Modi adds to BJP’s Hindutva dimension
By IANS
New Delhi : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the star speaker at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s national conclave here, Monday added to the party's Hindutva plank for the next general elections by attacking the government's "communal budgeting".
Modi, whom some in the party call Hindu Hridaya Samrat (ruler of Hindu hearts), said: "I urge you to raise the communal budgeting by this government in parliament. It will result in tremendous upheaval among the Dalits and tribals."
Russian deputy PM to meet Sushma Swaraj Wednesday
New Delhi : Russia will establish its first high-level contact with the new Indian government when Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry O. Rogozin meets...
Mamata rally puts Congress-Trinamool in poll mode
By IANS,
Kolkata: On a high after a series of electoral successes, West Bengal's main opposition Trinamool Congress chief and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday held a mammoth rally in the heart of the city, virtually throwing a challenge to the ruling communists ahead of next year's state assembly polls.
National Games in Jharkhand postponed due to assembly elections
By IANS,
New Delhi : The 34th National Games scheduled in Jharkhand from Nov 21 have been postponed because of the upcoming assembly elections in the state.
The decision to postpone the National Games was taken by the IOA in its executive council meeting Wednesday.
"After talks with union government we have decided to postpone the National Games till after the assembly elections in the state," IOA president Suresh Kalmadi told reporters here Thursday.
Rajnath sees no need to make public defeat reasons, mum on Sinha
By IANS,
New Delhi/ Lucknow: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Sunday said his party was analysing the poll debacle but asserted - without referring to senior leader Yashwant Sinha's media criticism - that this did not mean it should be made public.
"It's time to introspect what went wrong. We are analysing the factors behind the unsatisfactory performance of the party, but that does not mean we start making those factors public," Singh told a party gathering in Lucknow.
Maharashtra Chief Minister insists he was elected, not appointed
By IANS,
Mumbai : Maharashtra's new Chief Minister Ashok Chavan insists he was 'elected' to the post, not appointed by the Congress leadership.
"I was not 'appointed' (as chief minister) but 'elected' by a majority of the Congress party legislators in the presence of central observers," Chavan Sunday emphasised in an interview to Marathi TV channel IBN-Lokmat, when asked how he felt after the appointment.
Photo Essay: Ranchi’s Muslims recount religious discrimination, apathy amid pandemic
By Nazish Hussain, TwoCircles.net
While the world was dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, in India, however, Muslims became targets of a concerted attack. The media...
Lok Sabha battle begins Monday from India’s northeast
Agartala/Guwahati: The nine-phase Lok Sabha election begins Monday from India's northeast, with polling in five of the 14 seats in Assam and one of...
Noted SC lawyer Ehtesham Hashmi dies of heart attack in New Delhi
Advocate Ehtesham Hashmi, who died today aged 37, was well-known for fighting cases of victims of communal violence and often without fees.
Huneza Khan...
Gowda, Mayawati join hands to oust government
By IANS,
New Delhi : Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) supremo and former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda Sunday joined hands with Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati in efforts to topple the UPA government.
Addressing reporters after the Uttar Pradesh chief minister met him at his residence here, Gowda said: "The smaller parties will be meeting on July 23 to discuss the future programme and plan of action. I want to announce that all our three MPs have unanimously decided to vote against the UPA."
Left parties protest parliament session delay
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Left parties along with the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Telegu Desam Party (TDP) Tuesday met President Pratibha Patil to protest against the union government's decision to postpone the second half of the 14th session of parliament to October.
The delegation, which included Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati and TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu, termed the government's move as a “manipulation of established traditions of parliament since Independence.”
Highlights of President Patil’s speech
By IANS,
New Delhi : Highlights of President Pratibha Patil's speech to the joint session of parliament on the opening day of the budget session Monday:
No Rajya Sabha debate without live telecast, says BJP
By IANS,
New Delhi : Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said Wednesday that if the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha are not telecast...
Jethmalani to make up his mind by weekend
By IANS,
New Delhi : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ram Jethmalani Tuesday said he will "take a final call" on contesting the presidential election by the weekend.
DMK takes on UPA over Prabhakaran’s mother
By IANS,
New Delhi/Chennai: The DMK Monday criticised the central government for keeping the Tamil Nadu government in the dark when slain Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran's mother was deported Saturday.
"Why was the state government kept in the dark on this issue?" T.R. Baalu asked during Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha.
Baalu, however, referred to Prabhakaran's ailing mother, Parvathi Ammal, as "that particular lady". He pointed out that she did not have any criminal background.
Consensus needed on Prime Ministerial candidate, says Chandrababu
By NNN-PTI,
New Delhi : Maintaining that he was not aspiring for the prime minister's post, TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu today said the issue on who will occupy the top job has to be decided by consensus.
"There is only one seat for prime minister's post. Many people have aspirations, ultimately, we have to bring some consensus. I am confident people will realise this. Ultimately they will adjust on consensus candidate that will emerge," he said.
BJP leads in 100 seats in Karnataka
Bangalore, May 25 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was Sunday leading in over 100 seats as counting of votes progressed to pick a new 224-member Karnataka assembly.
According to election officials, of the trends available for 210 seats, the Congress was ahead in 68 and the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) in 38 seats.
Independents and others had forged ahead in four seats.
The BJP lead sparked celebrations at the BJP office here, with supporters bursting crackers and raising slogans.
Any party or formation needs at least 113 seats to form a government.
Mukul Roy not hurt over Trinamool stripping him of responsibilities
New Delhi : Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy on Monday refused to either confirm or deny reports of him joining the BJP and said...
No muzzling of freedom of expression: Minister
New Delhi: There will be no restrictions on the freedom of expression on writers and intellectuals, said Delhi Culture Minister Kapil Mishra while inaugurating...
AAP leader extends support to JNU students
New Delhi : Aam Aadmi Party leader and tribal activist Soni Sori on Monday visited Jawaharlal Nehru University here to express solidarity with the...
JD-S to join ministry only after trust vote
By IANS
Bangalore/New Delhi : The Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) will join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led ministry in Karnataka only on Nov 21, two days after Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa seeks the trust vote in the assembly.
"All the 18 JD-S nominees (for the ministerial posts), including the deputy chief ministerial one, will take oath on Nov 21," state JD-S president Merajuddin Patel told reporters after a meeting of party legislators in Bangalore.
The JD-S is organising a party rally soon after its nominees are sworn in.
UPA-BSP could jointly back Congress candidate for president
By Faraz Ahmad
IANS New Delhi : The victory of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections has come as a shot in the arm for the Congress party, which is being cornered by the Left, particularly on the question of the impending presidential elections.
Parliament adjourned after tributes paid to deceased members
By IANS,
New Delhi : Both houses of Parliament were adjourned Wednesday after tributes were paid to former prime minister V.P. Singh who died last month and Samajwadi Party MP Munawwar Hasan who was killed in a road accident Wednesday morning.
Members in both the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha stood in silence for a minute as a mark of respect to the dead.
The Lok Sabha also paid tributes to two deceased former members Tayyab Hussain and Ajit Kumar Panja and the people killed in the Assam and Mumbai terror attacks.
Arrest warrant against BJP’s Subramanian Swamy by Assam court
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Guwahati/New Delhi: A court in Assam has issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy for...
Northeast by-polls: I-T teams to check on black money
Agartala : The Income Tax (I-T) department will deploy teams in Assam, Tripura and Sikkim to keep a tab on the use of black...
Journalists hold protest march in Delhi, want action against attackers
New Delhi : In a show of solidarity with media persons attacked by lawyers in the Patiala House courts complex here, hundreds of journalists...
Mushawarat to hold four days conference in Mumbai
By TCN News,
Mumbai: Considering the shifting socio-political situation of the country, All India Muslim Majlis e Mushawarat (AIMMM), an oldest advocacy group of Indian...
New government’s first job to elect Lok Sabha speaker
New Delhi : The election of the speaker and appointment of pro-term speaker will be the first job before the newly elected parliamentarians after...
Implementing Food Security Act will be challenging: minister
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : Minister of State for Agriculture K.V. Thomas Sunday said implementing the proposed Food Security Act by the UPA government would be more challenging than the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
Addressing reporters here, Thomas said the United Progressive Alliance government has included this Act to become a law within the first 100 days of the government assuming office.
Mamata announces three-day protests against note ban
Kolkata: Terming demonetisation a "shameless flop show", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced three days of nationwide protests starting on Tuesday.
"Trinamool...
Writing about marginalised communities is like walking a tight rope
On the sidelines of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), writers reflect on the experiences of writing on the issues of marginalized communities in India.
Tabeenah...
Rane in Delhi, Congress hopes to placate him
By IANS,
New Delhi/Nagpur : A day after threatening to quit the party over his differences with Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, Maharashtra Revenue Minister Narayan Rane arrived in New Delhi to meet the Congress leaders.
Rane, who has publicly criticised the cabinet decision to allot Navi Mumbai's CIDCO land to Videocon at a hugely subsidised rate, is expected to meet Congress general secretary Margarat Alva and Congress president Sonia Gandhi's political secretary Ahmad Patel.
Mayawati questions efficacy of central intelligence
By IANS,
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Monday questioned the authenticity and effectiveness of information supplied to states by central intelligence agencies, saying that it comes in the way of combating terrorism than helping.
In her address to the joint meeting of chief ministers and state police chiefs here, Mayawati also questioned the effectiveness of the Sashastra Seema Bal deployed along Uttar Pradesh's 600-km border with Nepal.
Session may be extended for Lok Sabha
New Delhi : An extension of the sittings of Lok Sabha in the ongoing session is possible, government sources said on Tuesday.
A senior minister...
Unnao case: CBI chargesheet names BJP MLA, 9 others in Arms Act case
By IANS:
Lucknow/New Delhi, July 13: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed a chargesheet in a Lucknow court against BJP MLA Kuldeep...
RJD-LJP alliance take early leads in Bihar by-polls
By IANS,
Patna : In a major setback to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal and its ally Lok Janshakti Party have taken a clear lead on nine seats in the by-elections to 18 assembly constituencies in the state, counting for which was underway Thursday.
The RJD and LJP are reported to have won one seat each. The RJD has won the Kalyanpur seat and LJP the Warisnagar seat. However, the official declaration is awaited.
Rahul Gandhi meets hawkers in Delhi
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday met street vendors and promised to take up their cause. He sought better facilities for...
Ahead of poll code, Congress on inauguration spree
By Vishal Gulati,
Shimla : Racing against the time, Congress ministers, both of the central and state governments, were in an inauguration spree in...
BJP leader apologises for hate speech, Trinamool files complaint
Kolkata : A BJP leader in West Bengal who called for chopping off the hands of activists of the ruling Trinamool Congress Friday apologised...
Congress ahead in nine of Haryana’s 10 seats
By IANS,
Chandigarh : The ruling Congress in Haryana was leading in nine of the 10 Lok Sabha seats two hours after the counting for the parliamentary elections began Saturday.
The Congress was leading in Gurgaon, Rohtak, Kurukshetra, Sirsa, Bhiwani-Mahendragarh, Ambala, Karnal, Sonepat and Faridabad.
Former chief minister Bhajan Lal of the newly floated Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) was leading in Hisar seat over his Congress and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) rivals.
The Congress had won nine out of the 10 seats in the 2004 general elections.
Identity cards for all 760 mn voters by 2011: Poll panel
By IANS,
Bangalore : Over 580 million of around 760 million eligible voters in India have been given identity cards and the process is likely to be completed by December 2011, Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla said here Tuesday.
"The process of issuing voter identity cards to 76 crore (760 million) voters is expected to be completed by December 2011. Around 58 crore (580 million) have already been issued voter identity cards," Chawla told reporters here.
Congress open to offer Surat seat to NCP
By IANS,
Ahmedabad : The Congress Tuesday said it was still open to offering the Surat Lok Sabha seat in south Gujarat to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) though their alliance has broken up in the state.
"The Congress is decided on fielding its candidates from 25 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat while still leaving the option for the Surat seat for the NCP to decide," Gujarat Congress president Siddharth Patel told reporters here.
Journalists Face Legal Persecution Amid Criticism of Anti-Lynching Laws: Upholding Press Freedom Amidst Controversy
Devanshi Batra, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: On a tranquil Sunday morning, Zakir Ali Tyagi, an independent journalist, was roused from slumber by the persistent ringing of his...
One killed in UP after SP man opens fire during marriage
By IANS,
Lucknow : A youngster was killed when a worker of Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party opened fire during a marriage in Auraiya district, police said.
Government policies should be put in black and white: Modi
New Delhi : BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Saturday said the possibility of discretion allowed scope for corruption and hence government policies should...
‘My children ask me when their father will be home:’ jailed activist Khalid Saifi’s...
On February 26, social activist Khalid Saifi completed three years in jail in the Delhi riots conspiracy case. A court in Delhi had...
Syed Ali Shah Geelani sends secret letter to Pakistan PM
New Delhi : A three-member delegation from the Hurriyat Conference belonging to the Syed Ali Shah Geelani faction met Pakistani envoy Abdul Basit...
Sporadic violence mars Bihar’s panchayat polls
By IANS,
Patna : At least 30-35 percent voting was registered till 1.30 p.m. in Bihar's second phase of panchayat polls Sunday that were marred by sporadic incidents of violence, officials said.
Designer, driver, policeman – first timers dive into Delhi polls
By Azera Rahman, IANS,
New Delhi : For one contender, joining the Delhi poll fray was a matter of women's empowerment, for another it was rooted in anger against the civic authorities, for yet another it was a natural career choice at this point in his life.
Spurred as they were by varied personal reasons, the many first timers in the Nov 29 Delhi assembly elections - among them a fashion designer, an autorickshaw driver, a businessman, a former police officer - are a motivated lot, promising to take up public causes that matter.
Re-balloting in 145 polling stations in Bihar on May 5, 9
By IANS,
New Delhi : Re-balloting will be held on May 5 and May 9 in 145 polling stations in Bihar, where election was held April 16 in the first phase, the poll panel said Thursday.
The Election Commission had ordered the re-poll in 145 voting stations in Bihar last week.
"Re-poll in Bihar's 75 polling stations would take place May 5. Seventy polling stations in the state will go for re-poll May 9," Deputy Election Commissioner R. Balakrishnan told reporters.
Hurriyat groups reconstitute co-ordination panel
By IANS,
Srinagar : In a significant development, the two groups of the separatist Hurriyat conference have decided to re-constitute their recently formed co-ordination committee.
After a three-hour long meeting of its executive committee, the moderate Hurriyat group Wednesday decided to recall two of its senior leaders, Shabir Ahmad Shah and Nayeem Khan, from the co-ordination committee formed recently to handle the unity moves between the two Hurriyat groups and to announce joint programmes.
Only Gujarat is corruption-free: Madhya Pradesh minister
By IANS,
Bhopal : Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Minister Babulal Gaur Saturday said that only the Narendra Modi-led government in Gujarat was free from corruption in India.
Najma Heptullah gets her Calculations Right
By Fawaz Shaheen,
Ms. Najma Heptullah, the Minority Affairs Minister in Mr. Modi’s newly sworn in Cabinet, has shocked the public in her first public statement by saying that Muslims must not be called a minority in India since they are “so large in number”.
Sonia called Sushma to end parliament logjam
By IANS,
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi had reached out to BJP leader Sushma Swaraj in an attempt to find a solution to the logjam in parliament over the coal blocks allocation issue.
Shiv Sena set to win Thane Lok Sabha battle
By IANS,
Thane : Shiv Sena's Anand Paranjpe was racing towards victory in the Thane Lok Sabha seat in Maharashtra, taking an unbeatable lead of 60,000 votes over Sanjeev Naik of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
Anand, son of Shiv Sena MP Prakash Paranjpe whose death in February caused the by-poll, was ahead of Naik right from the first round. The lead went on increasing all through surprising everybody including the jubilant Shiv Sena workers.
Opposition slams Mayawati’s move for reservation to Muslims
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
Mahesh Bhatt endorses litterateurs’ return of awards
Mumbai: Veteran director Mahesh Bhatt has come out in support of noted literary personalities who are returning their awards in protest against the rising...
Jyoti Basu injures leg after fall, could not vote
By IANS,
Kolkata : Veteran Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Jyoti Basu injured his left leg after a fall in his bathroom in the wee hours Wednesday and could not vote in the Lok Sabha election, his personal aide said.
The 95-year-old leader was administered medicines at home by doctors, who termed the injury as minor, the aide said.
"Basu is now under medical supervision at home. But doctors said there's no cause for worry. He can't vote this time because of his ailing health. He is now resting," Basu's personal assistant Joykrishna Ghosh told IANS.
Election expenses for Maharashtra civic polls hiked
By IANS,
Mumbai: Maharashtra's state Election Commission Tuesday significantly enhanced the expense limits for the forthcoming civic, zila parishad and gram panchayat elections.
Increase oil royalty, Gogoi urges Modi
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure payment of oil royalty at prevailing market prices, saying...
NC-Congress to jointly fight municipal polls
By IANS,
Jammu : Ruling coalition partners in Jammu and Kashmir -- National Conference (NC) and Congress -- will jointly contest the upcoming municipal polls in the state, according to official sources.
The polls are scheduled to be held in April this year.
According to the sources, the NC and the Congress will contest all those seats, which they currently hold in the two municipal corporations in the two capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar, and municipal councils, town area committees and notified area committees in other towns in the state.
Polling ends for round four of elections
By IANS,
New Delhi : India entered the last lap of Election 2009 Thursday with polling ending for the fourth of the five-phase elections.
It was a largely peaceful election across eight states, except for West Bengal where three people were killed.
The exercise began at 7 a.m. and concluded at 5 p.m. in the 85 Lok Sabha constituencies where 1,315 candidates were in the fray, including External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh.
Congress loses both seats in Delhi by-polls
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Congress Thursday lost two seats in the Delhi by-elections with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) winning one seat each.
While BJP's candidate Pardymn Rajput defeated Congress' Tilotma Chaudhary in Dwarka, RJD's Asif Mohhamed Khan trumped the Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Braham Singh in Okhla.
Elections in Dwarka were held on Sep 10, and in Okhla on Sep 15.
N. Sakthan to be Kerala assembly speaker
Thiruvananthapuram : Kerala assembly's Deputy Speaker N. Sakthan will be fielded as the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) nominee for the post of speaker,...
A year after Lok Sabha battle, churning in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow : Just over a year after the BJP wiped out everyone else in the Lok Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh, the panchayat polls...
Situation ‘not healthy’ for power transfer to BJP: Gowda
By IANS
Bangalore/New Delhi : The crisis in the Karnataka government deepened Thursday with the ruling Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) stating that the situation was not conducive to transferring power to its partner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Oct 3.
"The (political) atmosphere is not healthy for it now," JD-S president and former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda said at a hurriedly called press meet, soon after he returned from New Delhi without meeting the BJP leadership with whom he wanted to discuss the issue of power transfer.
Mobile phones, cash seized from Bihar’s Beur jail
Patna:In yet another reminder of how criminals with political connections as well as aspirations enjoy a good lifestyle even behind bars, police seized mobile...
Sayeed eyes new tourist destination
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed on Saturday called for making new destinations accessible to tourists to attract more visitors...
Bengal plans 24×7 helpline for sick kids, pregnant women
Kolkata : West Bengal is mulling a 24x7 toll-free helpline to help transport pregnant women and sick infants to the nearest hospital in case...
Complete speech of Nawaz Shareef at UN General Assembly and India’s strong rebuttal
By TCN News,
Full text of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Speech at the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly on September 21, 2016
Mr...
Chhattisgarh Left parties rally behind Anna
By IANS,
Raipur : Left parties took out rallies across Chhattisgarh Tuesday in support of anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare, a statement said.
Lalu speaks to PM, Patil on Mumbai attacks
By IANS
New Delhi : Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Tuesday spoke to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home minister Shivraj Patil, expressing his concern over the violence in Mumbai following Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray's comments against people of north India.
"I tell you this is not a good thing. This fellow (Thackeray) is desperate to become a leader. He is abusing everyone. He is just a novice in politics," Lalu Prasad said.
For second consecutive Eid-ul-fitr, “Shoulder to Shoulder Movement” to organise joint Shia-Sunni Eid prayers
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Delhi: Once again, Jamia Nagar in Delhi is going to witness a show of solidarity and unity on eve of...
Government to pursue Lokpal bill in budget session
By IANS,
New Delhi : The government Monday said it will pursue the contentious Lokpal bill in the budget session of parliament which began earlier in the day.
With Harikrishna as charioteer, Naidu evokes NTR’s legacy
By IANS,
Hyderabad : He played the lucky charioteer for his father and legendary Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader N.T. Rama Rao in many a campaign. Now N. Harikrishna is back at the wheels - this time for his brother-in-law and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.
Naidu, the former chief minister and TDP chief who is leaving no stone unturned to be back in power in the state, has launched a 50-day long rath yatra called 'Mee Kosam', aimed at exposing the 'misrule' of the Congress government.
Mayawati not scheduled to meet Sonia during Delhi visit
By IANS
New Delhi : Uttar Pradesh Chief minister Mayawati, visiting the national capital for two days from Friday, is not scheduled to meet United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
Mumbai attack mastermind must not be set free: Pakistani daily
Islamabad: Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zakiur Rahman Lakhvi cannot be allowed to simply walk away free, an editorial said and added that in the...
Suspended MPs should regret their actions: Bansal
By IANS,
New Delhi : Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal Wednesday indicated that the government could bring a motion to revoke suspension of seven Rajya Sabha members if they expressed regret over their behaviour to Chairman Hamid Ansari.
"It (the suspension) was a well-considered action as they (the members) had insulted dignity of the house. The minimum thing is to go the chairman," Bansal told reporters here.
He said the members should at least realize their mistake.
Indian Social Forum Congratulates Elected SDPI backed Candidates
By TCN News,
Dammam: The Indian Social Forum, Karnataka state, Eastern Province has congratulates the elected SDPI backed candidates that won in the Panchayat elections...
EC stops Modi biopic release till LS polls end
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Election Commission on Wednesday stopped the release of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's biopic till the Lok Sabha elections...
All-party meet to consider new Lokpal draft
By IANS,
New Delhi : A new draft of the Lokpal bill will be circulated at the all-party meeting to be held here Wednesday afternoon, sources said.
Anglo-Indian member nominated to Telangana assembly
Hyderabad : Elvis Stephenson, a member of Anglo-Indian community, has been nominated a member of the Telangana legislative assembly.
Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan Thursday nominated him...
Penultimate round of Jammu and Kashmir polls will see rivals fight it out
By F. Ahmed and Binoo Joshi, IANS,
Srinagar/Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir votes Wednesday in the sixth and penultimate phase of its staggered assembly elections that have seen mass participation despite boycott calls from separatists. This round will decide the electoral fates of former chief ministers Mufti Muhammad Sayeed and Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Polls will be held in 16 constituencies in five districts - 10 constituencies of Anantnag and Kulgam districts in the Kashmir Valley and six constituencies of Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban districts of Jammu region.
Delhi poll panel urges people to vote in large numbers
By IANS,
New Delhi : Delhi's Election Commission Friday appealed to people to vote in large numbers Saturday and not fear terror strikes in the wake of the attacks in Mumbai.
Chief Election Officer Satbir Silas Bedi urged all eligible voters to not sit at home and said: “If we don't vote, then in a way we are supporting the cowardly act of terrorists.”
She added that the poll panel was well prepared to hold elections in the city in a peaceful manner.
“We are keeping our fingers crossed and hope no unfortunate incident occurs,” Bedi told reporters here.
Assam elections end, over 70 percent voting
By IANS,
Guwahati : Voting ended Monday in Assam's second and final phase of elections in 64 of 126 assembly seats, with 70.35 percent polling recorded, officials said.
Samajwadi Party to extend outside support to UPA
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Samajwadi Party Tuesday formally declared support for the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) soon after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government was reduced to a minority following the Left's parting of ways. But it said it would not join the cabinet.
Amidst talk of a division in its ranks, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav said that all its 39 Lok Sabha MPs would back both the nuclear deal and the government in case a trust vote was taken in parliament.
Nation must back SC judges for speaking truth: Shiv Sena
Mumbai, (IANS): The nation must back the four Supreme Court judges who have spoken up boldly in favour of justice and national interest, the Shiv...
Media, anti-Marxist forces behind rift reports: Balakrishnan
By IANS
Thiruvananthapuram : Newly-elected Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member from Kerala Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Friday said that the media and anti-Marxist forces were responsible for projecting factionalism in the Kerala unit of the party.
Speaking to reporters, he said the party cadres were misled by reports of factionalism but now realised the truth.
Balakrishnan was elected to the politburo at the CPI-M Congress, which concluded in Coimbatore on Thursday.
Women activists try to storm BJP, Congress offices
Imphal : Women activists on Sunday tried to storm the offices of the ruling Congress and the BJP here in Manipur demanding to know...
Sonia’s tough task – reading Deve Gowda’s mind
By V.S. Karnic, IANS
Bangalore : Congress president Sonia Gandhi has a difficult task on hand in deciding whether to form a government with Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) in Karnataka, as both her party and the JD-S are a divided lot on the issue.
She also has to be an astute mind reader to decipher what JD-S president and former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda is up to. This is something many Indian politicians have tried to do in the past, and failed.
Muslim vote; set it free
By Dr.Mookhi Amir Ali,
Since the days of Nehru Muslims are prone to vote en bloc. In the process they have converted themselves into a vote bank. Muslim leaders for their own vested interests have been manipulating the community into voting as they, the leaders, desired. A community of such a large size has exposed itself to exploitation. It is encouraged to give prime preference to the issues related only to them.
Jaswant Singh’s expulsion shows bias still exists against Pakistan: PML-N
By IANS,
Islamabad : The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party Thursday criticised the expulsion of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh from the party for his praise of Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah saying "India still has prejudice and bias" against the country even 62 years after partition.
The PML-N said Singh's expulsion "shows the real face of India that boasts of great democracy in the world", the Online news agency reported.
NCP seeks disqualification of Meghalaya rebels
By IANS,
Shillong : The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Thursday sought the disqualification of its 12 legislators in Meghalaya who have joined the National People's Party (NPP).
Mulayam flays ‘cowardly’ UPA over Chinese incursion
By IANS,
New Delhi : Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Monday accused the UPA government of being "weak and cowardly" over the reported incursion of Chinese troops in Ladakh.
Congress names Siddaramaiah Karnataka chief minister
By IANS,
Bangalore : The Congress High Command Friday named 64-year-old Siddaramaiah as Karnataka's new chief minister.
I signed Kochi bid under pressure: Lalit Modi
New Delhi: Former Indian Premier League (IPL) chief Lalit Modi on Wednesday said he signed the Kochi franchise bid under pressure.
“I signed the Kochi...
Need to revolutionize country’s education system: Kejriwal
New Delhi : Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday said the country's education system needed to be "revolutionized" so that the next generation...
नीतीश सरकार दंगा पीड़ितों के न्याय के लिए गंभीर नहीं – दीपंकर
By TCN News,
पटना: एआइपीएफ भागलपुर द्वारा आज पटना के आइएमए हॉल में ‘25 साल बाद भी इंसाफ से वंचित भागलपुर’ रिपोर्ट का लोकार्पण किया...
CM pays tribute to Munde
Mumbai : Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan Tuesday said Munde was a strong grassroot level leader who struggled from the lowest rungs to create...
Chinese legislator meets Nitish Kumar
By IANS,
Beijing: Senior Chinese legislator Yan Junqi met visiting Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar here Saturday.
Godhra votes for Congress
By IANS
Godhra : Godhra, the site of the train burning tragedy of 2002 that triggered communal violence across Gujarat, has voted for the Congress.
C.K. Raulji defeated Prabhatsinh Chauhan of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the closely watched electoral battle.
Interestingly, in the early 1990s, the two candidates represented each other's party: Raulji was with BJP while Chauhan was with the Congress.
We have promises to keep: Manmohan Singh
By IANS,
New Delhi : "We have made a number of promises and we have promises to keep," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared Saturday at the first meeting of his newly-sworn in cabinet.
In doing so, he was harking back to India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru who often cited the last stanza of Robert Frost's immortal poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" that runs thus:
The woods are lovely, dark and deep/But I have promises to keep/And miles to go before I sleep/And miles to go before I sleep.
“They slaughtered our trees like goats,” Kashmir’s farmers, forest dwellers fear losing livelihood, homes
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Budgam: Abdul Rasheed Wagay, 57, is looking with teary eyes towards the chopped apple trees at his orchard, in Kanidajan area...
Kejriwal ready to fight Modi, decision March 23
Bangalore : A day after the BJP fielded Narendra Modi as its candidate from Varanasi, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal Sunday declared that...
Tripura gets maximum women legislators
By Sujit Chakraborty, IANS,
Agartala : With five of the 15 women contestants winning, the Tripura assembly now has the highest number of women legislators since the state was carved out in 1972.
Replace Mamata as Bengal CM: Saradha accused Kunal Ghosh
Kolkata : Suspended Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh Wednesday said he will not get justice unless all those involved in the Saradha scam are...
JD-U leaders protest LS tickets to new entrants
Patna: A group of Janata Dal-United leaders in Bihar, unhappy over the party's move to name new entrants as candidates for the Lok...
TCN cartoon: Census for exclusion
By Yusuf, TwoCircles.net,
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Lok Sabha begins debate on atrocities against Dalits
New Delhi : The Lok Sabha on Thursday began general discussion on the "atrocities against Dalits" in the country under Rule 193.
Communist Party of...
Modi hits out at Samajwadi, Mulayam blames him for 2002 riots
Allahabad : Uttar Pradesh was the scene of hectic political campaigning Sunday with BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi taking on the ruling Samajwadi...
Chidambaram should be in jail: BJP
By IANS,
New Delhi: Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday said Home Minister P. Chidambaram should be in jail for his alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum scam.
Haryana polls: Uphill task for Congress as BJP, INLD march ahead
Chandigarh : With the BJP and the INLD marching ahead to take a shot at forming the next government in the state, the ruling...
Sushma Swaraj leaves Dhaka for Delhi
Dhaka : Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Friday left Dhaka after her three-day official visit to Bangladesh.
She left for New Delhi on a...
Shiv Sena indestructible, says Bal Thackeray
By IANS,
Mumbai : Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Monday asserted that his party was "indestructible" and the Congress could not finish it off even if it had "seven more lives".
Online campaign urges people to vote wisely
By Shweta Srinivasan, IANS,
New Delhi : Busy pursuing her education and career for the last seven years, financial analyst Anuradha Verma, 26, forgot to register and did not vote. This time she is determined to exercise her franchise.
And she can do it more easily now. Using online portal Jaago Re, she identified her constituency and submitted the registration form. Today she is eagerly waiting for her name to appear in the electoral rolls.
Karnataka minister seeks probe into BJP’s ‘poll malpractices’
By IANS,
Bangalore : In what could prove an embarrassment for Karnataka's BJP government, state Energy Minister K.S. Eshwarappa Monday sought a probe into allegations that money and liquor were used by the ruling party to lure voters in the recent general elections in the state.
"I appeal to the party's state unit president D.V. Sadananda Gowda to set up a committee of senior leaders to probe the charge that money and liquor were used by the party machinery to lure voters in the Lok Sabha elections," Eshwarappa told reporters at Shimoga, about 270 km from here.
Telangana back in centrestage of Andhra Pradesh politics
By Mohammed Shafeeq, IANS,
Hyderabad : The Telugu Desam Party's (TDP) decision to support the demand for separate statehood for Andhra Pradesh's Telangana region has brought the issue back to the centrestage and is likely to put pressure on the ruling Congress party to take a similar stand ahead of the elections scheduled to be held in five months.
The fact that the TDP was forced to reverse its 26-year-old ideological plank of unified Andhra Pradesh proves how significant the issue has become in the run up to the simultaneous polls to state assembly and Lok Sabha.
Don’t bank entirely on playback singing: Babul
Kolkata : Singer-turned-politician Babul Supriyo Monday cautioned aspiring crooners against banking entirely on playback singing as a career option, but said he would try...