BJP, AAP hit out at Robert Vadra, Sonia meets him
New Delhi : The BJP and the AAP Sunday lashed out at Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra, a day after Vadra snapped...
Government for parliament session in September, BJP wants it soon
By Liz Mathew, IANS,
New Delhi : The government has decided to convene the monsoon session of parliament, earlier expected to begin Aug 11, in the second of week of September to get itself more time to focus on restoring peace in violence-hit Jammu region, but the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday demanded it should be called at "the earliest".
Odisha assembly session set to be stormy
Bhubaneswar : The winter session of the Odisha assembly starting Thursday is all set to be a stormy affair with the opposition parties -...
Confusion after electronic voting shows government win
By IANS,
New Delhi : There was considerable confusion in the Indian parliament Tuesday night, after a day of high drama, after results of electronic voting showed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government win the crucial confidence vote in the Lok Sabha by 253 votes to 232.
The voting recorded two abstentions in a house with 487 votes registered.
Apparently, many members had either not voted properly or had waited to do manual voting that the speaker said would follow.
Politician shot dead in Patna
Patna : A politician was shot dead and his wife and another woman seriously injured by some people here on Friday, the police said.
Brijnathi...
No political party is untouchable, says Muslim cleric
By IANS,
Lucknow : Declaring that no political party is untouchable, an influential Muslim cleric of Uttar Pradesh says the community is inclined to back Chief Minister Mayawati as she has expressed "genuine intention" to work for the development of minorities.
"After years of experience of several parties, we realise we should go with a party which would do something concrete for the Muslims," Maulana Khalid Rashid Firangi Maheli told IANS in an interview here.
Rashid is the Naib Imam of Aishbagh Idgah and a member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board.
Filmmaker N. Shankar keen to join politics
Chennai : Telangana filmmaker N. Shankar, known for films such as "Jai Bolo Telangana", is likely to contest on behalf of the Telangana Rashtra...
Eight countries’ leaders to be at Modi swearing-in
New Delhi : Leaders from all eight countries, including Pakistan, who were invited to the swearing-in ceremony of prime minister-designate Narendra Modi have confirmed...
BJP stages protest over law and order situation
Ghaziabad : The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday staged a protest here against the deteriorating law and order situation in the district.
Citing the looting...
New anti-black money bill in parliament soon
Chennai : The central government will soon introduce a new bill in parliament to curb black money, a senior bureaucrat said here on Wednesday.
Speaking...
Goa Congress condemns Bhagwat’s Mother Teresa comment
Panaji : The Congress in Goa Tuesday condemned the statement by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in which he accused Nobel laureate Mother Teresa of...
Happy and safe in Hyderabad, but know we can’t stay here: Rohingyas react to...
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
The Rohingyas have been termed by the United Nations as one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. Having fled their...
Left parties appeal to PM to contain ministers
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Left parties Sunday appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ensure that the joint operations against the Maoist rebels in Lalgarh of West Bengal are not "adversely complicated by utterances and actions" of some ministers.
"We have learnt through media reports that some members of the union council of ministers are proceeding to visit the affected areas and are making public comments which are adversely complicating the operations against the Maoists," said the letter written by the four parties.
Have always been a loyal Congressman: Actor Jagadish
Thiruvananthapuram : Amid reports that ace comedian and character artist Jagadish would likely be fielded by the Congress for the Lok Sabha polls, the...
A temple in memory of Rajiv Gandhi in Bihar
Patna : A temple for the late Rajiv Gandhi, who was the Indian prime minister from 1984 to 1989, is being built in Bihar's...
Report on Babri demolition: Liberhan feels relieved; Government tense
By Andalib Akhter, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Even as Retd Justice M S Liberhan is feeling relieved after submitting the much awaited report on the demolition of the Babri Masjid to prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Congress led UPA government at centre is finding it difficult to handle the report.
Jayalalithaa seeks huge central investment, assistance for Tamil Nadu
Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Tuesday presented Prime Minister Narendra Modi a memorandum listing projects and schemes involving central investment and assistance...
11 child traffickers held in Delhi
New Delhi : Eleven members of a child-trafficking gang, including two women, have been arrested for kidnapping two children using the same modus operandi...
Deve Gowda India’s first OBC PM, not Modi: Bihar CM
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said H.D. Deve Gowda was India's first OBC premier as he attacked BJP president Amit Shah...
Women journalists take on PM on price rise
By IANS,
New Delhi : Women journalists cornered Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the rising prices of food stuff during an interaction in the capital Friday.
During the meet with members of the Indian Women's Press Corps at the Hotel Taj Palace here, one journalist pointed out that the prices of pulses, rice and flour was lower during the National Democratic Alliance government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
"I was told that the price of dal (pulses) has come down," Manmohan Singh responded, evoking titters in the all-female audience.
Plea for FIR registration against defecting Congress candidate
Noida : A plea has been filed in a court here seeking registration of an FIR against Gautam Budh Nagar's Congress candidate Ramesh Chand...
Tributes paid to Bal Thackeray
By IANS,
Mumbai: Top political leaders from various parties, industrialists and social personalities paid their tributes to late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray at an event here Tuesday.
Bedi likely to head BJP’s Delhi campaign committee
New Delhi : Former Indian Police Service officer Kiran Bedi, who Thursday joined the BJP, is likely to head the party's campaign in the...
Muslim groups condemn hate mongering of BJP leaders
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: The All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat (AIMMM), the umbrella body of Indian Muslim organisations, has condemned the continuous hate-mongering indulged in by BJP leaders.
AIMMM President Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan said here in a statement that after the disgraceful flop of their fake "Love Jihad" plank, BJP leaders are now raking up their old false claims about madrasas teaching terrorism and that meat export income is being used to finance terror. The first claim has been made by a BJP MP from Unnao Sakshi Mahraj, known for his hate utterances and activities while the other is made by a BJP minister Menaka Gandhi.
Central BJP team visits Tripura after attacks
Agartala : A central team of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday visited Tripura to take stock of the situation following attacks on party...
High polling gives new hope to INLD in Haryana
By Jaideep Sarin,
Chandigarh : Pollsters may not be giving too many seats to the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), Haryana's main opposition party, in...
Call the Left’s bluff, Premji says
By IANS
New Delhi : It is time for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to call the Left's bluff, Wipro chief Azim Premji says, while describing the Left-ruled West Bengal government as "progressive".
Taking part in a debate here Friday evening, Premji responded to a comment that the Left would continue to influence the coalition government.
Kanhaiya Kumar sent to one day police custody
New Delhi: A court here on Thursday sent JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on charges of sedition, to one day police custody,...
BJP may end short of majority in Jharkhand, behind PDP in Kashmir: Opinion poll
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may fall short of majority in the Jharkhand Assembly polls while the Peoples Democratic Party would...
Much-in-demand Nitish wants special status for Bihar
By IANS,
New Delhi/Patna : With political bargaining intensifying a day ahead of the Lok Sabha vote count, Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar Friday set the cat among the pigeons by saying he was willing to support any party that would grant his state "special status".
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) immediately scrambled to assert that Nitish Kumar was still with the National Democratic Alliance while the Congress pointed out that it has already given substantial funds to the eastern state.
BJP rubbishes Rahul’s allegation against PM
New Delhi : The BJP on Wednesday dismissed Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's allegation against Prime Minister Narendra Modi of taking money from the...
CBI to set up cyber-crime investigation branch in Mumbai
Mumbai : The Central Bureau of Investigation is planning to set up a cyber-crime investigation branch here, its director Anil Sinha said here on...
UT Austin discussion: Is intolerance on the rise in India?
By TCN News
Austin: Past Tuesday, University of Texas at Austin held a panel discussion on the topic of "Is intolerance on the rise in...
All arrangements in place for Tuesday’s polls in Kashmir
Srinagar : Security arrangements and poll staff deployment were completed Monday in Jammu and Kashmir's 16 constituencies going to the polls Tuesday in the...
Split wide open: BJP expels Jaswant Singh
By IANS,
Shimla : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), wrestling with unprecedented internal dissent, Wednesday expelled its veteran leader Jaswant Singh from the party over alleged ideological transgressions related to his remarks on Pakistan's founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah.
The decision to expel the 71-year-old leader, a former Indian Army major in the Armoured Corps who has held the portfolios of finance, defence and external affairs in BJP-led governments, was taken by the party's parliamentary board, said BJP president Rajnath Singh.
Gandhi slams Nitish’s development claims
By IANS,
Patna : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Thursday launched a scathing attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, saying no development has taken place in the state.
Rare late night sitting in Rajya Sabha
By IANS,
New Delhi : It was a rare occasion for the Rajya Sabha to sit late into the night Thursday, which led to some self-congratulatory pats from MPs.
Doubting Ram’s existence is foolish: Raghuvansh Prasad
By IANS
New Delhi : Close on the heels of two senior Congress leaders criticising Culture Minister Ambika Soni for submitting a controversial affidavit in the Supreme Court, Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh said Tuesday it was "foolish" to question Lord Ram's existence.
"Millions of people in the country believe in Lord Ram. Doubting and questioning his existence is foolish. How can some one do this?" Singh said on the sidelines of an event on drinking water and sanitation here.
Don’t divide Indians between north, south: Kejriwal tells Rijiju
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday told Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju not to divide Indians...
Trinamool to contest all Delhi Lok Sabha seats
By IANS,
Kolkata : The Trinamool Congress will fight all seven seats in Delhi in the coming Lok Sabha polls, party national general secretary Mukul...
Modi’s modernity vs saffron orthodoxy
By Amulya Ganguli,
Historian Ayesha Jalal has writen in her latest book, "The Struggle for Pakistan", that "at the root of Pakistan's national identity crisis has been the unresolved debate on how to square the state's self-proclaimed Islamic identity with the obligations of a modern nation-state".
52 new Odisha legislators have criminal past
Bhubaneswar : Fifty-two of Odisha's newly-elected 147 legislators have criminal background, an election watchdog said Monday.
The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) tops the list of...
Government to simplify adoption process: Maneka Gandhi
New Delhi : India is in the process of revising the guidelines for adopting children to simplify the process, Women and Child Development Minister...
Former MP’s daughter-in-law, 3 grand children killed in fire
Hyderabad : Daughter-in-law and three grand children of former Congress MP and party candidate for Warangal Lok Sabha by-election, Siricilla Rajaiah, were burnt...
Delhi polls: Prominent winners and losers
The following were the prominent winners and losers in the Delhi assembly polls:
Winners:
1. Arvind Kejriwal - AAP
2. Manish Sisodia - AAP
3. Somnath Bharti -...
Delhi cabinet clears bill to split MCD
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Delhi cabinet Tuesday cleared a bill envisaging splitting the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) into three smaller units, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said.
Assam Congress says no poll alliance with AUDF
By Najam Gilani, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: The Congress party on Sunday decided not to have any alliance with the Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF) in the coming Lok Sabha elections.
Protests in Assam over Congress leader’s remark against Irani
Guwahati : Protests rocked different parts of Assam on Monday seeking Congress leader Nolamoni Sen Deka's ouster from the party for making objectionable comment...
Modi to receive Xi in Gujarat
Ahmedabad : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will set aside protocol and himself receive Chinese President Xi Jinping when he arrives here Wednesday.
Xi will become...
Opposition demands roll-back of LPG price hike
New Delhi, (IANS): Opposition parties on Tuesday demanded a roll-back of the central government's decision to increase the price of subsidised cooking gas by Rs...
Suresh Prabhu, a one-man think tank from Sena (Profile)
Mumbai : There was a time when Shiv Sena patriarch, the late Bal Thackeray, would consult an intelligent chartered accountant-cum-lawyer for independent views on...
BJP demands CBI probe in Goa blast case
By IANS,
Panaji : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into last week's Goa blast case in which two people were killed.
Speaking to reporters in Panaji Tuesday, Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar said Home Minister Ravi Naik was "sabotaging the police investigation for political ends" and only a central agency could conduct an effective probe into the Diwali eve blast in Goa.
President Patil prays at Kerala temple
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : President Pratibha Patil, on a two-day visit to Kerala, Thursday morning offered prayers at the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple here. She spent around 40 minutes at the shrine.
Temple official Sasidharan Nair told IANS: "She is a very religious person and was extremely pleased to have prayed at the temple. We presented her a book about the temple and a beautiful picture of Lord Padmanabha."
The temple, known for its mural paintings and stone carvings, is one among 108 temples dedicated to Hindu god Vishnu in India.
Kerala youth icons call for tobacco-free educational institutions
Thiruvananthapuram : Kerala's popular youth icons have appealed to the state government and society to work towards making educational institutions here tobacco-free.
Popular music...
One by-poll no referendum on my government: PM
By Arvind Padmanabhan, IANS,
Pretoria : One by-election result could not be seen as a reflection of the performance of the government, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday.
Congress members walk out of Madhya Pradesh assembly
By IANS
Bhopal : The opposition Congress staged a walk out from the Madhya Pradesh assembly here Wednesday over poor power supply situation in the state.
Leader of the Opposition Jamuna Devi said: "Despite tall claims of the government and huge spending, power supply in the state is precarious. People living in rural and urban areas are facing acute shortage of electricity."
Badruddin Ajmal meets Maha Guv on recent communal violence
By TwoCircles.net News Desk,
New Delhi: Member of Lok Sabha from Dhubri (Assam) and president of All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), Maulana Badruddin Ajmal today led a delegation to the Maharashtra Governor SC Jamir to apprise him of the destruction of lives and properties of the Muslim community in the recent communal violence in some districts of the state.
Sunanda Pushkar murder: Amar Singh questioned
New Delhi : Delhi Police Wednesday questioned former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh as part of its ongoing probe into the murder of Sunanda...
Left defeat ‘a serious matter’, admits CPI-M
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Thursday said the Left defeat in West Bengal's municipal elections was "a serious matter" but added the result only reflected urban sentiment.
"It will be fallacious to conclude that the results of these municipal elections are a reflection of the state's electorate as a whole," CPI-M's organ People's Democracy said in an editorial.
"Nevertheless, it is a reflection of urban Bengal," it added. "To that extent, the Left Front is committed to undertake a serious introspection of these results."
Lok Sabha passes bill increasing list of SC communities
New Delhi : The Lok Sabha Thursday passed a constitutional amendment bill to add more communities to the existing list of scheduled castes in...
Deve Gowda rules out tie-up with Congress, party men persist
By IANS
Bangalore : Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) president H.D. Deve Gowda Thursday ruled out forming a government in alliance with the Congress in Karnataka to avoid early polls.
But despite this, some of his party colleagues continued to press ahead with their efforts to woo the Congress, the former ally, for possible government formation.
"The issue is still open," senior state JD-S leader M.P. Prakash said Thursday in an unusual variance from his party president's line.
DMK to field C.N. Annadurai namesake
Chennai : DMK's founder C.N. Annadurai will be "fighting" the general elections, as the party will be fielding a person with an identical name...
Jaiswal to head Congress’s Uttar Pradesh poll panel
By IANS,
New Delhi : Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal will head the Congress's election campaign committee for the 2012 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.
Maharashtra to withdraw social, political agitation cases
Mumbai : In a significant decision, the Maharashtra government Monday decided to withdraw police cases filed against activists for agitations over various social or...
Sushma Swaraj to visit Nepal July 25-27
By Anil Giri,
Kathmandu : Indian Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj will be arriving in Kathmandu July 25 on a three-day official visit, Nepal's...
Global campaign #StandAsMyWitness calls for immediate release of Indian activist Sudha Bharadwaj on 2nd...
TCN News
CIVICUS, an online monitor to track fundamental rights around the world has released a statement ahead of August 28 to mark two years...
Chhattisgarh reshuffles officials
By IANS,
Raipur : Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Monday appointed commissioners for the Raipur, Bilaspur, Bastar and Surguja divisions and reshuffled over 15 Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers.
B.L. Agrawal was made commissioner of Raipur division while Ganeshshankar Mishra (Bastar), Shivkumar Tiwari (Bilaspur) and Manoj Pingua (Surguja) were also appointed.
Janata Dal faces 14th split in 19 years
By IANS
Bangalore : The Janata Dal, launched in 1988 with much fanfare in Bangalore as a left-of-the-centre alternative to the Congress party, has split 13 times and faces one more break-up in Karnataka.
The Janata Parivar, which had its roots in the Janata Party that was launched in the 1970s, reached its peak in 1989 when V.P. Singh became prime minister after falling out with former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi of the Congress over the Bofors gun purchase scandal.
However, the 'family' started disintegrating soon after and by the last count had split 13 times.
Himachal second phase poll notification Friday
By IANS
Dharamsala : The notification for the second phase of elections for the remaining 65 constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh assembly will be issued Friday, the chief electoral officer of the state said here Thursday.
The first phase of the elections was conducted Nov 14 and some 62 percent of the voters cast their ballot. The polling in three seats - Kinnaur, Bharmaur and twin valleys of Lahaul & Spiti - was held five weeks before the rest of the state, as these areas tend to get snowbound early in winter.
Fact-Finding Report on the alleged Exodus of Hindus from Kairana
By TCN News,
In order to find a truth behind the claim by BJP MP Hukum Singh that many Hindu families have been forced to...
Kashmir at cross roads: What’s in store for Kashmiris if BJP is part of...
By Ram Puniyani,
The recent (December 2014) verdict of Kashmir elections has been fractured, so to say. While the PDP has emerged as the single largest party, the BJP is a close second with substantial percentage of votes. Interestingly, the BJP has secured most seats and major vote share from the Hindu majority Jammu region of Kashmir. Now the dilemma for the other parties, National Conference, Congress is in which direction to go as far as the government formation is concerned.
AAP attacks Parrikar over corruption, faking simplicity
Panaji: The AAP Saturday hit out Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, accusing him of corruption and faking simplicity.
Addressing the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) first...
I regret Nandigram remarks, says mellowed Buddhadeb
By IANS
New Delhi : A softened West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya Tuesday said he should not have made his controversial remarks on the Nandigram violence that villagers allegedly targeted by his party cadres were "paid back in their own coin".
"I had said the people have been paid back in the same coin. I should not have said it. I want peace now," Bhattacharya told reporters at a specially convened press conference at Banga Bhawan here.
"What I meant was that our boys were desperate. They waited for 11 months," he said.
Muslims to need to be a political force: Bukhari
By IANS,
New Delhi : Saying he had voted against the Congress for letting down Muslims, prominent Islamic cleric Syed Ahmad Bukhari Thursday said it was time India's largest minority became a political force.
"For 60 years political parties have made promises to Muslims. We have voted for different parties who claim to be secular but we have been neglected. Now Muslims need to emerge as a political force," Bukhari told IANS.
Modi will be flexible, problematic: Chinese daily
Beijing : Narendra Modi, widely tipped to be India's next prime minister, may show flexibility in economic ties with China but also "create new...
Kalam’s body brought to Rameswaram, Modi to attend last rites
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) : Large number of people from different walks of life paid their last respects to former president A.P.J.Abdul Kalam as...
62 people arrive from Bangladesh after exchange of enclaves
New Delhi: The first batch of 62 people have arrived from Bangladesh following India's exchange of enclaves with its South Asian neighbour earlier this...
Parliamentary board to decide on naming CM candidate for Bihar polls: Amit Shah
Patna : The BJP parliamentary board will decide on whether to name the chief ministerial candidate for the Bihar assembly polls later this year,...
Team Manmohan ready for governance
By IANS,
New Delhi : Team Manmohan was finally inducted Thursday with 14 cabinet ministers and 45 ministers of state taking oath at the Rashtrapati Bhavan to wrap up the 79-member council of ministers that will shepherd the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) second tenure in office.
In a businesslike ceremony that started punctually at 11.30 a.m. at the historic Ashoka Hall in the presidential palace, President Pratibha Patil administered the oath of office to the 59 ministers in the second phase of ministry formation -- 19 cabinet ministers were sworn in May 22.
CPI-M move only eyewash: former Communists
By IANS
Thiruvananthapuram : The suspension of Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan and state party secretary Pinnarayi Vijayan from the politburo of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Saturday was termed by former communists here as an eyewash.
Yoga to be taught in central schools
New Delhi: Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Monday announced that yoga will be made compulsory in all central schools from Class 6...
One killed in CRPF lathicharge in Assam polls
Guwahati : At least one person died and several others suffered injuries as stray incidents of violence marred the second phase of polling in...
समाजवादी पार्टी के राष्ट्रीय अधिवेशन में शरद यादव
By TCN News,
आज से शुरू हो रहे समाजवादी पार्टी के तीन-दिवसीय राष्ट्रीय अधिवेशन में सपा समर्थकों और कार्यकर्ताओं की भारी भीड़ के बीच समाजवादी...
Now NDA seeking third front support for Shekhawat
By IANS
New Delhi : With President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam deciding not to contest a second term Friday, the opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) sounded optimistic that the Third Front would support its candidate Bhairon Singh Shekhawat against United Progressive Alliance (UPA) nominee Pratibha Patil.
Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK juggernaut set to roll: Analyst
Chennai : With former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa being acquitted in a disproportionate assets case on Monday, the AIADMK juggernaut is all...
Advani to turn 81 Saturday, launch his own website
By IANS,
New Delhi : The prime ministerial-candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lal Krishna Advani, who turns 81 Saturday, will launch his own website from his home.
"The website, to be called lkadvani.in, is the most comprehensive website of any political leader in the country," Advani's close colleague Sudheendra Kulkarni told IANS Thursday.
"The website has as many as 700 pages and 350 images, besides being interactive," said Kulkarni, who, along with his team, has put together the site.
Nuke deal: What does Indian Muslims say – deal or no deal?
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
As fall of India’s Union government looks a matter of days on the issue of Indo-US nuclear deal, the political parties are exploiting the issue the way most suitable for their political future. Some political parties like CPI (M), BSP and SP have taken upon themselves to speak on behalf of the Indian Muslims when it comes to the nuke deal. But what do Indian Muslims think about the deal themselves? TwoCircles.net contacted some of them in India and abroad to get their opinion.
Chawla votes after confusion, poll body clarifies
By IANS,
New Delhi: India's Chief Election Commissioner Naveen Chawla Thursday faced a bit of confusion about where to vote, but the Delhi chief electoal officer later clarified he had been informed about the change in his polling booth.
Chawla along with his wife and daughter exercised their franchise at booth number 86 in Nirman Bhavan that houses government offices and has been turned into a VIP polling station for the elections in the New Delhi constituency.
Subramanian Swamy approaches court for replacing EVMs
By IANS,
New Delhi : Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Tuesday filed a public interest petition in the Delhi High Court that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) lacked necessary safeguards to protect the integrity of a poll outcome and demanded that they be replaced.
The court will hear Swamy's plea Wednesday.
In his petition, Swamy stated that the EVMs should be of international standards as prevalent in other countries.
Modi calls for increasing executive-accountability
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called upon the political parties in parliament to work towards increasing accountability of the...
Centre working towards solution of Naga issue: PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his government was working sincerely towards a solution to the decades-old Naga issue.
Modi, who met...
50 percent vote in Delhi’s Rajinder Nagar
By IANS,
New Delhi : Nearly 50 percent of 137,000 eligible voters Saturday exercised their franchise in Delhi's Rajinder Nagar assembly constituency, where elections were postponed after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate committed suicide last month.
Polling in the constituency was moved to this month after outgoing legislator Puran Chand Yogi died days before before Delhi went to the polls Nov 29.
“The voting in Rajinder Nagar was peaceful and we recorded 50 percent polling in the constituency,” said an Election Commission official.
India’s 14th PM, Modi promises strong, developed, inclusive nation
New Delhi : With the setting sun forming a magnificent backdrop, India got a new prime minister Monday as Narendrabhai Damodardas Modi, 63, took...
AMU के अल्पसंख्यक दर्जे को लेकर छात्रों ने शुरू की ऑनलाईन मुहिम
TwoCircles.net News Desk
अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम यूनिवर्सिटी (एएमयू) के अल्पसंख्यक दर्जा दिलाने की मुहिम अब ज़ोर पकड़ती नज़र आ रही है. देश में अलग-अलग संस्थाओं, नेताओं...
‘दबंग दादियां’ रखेंगी सुप्रीम कोर्ट में ‘शाहीन बाग़’ का पक्ष
यूसुफ़ अंसारी, twocircles.net
नई दिल्ली। शाहीन बाग़ में नागरिकता संशोधन क़ानून, एनपीआर और एनआरसी के ख़िलाफ लगतार दो महीने से चल रहे धरना प्रदर्शन की...
Narrow escape for BJP youth wing chief
By IANS,
Shimla: The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) youth wing chief Anurag Thakur Friday had a narrow escape when his vehicle was hit by another vehicle in Himachal Pradesh, police said.
Thakur, the Hamirpur MP and son of Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, was on the way to Hamirpur to attend a function along with his family when the accident occurred near his home village Samirpur at around 5 p.m., Superintendent of Police Kuldip Sharma told IANS.
Name PM candidate now, Sena tells NDA
By IANS,
Mumbai : Hours after announcing its support for UPA presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee, the Shiv Sena Tuesday demanded that the NDA should declare its prime ministerial candidate now.
Arjun Singh bats for Rahul as prime ministerial candidate
By IANS,
New Delhi : Senior Congress leader and Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Arjun Singh Monday said there was nothing wrong in projecting Congress MP Rahul Gandhi as the party's next prime ministerial candidate.
"He (Rahul) has all the qualities of his father (former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi)," Singh told reporters.
"He is making sincere efforts to acquire all the information and knowledge that is required (for the top job)," Singh said.
Lok Sabha adopts motion of thanks to president’s address
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Lok Sabha Monday adopted the motion of thanks on the president's address after a huge number of amendments moved by the opposition were negatived.
Sixth round of Kashmir polling ends — 63 percent vote
By IANS,
Srinagar/Jammu : The sixth and penultimate round of balloting to pick a new assembly in Jammu and Kashmir ended peacefully Wednesday with about 63 percent of the electorate turning out to vote despite winter chill and threats from separatist groups.
The authorities said the 10-hour exercise went off without trouble in Anantnag and Kulgam districts in the Kashmir Valley and in the districts of Ramban, Doda and Kishtwar in Jammu region. Stray protests against the elections were reported in both regions, however.
Madhya Pradesh Congress stages walkout over compensation
By IANS,
Bhopal : The opposition Congress Monday walked out of the Madhya Pradesh assembly demanding an adjournment motion to discuss the problem in Singrauli where work at the 1,200 MW Essar power plant has been stalled due to a clash between farmers and the administration over compensation for land.
Soon after the house - that assembled after four days holiday - had paid tribute to former prime minister V.P. Singh and others, Choudhary Rakesh Singh Chaturvedi of the Congress demanded an adjournment motion on the Singrauli issue.
Bulandshahr gang-rape accused plead innocence, seek narco test
Lucknow : The four accused in the Bulandshahr gang-rape case on Wednesday pleaded not guilty in a Bulandshahr court and demanded a narco-analysis test...
Visually challenged Dalit labour rights activist jailed in Haryana, family alleges ‘torture’
Shiv Kumar is a Dalit labour rights activist who is named in the same FIR as incarcerated activist Nodeep Kaur, but according to eyewitnesses,...
Schedule for assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat
By IANS,
New Delhi: The following is the schedule for assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat as announced by the Election Commission on Wednesday:
Himachal Pradesh:
Mahdhani’s Kerala supporters jubilant over acquittal
By IANS
Thiruvananthapuram : Supporters of People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Abdul Nasser Mahdhani came out on the streets across Kerala Wednesday to celebrate his acquittal in the 1998 Coimbatore serial blasts.
Mahdhani is expected to be released Thursday morning and will be brought to Thiruvananthapuram by a helicopter. The ailing Mahdhani will be taken to hospital immediately for treatment, sources close to him said.
NIA U-turn in Malegaon blast case travesty of justice: Owaisi
Hyderabad : AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday said the U-turn by the NIA in the Malegaon blast case was a "joke and travesty...
Sonia, Rahul summoned for misappropriating newspaper’s funds
New Delhi:A Delhi court Thursday issued summons to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her son and party vice president Rahul Gandhi for misappropriating the...
RSS seeks court-monitored probe into killing of Kerala workers
New Delhi, (IANS): Accusing the CPI-M-led Kerala government of sponsoring the murders of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) workers in the state, the RSS on Friday...
India will conduct nuclear test whenever necessary in future — FM
By KUNA
New Delhi : Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday stressed that the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal would not ban a nuclear test by New Delhi whenever there was a need in the future. "In the 123 Indo-US nuclear agreement, testing is not banned. If the geopolitical situation arises, we will go for it," Mukherjee said in his reply to the debate on the nuclear deal in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament). "The government of the day will have to determine what is the threat perception and act accordingly," he said.
Provide drinking water, toilets in schools: BJP to MCD
New Delhi : The Delhi unit of the BJP Thursday asked all three municipal corporations under it to provide clean drinking water and separate...
BJP releases CD of Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Goa varsity
By IANS,
Panaji: A group of students associated with the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday submitted a CD to the Goa governor and called it a "clinching evidence" of the political nature of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's meetings at the Goa university (GU) Jan 19.
The video, screened for the media later, shows the young Congress leader speaking about the party's political resurgence in Uttar Pradesh in his address to the state Congress politicians.
Where’s women power: Huma Qureshi on Kejriwal’s cabinet
New Delhi : Actress Huma Qureshi has high hopes from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal but has one issue with his cabinet -- the...
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Polling in Rajasthan ends peacefully
By IANS,
Jaipur : Polling to elect a new 200-seat Rajasthan legislative assembly ended at 5 p.m. Thursday amid enthusiastic voters turning up in large numbers to exercise their franchise.
Officials said barring sporadic skirmishes between supporters of various political parties, the polling passed off peacefully under tight police security. Rajasthan has 36 million voters, including 17.2 million women.
AAP to regularise city’s unauthorised colonies
New Delhi : The AAP government on Tuesday said it would work towards the regularisation of the national capital's unauthorised colonies by initiating steps...
Chiranjeevi’s party embarks on campaign by train
By IANS,
Hyderabad : A special train hired by actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi's Praja Rajyam Party Saturday began its three-day journey from here to showcase its election symbol 'rail engine' to the people.
Chiranjeevi flagged off the train with 15 bogies at Secunderabad railway station.
With the first phase of polls to state assembly and Lok Sabha scheduled Thursday, the party has launched "praja rail yatra" to intensify its campaign.
Mayawati is stone-hearted ‘Murti-devi’, says Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Congress Monday lashed out at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for seeking funds for implementing Right to Education Act in the state, calling her a stone-hearted "murti-devi" (statue).
"Murtidevi Mayawati is saying like stone-hearted statues that there is no money for education of children," Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi told reporters here.
Asma Nama: Listen to Rajeena; dismissing her is a sign of clear hypocrisy
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Congress candidate in Bangalore cries foul over missing names
By IANS,
Bangalore : Congress candidate Krishna Byre Gowda, contesting from the prestigious Bangalore South seat, has alleged that names of about 30,000 voters were found missing in key segments of the parliamentary constituency that went to the polls Thursday.
"I have petitioned the Election Commission to re-survey the areas where names of thousands of voters have been deleted and have demanded re-polling," Byre Gowda told reporters late Thursday after meeting state chief electoral officer M.N. Vidyasankar.
Mulayam targets Uttar Pradesh governor
By IANS
Meerut : Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav Saturday gave a call for laying a siege at the Raj Bhawan as a mark of protest against Uttar Pradesh Governor T.V. Rajeshwar's "bias" against him and his party.
"The governor's bias against me and my party was blatantly visible all along my last stint as chief minister, when he would repeatedly send adverse reports about my government to the centre," Yadav told the valedictory function of a three-day state executive of the party here.
National Conference emerges single largest party
By IANS,
Srinagar/Jammu : The National Conference Sunday emerged a clear winner in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, winning in 20 seats and leading in seven.
Officials said the National Conference won 20 seats in the Kashmir valley, with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) trailing behind.
The PDP won 15 seats and was leading in eight seats, the officials said.
The PDP-Congress alliance ruled the state for a full term of six years. Under the state's separate constitution, the state legislature has a tenure of six years.
Lok Sabha disrupted over Rahul Gandhi’s ‘night-out’ in Orissa
By IANS
New Delhi : Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's reported 'sneaking out' of his guest house in Orissa during his visit to the state last week created unruly scenes in the Lok Sabha Thursday.
Congress MPs reacted sharply when Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Brij Kishore Tripathi raised the issue of, what he termed, concern about the security of Rahul Gandhi. Raising the issue in the house during zero hour, Tripathi alleged that Gandhi had left the National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) guesthouse where he was staying on the night of March 7 without informing the police.
Sanjay Dutt meets Narendra Modi
By IANS,
Gandhinagar: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt met Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Monday to discuss a proposal to set up a film city in the state.
Dutt was with the chief minister for over an hour and later told reporters that the project was still at the proposal stage.
The chief minister is reported to have suggested Kutch as the location for the proposed film city.
Dutt said no final decision has been taken about either the location or the investment.
BJP criticises opposition for ruckus in Bihar assembly
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday criticised the opposition party leaders in Bihar for creating a ruckus in the state assembly and said they were "aggressively trying to come back to power" in the state.
"There are some people in Bihar, who have been out of power for a long time and they are aggressively trying to come back to power," BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said here without naming the opposition parties or its leaders.
Former chief minister Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is the main opposition party in the state.
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.