Raj Thackeray gives officials 30-day ‘ultimatum’ on north Indians
By IANS,
Mumbai : Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray issued a 30-day "ultimatum" Friday to all Marathi-speaking government officials to check influx of north Indians in the state or "prepare themselves to face the consequences”.
Thackeray served his "ultimatum" against the north Indians, especially from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, living or working in the state, at a party office-bearers meeting in Dadar.
In Pictures: Kashmir under strict lockdown after top separatist leader’s death
Following the death of senior separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Wednesday night, the entire Kashmir valley was shut and phones and internet...
No leadership crisis in Congress: Anand Sharma
New Delhi : Unfazed with former union minister Jayanthi Natrajan's exit, Congress leader Anand Sharma Friday dispelled concerns of leadership deficit within his party.
"There...
KCR achieved in 11 days what he could not in eight years
By Mohammed Shafeeq, IANS,
Hyderabad : In June, when then Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy asked Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao where he would hide after the humiliating electoral defeat, few would have thought that the goal of a separate state would be achieved in just six months.
Through his 11-day fast-unto-death supported by mass protests, the 55-year-old achieved what other leaders from the region could not in five decades.
Social media to blame for spontaneous crimes: UP police chief
Ghaziabad : Social media was to blame for sensational spontaneous crimes in Uttar Pradesh, Director General of Police (DGP) Jagmohan Yadav said on...
No linguistic controversies please: Maharashtra BJP
By IANS,
Nagpur : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Maharashtra unit Tuesday disapproved of attempts to rake up linguistic controversies in the state, saying the row betweeb Jaya Bachchan and Raj Thackeray should be laid to rest.
Reacting to Bollywood actress Jaya Bachchan's recent insistence on speaking in Hindi since she belonged to Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra Nav Nirman Sena-led agitation against it, the BJP's Maharashtra unit president Nitin Gadkari said that while Jaya should have been more circumspect, the MNS should refrain from carrying out divisive politics.
SP jittery, hence murmurs of alliance, says BJP
Lucknow: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday took potshots at the Samajwadi Party (SP) on the conflicting reports over a possible Grand Alliance in...
How far can separatists stretch Sayeed’s healing touch doctrine?
By Sheikh Qayoom,
Srinagar : As he advocates more political space for them, Kashmiri separatist leaders are making Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad...
Modi has two busy days in Varanasi
Varanasi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive here Friday for a two-day visit of his Lok Sabha constituency during which he will lay...
Amar Singh now joins chorus for smaller states
By IANS,
Lucknow : Ousted high-profile Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh Monday floated a new outfit, National Federation of Small States, to work towards the demand for smaller states - but it seems to be a non-starter.
The announcement was made Monday at a joint convention of leaders from different parts of the country seeking creation of six new states - Purvanchal, Harit Pradesh, both out of Uttar Pradesh; Bundelkhand out of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh; Vidharbha out of Maharastra; Telangana out of Andhra Pradesh and Gorkhaland out of West Bengal.
Mayawati sends job quota reminder to private sector
By IANS
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati has decided to go all out to enforce job quotas in the private sector.
She announced the quota as part of her government's new economic policy on December 24 last year. Now, a full-page advertisement has appeared in all prominent dailies here Wednesday, entitled "New Positive Reservation Initiatives", as a reminder that she meant business.
Is Tiwari a Congress member? Party is confused
By IANS,
New Delhi : Is disgraced former Andhra Pradesh Governor N.D. Tiwari still a Congress member? The party does not seem to know.
Congress spokesman Shakeel Ahmed said it was a convention that a person ceases to be member of a political party once he is named a governor.
"The day a person is appointed governor, he does not remain a member of a political party," Ahmed told IANS, adding he was not speaking from the strict legal point of view.
He added: "A lawyer can be a member of a political party. But once he is appointed a judge, he becomes apolitical."
Congress, TMC protest outside parliament
New Delhi: Members of the Congress and Trinamool Congress on Thursday protested outside parliament over the Lalit Modi controversy and the Vyapam scam.
The opposition...
Mayawati re-elected BSP president
Lucknow: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati was Saturday unanimously re-elected Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president at the two-day national executive meeting of the...
Gujarat coast used for narcotics smuggling: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress Sunday accused Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of major security lapses in his state's coastal region leading to narcotics smuggling.
"On...
Slain Ranvir Sena chief’s son to contest LS polls
Patna : Slain Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh's son Indu Bhusan will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Arrah constituency in Bihar.
Bhusan, who heads...
Antulay remarks to dominate parliament sitting Monday
By IANS,
New Delhi : Minority Affairs Minister A.R. Antulay's controversial remarks on the death of a top police official in the Mumbai terror attack is set to dominate parliament proceedings Monday, with the opposition clamouring for his resignation while the government planning a statement on the matter.
Sikh leaders meet Hooda, demand separate SGPC
By IANS,
Chandigarh : A faction of Sikh leaders who want a separate and autonomous body other than the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to manage gurdwaras in Haryana Tuesday met Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to discuss the issue.
"We met Hooda and reminded him about his promise of a separate SGPC for Haryana. He has assured us ... a separate body to administer gurdwaras in Haryana," Jagdish Singh Jhinda, president of an ad hoc committee of SGPC, told reporters here.
Rahul to visit Amethi Friday
By IANS,
Lucknow : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will Friday embark on a two-day visit of his parliamentary constituency Amethi, a party spokesperson said Thursday.
"Rahulji will review the progress of developmental projects funded by the central government in Amethi," Akhilesh Pratap Singh told reporters here.
"He will participate in the district vigilance committee meeting with the district administration and attend functions organised by self-help groups Friday," he added.
Yeddyurappa wins trust vote, Congress walks out
By IANS,
Bangalore : The first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in southern India Friday formally began its rule in Karnataka with Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa easily winning the trust vote in the assembly, after a walkout by the main opposition Congress.
A one-line motion of confidence was approved by voice vote by BJP members and independents supporting the government as the 80 Congress members walked out of the house at the end of a two-hour discussion on the motion moved by Yeddyurappa.
Mehbooba meets Rajnath, Gadkari
New Delhi : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday met union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for the first time after assuming...
Bihar government admits failure in Shahabuddin bail case
New Delhi : The Bihar government on Wednesday admitted its failure before the Supreme Court in not opposing the bail petition of RJD strongman...
Congress justifies twin power structure
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Congress Tuesday justified the power sharing structure in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and hinted that it could be followed in the future as well.
V.K. Malhotra to be BJP’s candidate for Delhi chief minister
By IANS,
New Delhi : Veteran leader V.K. Malhotra will be the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) candidate for chief minister in the upcoming Delhi elections, the party announced Friday.
The decision was taken at the party's central parliamentary board meeting.
"We will fight under his guidance," senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley said at a press conference.
Malhotra, a former chief executive councillor of Delhi before it became a full-fledged state, represents the South Delhi constituency in the Lok Sabha.
‘Congress showing locals, and not Pakistan, provoke terror’
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday alleged that the Congress-led government at the centre was diluting India's stance on terrorism from across the border by creating an impression that the country had home-grown extremists.
"The Congress party is playing a dangerous game of converting Pakistan-sponsored terrorism into Pragnya-sponsored terrorism," BJP vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told reporters here.
The ruling party was trying to falsely portray that local people, be it Hindus or Muslims, are involved in terror activities in the country.
Sushmita Sen urges fans to vote
BY IANS,
New Delhi : Actress Sushmita Sen says it doesn't matter whom people vote for, but it is important that everyone votes.
"Please vote for whoever you do, but please do vote," Sushmita urged her fans here Friday.
Sushmita, who was in the capital to inaugurate P.C. Jewellers' new showroom at Pitampura, said coming to Delhi always felt like coming home as she had lived a large part of her life in the city.
29 Muslims to enter Assam State Assembly in 2016
By Afroz Alam Sahil, Twocircles.net
The Assam 2016 elections will see 29 Muslim MLAs this year, compared to 28 in 2011, with 15 from Congress,...
Laxmikant Parsenkar to head Goa BJP
By IANS,
Panaji: Laxmikant Parsenkar will take over as the president of the Goa unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday.
Parsenkar was the only candidate for the post, as the tenure of incumbent Shripad Naik ends Sunday.
BJP state general secretary and spokesperson Govind Parvatkar told IANS that Parsenkar was the only person to fill the form for the post.
This will be Parsenkar's second stint as the state party chief.
Home Ministry seeks report from UP on ‘migration’ from Kairana
New Delhi : Taking cognisance of reports on alleged "migration" of Hindus from Kairana town, an issue flagged by the BJP, the Union Home...
Delay planned to escape vote: CPI
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Communist Party of India (CPI) Thursday accused the government of planning the delay in Lokpal debate in Rajya Sabha to escape voting in the legislation.
We will provide good governance, says Modi
New Delhi : BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Monday pledged to provide good governance if his party was voted to power in the...
Rajya Sabha adjourned over Belgaum dispute
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Rajya Sabha was adjourned twice Wednesday, the first time on the Maharashtra-Karnataka border row and the second time over a calling attention motion on the killing of Indian fishermen in attacks by the Sri Lankan Navy.
As the house met for question hour, Shiv Sena members led by Manohar Joshi appealed to Chairman Hamid Ansari for a discussion on the Belgaum dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka.
The chair, however, rejected the demand, stating that the matter was sub-judice and could not be taken up in the house.
CPI-M condemns Mumbai terror attacks, calls for security revamp
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday condemned the terrorist attack in Mumbai and demanded the government take measures to revamp the intelligence and security network to prevent recurrence of such incidents.
Munde’s body brought home to Beed for last rites
Latur/Beed (Maharashtra) : The body of senior BJP leader and union minister Gopinath Munde, who was killed in a road accident in New Delhi...
Man climbs tree in Congress headquarters, demands Lok Sabha ticket
By IANS,
New Delhi : A former Congress legislator climbed a nearly 30-foot-tall tree at the party's national headquarters here Saturday afternoon to draw attention to his demand for a ticket in the Lok Sabha polls. From the top branch, he threw copies of his bio-data to press his case.
According to the bio-data, the man is 50-year-old Prem Pal Singh Samrat, a former legislator from Uttar Pradesh's Jalesar during 1985-1989. He wants to contest the Lok Sabha election from Hathras constituency, which is reserved for Scheduled Castes.
Can’t talk with Hurriyat provocation, India tells Pakistan
New Delhi/Jaipur : India declared on Friday that "unilateral imposition of new conditions and distortion of the agreed agenda cannot be the basis for...
AAP panel discusses Lok Sabha polls preparations
By IANS,
New Delhi : The political affairs committee of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) held a meeting here Sunday morning to discuss its preparations...
Turnout in large numbers, Modi urges voters
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday urged voters in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand to turnout in "record numbers" and cast their...
Christian body, BJP spar in Jharkhand
By IANS:
Ranchi, July 15 : A Christian body on Sunday urged Jharkhand Governor Drupdi Mumru for an end to action against missionaries in the...
BJP MP resigns alleging Rajasthan poll tickets were sold
By IANS,
New Delhi : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Bharatpur in Rajasthan Vishwendra Singh resigned Thursday alleging that big money had changed hands in distribution of party tickets for the state assembly elections.
In a press release issued from Delhi, Singh asserted: "The party tickets were virtually sold for huge money, at the cost of sincere party workers. The party's central leadership was aware of all this, but it remained a mute spectator."
BJP backtracking on Delhi statehood promise: AAP
New Delhi : The AAP Saturday accused the BJP of backtracking on its promise of granting statehood to Delhi.
"The BJP has been demanding statehood...
Congress stages walkout in Himachal assembly over Naina Devi stampede
By IANS,
Shimla : The Congress Monday staged a walkout on the first day of the monsoon session of the Himachal Pradesh assembly, demanding a judicial inquiry into the Naina Devi stampede in Bilaspur district Aug 3 in which 142 people were killed.
Raising the issue during a calling attention motion, Leader of Opposition in the assembly, Vidya Stokes demanded that the probe be conducted either by a sitting or a retired judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.
Real estate mafia will be curbed in Kerala: Achutanandan
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : The real estate mafia, on a land buying spree across Kerala, will be curbed through a new legislation, if needed, said Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Wednesday.
"The real estate mafia would be curbed through new legislation, if it is required. Already we have laws that prevent such buying of land," Achuthanandan told reporters here after the weekly cabinet meeting.
He said he has been in the forefront of the struggle that led to the Kerala Land Reforms Act mooted by then E.M.S. Namboothiripad government in 1957.
People defy curfew as protests erupt in Kashmir
By Sarwar Kashani
Srinagar : Fresh protests, some violent, erupted across the Kashmir Valley on Friday as people defied a curfew re-imposed to prevent a...
No tomorrow for this six-year old Rohingya refugee girl
By Sheikh Qayoom
Jammu : Six-year-old Tasleema is nobody's 'laadli beti' (beloved daughter). She has no idea of the horrors her parents have been...
Rosaiah says he will abide by court order on mining
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah Sunday rejected the opposition Telugu Desam Party's (TDP) demand for his resignation over alleged irregularities by Karnataka minister G. Janardhan Reddy's mining firm. He, however, said his government would abide by the Supreme Court verdict on the issue.
Taking strong exception to TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu's allegation that he was trying to shield Janardhan Reddy's Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), Rosaiah challenged Naidu for a debate on the corruption allegations during his nine-year rule.
Rajnath seeks suggestions on ‘intolerance’
New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the government will seek suggestions from MPs on what they say is "growing intolerance"...
RSS to set up Muslim wing in Kerala
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
Thiruvananthapuram: A week after the Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan said that his government will not let RSS Shakhas function...
Congress is the only option for minorities: Bihar Congress Minority leader
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Patna: Youth Congress leader Minnat Rahmani has been appointed as the Chairman of Minority Department of Bihar State Congress Committee. A...
I will contest, but not as an Independent: Fernandes
By IANS,
Patna : Veteran socialist leader George Fernandes, whose Janata Dal-United (JD-U) denied him a ticket to contest the Lok Sabha polls, Tuesday said he would contest the elections on the nomination of a party and not as an Independent candidate in Bihar.
He, however, refused to name the party that would give him the ticket for contesting from the Muzaffarpur constituency. Last week, Fernandes announced he would fight the polls as an Independent candidate.
BJP to meet Uttar Pradesh governor in Varun Gandhi case
By IANS,
Lucknow : A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation will Monday evening meet Uttar Pradesh Governor T.V. Rajeswar, seeking his intervention into the case against party's Lok Sabha candidate from Pilibhit Varun Gandhi, who was booked under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) Sunday night.
"Our delegation will apprise the governor about the autocratic ways adopted by the Mayawati government for slapping the NSA against Varun," BJP state unit spokesperson H.N. Dixit told reporters here.
Cancel land allotment to RSS group: Madhya Pradesh ombudsman
By IANS,
Bhopal : Madhya Pradesh's Lokayukta (ombudsman) Ripusudan Dayal has recommended cancellation of allotment of two plots in Indore to Guruji Seva Nyas, an organisation affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), officials said Friday.
Congress leader K.K. Mishra complained to the Lokayukta that the Nyas was allotted the land by the Indore Development Authority (IDA) last year at a price much lower than the prevailing market price.
Punjab chief minister calls all party meet over violence
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Monday decided to hold an all party meeting here Tuesday to discuss the violence in the state following the death of a Sikh religious leader in a clash in Vienna and also called for the closure of all commercial establishments in the state.
Government spokesperson Harcharan Bains told reporters here that all business establishments will be closed Monday to express solidarity with the victims of Sunday's clash between two Sikh groups in the Austrian capital.
Jayalalithaa regrets aligning with DMDK for assembly polls
By IANS,
Chennai : It was all-out war in the Tamil Nadu assembly Wednesday with Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa and one-time ally A. Vijayakant, chief of the DMDK, exchanging bitter words.
Committee on Telangana by next week: Chidambaram
By IANS,
New Delhi: An expert committee to examine the demand for a separate Telangana will be announced next week, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said here Thursday but refused to divulge the names of the members.
"We are almost at the end of concluding that exercise. If all goes well, we will have a committee by the end of this week. And we will announce it by next week," he said, while talking to reporters outside his North Block office.
Bihar conducts fifth phase of panchayat polls
By IANS,
Patna: Voting for the fifth phase of the Bihar panchayat polls was held amid tight security Tuesday, officials said.
Young Congress icon Rahul playing ‘bigger role’
By Darshan Desai and Khalid Akhter, IANS,
New Delhi : Congress leaders may have often retracted their statements calling Rahul Gandhi prime ministerial material, but fact is the 38-year-old party general secretary is being groomed for a "bigger role".
Just like Rahul, his father Rajiv Gandhi was first made the Congress general secretary by his grandmother and late prime minister Indira Gandhi and put in charge of the Indian Youth Congress and the National Students Union of India (NSUI).
Large number of voters choose NOTA in Delhi
New Delhi : Even as the AAP Tuesday got a thumping victory in the Delhi polls, a large number of people chose NOTA or...
Email threatens to ‘kill Advani’, traced to Shillong
By IANS,
Shillong : An email attributed to terror group Indian Mujahideen Thursday threatened to eliminate leader of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lal Krishna Advani, using suicide bombers during his scheduled visit to Meghalaya next week.
The Meghalaya police said they have tracked the cyber cafe from where the threat mail was sent to various media outlets in the state.
Chhattisgarh assembly to debate Maoist menace
By IANS
Raipur : The Chhattisgarh assembly is set to hold a special sitting Thursday to discuss the growing Maoist menace in the state and form a strategy to deal with the rebels.
"Assembly members will have an open discussion in the house on Thursday to firm up a strategy to contain the militants and their relentless attacks," a minister in the BJP government told IANS. "The house will debate the issue as the extremists have crossed all limits."
Tripura makes electoral history with 92 percent polling
By IANS
Agartala : India's northeastern state of Tripura made electoral history when a record 92 percent votes were cast in Saturday's election to the 60-seat assembly, officials said here Monday.
"About 92 percent of the 2.03 million electorates have exercised their franchise and this was an all time high percentage of votes polled in any election in India," said G.S.G. Ayyangar, the chief electoral officer of Tripura.
He said: "Since the first elections in 1952 in the country, this was an all time record in the electoral history of India."
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Gujarat time capsule lowered in Mahatma Mandir
By IANS,
Gandhinagar : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Monday sealed a 90-kg Time Capsule, scripting the progress of the state since its formation May 1, 1960, and lowered it under the ground for posterity at the site of the under-construction Mahatma Mandir.
The capsule, christened 'Kaal Sanduk' of 'Smriti Manjusha' is made of special gauge stainless steel appropriately treated for longevity.
The scripts are written on a 100-foot long, 3-foot wide special paper mixed with plastic. They have been written in Gujarati, Hindi, English and Sanskrit.
Covid-19, state repression and the decline of people’s movement
The outbreak of Covid-19 shattered the whole world and everything was on a standstill except the state. The state managed to get absolute control...
Saddened at intolerance: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said she was "saddened" at the level of intolerance in the country and encouraged people...
Police reforms must to battle communal mindset: Ex-top cop
By Mohd Asim Khan
New Delhi : India needs to carry out police reforms at the earliest to rid young recruits of the poison of...
Three-cornered contest in second phase
BY IANS,
Hyderabad : The stage is set for a keen contest among the ruling Congress, the main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) of film star Chiranjeevi in the second and final phase of polling in Andhra Pradesh Thursday.
Upbeat over favourable reports from the first phase of polling for the Lok Sabha and the assembly, the TDP is going for a kill and seems to have an edge over the other two.
Polling in 20 Lok Sabha constituencies and 150 assembly segments in south coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions will be held in the second and last phase.
Uttar Pradesh to host its first children parliament
By IANS,
Lucknow : A first ever 'Children's Parliament' of Uttar Pradesh will be held at the state assembly here Thursday, officials said.
A consortium of voluntary organisations working on child rights in assistance with the Unicef is organising the event, which will start from 11 a.m. Thursday.
"In the parliament, nearly 200 children from across the state will discuss various issues related to child welfare," said Augustine Veliath, communication head at Unicef, Lucknow.
Modi attacks Congress on price rise; PM, Mukherjee hit back
By IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Saturday hit back at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi after he said the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) had not fulfilled its election promise to provide subsidised food grain to the poor.
Koda scam: Soren’s personal secretary, other officials raided
By IANS,
Ranchi : The income tax department Tuesday raided the properties of several senior officials, including Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren's personal secretary M.L. Pal, in connection with the Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam involving former chief minister Madhu Koda.
"Raids were being conducted at 70 places in several states," Ujjawal Chaudhary, income tax director (investigation), told IANS.
Sources in the department added that the raids were on in at least 13 states, including West Bengal, Bihar, Maharashtra and Delhi.
Results below expectations: Chandrababu Naidu
By IANS,
Hyderabad : After its poor showing in the Lok Sabha and Andhra Pradesh assembly polls, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu Saturday said that his party would analyse the election results.
The TDP-led four-party Grand Alliance suffered defeat in both the assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
The alliance won 108 seats in the 294-member state assembly and bagged eight out of the state's 42 Lok Sabha seats. TDP won 93 assembly and six Lok Sabha seats on its own.
Maheish Girri does Yoga outside Kejriwal’s residence
New Delhi : BJP's Member of Parliament from East Delhi Maheish Girri, who is on a hunger strike outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's house,...
PM clarifies on one-rank-one-pension for armed forces
By IANS,
New Delhi : A day after being accused of parliamentary impropriety by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said a committee under the cabinet secretary has not recommended one-rank-one-pension scheme for defence personnel.
"Advaniji has raised the issue of one-rank-one-pension to ex-servicemen. He has stated that the commitment I made in my last year's Independence Day speech and Finance Minister's (Pranab Mukherjee) promise in his budget speech of July 6, 2009 have not been honoured. This is not correct," he said.
JNU protesters got support from Hafiz Saeed, says Rajnath
New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the demonstration on the JNU campus to mark the hanging of parliament attack convict...
‘Democracy under threat from pseudo-nationalism, right-wing fanaticism’
Panaji, (IANS): Indian democracy is under threat from "pseudo-nationalism" and "right-wing fanaticism masquerading as nationalism", a column published in Renovacao, a Goa Church periodical, has...
Karnataka government supporting fascism: Chowdhury
Karnataka government supporting fascism: Chowdhury (Lead) Text
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) There was a complete breakdown of law and order in Karnataka and the state government was supporting fascism, central minister Renuka Chowdhury said here Saturday, a day after a Kerala legislator's daughter and her friend were harassed in Mangalore town, allegedly by Sri Rama Sene members. "There is a complete breakdown of the law and order situation in Karnataka. I think, we should look at it as a national security problem," Women and Child Development Minister Chowdhury told reporters here.
I have good relations with Lalu, Mulayam: Rahul
By IANS,
Raipur : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said here Friday that he enjoyed "very good personal relations" with Lalu Prasad of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Mulayam Singh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party.
"I have very good personal relations with Lalu Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav besides Sharad Pawar (of Nationalist Congress Party)," Gandhi remarked in a lighter vein to duck a question at a press conference about possibility of a merger of the Congress with the NCP.
Congress seeks dismissal of three Punjab ministers
Chandigarh : The Congress Monday demanded the dismissal of three ministers in the Parkash Singh Badal-led Punjab government for their alleged involvement in illegal...
Ready to revoke suspension of Congress MPs: Naidu
New Delhi: The government is ready to move a motion to revoke the suspension of 25 Congress MPs if they meet the Lok Sabha...
Congress leader Venkatswamy is dead
Hyderabad : Congress leader and former union minister G. Venkatswamy died Monday at a private hospital here following prolonged illness, party leaders said. He...
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Good sense has prevailed on government: CPI leader
By IANS,
New Delhi : Communist Party of India leader D. Raja said Monday that the impasse in parliament over the modalities of discussing the price rise had ended as good sense had prevailed on the government on the seriousness of the issue.
"Good sense has prevailed on the government. It admits that price rise is an issue of major concern not only to political parties but is agitating people as well," Raja told IANS.
"The opposition parties are also reasonable," he said.
BSP denies Amar Singh charge on kidnap of MPs
By IANS,
Lucknow : The Bahujan Samaj Party Tuesday refuted Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh's charge that the BSP had kidnapped six of his party's MPs ahead of the crucial trust vote in the Lok Sabha.
"With the growing support of BSP supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, Amar Singh and other Samajwadi Party leaders have lost their mental equilibrium and are now making such false allegations," said BSP state president Swami Prasad Maurya.
He was speaking to reporters here on the sidelines of a seminar organised by an association of handloom weavers.
BJP’s Muslim leaders: Their induction in party is an RSS strategy
By Kulsum Mustafa, TwoCircles.net,
Eyesores or cynosures, they are for keeps. The saffron robed Muslim leaders are now an inseparable part of the Hindutava campaigner Bharatiya Janata Party. And it is not by chance but because of a well thought-out Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) strategy that these ‘opportunist Muslim’ leaders have been allowed to prosper in the party.
Government to unveil more pro-poor schemes soon: PM
By IANS
New Delhi : Barely hours after extending the National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) scheme to the entire nation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said more such schemes for under privileged people would be unveiled over the next few weeks.
The government Friday extended its flagship pro-poor NREG programme to guarantee 100 days of work to each rural family from 330 selected districts now to the entire country.
Modi magic has faded: Trinamool
Kolkata : Even as the BJP made inroads in West Bengal wining the Basirhat South assembly seat in a byelection, the ruling Trinamool Congress,...
Nine candidates with criminal cases in fray in Chhattisgarh
By IANS,
Raipur : As many as nine candidates in Chhattisgarh have criminals cases pending against them and seven have assets worth over Rs.1 crore (Rs.10 million), a NGO said here Saturday.
"There are nine candidates with criminal cases pending against them contesting Lok Sabha polls in Chhattisgarh," Gautam Kumar Bandyopadhyay, coordinator of Chhattisgarh Election Watch, told IANS.
Air force pressed into poll duty in Jammu and Kashmir
By IANS,
Srinagar: The Indian Air Force pressed its helicopters into service to take poll officials and material to snow-bound areas in two Jammu and Kashmir parliamentary constituencies where voting will be held Wednesday in the last round of the general elections.
According to state chief electoral officer B.R. Sharma, men and material were airlifted by MI-17 and Cheetah choppers of the IAF to 97 polling stations in Gurez, Karnah, Keran and Macchil in Baramulla and Zanskar and Nobra in Ladakh.
Rahul Gandhi knows nothing about pro-poor schemes: Badal
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal Wednesday hit back at Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi for saying that the benefits of various schemes, launched by central government for poor people, were not reaching the people of Punjab because of widespread corruption in the state.
Rahul Gandhi visits Delhi ATM, speaks to people
New Delhi : Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday visited an ATM in the city and interacted with the people standing in...
Civil liberties monitoring committee condemns the court verdict of capital punishment to youth in...
By TCN News:
Hyderabad: Civil liberties monitoring committee has strongly condemned the verdict of the special court for awarding capital punishment to two youths and...
Sonia to address national convention of Congress leaders
By IANS,
New Delhi : Congress party president Sonia Gandhi will address a convention of the party's district and block presidents here Sunday, a general secretary of the party said Friday.
"Party president Soniaji will speak first at the convention of district and block presidents of the Congress and then the delegates will speak," Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi told reporters here.
As part of its poll strategy, the Congress is holding a convention of the party's district and block level officials here Feb 8.
90 percent of Hindi voters sealed Indira Gandhi’s fate
By Praveen Chakravarty
New Delhi: “If the majority rule were to apply, the crow should be our national bird, not the peacock”. A quote attributed...
16 ministers take oath along with Modi
By IANS,
Ahmedabad : Seven cabinet and nine ministers of state Wednesday took oath in Gujarat along with Chief Minister Narendra Modi who led the BJP to a sweeping in assembly elections.
Justice has won, says Jayalalithaa
Chennai : "Justice has won," AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa said on Monday after the Karnataka High Court acquitted her of all charges in...
BJP anger against CBI unjustified: Chidambaram
By IANS,
New Delhi : Home Minister P. Chidambaram Saturday said the BJP's anger at the CBI for charge-sheeting Gujarat minister Amit Shah was not justified and they should have reacted in January when the Supreme Court gave the directive seeking a probe into Shah's role in the 2005 killing of gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh.
"The (Bharatiya Janata Party) BJP should have spoken out on Amit Shah in January. Why belated anger by the BJP now," Chidambaram asked, speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the National Development Council meeting here.
Mumbai mayor compares Modi with Hitler
Mumbai: Mumbai Mayor and Shiv Sena leader Snehal Ambekar has compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the late German dictator Adolf Hitler.
In an interview...
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A welcome move by Irom Sharmila: SSSC
By TCN News,
Imphal: Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC), a nation-wide campaign in support of Irom Sharmila and for the repeal of draconian law of...
Trinamool lawmaker prescribes thrashing for preventing ‘bandhs’
Kolkata : Days after twin agitations by the Left Front evoked good response, a legislator of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress has now...
Bengal explosion: Mamata government rejects evidence destruction allegations
Kolkata : The West Bengal government Sunday clarified that a probe into the Oct 2 explosion in Burdwan district was being carried out as...
AGP joins BJP-led NDA
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has agreed to join the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani announced Thursday.
Advani told reporters here after a meeting of his party's Central Election Committee: "This is a very important decision in the wake of the series of bombings in the state, which has already been in turmoil."
The announcement follows a meeting BJP leaders Jaswant Singh and Sushma Swaraj had Wednesday with AGP leaders.
Maharashtra state intelligence finds no evidence against Zakir Naik of inspiring terrorists
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
A report filed by The Hindu has said that Maharashtra State Intelligence Department (SID) has for now given a clean...
Indian Americans outraged, demand Gujarat govt dismissal
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
17 Indian organizations and several prominent NRIs based in US & Canada are calling for the immediate dismissal of the state government in Gujarat. Their demand follows the revelation yesterday by news magazine Tehelka that many top Sangh parivar leaders linked to the current Gujarat administration admitted to their active role in the massacre and ethnic cleansing of Muslims in 2002 in Gujarat. The exposé reveals active participation of key state institutions including police forces and judiciary in the anti-minority pogroms.
Telangana bill not taken up in Rajya Sabha, Andhra CM quits
By IANS,
New Delhi/Hyderabad : The Rajya Sabha could not take up the bill for formation of Telangana Wednesday in absence on consensus over amendments...
Sujana Chowdary – one of the richest MPs (Profile)
Hyderabad : Yalamanchili Satyanarayana Chowdary, who joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council of ministers Sunday, is popularly known as Sujana Chowdary. He is an...
Goa legislator’s chair breaks during assembly sitting
By IANS,
Panaji : The Goa assembly witnessed an unusual disruption during the budget session sitting Tuesday when a legislator almost fell off as his chair gave way under his weight.
Centre, state must work together: Mamata
Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday emphasised that the centre and states must work together for India's development, as Prime...
Shocking display of police brutality at AMU on Dec 15-16, says preliminary fact-finding report
Here is the full text of the Preliminary Fact-Finding report conducted by Legal experts. The Text has been produced as is.
Introduction
A three-member fact-finding...
AIUDF: The broken dreams and lost hopes of minorities in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: For Ashraful Hussain, the party was a ray of hope for the downtrodden and underprivileged people of the society. Now, he is quite dejected and rather angry at times. He hoped finally somebody was there to take care of the neglected minorities of the state but after several years it turned out to be another broken dream.