Over 50 percent voting recorded in Jharkhand civic polls
By IANS
Ranchi : Over 50 percent polling took place in the municipal elections being held in Jharkhand after a gap of 23 years.
Sporadic violence was witnessed at some places in Ranchi as supporters of candidates clashed at four polling booths in then city.
According to state election officials, till 4 p.m. 52 percent polling had taken place in the municipal elections in the state.
Besides Ranchi, municipal elections are taking at Hazaribagh, Giridih, Seraikela and Kharsawa and some other towns.
Former Delhi varsity professor Geelani arrested
New Delhi: Former Delhi University (DU) professor S.A.R. Geelani was arrested on Tuesday on charges of sedition for allegedly organising an event at the...
Pathankot operation nears completion; 7 securitymen killed
Pathankot/New Delhi: Security forces on Sunday nailed two more terrorists who had attacked the Indian Air Force base at Pathankot along with four others....
Modi voted out of TIME’s poll
Sachin Tendulkar, Nitish Kumar, Anna Hazare also failed to get place in the list
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Sanskrit, Tamil, Oriya – MPs take oath in many languages
By IANS,
New Delhi : The 15th Lok Sabha saw many of the newly-elected MPs take oath Monday in their mother tongue or languages of their choice, with Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Sumitra Mahajan leading the way by doing so in Sanskrit.
She was followed by Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) MP Basudev Acharya taking oath in Bengali and Arjun Sethi of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in his Oriya. Home Minister P. Chidambaram, who is Congress MP from Sivaganga, followed suit in Tamil, while B.K. Handique, also of the Congress, spoke in Assamese.
Himachal Congress seeks action against Thakur for links with ‘bookies’
Shimla : The Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee on Monday demanded action against BCCI secretary and BJP MP Anurag Thakur for his alleged links with...
AAP’s national executive meet discusses poll debacle
New Delhi : The three-day national executive meet of the AAP began here Friday amid infighting in the party over its debacle in the...
House Demolished Before Trial Concluded: Former BJP Leader and Sons Acquitted After False Rape...
Abdul Wasim Ansari, TwoCircles.net
Bhopal: Even before the judicial process could run its course, the house of Shafiq Ansari, a former leader of the ruling...
IPL governing council meeting to take decision on Modi
By IANS,
New Delhi : A final decision on Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi's future with the Twenty20 league will be taken at the governing council meeting April 26, a day after the IPL final in Mumbai.
Former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sharad Pawar said after a meeting with his successor Shashank Manohar that any decision on Modi will be taken collectively and unanimously by the IPL governing council as well as the board.
Smaller states dangerous for national unity: Mulayam Singh
By IANS
Hyderabad : United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) leader and Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav Sunday opposed the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, saying smaller states were not in the interest of national unity.
Abdul Mahdhani acquitted in Coimbatore blasts case
By IANS
Coimbatore : A sessions court here Wednesday acquitted Kerala-based People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Mahdhani of all charges in the 1998 serial bomb blasts in which 58 people were killed while it found one of the main accused, Al Umma chief S.A. Basha, guilty "of criminal conspiracy".
Official accuses Samajwadi legislator of intimidation
Lucknow : A senior Uttar Pradesh district official has accused a Samajwadi Party legislator of intimidating him over house allotments.
In a letter to the...
Bengal’s people terrorised by Trinamool leaders’ lingo: Shahnawaz
Kolkata: Sharply condemning Trinamool MP Tapas Paul's rape-and-violence speech, BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain Sunday said West Bengal's people are terror-stricken after listening to...
Omar Abdullah downplays BJP’s poll win
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday said he disagrees that the BJP's victory in state elections was "unstoppable".
He said the...
Advani congratulates Manmohan, Sonia as BJP concedes defeat
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday conceded defeat in the Lok Sabha elections and congratulated Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi for their victory even as it top leader L.K. Advani offered to step down as leader of opposition.
As the results made it clear that the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance was winning the Lok Sabha polls, BJP's prime ministerial candidate Advani expressed his wish at a meeting of the BJP parliamentary board to step down as leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha.
Mamata slams Modi government over flood relief fund
Kolkata : Lamenting the Centre's financial non-cooperation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday charged the Narendra Modi government with double standards...
UNPA will vote against trust motion: Marandi
By IANS,
Ranchi : Former chief minister and Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Democratic) president Babulal Marandi Tuesday said if there be a trust motion in the Lok Sabha, the United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) would vote against it.
Marandi told reporters: "UNPA will vote against the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in the Lok Sabha."
He said: "The nuclear deal is not in favour of the country and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's decision on the deal is wrong."
JVM-D is one of the constituents of the UNPA and has one member in the Lok Sabha.
Farmers attend Congress rally to hail loan waiver
By IANS
Raipur : Thousands of farmers gathered in a village in Chhattisgarh Wednesday to attend a Congress party rally to highlight the Rs.600 billion farm loan waiver announcement by the government in the union budget last month.
Minister of State for Home Affairs Sriprakash Jaiswal and Congress treasurer Motilal Vora, along with several state Congress leaders, addressed the rally held at Oteband village in Durg district, western Chhattisgarh.
BJP hails Agni-5 launch as proud milestone
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday "hailed" the successful launch of the Agni-5 missile.
Congress’s former Andhra chief joins TRS
Hyderabad: D. Srinivas, a senior Congress leader in Telangana, on Thursday quit the party and announced his decision to join the ruling Telangana Rashtra...
Congress backtracks on Telangana deadline
By IANS,
New Delhi/Hyderabad : Going back on its word to announce a solution to the Telangana problem by Jan 28, the Congress party Wednesday said "one month does not mean 30 days".
Sanjay Dutt summoned over ‘jhappi-to-Mayawati’ remark
By IANS,
Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh): A court here Saturday summoned Bollywood actor and former Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary Sanjay Dutt on April 24 in a case related to his alleged disparaging remarks against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati.
Taking cognizance of the charge sheet filed against Dutt Friday, Chief Judicial Magistrate A.K. Tiwari Saturday summoned Dutt to appear before the court April 24.
The charge sheet was filed in the CJM court in Pratapgarh district where Dutt made "unpleasant remarks" against Mayawati, officials said.
Nitish Kumar suffers major setback in Bihar bypolls
By IANS,
Patna : In a major setback to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the opposition alliance of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) Thursday bagged nine seats in bye-elections for 18 assembly seats in the state. The ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine won just five.
The JD-U won three seats (Triveniganj, Bagha and Dhoraiya), and its ally BJP got two seats of Begusarai and Chainpur.
Congress raps CPI-M for questioning its secular credentials
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : The Congress in Kerala Wednesday criticised Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan for questioning the party's secular credentials and said that he was trying to create communal disharmony.
State Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala said Achuthanandan was making baseless and malicious statements about the Congress, trying to promote minority communalism.
The feverish case of Ahmed Bukhari
By Aaqib Raza Khan,
In the middle of the seventeenth century, a Mughal ruler in a jovial mood sealed the fate of a generation. And of a whole country and community. Around 1650 AD, Mughal ruler Shahjahan laid the foundation of the Jama Masjid, in then Shahjahanabad, now Old Delhi. The mosque took six years to complete.
Modi tears into Gandhis in their bastion Amethi
Amethi : BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Monday tore into the Gandhi family, accusing them of not only being "arrogant" and "power drunk"...
Campaign cacophony ceases in Maharashtra
Mumbai : The month-long election cacophony ended in Maharashtra Monday evening for the 288 assembly seats and lone Lok Sabha constituency Beed, which go...
Bulldozer Action in Surat Under Scrutiny: Activists Allege Targeted Retribution After Communal Violence
Sidra Fatima, TwoCircles.net
On September 10, 2024, municipal authorities in Gujarat’s Surat district launched a demolition drive in Saiyedpura, an area recently hit by riots...
Karnataka set for face-off over transfer of power
By IANS
Bangalore : Political uncertainty gripped Karnataka Monday with the ruling coalition partners Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) bracing for a showdown on their transfer of power pact.
With the BJP serving an ultimatum to the JD-S either to transfer power by Wednesday or face snap polls, the latter continued to flip-flop on the agreement reached between the two parties 20 months ago.
All are equal in union cabinet: Antony
By IANS,
Mumbai: In an effort to pacify Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, Defence Minister A.K. Antony Saturday said that all ministers are equal in the union cabinet.
Political advertisement ban: Delhi HC reserves order
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Friday reserved its order on a plea seeking to set aside guidelines banning "political advertisements" on public...
BJP rejects PM’s plea for ‘reasonable time’ in Karnataka
By IANS
Bangalore/New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party Wednesday virtually rejected Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's plea to give Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur "reasonable time" to decide on the party's claim to form new coalition ministry with the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S).
The party set a new deadline of Wednesday evening for Thakur to invite the BJP/JD-S combine leader B.S. Yeddyurappa and threatened to take the 129 supporting legislators to President Pratibha Patil in New Delhi Thursday if he fails to accede to their demand.
Airwaves are public property: Jaitley
New Delhi : Airwaves are public property and the myth that they are the monopoly of the state has been broken, Information and Broadcasting...
Prakash pulls out of Israel challenger pre-quarters
By IANS,
Ramat Hasharon (Israel) : Prakash Amritraj gave a walkover to Israel's Harel Levy in the pre-quarter-final of the $100,000 Association of Tennis Professional (ATP) challenger here Wednesday.
Prakash, who is undergoing treatment for a leg injury he sustained last week during the Greece challenger, had beaten Bulgarian wildcard Grigor Dimitrov 7-6(3), 6-1 Tuesday.
Levy in the quarter-final plays Australian Marinko Matosevic.
Congress candidate files papers for Himachal bypolls
By IANS,
Shimla: The Congress Monday took the lead in filing nomination papers for the bye-elections in two assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh.
"Manjit Singh Monday filed the papers for the Rohru constituency," the state's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Anil Khachi told IANS.
He was the only candidate from a political party who has filed papers till now.
�ccording to Khachi, Ashok Kumar Somal filed his papers for the Jawali constituency as an Independent candidate.
Congress students’ wing sweeps Delhi University polls
By IANS
New Delhi : The ruling Congress in Delhi got a boost a few months ahead of scheduled assembly polls when its students' wing National Students' Union of India (NSUI) swept the election to the prestigious Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) Saturday.
Though the traditional position of DUSU elections as a bellwether of the capital's politics is now in question with only 25 percent of the students bothering to vote on Friday, the victory did not stop frenzied celebrations at north and south campuses and around various colleges.
AAP thanks Delhi government for compensation to farmers
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday appreciated the Delhi government for its decision to provide the highest ever compensation to farmers...
Bail pleas of four accused in Malegaon 2006 blast case rejected
Mumbai : A special court here on on Monday rejected the bail applications of four accused in the Malegaon 2006 serial bomb blasts case.
The...
Congress looks at options in Kashmir
By IANS,
New Delhi : The withdrawal of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) from the Congress-led coalition in Jammu and Kashmir Saturday sent the Congress into a huddle to chalk out its future strategy in the poll-bound state.
While Congress leaders in the national capital refused to comment on the development, party sources said Prithivraj Chavan, the Congress general secretary in charge of Kashmir, was closeted with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the emerging political scenario.
Rahul says Modi government lies
By Rajeev Khanna, IANS
Surat : Congress MP Rahul Gandhi Sunday accused the Gujarat government of telling lies and promised thousands who greeted him here that his party would provide an administration "which won't be based on lies".
The Congress MP got an overwhelming response from party workers and supporters who clamoured to welcome him with garlands of khadi, a tradition in Gujarat.
Rahul Gandhi, the son of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, promptly took on Chief Minister Narendra Modi saying the Gujarat government was hiding behind lies.
Smart villages may help keep cities smarter
By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net,
When there is a dire need to convert our 6.5 lakh-odd rural settlements in India into smart villages, we are planning to build 100 new smart cities, which in the process may end up uprooting a big population and gobble up thousands of acres of agriculture land.
‘आम हिंदुओं को संघ परिवार से चौकन्ना रहने की ज़रूरत, संघ बना रहा है...
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Games Congress loves to play with Muslims
By Ehtasham Khan for TwoCircles.net
Soon after United Progressive Alliance (UPA) came to power for the second term, a Muslim organization felicitated some select Members of Parliament whom they consider “well-wishers of the community.” Almost all the Muslim MPs, disregarding their political affiliation, were invited. Non-Muslim MPs included mainly from Left parties.
Now Naidu joins promises galore, offers free gas
By IANS,
Hyderabad : It is raining promises in Andhra Pradesh ahead of by-elections from four Lok Sabha and 18 assembly constituencies in the state next month. In his bid to woo voters, Telugu Desam Party chief N. Chandrababu Naidu has now promised free cooking gas connections to the poor.
The promise by Leader of the Opposition comes months before Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) begins gas supply from the Krishna Godavari basin off Kakinada. RIL officials have informed the state government that the company would begin gas supply from June.
Rahul breaks security ring, carries around ‘frisked’ boy
By IANS,
New Delhi : Security concerns are so high during election time that even spontaneous actions of politicians are screened! And that's exactly what happened when Rahul Gandhi carried a boy and broke the security cordon at a rally in Kerala Monday.
The Congress general secretary caused some anxious moments for the security personnel when he broke the security ring and shook hands with a large number of people in the crowd at the Fort Maidan in Palakkad in Kerala.
Akali Dal-BJP alliance will continue: Badal
Chandigarh: Despite differences among leaders at the state-level, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday said the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and BJP...
Doctors speak up for the patients; urge the government to enable them to access...
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Doctors have come out in the open to talk about the health condition of the people in Kashmir where due to heavy restrictions...
Factionalism rears up in BJP’s Manipur unit
Imphal : The BJP, which is aiming at wresting power from the Congress in Manipur, has been hit by factionalism with a group...
Police asked me to prove patriotism, says Umar Khalid
New Delhi : JNU student Umar Khalid, who was released on interim bail on Friday after being arrested for sedition, said it was a...
Jagan elected YSRCP legislature party leader
Hyderabad : Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy was Wednesday unanimously elected leader of the YSR Congress legislature party.
The newly-elected legislators of the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP)...
जंतर -मंतर पर जहरीले नारे लगाने के मामले में कई गिरफ्तार
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जंतर मंतर जहरीले नारे लगाए जाने के मामले में कड़ी प्रतिक्रिया आने के बाद पुलिस ने दिल्ली बीजेपी के पूर्व प्रवक्ता...
SC dismisses plea for beef ban case to be heard in Jammu
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking that the hearing on the beef ban in Jammu and Kashmir be heard...
Left-ruled Tripura joins campaign against n-deal
By IANS,
Agartala : As part of a nationwide campaign, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led ruling Left Front in Tripura Monday organised rallies to protest the India-US nuclear deal and price rise.
"We shall also expose and oppose the efforts of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies to incite communal polarisation in the country with a view to gaining political and electoral support," said Bijon Dhar, CPI-M central committee member.
"Signing of the nuclear deal with the US (would be) a blow to India's self-respect and it is against the country's interests."
Modi’s northeast fare: Train line, power unit and two fests
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala/Guwahati : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be spending four busy days on his maiden visit to the northeast where he will...
Gujarat government collecting data of Muslim students
Gandhinagar,(IANS) The BJP-ruled Gujarat government has been collecting data of Muslim students, appearing for Class 10 and 12 board examinations, for the last five...
CPI-M to discuss nuclear deal next week
By IANS
Agartala : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday said it would take a firm decision and chalk out strategies on the Indo-US nuclear deal during its four-day meet to be held in Kolkata over the next weekend.
The crucial CPI-M politburo meeting is due Friday, and will be followed by a three-day central committee meeting.
"The meetings would finalise the party's final stand before the Left-United Progressive Alliance (UPA) mechanism committee meeting on Oct 5," CPI-M Central committee member Bijon Dhar told journalists here.
Bansal, Ashwani have mud on their faces: Trinamool
By IANS,
Kolkata : The Trinamool Congress Saturday said Pawan Kumar Bansal and Ashwani Kumar, who from the union cabinet resigned a day earlier, have "mud on their faces".
Jaswant files nomination, says it’s his big day
By IANS,
Darjeeling : Flanked by top Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) leaders, veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh filed his nomination for the Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal Thursday, describing it as a big day in his life.
"I feel humble. Filing the nomination with support of the GJM is a big day for me," Singh said after completing the nomination formalities at the district magistrate's office here.
Singh arrived at the district magistrate's office in a big procession, with hundreds of GJM supporters shouting "Jai Gorkha, Jai Jaswant".
Strike by civil society group disrupts life in Imphal
Imphal,: Normal life was hit hard after a civil society group called a 12-hour general strike on Tuesday, protesting against the construction of a...
Non-political person must head panel, Hazare tells PM
By IANS,
New Delhi : Gandhian Anna Hazare Friday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to rethink and name a non-political person to head a panel to draft a stringent anti-corruption legislation.
Modi assurance on correcting distortions about Netaji: Bose family
Kolkata: Descendants of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, who have been campaigning for declassification of 100-odd secret files on the nationalist leader, on Tuesday exuded...
Testing time for Karnataka Congress chief in new frontier
By Fakir Balaji, IANS,
Chittapur (Karnataka) : Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Mallikarjun Kharge is facing a litmus test in this newly reserved constituency as he seeks his ninth victory in the state assembly election Thursday.
The 65-year-old Kharge, who represented adjacent Gurmitkal in the assembly for eight times in row, has been forced to shift to Chittapur after his home constituency was de-reserved in the delimitation exercise.
Delhi government invokes ESMA, doctors’ strike continues
New Delhi : The Delhi government on Tuesday invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) against striking doctors who refused to join duty even...
‘CBI going slow on Mukul Roy as BJP using him to break Trinamool’
Kolkata : Accusing the BJP of "using" Trinamool Congress general secretary Mukul Roy to "break" West Bengal's ruling party, state Congress chief Adhir Ranjan...
Kozhikode: the land of anti-imperialist struggle gets ready for the election battle
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Bengal madrasah teachers call off three-month long strike
Kolkata : Protesting teachers of unrecognised madrasahs in West Bengal withdrew their three-month-long hunger strike following Trinamool Congress Vice President Mukul Roy's assurance that...
Mayawati accuses centre of ignoring Agra’s show industry
By IANS
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Tuesday accused the centre of ignoring the interests of the shoemaking industry of Agra.
Reacting to a letter by Rahul Gandhi, a first-time member of parliament from Amethi, opposing Value Added Tax (VAT) on shoes manufactured in Agra, Mayawati criticised the Congress for issuing a politically motivated statement without considering the facts.
Gujarat results: 2.40 p.m.
By IANS
Seats declared - 123 out of 182
BJP - 79
Congress - 39
NCP - 3
Janata Dal-United - 1
Independents- 1
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End dynastic rule: Modi in Jammu and Kashmir
Kishtwar (Jammu and Kashmir): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday exhorted the people in this Jammu and Kashmir town to unshackle themselves from the yoke...
Lalit Modi admits closeness to Sushma, Vasundhara
New Delhi: IPL's controversial former chief Lalit Modi on Tuesday admitted close relations with Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and External Affairs Minister Sushma...
‘Two MPs in Taj hotel are safe’
By IANS,
New Delhi : Two MPs - Lal Mani Prasad and Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil - are safe in their rooms at the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel, said parliament member N.N. Krishnadas who was himself rescued from there by commandos Thursday.
"They are safe at their hotel rooms," Krishnadas, an MP of the Communist Party of India-Marxist from Kerala, told IANS on phone from Mumbai. "They are expected to join us after the entire operation is over," he added.
Democracy can’t be restricted to elections only: Modi
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that democracy "cannot be restricted to elections and government only" and everyone must feel...
Sena, BJP, to elect their leaders Monday
By IANS,
Mumbai: Rattled by the third consecutive defeat at the polls in Maharashtra, the newly-elected legislators of the opposition Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine will hold separate meetings here Monday to elect their party leaders in the assembly.
Shiv Sena spokesperson Neelam Gorhe told IANS that the meeting would be held at noon in Shiv Sena Bhavan.
This time, all is not hunky dory between the alliance partners, with both staking claim to the coveted cabinet-rank post of leader of opposition.
PM cannot deny responsibility on graft: Left Front manifesto
By IANS,
Kolkata : West Bengal's Left Front in its election manifesto Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for being silent on the issues of graft and surrendering to US imperialism.
Tamil Nadu assembly session to begin Wednesday
By IANS,
Chennai : The Tamil Nadu assembly session that commences Wednesday at Fort St. George may be the last one to be held in the current premises.
The government is constructing a new secretariat in the centre of the city and Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi wants to hold the budget session in the new complex.
Karunanidhi has hinted at his retirement in June this year after the World Classical Tamil Conference in Coimbatore, and he may want the new complex operational before then, politicians say.
Himachal polls: Politicians await auspicious days
By IANS,
Shimla: Politicians in Himachal Pradesh are awaiting for auspicious days for filing their nomination papers and launching their campaigns for the Nov 4 assembly polls.
Gandhi family to attend Amethi cricket tourney final
By IANS,
Lucknow : The entire Gandhi family will attend the final match of the Rajiv Gandhi Rural Cricket Tournament, organized by Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, in Amethi June 2.
Players of the Amethi cricket team, which is a finalist in the tournament, said they had met Rahul during his visit May 16, and he assured them that his entire family would be there to witness the match.
"This would also include Priyanka Gandhi and her two children," Sonu Singh, captain of the Amethi team, told IANS by phone Friday. Amethi would play team from Tiloi village in the finals.
All-party meet crucial to women’s bill, says Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi: With the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government expected to face hurdles in the passage of the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha, the Congress said Thursday that April 5 all-party meeting on the bill was "crucial".
"It's a crucial meeting. Let's wait for the outcome," Congress spokesman Shakeel Ahmed said here.
BJP faces demand for change in Uttarakhand leadership
By IANS,
Dehradun : Smarting from the rout in Uttarakhand in the Lok Sabha elections, a group of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators have called for replacing Chief Minister B.C. Khanduri ahead of assembly polls, according to party sources.
At least 10 of the party's 34 legislators have sent a letter to party chief Rajnath Singh, seeking replacement of the chief minster and blaming Major General (retd) Khanduri for the party's rout in Uttarakhand.
Key candidate withdraws in Kairana, opposition upbeat
Lucknow (IANS): In a major boost to opposition unity, the Lok Dal candidate who was contesting against his sister-in-law and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD)...
LDF calls shutdown in Kerala against fuel price hike
By IANS,
Kozhikode : Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) Wednesday called a state-wide dawn-to-dusk shutdown Thursday to protest the hike in fuel prices.
"The central government should correct this policy. The Left Front had asked the government not to (hike prices). The government policy should not be to help increase the profits of oil companies," said LDF convenor Vaikom Viswan.
‘फ़ारबिसगंज गोलीकांड’… अब भी ताज़ा हैं ज़ख़्म
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
फारबिसगंज: अररिया से फारबिसगंज जाने वाली सड़क धूप में सोने की तरह चमचमाती है. फोर लेन की यह सड़क जहां ख़त्म...
My party will not call shutdowns: Mamata
By IANS,
Kolkata: Emphasising that people do not like shutdowns, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday said her Trinamool Congress will not resort to such a form of agitation.
Pranab visits Belur Math
By IANS,
Belur (West Bengal) : UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee Sunday visited Belur Math, the headquarters of the Ramkrishna Mission, and offered prayers.
M.J. Akbar named BJP spokesperson
New Delhi : Noted journalist and author M.J. Akbar, who was the spokesperson for the Congress nearly two decades back, was Tuesday named a...
Salient points in Sonia’s plenary speech
By IANS,
New Delhi : Following are the salient points of Congress president's Sonia Gandhi's speech at the 83rd plenary of the party.
Trinamool leader caught on camera threatening polling officer in Bengal
Kolkata : Trinamool Congress candidate Rabindra Nath Ghosh was on Thursday allegedly caught on camera while threatening a polling officer inside a booth during...
Farmed land, food per person declined over 25 years
By Saumya Tewari,
The land available for farming in India, already under decline, is feared to drop further with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government...
At parliament goodbye, President Patil cautions against disruptions
By IANS,
New Delhi : Parliamentarians bid farewell to outgoing President Pratibha Patil Monday, two days before she demits office for president-elect Pranab Mukherjee.
Arch-rivals Virbhadra, Dhumal file nominations in Himachal
Shimla, Nov 29 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh of the Congress and his arch-rival Prem Kumar Dhumal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), filed their nomination papers Thursday for the assembly elections.
This is for the fifth time that Singh, 73, will be contesting from Shimla district's Rohru, 115 km from here.
Before filing his papers, he addressed a large public rally in Rohru town and exuded confidence that the Congress would again form the government in the state.
Price rise: Opposition walks out of Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha adjourned
New Delhi : Opposition parties Monday staged a walkout in the Rajya Sabha expressing dissatisfaction over Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's reply on price rise,...
Political parties in UP support cross-border surgical strikes
Lucknow : Political parties in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday extended their support to the surgical strikes by the Indian Army on terrorist launchpads...
Mayawati distances herself from Maurya’s statement
Lucknow : BSP chief Mayawati Monday distanced herself and the party from a controversial statement given by Leader of Opposition Swami Prasad Maurya in...
Sonia calls up Paswan after fire at his home
By IANS,
New Delhi : Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday rang up estranged ally Ram Vilas Paswan to express her concern after a fire broke out at the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader's official residence here.
Paswan, who struck a pre-poll alliance with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad in Bihar leaving the Congress in the lurch, said Gandhi had called him up to inquire about the incident and his well being.
Trinamool MP’s ‘development for votes’ speech under scanner
Kolkata : The Election Commission Sunday said it had sought a report from the Birbhum district magistrate on Trinamool Congress MP and Bengali actress...
Government to soon announce committee on n-deal
By IANS
New Delhi : The government is likely to announce in two days a panel to look into the Indo-US nuclear agreement, amid indications that further negotiations on the deal will be put on the backburner for now.
Left leaders who have had discussions with Congress leaders and ministers to break a stalemate over the row said the ruling party was keen to retain power rather than insist on going ahead with the nuclear deal and risk communist support so crucial for the government's survival.
Congress chief ministers’ meeting begins
New Delhi: A meeting of Congress chief ministers, the first since the party lost the Lok Sabha elections last year, began here on Tuesday.
Participants...
Walk outs, heated arguments in Tamil Nadu assembly
By IANS,
Chennai : Proceedings in the Tamil Nadu assembly Monday were marked by repeated walk-outs by opposition members who complained that they were not being given sufficient time to talk on important issues.
Protesting over Speaker R. Avudaiyappan's ruling that there was nothing objectionable in a proverb quoted by Agriculture Minister Veerapandi S. Arumugham Friday, AIADMK members staged a walk out soon after the house assembled.
CBI questions NCP MP
By IANS,
Mumbai: Padamsinh Patil, a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP, was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) late Saturday in connection with the murder of a Congress leader in 2006, official sources said here.
Patil, a former Maharashtra home minister who now represents Osmanabad in the Lok Sabha, was questioned till late into the night, they said.
Congress leader Pavan Raje Nimbalkar was shot dead by two gunmen at Kalamboli near here July 3, 2006 after he was lured there on the pretext of striking a business deal.
TDP-BJP-Jana Sena alliance on cards
Hyderabad: A new political alliance is taking shape in Andhra Pradesh ahead of assembly and Lok Sabha polls as the Bharatiya Janata Party, Telugu...
Regional parties lack national perspective: Mukherjee
By IANS,
Agartala : Regional parties have "no uniformity on national issues and no all India perspective", External Affairs Minister and Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee said Thursday, reiterating the views of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
"The prime minister rightly said that regional parties have regional perspectives on all-India issues and these different viewpoints create problems," Mukherjee told journalists here in the Tripura capital.
Madhya Pradesh asks prime minister to clear anti-terror bill
By IANS,
Bhopal : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was asked by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Saturday to clear the state's anti-terrorism bill 2007 that has been pending for approval with the central government.
"Since the spread of terrorism was a serious threat to peace, unity and integrity of our country, there was urgent need to have political will and national consensus on fighting terrorism.
The language of politics
By Zohra Javed for TwoCircles.net
I have a feeling: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Samajwadi Party are feeding each other. They are the true friends in need of each other in Maharashtra. After splitting from Uncle Bal Thackeray, Raj is still struggling to find a foothold all across the state.
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'लव जिहाद' का भूत एक बार फ़िर से भारत को सता रहा है। भारतीय समाज मूल रूप से प्रेम का विरोधी है। एक...
दिल्ली दंगा : अदालत ने माना, निष्पक्ष नही है जांच,पुलिस पर लगाया जुर्माना
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दिल्ली की कड़कड़डूमा कोर्ट ने दिल्ली दंगे से संबंधित एक मामले में सुनवाई करते हुए दिल्ली पुलिस पर 25 हज़ार रुपए का जुर्माना...
Suspended BJD leader joins BJP
Bhubaneswar : Former MP Rudra Madhav Ray, who was suspended from Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for anti-party activities during the 2014 general...
We’re treating Hisar as a referendum: Kejriwal
By IANS,
Hisar (Haryana) : Team Anna is treating the Hisar Lok Sabha by-election as a referendum on the Jan Lokpal bill, its senior leader Arvind Kejriwal said here Sunday.
Chhattisgarh to speed up development: Raman Singh
By IANS,
Raipur: Raman Singh who has completed eight years as chief minister of mineral-rich Chhattisgarh state Monday said that he will strive to speed up the state's development.
Tamil Nadu steps up security for Pongal, Modi visit
By IANS
Chennai : Security arrangements across Tamil Nadu have been stepped in view of the three-day Pongal festival and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the state capital Monday.
Police sources said nearly 15,000 security personnel have been put on duty in the city in view of the discontent among the people over the Supreme Court order banning the traditional bull fighting - jallikattu - during the festive season.
Anand Sharma takes on BJP, Advani on N-deal
By IANS,
New Delhi : Minister of state for external affairs Anand Sharma Monday took on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani head-on over the India-US nuclear deal contending that the BJP leader had either "lost his memory" or was 'deliberately' and 'selectively' forgetting things.
Sharma refuted Advani's allegations that the nuclear deal would make India subservient to the United States of America (USA).
"We are doing the nuclear deal openly and on an equal footing with the USA. We are not giving away our sovereignty," Sharma said.
Sonia Gandhi sets up coordination committee for Haryana
By IANS,
New Delhi : Congress president Sonia Gandhi Saturday set up a coordination committee for Haryana, hours after Chief Minister Bhoopinder Singh Hooda expanded his new ministry.
The seven-member coordination committee will be headed by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary in charge of the state, presently Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Prithviraj Chavan.
BJP hopes Bihar unit chief’s peeve will be sorted out
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Friday that the issue of the resignation of its Bihar state unit chief C.P. Thakur will be sorted out soon.
No gloating over BJP’s infighting: Manmohan
By Manish Chand, IANS,
On Board Air India One : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday reacted cautiously to bitter infighting in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying he did not want to gloat over difficulties of other political parties.
"I am not in favour of gloating over difficulties of other political parties," Manmohan Singh told reporters while returning from the Russian city of Yekaterinburg when asked to comment on the infighting and disarray in India's main opposition party after its humiliating defeat in the parliamentary elections last month.
365 file nominations for Feb 23 Tripura election
By IANS
Agartala : Altogether 365 candidates representing 13 political parties and independents have filed nominations for the Feb 23 election to the 60-member Tripura assembly, officials said here Thursday.
Of the 365 aspirants, 18 are women and 81 independents.
"Scrutiny of the candidatures was done Thursday and the last date of withdrawal of nominations is Saturday," said Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) G.S.G. Ayyangar.