Sep 19, he said the real work was yet to start.
BJP, Congress gear up for Feb 4 Chhattisgarh by-poll
By IANS
Raipur : In what can be seen as a dress rehearsal for the Chhattisgarh assembly polls scheduled later this year, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress will test their popularity in the Feb 4 by-poll to the Keshkal assembly segment.
The by-poll to the Keshkal seat in the Maoist insurgency-infested Bastar district was necessitated as the BJP legislator, Mahesh Baghel, was killed in a car accident in August last year. Keshkal is a Scheduled Tribe reserved seat.
Amit Shah slams opposition for criticising demonetisation
Bhubaneswar : A day after former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh criticised the Narendra Modi government for "the demonetisation mess", BJP President Amit Shah on...
Dhar town on tinderbox in MP; Hindutva forces adamant not to vacate for Juma...
Kamaal Moula Masjid-Bhojshala row
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net
Bhopal: Dhar town in the Malwa region of western Madhya Pradesh state in central India is sitting...
Sedition Law in India
By Avani Bansal for TwoCircles.net
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Advocate Avani Bansal is currently a student doing Masters at Harvard Law School . She pursued MPhil in Law at...
Congress to thrash out strategies in Uttar Pradesh
By IANS,
Lucknow: All newly elected Congress MPs are set to converge here Saturday for an open house session to discuss strategies and thrash out the party's course of action to fight back the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh.
Declared as an occasion to felicitate the 21 newly elected MPs, the meet will be presided over by All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Digvijay Singh, who had played a key role in putting the party back on track in Uttar Pradesh, where it had faded into oblivion after ruling for four long decades.
Voting begins in Meghalaya by-election
Shillong : Voting for by-election to the Tura Lok Sabha constituency in Meghalaya began on Monday amid tight security, an official said.
Men and women...
SC to hear J&K plea over conflicting HC orders on beef
New Delhi : The Supreme Court will hear on October 5 a plea by the Jammu and Kashmir government seeking its intervention on the...
PM calls for ‘new beginning’
By IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for a "new beginning" as he entered parliament house Monday for the first session of the 15th Lok Sabha.
He briefly addressed the media at the car park and said the new session should be a new avenue of parliamentary democracy and also called for a "new beginning".
He was received by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Prithviraj Chavan and Minister of State, Planning and Parliamentary Affairs V. Narayansamy.
CPI-M to support pro-industry Singur farmers
By IANS,
Kolkata : Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Shyamal Chakraborty Tuesday said his party has decided to stand by the Singur farmers who willingly gave their farmlands for the Tata Motors small car factory in Hooghly district.
54 missing soldiers believed to be in Pakistan: Parrikar
New Delhi : As India prepares to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1965 war with Pakistan, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday...
Digvijaya Singh attacks judiciary
By IANS,
New Delhi : Congress leader Digvijaya Singh Monday launched an indirect attack on the judiciary for calling the Central Bureau of Investigation a "caged parrot".
Congress releases another list of 29 candidates for UP polls
Lucknow, (IANS) : The Congress on Thursday released another list of 29 candidates for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.
The list released by party National General...
AAP burns effigy of rape accused Gurgaon legislator
Gurgaon : AAP activists on Saturday took out a protest march and burnt an effigy of Gurgaon's BJP legislator Umesh Aggarwal, demanding his...
Modi visits 25 countries in 15 months
New Delhi: Since assuming office in May last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has in the last 15 months visited 25 countries, including his...
Six governors in six months: Now Qureshi goes to Mizoram
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Aizawl : Mizoram's Governor-designate Aziz Qureshi, who was transferred from Uttarakhand, will be the sixth head of the state in less than six months in the northeastern state.
Qureshi will arrive to take charge of the Congress-ruled state after a "two-week break", a Raj Bhavan official said Thursday.
Jagdambika Pal resigns from Lok Sabha, Congress
New Delhi : In a setback to the Congress, MP and former Uttar Pradesh unit chief Jagdambika Pal Friday resigned from Lok Sabha as...
Squabbling erupts in Kerala’s ruling alliance
Thiruvananthapuram : R. Balakrishna Pillai, a senior leader of Kerala's Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF), said Tuesday he would be happy if ousted from...
Petroleum minister denies nepotism in Baalu’s case
By IANS,
New Delhi : Union Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Minister T.R. Baalu had not committed a crime by facilitating gas allocation to companies owned by his sons, Baalu's ministerial colleague and Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora told parliament Tuesday.
"There is no nepotism here. I do not know what nepotism you are talking about. Every day we get (such) requests from people," said the Congress minister in the Rajya Sabha.
Shekhawat not a BJP/NDA candidate: Sushma
By IANSNew Delhi : Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat will not contest the presidential elections as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...
Paswan favours tribe status for Gujjars
By IANS,
New Delhi : Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief and central minister Ram Vilas Paswan Tuesday supported the agitating Gujjar community's demand for Scheduled Tribe status in Rajasthan.
“LJP supports the demand of Gujjars. The government should look into their demand sympathetically,” Paswan told reporters after releasing a report card on his chemical and fertilisers ministry's achievements during the past four years.
Congress veterans Margaret Alva, Poojary lose in Karnataka
By IANS,
Bangalore : Among the prominent politicians in Karnataka, Congress veterans Margaret Alva and B. Janardhana Poojary lost in the Lok Sabha elections Saturday while former chief minister and Janata Dal-Secular leader H.D. Kumaraswamy won, as results started pouring in.
Margaret Alva lost in Uttara Kannada to sitting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member Anath Kumar Hegde by 22,769 votes. She had lost to Hegde in 2004 also.
Janardhana Poojary, a former central minister, lost to the BJP's Nalin Kumar Kateel by 40,420 votes in the Dakshina Kannada constituency.
Trinamool should weed out unscrupulous elements: Congress
By IANS,
Kolkata: West Bengal Congress president Manas Bhuniya Sunday asked alliance partner All India Trinamool Congress to weed out unscrupulous elements from the party.
He also expressed concern over an attack on Congress supporters by alleged Trinamool workers in East Midnapore district's Khejuri.
A Congress team comprising Bhuniya and general secretary of All India Youth Congress (AIYC) Usha Naidu was allegedly attacked on its way back from Khejuri after a meeting Saturday evening.
The Congress leaders alleged that a few Trinamool supporters also hurled bricks at them.
Shobha Karandlage returns to Karnataka cabinet Wednesday
By IANS,
Bangalore : Shobha Karandlage, whom Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa was forced drop last year to save his chair and over which he sobbed publicly, returns to his cabinet Wednesday.
Modi seeks opposition cooperation
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday sought cooperation of the opposition saying his government does not claim to know everything just...
Hazare supporters rally outside Congress HQ
By IANS,
New Delhi : Supporters of social activist Anna Hazare Monday protested noisily outside the Congress headquarters here demanding a strong Lokpal bill to battle corruption.
UPA government to last full term: Paswan
By IANS
Bhopal : The Manmohan Singh government will last its full term and there is no chance of an early election, Union Minister for Chemical and Fertilisers Ram Vilas Paswan said here Saturday.
Paswan who is in the city to participate in a convention of his Lok Janshakti Party, told reporters that no party, including the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), wanted mid-term polls and "the Left parties supporting the Congress-lead United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government from outside have never threatened to pull it down".
Rs.5,338 crore provided for railway infrastructure in northeast
New Delhi: An amount of Rs.5,338 crore has been allocated in the current fiscal for development of railway infrastructure in the northeast, DoNER Minister...
Criminal cases against 12 union, 44 state ministers
New Delhi : A total of 12 union ministers and 44 state ministers, elected in the past two years, have self declared criminal cases...
BJP’s UP state executive meet in Vrindavan Saturday
Lucknow: A two-day meet of the BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit's executive meet will begin in the temple town of Vrindavan Saturday.
The high-level meeting will...
Polling stations in Delhi to be no-smoking zones
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) has declared all polling stations in Delhi, which votes for the Lok Sabha election Thursday, as no-smoking zones,...
Congress moves privilege motion against Venkaiah Naidu
New Delhi : The Congress Thursday moved a privilege motion in the Lok Sabha against Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu for "misleading" the...