Court rejects Jagan’s bail plea again
By IANS,
Hyderabad : A special court here Tuesday dismissed another bail petition of YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy in alleged disproportionate assets case.
Jolt to Chiranjeevi as another leader resigns
By IANS,
Hyderabad : A week before elections start in Andhra Pradesh, Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) of superstar Chiranjeevi Thursday suffered a big jolt with another key leader resigning and branding it a "poisonous tree".
Prakala Prabhakar, the party spokesman and an intellectual face in the party, handed over his resignation to the staff at PRP office here and then launched a bitter attack on the leadership without naming anyone.
Alleging that PRP was spreading poison, he termed the party a "company" and said the allegations made by several others were true to a large extent.
CPI-M activist arrested for defaming Modi on Facebook
Kollam (Kerala) : A CPI-M youth activist was Tuesday arrested for defaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media Facebook, said a police official.
Speaking...
Mayawati stresses on door-to-door campaign
By IASN,
Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has directed her party functionaries to go on a door-to-door campaign in the state to ensure the party's success in the coming Lok Sabha polls, party sources said.
The BSP leader is reported to have worked out her party's poll campaign down to the minutest details. The message to key workers is loud and clear - "to see Behenji ride on to the power pedestal in New Delhi".
Modi acting against national interests: Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Congress Monday lashed out at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, and accused him of working against the interests of the country.
The criticism came a day after Modi ridiculed the Congress-led government's expectations from Pakistan and the US to accept as evidence the material in the Mumbai attack case when India's own laws did not.
"The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should reprimand him for his irresponsible statement and he should not behave as Pakistan's advocate," Congress spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed told reporters here.
BJP activists stage protest against Kejriwal
New Delhi : The BJP Mahila Morcha on Thursday staged a demonstration here at the New Delhi railway station against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind...
BJP’s divisive politics won’t work in Kerala: Congress
Thiruvananthapuram: The Congress on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah of pursuing divisive politics but said this won't click...
SC deputy registrar resigns over Memon’s execution
New Delhi: A deputy registrar in the Supreme Court has quit, citing his differences with the court's verdict rejecting the last-ditch plea of Yakub...
Mahesh Bhatt led Karwan-e-Bedari in Rampur and Bareilly
By TCN News,
Rampur: Karwaan-e-Bedari of the Millat Bedari Muhim Committee (MBMC), Aligarh entered in the Uttar Pradesh on its first leg with an aim to mobilise Muslim electorates in favour of Congress, the Karwan reached Rampur from Delhi where Mahesh Bhatt and Actor Ravi Kishan not only addressed several meetings in Muslim localities but also campaigned door to door.
Many more ‘Shahabuddins’ await comeuppance
By Imran Khan
Patna: As far as Bihar is concerned, it is just one Shahabuddin down with many more to go. A number of criminals with political links - charged with murders, kidnaps and extortions - are in line for legal retribution.
The life sentence handed to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Mohammed Shahabuddin, for the kidnapping of a political activist in 1999, has brought the state known for lawlessness a ray of hope that similar punishments await others of his ilk.
Rape accused Karnataka ex-minister gets bail
By IANS,
Bangalore: Former Karnataka minister H. Halappa, facing a charge of raping his friend's wife, was Thursday given conditional bail by the high court.
Justice Subash Adi directed Halappa to provide a bond for Rs. 100,000, two sureties for the like sum and report to a police station once in a fortnight.
Halappa has been in judicial custody since May 9 but has not been in jail as he got admitted to a hospital saying he was suffering from multiple ailments.
Tamil Nadu bypoll underway
By IANS,
Tiruchirapalli : The bypoll to Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirapalli-West (Trichy West) assembly constituency began Thursday morning.
Over 9.5 lakh NCC cadets performed yoga at 1,805 centres
New Delhi: Over nine and a half lakh cadets of the National Cadet Corps (NCC), participated in the International Yoga Day on Sunday.
"The organisation...
Patel delegation hands over 27-point charter to Gujarat CM
Ahmedabad: A delegation of Patidar community leaders, including BJP MP from Porbandar Vitthal Radadiya, who is mediating between the state government and the agitating...
Mallika Sarabhai regrets poll panel not having power to debar Varun
By IANS
Ahmedabad: Noted danseuse and independent candidate from Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat Mallika Sarabhai Wednesday regretted that the Election Commission "does not have the teeth" to debar Varun Gandhi from contesting the polls despite his alleged "hate speeches".
"I am horrified by the comments made by Varun Gandhi. He deserves the most stringent punishment by the highest court of law," Sarabhai told reporters here.
West Bengal Phase-2: 108 Muslim candidates in fray for 54 seats
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Jyoti Basu on his life and politics
By IANS,
Kolkata : Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu, who died here Sunday, was a man of strong views and never hesitated to speak his mind. Here are some of his comments on his life and politics:
On childhood:
"My mother came from an upper middle-class family, they were well-to-do landowners. My father, Nishikanta Basu, came from a relatively lower middle-class background."
"I was 10 years old. Talk of revolutionaries and the fight for independence was in the air."
In London:
Somnath has breached party discipline: Biman Bose
By IANS,
Kolkata : Launching a direct attack on Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) West Bengal secretary Biman Bose Wednesday accused Chatterjee of breaching party discipline by not resigning from the post.
"Somnath Chattterjee has breached the party's disciplines," Bose told reporters here at the CPI-M state headquarters on Alimuddin Street.
He said every CPI-M cadre has to abide by the party guidelines.
Undeclared curfew in parts of Srinagar ahead of poll
By IANS,
Srinagar : Curfew-like restrictions have been imposed in parts of the old city in Srinagar to scuttle anti-poll protests during Wednesday's balloting in Srinagar for the seventh and final phase of Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections.
The curfew like restrictions have been imposed in areas falling under the Nowhatta police station.
CPI-M condemns murders in Bengal
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Wednesday accused West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress of murdering two of its leaders in the state.
Nagasaki-Hiroshima nuclear bombing, Union Carbide disaster anniversary commemorated
By TCN News,
Bhopal: The Remember Bhopal Museum in collaboration with the Regional Science Centre, Bhopal commemorated the 70th and 30th anniversary of the...
India will change if Mamata at its helm, says Anna Hazare
By IANS,
New Delhi/Kolkata: After an hour-long dinner meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the national capital, social activist Anna Hazare Tuesday...
Gopalaswami wants him out, Chawla not to quit
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Election Commission was embroiled in an ugly row ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) N. Gopalaswami recommending the removal of Election Commissioner Navin Chawla on grounds that he was partisan and the latter refusing to resign.
The unseemly fight in the autonomous poll panel sparked a war of words between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which for years has been seeking the removal of Chawla saying he was pro-Congress. Leading constitutional experts were divided on the issue.
Not apt for former CJI to become governor: Congress
Thiruvananthapuram : The Congress in Kerala Sunday expressed doubt over the aptness of a former chief justice of India taking over as the governor...
Now, another demand for Bharat Ratna – for NTR
By IANS
Hyderabad : The Bharat Ratna controversy took yet another turn with Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development D. Purandareswari demanding Friday that the nation's highest civilian honour be conferred on her father, former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N.T. Rama Rao.
Purandareswari made the demand on the occasion of her father's 12th death anniversary.
Paying her respects to N.T. Rama Rao, a hugely popular Telugu actor, she told newspersons that she had already sent a letter in this regard to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Naveen Patnaik: The rise of a reluctant leader (Profile)
Bhubaneswar : Naveen Patnaik, who was sworn in Odisha chief minister for the fourth consecutive term Wednesday, came into politics reluctantly 17 years ago...
Kamat misled Pawar about evidence against me: Pacheco
By IANS,
Panaji : Declaring that he would resign if the charges against him in a murder case were proven, former Goa minister Miccky Pacheco Wednesday blamed Chief Minister Digambar Kamat for misleading NCP chief Sharad Pawar about the "clinching evidence" against him.
The former tourism minister and Nationalist Congress Party legislator, who was arrested in connection with the suspicious death of his 28-year-old alleged girlfriend on July 8, was subsequently released and attended the monsoon session of the assembly Wednesday.
Unaccounted cash seized ahead of Himachal polls
By IANS,
Shimla : Unaccounted cash of Rs.1.5 crore has been seized from various parts of Himachal Pradesh ahead of the Nov 4 assembly polls, an Election Commission official said Tuesday.
Bhojpuri group doesn’t want onions from Maharashtra
By IANS,
Ranchi : A Bhojpuri organisation in Jharkhand has demanded a ban on import of onions from Maharashtra in apparent retaliation for the attacks on north Indians by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) in Mumbai and elsewhere in the western state.
The Bharatiya Bhojpuri Sangh (BBS) of Jamshedpur said: "We demand a ban on the import of onions from Maharashtra."
The organisation said if the ban is not implemented by the Jharkhand government it will stop the entry of trucks carrying onions from Maharshtra. Jharkhand imports onions from Nashik in Maharashtra.
Delhi government removes principal secretary
New Delhi : Amid controversy over the appointment of Shakuntala Gamlin as the acting chief secretary, the AAP government in Delhi on Saturday ordered...
BJP promises to check illegal immigrants with ID cards
BY IANS,
Chitradurga (Karnataka) : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will prevent infiltration and check illegal immigrants from Bangladesh by introducing identification cards to every Indian if elected to power, the party's senior leader L.K. Advani said here Tuesday.
"The introduction of ID card to every Indian will help the government identify illegal immigrants, especially from Bangladesh, and deport them," Advani said at an election meeting in central Karnataka, about 200 km from Bangalore.
We will win on sea of development and peace: Assam CM Tarun Gogoi
By Syed Zarir Hussain, IANS,
The itinerant prime minister yet to visit a Muslim country
By Saeed Naqvi,
Measuring a government’s achievements in its first year has to be inherently speculative. But some things can be put down to Narendra Modi’s account with a degree of certainty. He has in his first year as prime minister, never worn a Muslim cap although it is difficult to identify a cap of that denominational description.
Shibu Soren stakes claim to form Jharkhand government
By IANS,
Ranchi: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Shibu Soren Saturday staked claim to form a new government in Jharkhand. He handed over to the governor a list of 43 legislators supporting him in the 81-member assembly.
Soren met Governor K. Shankaranarayanan at the governor's house at 3 p.m.
The JMM, which won 18 seats in the recently-concluded assembly poll, has got the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the All Jharkhand Students Union to form the government.
Few thankful for long weekend due to Bengal shutdowns
By IANS,
Kolkata : There are not many people here who are thankful to political parties for the four-day weekend, thanks to the shutdown called Thursday by the state's ruling Left Front and Friday by the opposition Trinamool Congress, both to protest the central government's decision to hike fuel prices.
Film director Gautam Ghose finds it funny.
Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat welcomes Congress-led UPA government at centre
By TwoCircles.net News Desk
New Delhi: The All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat, an umbrella body of Indian Muslim organizations, has welcomed the mandate given by the people of India to the UPA in general and the Congress Party in particular.
The AIMMM President Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan said the elections’ outcome is a clear indication that the Indian voter has rejected the divisive and communal politics of the NDA and its allies.
Ratan Tata mourns death of Bal Thackeray
By IANS,
Mumbai : Renowned industrialist Ratan N. Tata condoled the passing away of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray here.
Exit polls differ on Karnataka verdict
By IANS,
Bangalore : Exit polls conducted by two leading TV channels Thursday gave differing pictures of the possible outcome of the Karnataka assembly elections, which concluded earlier in the day.
CNN-IBN's exit poll indicates a fractured verdict, with the Congress emerging as the single largest party bagging 86 seats in the 224-member assembly.
In the last polls in 2004, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had emerged the single largest entity with 79 seats.
The CNN-IBN poll suggests BJP would get the same number of seats, 79.
Sonia, Rahul cast votes
New Delhi : Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi cast their votes Saturday in the Delhi assembly election.
"Jo janta chahegi wahi...
From Gandhi to Nehru: RSS-BJP’s shifting blame game
By Ram Puniyani,
India’s partition, Gandhi murder and policies of Nehru have been a matter of ceaseless debates. Each political tendency has its own interpretation of these events, which in a way are landmarks of sorts in modern Indian History. As such the phenomenon of Partition of India and assassination of Gandhi are interwoven in the sense that Godse (Mahatma Gandhi’s killer) held Gandhi responsible for appeasement of Muslims. Godse constructed his story around warped understandings of the events of the time to create the ground for murder of the Mahatma.
BJP wants Ambika Soni to go over Ram Sethu affidavit
By IANS
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday reiterated its demand for the resignation of Culture Minister Ambika Soni over a government affidavit that challenged the existence of Hindu god Ram.
Refusing to forgive the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), BJP spokesman Prakash Jawadekar said the minister should go because the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which came to the offending conclusion that formed part of the offending affidavit, fell under her ministry.
Analysis of performances of Muslim winners and losers in Karnataka assembly elections
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
Punjab government harassing the opposition: Amarinder Singh
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Alleging that "political terrorism" was rampant in Punjab, former chief minister Amarinder Singh Saturday said the ruling Akali Dal leaders were using muscle power to harass Congress workers in the state.
Amarinder Singh demanded from the central government and the Election Commission of India to declare the entire state as "sensitive" for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls.
"Akali leaders are creating hurdles in my election campaign and are blatantly interfering in my political activities," the former chief minister told reporters here.
Jayalalithaa sworn in for 6th term as TN chief minister
Chennai : AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa, 68, was on Monday sworn in for the sixth time as the Tamil Nadu chief minister in...
Ten US doctors to volunteer for IMRC’s health initiative to treat the needy
By TCN News
The seventh annual India Health Initiative by US-based India Muslim Relief and Charities IMRC to provide medical services to economically...
Mulapally again seeks Muraleedharan’s re-entry into Congress
By IANS,
Kozhikode (Kerala) : Minister of State for Home Mulapally Ramachandran Monday again called for former state Congress unit chief K. Muraleedharan to be allowed to rejoin the Congress party.
He had made a similar demand last week, resulting in strong statements against his opinion and exposing fissures in the Congress' state unit on the issue.
Speaking to reporters here, Ramachandran said that he never made any "dangerous statements" on the issue.
UP Muslim MLAs in fray for wakf board posts
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
Lucknow: Four MLAs filed their nominations in the elections for the membership of Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Board of Waqfs (SCBW) on Monday. The list includes Riyaz Ahmed and Imran Masood from Samajwadi Party (SP) and Farhat Hasan and Mujtaba Siddiqui from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Polling for the SCBW elections will be held on Tuesday here in Lucknow.
Lok Sabha candidate: Khwaja Khayyum Anwar, Medak
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
Khwaja Khayyum Anwar, Managing Editor of renowned Urdu daily Munsif, is in the fray for Medak Lok Sabha seat in Andhra Pradesh on Praja Rajyam Party ticket. Once represented by Indira Gandhi Medak has about 12% Muslim population.
Name: Khwaja Khayyum Anwar
Party: Soon after the formation of Praja Rajyam Party by Telugu film actor Chiranjeevi I joined the party and am now contesting Lok Sabha election on its ticket.
Babri demolition well-planned act of sabotage: Cobrapost sting
New Delhi : The demolition of Babri Masjid was not an act of "frenzied mobs" but of "sabotage" planned months in advance by two...
Jharkhand government reduced to minority
By IANS,
Ranchi : The JMM Monday withdrew support to the BJP-led government in Jharkhand, reducing it to a minority in the 82-member house and plunging the state into a political crisis.
Jaswant Singh meets Advani
New Delhi : Expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh Friday met party veteran L.K. Advani, fuelling speculation that he is willing to rejoin the party.
Sources...
H.R.Bhardwaj appointed new Karnataka governor
By IANS,
New Delhi : Former law minister H.R. Bhardwaj was Wednesday appointed governor of Karnataka, replacing incumbent Rameshwar Thakur who has been transferred to Madhya Pradesh, officials said here.
The veteran Congress leader was dropped from the Manmohan Singh cabinet after the Congress-led new United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was formed.
Thakur, who is currently the Karnataka governor, has been transferred and appointed the governor of Madhya Pradesh for the remainder of his term, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement announced.
Saarc ministerial in Nepal to forge cooperation on migrants’ rights
By Anil Giri
Kathmandu : The eight-member Saarc grouping has for the first time started exploring possible areas of cooperation to ensure the rights of...
CPI-M legislator joins Trinamool
Kolkata: Giving a boost to the Trinamool Congress, a CPI-M lawmaker in the West Bengal assembly joined the state's ruling party on Tuesday.
Bulu Chik...
नक्सल इलाक़ों में नोटबंदी का ‘आतंक’
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
झारखंड/छत्तीसगढ़: नोटबंदी ने आम लोगों को बेहाल कर रखा है. और जिनके पास काला धन है, वे रोज़ काले को सफ़ेद...
Family of arrested Kashmiri photojournalist accuses NIA of fabricating charges
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: On Thursday, January 18, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a charge sheet in the NIA Special Court...
Government clean chit to DMK over LTTE
By IANS
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu): The central government Saturday gave a clean chit to the DMK regime in Tamil Nadu, saying it had done "better than others" in curbing security threats to the nation and there was no LTTE infiltration in the state.
On a visit to Ramanathapuram district, about 650 km south of Chennai, central Minister of State for Home Sri Prakash Jaiswal said, "The state government has done better than other states in dealing with national security and terrorism."
He added Tamil Nadu's performance was "satisfactory" on the law and order front.
Factory to come up in Singur: West Bengal minister
By IANS,
Kolkata : The West Bengal government would construct factory on the piece of land in Singur which the Tata Motyors abandoned, the state's Industry Minister Nirupam Sen said Tuesday.
"We will try to rope in some automobile company for Singur, but if we don't succeed in that we will do some other industry over there," Sen asserted during an interview on a private regional TV news channel.
Rs.551 crore loan to pay municipal workers’ salaries: Kejriwal
New Delhi : Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced a loan of Rs.551 crore for payment of salaries to striking workers of two...
Gita champion Baby Mariyam Siddiqui meets MP CM; donates Rs 11,000
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal: Mumbai-based Baby Mariyam Asif Siddiqui, a class 6th student, who won the Shrimad Bhagwad Gita Champion League, met Madhya Pradesh...
Intolerance part of political strategy: Sonia
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said that incidents of communal intolerance are on rise and are a part of a well...
Vajpayee’s niece, Jogi’s wife lose in Chhattisgarh
By IANS,
Raipur : Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Karuna Shukla, the niece of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, lost the polls in Chhattisgarh as did the Congress' star candidate in the state Renu Jogi, wife of former chief minister Ajit Jogi.
Shukla, the sitting MP from Janjgir Lok Sabha seat, who contested this time from a new seat Korba created following delimitation, lost to Congress state working president Charandas Mahant by a big margin.
Renu Jogi lost the Bilaspur seat to BJP's flamboyant leader and former union minister Dilip Singh Judeo by a huge margin.
British schools must monitor internet to prevent radicalisation: Minister
London : British schools must monitor students' access to the internet as part of a government programme to prevent radicalisation among adolescents, Education Minister...
J&K withdraws cases against 634 stone-pelters as Eid amnesty
Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday withdrew cases against 634 youth booked for stone-pelting in different police station areas of the...
TRS chief vows to intensify agitation
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao Monday vowed to continue and intensify the agitation for a separate Telangana state.
Akhilesh faction confident of getting ‘cycle’
New Delhi : Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav-led faction of Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party is confident of getting the party symbol 'cycle', an official said...
BJP launches campaign for Himachal parliamentary by-poll
By IANS,
Shimla: Taking the lead, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday formally launched its campaign for the June 23 Mandi parliamentary by-election in Himachal Pradesh.
Sexist Kamat should ask Sonia to quit politics: BJP
By IANS,
Panaji : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday lambasted Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat over his sexist remarks on women joining politics, and said it showed his "shallow frame of mind".
Reacting to Kamat's comments Saturday that if women joined politics it would have a negative impact on society, the BJP asked the chief minister to tell Congress president Sonia Gandhi to quit politics.
CPI-M office in Pune attacked, three injured
By IANS
Pune : Activists of a local organisation Hindu Garjana Wednesday attacked the office of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) here, injuring three party workers and damaging some vehicles parked in its premises.
Armed with wooden sticks, about 15 to 20 Hindu Garjana activists attacked the CPI-M office in Narayanpeth denouncing the party for the killing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) workers in Kerala's Kannur district last month.
Senior BJP leader quits party posts in Bihar
Patna: Chandra Mohan Rai, a senior BJP leader and a former minister, announced Wednesday that he was resigning from all party posts to protest...
Jagan dominates day two of national motorcycle racing
By IANS,
Chennai: TVS Racing's K. Jagan delivered a double, despite a 10-second penalty for a jump start, in the first round of the MRF-FMSCI National Motorcycle Racing Championship here Sunday.
Gujarat Election Trend: 9.25 a.m.
By IANS
Leads
BJP 80
Congress 61
Others 3
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HAM leader quits politics
Patna: Shakuni Choudhary on Friday resigned as the Bihar president of HAM and quit politics after his party won only one seat in the...
Election to be quashed if crime is not disclosed: SC
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday said the suppression or non-disclosure of information about serious crimes by a candidate at the time of...
NCP wants Congress to give it two Gujarat seats
By IANS,
Ahmedabad : The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Gujarat has kept up its demand for contesting at least two Lok Sabha seats in the state, even as ally Congress has already announced its own candidates in 12 constituencies.
The Congress is expected to make an announcement on candidates for the remaining 14 seats from Gujarat in the next two days.
TRS MPs, MLAs decide to quit
By IANS,
Hyderabad: Protesting the terms of reference of the Srikrishna panel announced by the central government Friday, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) announced that all its MPs and state legislators will resign immediately.
TRS chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao told reporters that both MPs of the party and all 11 legislators would submit their resignations and press for their acceptance.
KCR, as the TRS chief is popularly known, said he along with another party MP Vijayshanti would submit their resignations to Lok Sabha speaker.
Murmurs of protest in BJP over Advani as opposition leader
By IANS,
New Delhi : Murmurs of protest have started in the Bharatiya Janata Party against L.K. Advani's election as leader of opposition with party vice-president and Rajya Sabha member Pyarelal Khandelwal complaining about it to BJP chief Rajnath Singh.
In a letter to Singh, Khandelwal, a senior leader from Madhya Pradesh, took exception to the party deciding on Advani as unanimous candidate without first calling a meeting of the BJP's parliamentary board.
ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : अच्छी फसल के बावूजद आलू किसानों में मायूसी, बोले किसान ,...
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मुजफ्फरनगर के चुड़ियाला गांव के लोकेंद्र चौधरी ने इस बार 60 बीघा ज़मीन में आलू की खेती की है। इस बार...
Steel plant supporters stop Communist leader’s protest march
By IANS
Raipur : Supporters of the proposed Tata Steel plant in Chhattisgarh forcibly stopped Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Gurudas Dasgupta Saturday from leading a protest rally near the plant site.
Dasgupta was scheduled to head an anti-Tata protest march in Bastar district where the steel major has a Rs.100 billion investment deal to set up an integrated five million tonne per annum plant in Lohandiguda block under Chitrakote assembly segment.
Timely delivery of procurements important, Antony tells suppliers
By IANS,
New Delhi : Articulating his anxiety over the delay in the delivery of major defence acquisitions, Defence Minister A.K. Antony Thursday said "delivery on time is important" and a major factor in contain cost escalation by countries like Russia.
Dedicating the first of the three "eye-in-the-sky" airborne early warning and control systems (AWACS) to the nation, Antony said: "I conveyed my anxieties to both of them (Israel and Russian ambassadors) here that they will deliver the remaining two AWACS in time. The anxiety is not country centric."
Modi returns from successful Japan visit
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday returned here after a five-day successful visit to Japan that saw both sides elevate bilateral ties...
Chastened Mulayam hands over state baton to his son
By IANS,
Lucknow/New Delhi : Chastened by the disappointing showing in the elections, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav Wednesday handed over the Uttar Pradesh baton to his Australia-educated son Akhilesh Yadav on the plea that he was going to spend more time in New Delhi henceforth.
It was a tacit admission that the party, that he ran with an iron grip and which had its primary base in Uttar Pradesh, needed a generational change in leadership, especially after Rahul Gandhi, 38, piloted the Congress party's amazing comeback in the state.
First Bulldozers, Ballot Next: Delhi Slum Residents Say They Lost Homes And Now Are...
Unzila Sheikh, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Anil Singh, 30, was born in Bhoomiheen Camp, a settlement in southeast Delhi, now bulldozed, where his parents, migrants from...
2014 has been unprecedented for BJP: Amit Shah
New Delhi : Upbeat about the BJP's good show in the Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, party chief Amit Shah Tuesday said...
Polling peaceful in West Bengal, boycott in eight booths
By IANS,
Kolkata/Siliguri : Polling was brisk and peaceful in West Bengal Monday with around 61 percent ballot cast till afternoon in the first phase of the assembly elections, officials said.
पटना यूनिवर्सिटी शताब्दी वर्ष : सरकार भूल गई संस्थापकों को, लेकिन छात्रों ने किया...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
पटना : पटना यूनिवर्सिटी स्थापना दिवस के शताब्दी वर्ष पर आज यूनिवर्सिटी के छात्रों द्वारा एक मानव श्रृंखला का आयोजन किया गया....
I have had enough: BJP chief Rajnath Singh
By Neerja Chowdhury, IANS,
New Delhi : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh has indicated he will not continue in the post beyond his term and, contrary to speculation, says he will not join the government if his party comes to power.
"Bahut ho gaya (I have had enough). By this year-end, four years will be over. Besides Atalji and Advaniji, I would be the only one to have completed four years as party president after 1980," Singh, 57, told IANS in an interview.
Political coverage dominates TV time, crime takes a dip
By IANS,
New Delhi : The coverage of political news dominated the TV channels last year while that of crime took a sharp dip, says a study.
The study conducted by the media lab of the Centre for Media Studies (CMS) says the Lok Sabha and state assembly elections came as a relief package for TV channels in the time of global recession last year and recorded highest news time.
The CMS study also shows that content trends on TV channels have not changed drastically over the past five years (2005-2009) with politics, sports and entertainment still dominating.
BSP woman worker alleges rape attempt by party MLA
By IANS,
Lucknow : A member of the Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) women volunteer force (WVF) in Uttar Pradesh has alleged that a legislator of the party tried to rape her, officials said Tuesday.
Gayatri Gautam, who heads the WVF's unit in Basti district, 250 km from here, has submitted a written complaint against Rajendra Prasad Chaudhary, the BSP MLA from Ramnagar in the same district.
"The woman has registered a complaint against BSP MLA Chaudhary, and a police team has been formed to investigate the matter," Laxmi Narayan, the Basti superintendent of police, told IANS on phone.
Chhattisgarh BJP candidates want Sidhu as campaigner
By IANS,
Raipur : With less than two weeks left for the first phase of assembly polls for 39 seats, candidates of Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have rushed demands to have cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu campaign for them.
BJP sources said the state party headquarters have received various proposals since Nov 1 seeking at least one public rally by Sidhu in their constituencies.
"Almost all the candidates are literally begging for a Sidhu rally and the state unit has communicated the feelings to the central leadership," BJP insiders told IANS.
CPI-M terms Shiv Sena’s politics chauvinistic
By IANS,
Kolkata : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Saturday condemned the Shiv Sena and the Maharashtra Navanirman Sena (MNS) for their "virulent chauvinistic politics" and their attempt to intimidate film actors like Shah Rukh Khan and other personalities for speaking out their mind.
Jharkhand law for civic poll in tribal areas challenged
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notices to the Jharkhand government and the State Election Commission on a petition challenging the legality of a state law to conduct municipal polls in tribal areas.
A bench of Justice Altmas Kabir and Justice Markandey Katju issued the notice on a petition by the Jharkhand Scheduled Tribes Students' Union, which contended that the state legislature had "no legislative competence to enact Jharkhand Municipal Act, 2002" and an amendment to it in 2006.
UPA trying to corporatise agriculture: Manik Sarkar
By IANS,
Agartala : Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Tuesday accused the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in New Delhi of trying to "corporatise" the agricultural sector in order to hand it over to a few people.
"Without land reforms India's agricultural development is not possible. In the National Development Council (NDC) meeting, this vital issue was not raised by any chief minister, central minister or the prime minister except by Tripura," the Left leader said.
Nation is directionless, says Bal Thackeray
By IANS,
Mumbai: Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray Saturday said the nation is directionless and people need to keep a check on where it is going.
“No remorse, did right thing”: Bulli Bai app creator tells police
Neeraj Bishnoi, 21, and a second-year BTech student from an institute in Bhopal was arrested by Delhi Police from Assam’s Jorhat district on...
Left Front candidate in trouble
By IANS,
Kolkata : A Lok Sabha candidate of West Bengal's ruling Left Front could be in trouble with the Election Commission for allegedly trying to influence her mother in voting inside the polling booth Thursday.
A television grab showed Prashanta Majumdar, Left Front partner Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) nominee from the Balurghat seat in South Dinajpur district, guiding her mother to press the electronic voting machine (EVM) button on a particular symbol.
Kashmir is integral part of India: Kanhaiya
New Delhi : Kashmir is an integral part of India and so Indians can discuss the issues pertaining to Kashmiris at any forum, JNU...
Political blame game begins over West Bengal rail accident
By IANS,
Kolkata : The railway accident at Sainthia in Birbhum district has triggered a game of political one-upmanship in West Bengal, with the ruling Left Front and the opposition Trinamool Congress trading charges and dropping broad hints of foul play.
Left Front partners Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) were quick to criticise Railway Minister and Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee for not paying enough attention to passenger security.
Odisha government neck deep in corruption: Congress
Bhubaneswar : The Congress Sunday launched a scathing attack on the BJD-led government in Odisha, accusing it of being neck deep in corruption during...
AAP seeks revision of LG’s letter to president
New Delhi : The AAP Wednesday said it has requested Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung to revise the letter sent to President Pranab Mukherjee...
Free Khalistani prisoners, Badal tells Rajnath
New Delhi : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Thursday urged Home Minister Rajnath Singh to release some Khalistani prisoners who he said were...
Andhra speaker ‘walks out’ of assembly
By IANS
Hyderabad : In a rare show of protest against unruly members, Andhra Pradesh Speaker K.R. Suresh Reddy Wednesday walked out of the assembly and said he was adjourning proceedings until all parties assured him cooperation in running the house.
Suresh Reddy, who is known for his tactful handling of difficult situations, lost his temper when members of the main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) rushed towards the podium to voice their protest against their deputy leader T. Devender Goud being told to cut his speech short.
Sonia meets Mamata, seeks assurance on women’s bill vote
By IANS,
New Delhi: Ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi met Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday and sought an assurance that her Trinamool Congress will vote for the Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha, Congress sources said.
The meeting at Gandhi's 10 Janpath official residence that Congress sources described as "cordial and positive" comes in the wake of Trinamool Congress MPs abstaining from voting for the bill in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday.
YSR retains Pulivendula, Naidu wins again in Kuppam
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who led Congress party back to power in the state in 2004, was Saturday re-elected to the assembly from Pulivendula constituency in his native Kadapa district.
YSR, as the chief minister is popularly known, retained the seat with a majority of 69,092 votes. His nearest rival was S.V. Satish Kumar Reddy of Telugu Desam Party (TDP).
YSR, who is all set to become the chief minister again, had defeated Satish Kumar Reddy by over 41,000 votes in 2004.
Swamy to join BJP
By IANS/TCN,
New Delhi: Proving the perception about his closeness with Sangh Parivar true,
Mamata threatens legal action against Tata
By IANS,
Kolkata : Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Sunday threatened to take legal action against Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata for making "defamatory comments" against her and the farmers' agitation that led to the Nano car project being shifted from Singur in West Bengal to Gujarat.
"We are considering legal action against him for his comments. He is speaking like a political leader. Let him contest an election from Bengal," Banerjee told newspersons here.
Thousands attend RUC rally in Lucknow
Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net
Lucknow: Thousands of workers converged at Mini Stadium in Vikas Nagar during the rally organised by Rashtriya Ulema Council (RUC) on Saturday. The Congress remained at their target as RUC leaders decried its anti-muslim approach.
The rally was organised exactly after one year by the Azamgarh based Rashtriya Ulama Council (RUC) formed in wake of Batla House encounter in 2008. Earlier, on February 20, 2009 it has held a rally at historical Tile Wali Masjid in Lucknow.
Pressurise Bengal administration to uphold law and order: BJP to governor
Kolkata: Claiming that law and order has collapsed in West Bengal, the BJP on Wednesday urged Governor K.N. Tripathi to put pressure on police...
Between Saapnath and Naagnath
By Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam,
Whom would you prefer to be with, if given a chance: Saapnath or Naagnath? Will you prefer one over the other, or would you avoid their company in any case? After all, both are cobras, unfriendly creatures.
Maharashtra may waive farmers’ loans
By IANS
Nagpur : Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has indicated that a waiver on farmers' loans was on the cards, reiterating the state's willingness to go along with the central government on the issue.
"We are waiting to see the central government's policy in that regard in order to know our share of responsibility in the package," the chief minister told reporters here Sunday, on eve of the state legislature's winter session.
Big BJP boss steps in to save proteges
By IANS,
New Delhi : The shock outburst by a clutch of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs over the women's reservation bill left some party satraps red-faced after they put up a spirited defence in the Rajya Sabha. But when there's a crisis, there's big boss L.K. Advani.
Opposition to the bill by controversial Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur and Hukumdev Naryan Yadav from Madhubani was seen as a clear challenge to the leaders of opposition in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha - Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley.
Missionaries of Charity says RSS chief ‘misinformed’
Kolkata : Missionaries of Charity Tuesday described RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat as "uninformed" in the light of his conversion remarks. The Diocese of Calcutta...
Non-bailable warrant against Pankaj Bhujbal
Mumbai : A Special Court on Wednesday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against NCP legislator Pankaj Bhujbal and some others in connection with a...
Mamata announces slew of measures for contractual, casual workers
Kolkata : Services of the West Bengal government's contractual and casual workers would not be terminated till they attain 60 years of age, Chief...
Away from chaos, Congress delegates also relish Delhi
By IANS
New Delhi : Chaos and confusion reigned during the post-lunch session of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) at the fortified Talkatora Indoor Stadium. As thousands of Congress supporters tried to surge past barricades outside and enter the venue through the many gates, a strong police contingent stopped them. Some journalists had to wait for nearly two hours before being allowed entry by senior police officers who apologized profusely for the hold-up. One officer remarked that the party should find a better venue the next time.
JD-U rules out alliance after RJD extends support
Patna : Bihar's ruling JD-U Thursday welcomed the support extended by Lalu Prasad's RJD to the new state government led by Jitan Ram Manjhi,...
UPA-II touts economic growth, ‘new deal’ with rural India
By IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday singled out resilience of the Indian economy in times of global meltdown as a signature achievement of UPA II's first year in office, and pushed for "new frontiers" in implementing the social inclusion agenda, including food security act and education for all.
In a spirit of introspection, Manmohan Singh, however, admitted that soaring prices of basic commodities remained a source of concern and stressed that his government will take whatever "corrective steps" are necessary to rein in inflation.
Bookies score bull’s eye in national predictions, but not Mumbai
By Quaid Najmi, IANS,
Mumbai : Bookies and punters scored a bull's eye in the all-India election results outcome, but their calculations went awry in Mumbai where they suffered losses amounting to nearly Rs.500 crore (Rs.5 billion), sources in the industry said here Sunday.
In Mumbai, the bookies and bettors failed in their assessment of the outcome in three seats and on candidates belonging to the saffron combine of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiv Sena, a bookie revealed Sunday morning.
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Modi and Hooda property dealers: Kejriwal
Gurgaon: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal Sunday said BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda are...
Rajnath ‘hurt’ on seeing blood-stained uniforms in garbage
New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday said his sentiments were hurt on learning that blood-stained uniforms and boots of paramilitary personnel killed...
Life normal in Jammu after disturbances, internet restored
Jammu : The authorities restored internet services here on Saturday as normality returned after three days of disturbances over two incidents of desecration of...
Qazi is still cabinet minister: JK Govt
Azad, one step forward another backward
By News Agency of Kashmir
Srinagar : Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad seems to be buckling under the 'weight' of Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, who is in New Delhi and meeting the senior Congress leaders, mostly the staunch opponents of once the blue eyed boy of 10 Janpath.
We will not support PM: Akali Dal MP
By IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh despite being a Sikh and Punjabi has not done anything either for the community or Punjab, Akali Dal MP Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa said in parliament during the debate on the vote of confidence Monday.
Dhindsa, chief whip of the Akali Dal, alleged that the prime minister has done nothing both for the Sikh community and for Punjab.
"Tell me one thing that he did for Sikhs or Punjab in the last four years," Dhindsa dared Congress MPs, leading to protest shouts from the treasury benches.
Madhya Pradesh told to stop overdrawing power or face disconnection
By IANS,
Bhopal : In a dressing down to Madhya Pradesh - which complains that the central government is discriminating against it, the union power ministry has told the state to stop overdrawing and clear dues worth Rs.2.98 billion ($74.5 million) or face disconnection from the power grid.
Kapil Sibal rides a solar rickshaw to campaign
By IANS,
New Delhi : Union Minister of Science and Technology Kapil Sibal, who is also the sitting MP of the Chandni Chowk constituency, Monday took a break from car rides and instead chose to campaign on the soleckshaw - a different kind of rickshaw - attracting the attention of many.
Kicking off his campaign at 8 a.m., Sibal took the driver's seat and rode the rickshaw for a few minutes before taking the passenger's seat and campaigning through the narrow lanes of Chandni Chowk for nearly an hour.