Modi government’s work will be more evident in future: Heptulla
New Delhi: Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla has said that the impact of the Narendra Modi government's work will be more evident in the...
VHP leader Togadia banned from entering Bengaluru
Bengaluru : Police Tuesday banned right-wing group Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Pravin Togadia from entering the Karnataka capital Feb 5-11, on grounds of...
Bhagwad Gita has universal relevance: RSS chief
New Delhi : RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat Tuesday underscored the universal relevance of the Bhagwad Gita, saying its message must be spread across the...
JD(U) hints at softening of opposition to women’s bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : With the numbers favouring the passage of the women's reservation bill in the Rajya Sabha Monday, the Janata Dal-United (JD-U), a prominent party opposing it, Sunday indicated a softening of its position.
JD-U chief whip in the Rajya Sabha Ali Anwar Ansari said the party will consider the opinion of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in support of the bill, which seeks to reserve 33 percent seats for women in parliament and state legislatures.
Mamata-Modi link in Nano relocation: CPI-M leader
BY IANS,
Kolkata : Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee was hand-in-glove with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to ensure that Tata's Nano project shifted to the western state, a senior Communist Party of India (CPI-M) leader alleged here Sunday.
"Modi and Banerjee were in talks for the past two months to facilitate the Nano factory's relocation from West Bengal's Singur to Gujarat's Sanand. Everything was pre-planned and based on discussions between the two," CPI-M Gujarat state secretary Arun Mehta told reporters here.
SIO से जुड़े छात्रों पर लखनऊ में भाजपा कार्यकर्ताओं का हमला, सपा-भाजपा के गठजोड़...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
लखनऊ: हैदराबाद विश्वविद्यालय के छात्र रोहित वेमुला और जेएनयू के छात्रों के समर्थन में लखनऊ के हज़रतगंज स्थित गांधी प्रतिमा पर हस्ताक्षर...
Election Commission ‘immensely satisfied’ with polls: Naveen Chawla
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Election Commission Wednesday said it was "immensely satisfied" with the entire process of the staggered five-phase general elections that started April 16 and ended May 13.
"Barring a few incidents of violence, the entire poll process has been largely peaceful," Chief Election Commissioner Naveen Chawla said at a press conference here.
The poll panel condoled the death of polling personnel, security personnel and other civilians in various poll-related incidents.
Cow vigilantes torch truck transporting bovine animals
Jammu, Dec 3 (IANS) Police used batons and tear smoke to disperse protesters on Monday after cow vigilantes torched a truck carrying bovine animals...
BREAKING NEWS: SC rules in favour of Delhi government
By IANS
New Delhi, July 4 : The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favour of the Aam Aadmi Party led-Delhi government and said that the...
Text of CPI-M resolution to pay homage to Surjeet
By IANS,
New Delhi : Following is the text of the Communist Party of India-Marxist's (CPI-M) resolution paying homage to veteran leader Harkishan Singh Surjeet, who died Friday in a Noida hospital:
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) records with profound grief the passing away of Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet, veteran leader of the CPI(M), an outstanding figure of the Communist movement of the country and prominent national politician. He died after a prolonged illness on August 1, 2008. He was 93 years old.
Mayawati campaigns in Jammu
By IANS,
Jammu : The Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) blue flags fluttered here in Jammu and Kashmir Monday as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati campaigned for her party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
Addressing an election rally, Mayawati criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as well as the Congress saying these parties were "fooling the people".
"All other parties have failed to deliver on their promises," she told a large crowd, and asked them to vote for the BSP to help it form a government in New Delhi.
Police seize swords, bombs in Kerala town
By IANS
Kannur (Kerala) : The police seized swords and country-made bombs and took 10 people into custody Monday in raids in Thalassery town following the murder of a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activist Sunday.
The weapons were seized at Chalad near Thalassery, one of the major towns in Kannur district in north Kerala.
The district witnessed several violent incidents Monday with CPI-M and the BJP-RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) combine ransacking and destroying one another's offices and properties.
Rahul castigates BJP at Rajasthan rally
Karauli (Rajasthan) : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Sunday came down heavily on the Gujarat model of development touted by the BJP and its...
Congress needs to make huge gains in Gujarat polls
By IANS
Ahmedabad : The Congress party, out of power for 12 years in Gujarat, needs to do well in some key regions, especially Saurasthra as well as the tribal belt, if it is to win the assembly polls in December.
An analysis of the 2002 results - in which the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured 127 seats to the Congress' 51 - shows that the latter needs to add at least 42 seats to win a simple majority in the 182-member legislature.
Congress’s focus only on leader of opposition post: Jaitley
Kolkata : Taking a jibe at the Congress, union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Sunday said the party's entire politics was now centred around getting...
Fadnavis to seek vote of confidence Wednesday
Mumbai : The stage is set for Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to seek a vote of confidence in his minority government Wednesday as...
Naidu, Naqvi, Rudy among BJP candidates for Rajya Sabha
By IANS
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday decided to renominate party leaders Venkaiah Naidu, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Rajiv Pratap Rudy to the Rajya Sabha.
The meeting of the party's central election committee, presided over by its president Nitin Gadkari, decided the names of six party candidates for biennial elections to the upper house.
While Naidu has been renominated from Karnataka, Naqvi will be the party candidate from Uttar Pradesh and Rudy from Bihar.
BJP banking on division of anti-Modi votes in UP
By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net,
Whether it is a wave or no wave the Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to perform better in Uttar Pradesh than in Bihar, or maybe even in the home state of its prime ministerial candidate, Gujarat.
IIT alumni’s party wants to be agent of change
By Richa Sharma, IANS,
New Delhi : They gave up plush jobs to jump into politics two years ago - something not too many Indian professionals do. The party that 20 alumni of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) floated has now fielded two candidates in the Nov 29 Delhi assembly polls.
After all, both techies and politicians are harbingers of change, say the founder members of Bharat Punarnirman Dal, or India Rejuvenation Force.
AAP win shattered myth of Modi’s invincibility: Yogendra Yadav
New Delhi : AAP ideologue Yogendra Yadav said the party's landslide win has shattered the "myth of invincibility" around Prime Minister Narendra Modi and...
AIADMK asks cadres, supporters not to file any petitions
Chennai : The AIADMK Friday told its party cadres and supporters that party general secretary J.Jayalalithaa's team of lawyers would file the necessary petitions...
Victory for Kejriwal, rout for Bedi, Maken
New Delhi : Arvind Kejriwal was the only one among the three people who led the AAP, the BJP and the Congress who won...
Registration of Teesta Setalvad’s Sabrang Trust cancelled
New Delhi : The central government on Thursday cancelled registration of Sabrang Trust run by social activist Teesta Setalvad, said informed sources.
"The decision to...
Raj Thackeray promises post-Diwali ‘fireworks’ for Nirupam
By IANS,
Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray Friday promised to have post-Diwali "fire-works" for Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam for his recent pro-north Indian comments.
Messiah or mastermind? What we know about the main accused in Kanpur violence, Hayat...
Hayat Zafar Hashmi is a well-known name in Kanpur and is the national president of Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar Fans Association, a relief organization....
Tharoor terms BJP’s economic roadmap ‘vague’
New Delhi : Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Friday said the BJP's plan to "address economic concerns" was a "vague" statement.
"The BJP government is claiming...
Kashmiris staged peaceful protest after curfew relaxation
By Sheikh Imran Bashir, Agence India Press
Srinagar: Indian Kashmir’s protests turned a new leaf on Thursday, July 15 as protestors occupied streets in a peaceful show of resistance, marking, perhaps, a new era in the movement in the troubled Himalayan region.
BJD to attend Third Front meet
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) will attend the Third Front leaders' meeting in New Delhi Sunday even though the party is yet to decide on joining the grouping, a senior BJD leader said Saturday.
Rajya Sabha member B.J. Panda said he will attend the meeting as an observer.
"I am going as an observer because they are like-minded parties," Panda told OTV, an Oriya television channel, from New Delhi.
The BJD of Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik last week snapped its 11-year-old alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Maharashtra votes Wednesday after bitter campaign
By Quaid Najmi,
Mumbai : One of the most bitter, high-profile and mega-stakes campaign for coming to power in 13th Maharashtra assembly elections drew to...
BJP seeking votes for one man: Himachal CM
Mandi : Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh Wednesday said the BJP was not seeking votes for the party but for one individual.
"It's seeking...
Two former chief ministers flay Modi
By IANS,
Gandhinagar: Within a day of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi completing a record eight years in office, two former chief ministers of the state, Shankersinh Vaghela and Suresh Mehta, came together to take up cudgels against his government.
Addressing mediapersons in Ahmedabad Thursday, the two announced the formation of a citizens front aimed at "articulating the problems of the large mass of suppressed government employees who have been rendered speechless by a repressive government".
Bengal BJP leader threatens to behead Trinamool leader
Kolkata : Infamous for his hate speeches and inciting party workers to unleash violence against rivals, Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mandal got a taste...
Left blackmailing PM and government, asserts Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi : Criticising the Left parties for "blackamailing the government and the prime minister" on the India-US civil nuclear deal, the Congress Thursday said only "communal forces" would gain if they withdraw support to the ruling coalition.
"They are blackmailing the government and the prime minister," said Congress spokesperson and senior leader M. Veerappa Moily at a press conference here Thursday.
"We never expected the Left to withdraw support. It could only strengthen the communal forces," added Moily.
Government set to fall, asserts BJP
By IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government is set to lose the trust vote in parliament July 22, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijay Kumar Malhotra said Tuesday.
"The Congress is indulging in horse-trading by misusing money power. We are confident this government is not going to survive the trust vote," a confident Malhotra told reporters here.
Wrestler Sushil Kumar roped in for ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’
New Delhi : The BJP's Delhi unit has roped in nine personalities, including wrestler Sushil Kumar, to spread awareness about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's...
Munde quits BJP posts, says no democracy in party
By IANS,
Mumbai/Aurangabad : Gopinath Munde Sunday resigned as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary, protesting what he termed as a lack of internal democracy in the party.
"I have quit all the party posts including that of national general secretary and Maharashtra unit executive committee member as I have come to a painful conclusion that the party is not being run on democratic lines," Munde told reporters at the Aurangabad airport after returning from Mumbai.
American critics of Hindu nationalism risk sustained attacks
From politicians to academics, Americans who speak against Hindutva face harsh backlash, protests, and violent threats.
Pieter Friedrich | TwoCircles.net
UNITED STATES — When US...
Congress leader held with woman gets bail, says was trapped
By IANS,
Manjeri (Kerala): A senior Congress leader in Kerala, Rajmohan Unnithan was given bail Monday, a day after he was held allegedly for immoral trafficking. The leader, however, insists he was trapped with a woman by ruling party activists and their allies.
Unnithan and the woman, who is said to be a Seva Dal worker, were first caught by locals Sunday night at a house here in Malappuram district. The woman hails from Kollam, Unnithan's hometown.
Maoist outfit expels leader for contesting polls
By IANS,
Patna : An outlawed Maoist outfit has expelled one of its senior leaders in Bihar for contesting the Lok Sabha elections, defying the group's poll boycott call.
Ranjan Yadav alias Dinkar-ji, a member of the Bihar-Jharkhand-Chhattisgarh special area committee of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), was expelled for contesting from Chatra constituency in neighbouring Jharkhand, a statement issued by the outfit said Sunday.
Yadav is contesting as an independent from Chatra, which is one of the worst hit by Maoist insurgency.
Tech savvy? Not Sheila Dikshit
By IANS,
New Delhi : While the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) V.K. Malhotra is using SMSes and even a website for his electioneering, his rival and Delhi Congress Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit by her own admission is not "tech savvy".
At the Congress' meet-the-candidates event for mediapersons ahead of Delhi's Nov 29 polls, Dikshit said she finds it difficult to even open a website without help.
Hoist tricolour at polling booths to strengthen democracy: NGO
By IANS,
Ranchi : A NGO based in Jharkhand's Dhanbad town has requested the Election Commission and the central government to make the hoisting of the tricolour and playing of the national anthem at polling booths mandatory to "strengthen democracy".
"On April 4, we sent a letter to the Election Commission and Home Minister P. Chidambaram, requesting them to make it mandatory to hoist the national flag and play the national anthem before voting starts," Pinaki Roy, founder secretary of the Institution for National Amity (INA), told IANS.
Caste lines blurred in Varanasi poll?
Varanasi : As Varanasi votes Monday, traditional caste lines seem to have blurred and loyalties changed.
With nearly 17 lakh voters as per figures of...
Narasimha Rao’s style has lessons for today’s leadership: Sanjaya Baru
New Delhi : Former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao's style of functioning -- reaching out to all shades of opinion as well his detractors...
Bouquets pour in for Patil, sombre atmosphere at Shekhawat home
By IANS
New Delhi : Jubilant supporters of Pratibha Patil, set to become India's 13th president, began their celebrations by beating drums and sending bouquets to her residence here. In contrast it was very quiet at the home of her rival, Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, as the counting for the presidential poll was underway.
Manmohan moves SC against summons in coal block case
New Delhi: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the summons issued to him by a special court over...
J&K high court’s beef ban hogs headlines
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court ban on the sale of beef in the state hogged the news headlines on Thursday with few...
Advani seeks Sonia’s apology for Ram affidavit
By IANS
New Delhi : Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani has asked Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to apologise to Hindus for filing an affidavit in the Supreme Court denying the historical existence of Lord Ram and hurting the sentiments of Hindus worldwide.
He held Sonia Gandhi personally responsible for this saying, "formally the prime minister but actually the Congress president is responsible. We don't accept their plea that the Congress president is angry therefore they are submitting a counter-affidavit. This is a false tactic."
EC censures Giriraj Singh for hate speech
New Delhi: The Election Commission Wednesday censured BJP leader Giriraj Singh for his inflammatory speeches during his election campaign during which he asked people...
Congress protest against Chhattisgarh CM turns violent
By IANS,
Raipur : At least 20 Congress workers were injured and some 1,000 protesters arrested and lodged in a makeshift jail following clashes with police Tuesday in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur.
Tamil film exhibitors to fast in support of Jayalalitha
Chennai : Members of Tamil Film Exhibitors Association will fast Tuesday in solidarity with former Tamil Nadu chief Minister J. Jayalalitha, who was jailed...
Modi faces opposition flak over bid to ‘replace’ Gandhi
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday came under intense criticism from the opposition over his picture "replacing" Mahatma Gandhi on the 2017...
Hindi will be among three to dominate digital world: Modi
Bhopal : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called for efforts to be made to make usage of Hindi more vibrant, contending it would...
Kashmir needs government of regional parties: CPI-M’s Mohammed Tarigami
By Shamshad Ali
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir needs a coalition of regional parties to keep out the BJP, the CPI-M's lone legislator...
Kodela Sivaprasada Rao will be Andhra Pradesh assembly speaker
Hyderabad : Senior TDP leader Kodela Sivaprasada Rao is all set to be unanimously elected speaker of the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly.
Kodela was the...
India to elect a new president Thursday
By Liz Mathew, IANS
New Delhi : Around 4,500 MPs and state legislators are eligible to vote Thursday to elect India's 13th president to succeed the popular A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, even as some are expected to boycott the election that is tipped to catapult a woman into Rashtrapati Bhavan for the first time.
Triple talaq an internal Muslim issue: RSS
Hyderabad: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Tuesday said the issue of triple talaq was an internal matter for Muslims but made it clear...
Congress helping BJP in Goa: NCP leader
Panaji : The Congress's keenness to reportedly end the 12-year alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party in Goa will help the BJP win the...
Pawar rules out aligning with NDA
New Delhi : NCP chief Sharad Pawar Wednesday ruled out aligning with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the Lok Sabha elections.
"The question of...
Will not attend UPA meet Friday: Mamata
By IANS,
New Delhi : Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said Thursday she will not attend Friday's UPA meeting on deciding a presidential candidate.
Acute food shortage in Kashmir: CPI-M
New Delhi : The CPI-M Friday asked the central government to step up relief and rescue work in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir, saying the...
Rabri lauds Lalu’s railway budget
By IANS
Patna : Bihar's opposition leader Rabri Devi praised the railway budget for 2008-09 presented Tuesday by her husband, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, terming it people-friendly.
"Laluji has fulfilled the promise made to the people by presenting a people-friendly budget," an upbeat and smiling Rabri Devi said.
Like a good Indian wife, Rabri Devi Tuesday morning offered special prayers for her husband's success before he presented his fifth consecutive railway budget in parliament, a staff at her official residence here told IANS.
BJP wins three seats in Karnataka by-polls
By IANS,
Bangalore : The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday won in three assembly constituencies and was leading in three segments of the eight by-elections held in Karnataka Saturday.
According to state election commission officials, the opposition Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) was leading in two constituencies, while the Congress was trailing.
"The BJP has won from Arabhavi, Devadurga and Doddaballapur. The ruling party is also leading in Karwar, Hukkeri and Turuvekere. JD-S candidates are leading in Madhugiri and Maddur," an official said.
BJP demands CBI probe into Odisha land scam
Bhubaneswar : The BJP Tuesday staged a demonstration here demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged multi-crore land scam in...
PM recuperating, advised soft foods
By IANS
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is recuperating and might be discharged Monday after his prostrate surgery at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, medical sources said Sunday.
"The prime minister is getting better very fast. The doctors have advised him to take soft foods like soups," said a source at AIIMS.
The doctors are not allowing anyone other than his family members to visit him at the hospital.
Shutdown in Seemandhra for second day over Telangana bill
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions of Andhra Pradesh are observing a complete shutdown for the second consecutive day Friday to protest...
Karunanidhi to be discharged from hospital Saturday
By IANS,
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi is likely to be discharged Saturday from a hospital here following his recovery from high fever, hospital authorities said Friday.
"The chief minister has completely recovered from his fever and other ailments and is cheerful. He will return home Saturday after an extra night's rest," a hospital spokesperson said.
Mumbai BJP cancels felicitation of Rajnath Singh, Modi
By IANS,
Mumbai : The BJP Sunday cancelled a function where party chief Rajnath Singh and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi were to be felicitated, a party official said.
Saradha scam: Accused Bengal minister steps down
Kolkata: On a day the CBI cited his continuance in the state cabinet as a proof of his immense influence, West Bengal's transport minister...
The Kerala UDF is ‘united’ again
Thiruvananthapuram : If there appeared to be "dark clouds" on the horizon on the eve of the four-year-old Oommen Chandy government in Kerasla, better...
We’re very happy over BJP-BJD split: Orissa archbishop
By IANS,
New Delhi : The church is happy to see Orissa's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) part ways with ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), top Christian leader Archbishop Rafel Cheenath said Monday while hoping that secular parties would now govern the state.
Ex-Air India chief Jadhav Karnataka’s new chief secretary
Bengaluru : Former chairman and managing director of state-run carrier Air India and IAS officer Arvind Jadhav will be Karnataka's new chief secretary from...
Mamata holds court as she woos industrialists
By IANS,
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday held a lively interaction with captains of industry, trying to woo investment for her state.
Mirwaiz threatens Kashmir mainstream politicians of social boycott
By IANS,
Srinagar : The separatist Hurriyat Conference Monday asked mainstream politicians in Jammu and Kashmir to pull out of the election process or "face social boycott in the future".
Addressing a media conference here, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, chairman of his faction of the Hurriyat, said: “This is the last call for the so-called mainstream politicians to join the separatist movement and pull out of the elections."
“If they still choose to contest elections, the people shall start a social boycott campaign against them."
Sonia has not violated poll code: Congress
By IANS
New Delhi : The Congress party, which has done several u-turns on party president Sonia Gandhi's 'merchants of death' remark, Tuesday said it had given "detailed reasons" to the poll panel, clarifying that she had not violated the poll code during her Gujarat election campaign speech.
"We have filed an appropriate and detailed response," party spokesperson Abishek Manu Singhvi told reporters here. Singhvi, who was authorised to respond to the Election Commission notice on behalf of the Congress chief, however, declined to give details of the reply.
Poll results a wake up call: rights activists
By Rajeev Khanna, IANS
Ahmedabad : Civil society and human rights activists Sunday said that Narendra Modi's victory in the Gujarat assembly elections was a "wake up call" for the people to be more "responsive" to issues of human rights.
Interpol’s help sought in Madhya Pradesh’s international call scam
By IANS,
Bhopal: Police in Madhya Pradesh Police investigating the overseas call scam unearthed in the state's Damoh district nearly a week ago have approached Interpol to trace the call details, police sources said Friday.
Police have also sent a team to the neighbouring Uttar Pradesh to trace those people whose numbers were detected from the call records of the SIMs in question,
Jaswant says BJP will suffer due to strife
By Deepa Rana
New Delhi: Veteran BJP leader Jaswant Singh warned Sunday that the party will pay a price due to internal convulsions that...
Congress’ Yashki springs surprise win as stalwarts lose
By Mohammed Shafeeq, IANS,
Hyderabad : The simultaneous elections to the Andhra Pradesh assembly and Lok Sabha threw many surprises and the notable among them is the victory of Madhu Yashki Goud of the Congress party in Nizamabad constituency despite the defeat of party stalwarts in the assembly segments.
All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary retained the Lok Sabha seat though Congress candidates in six out of seven assembly segments that come under his constituency bit the dust.
Samajwadi Party names 17 more Lok Sabha candidates
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Samajwadi Party Saturday announced the names of 17 more candidates to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh while underlining it was "not violating any coalition dharma" with the Congress.
Party general secretary Amar Singh released the second list of candidates at a press conference here. The Samajwadi Party had Thursday announced the names of 29 candidates from the state.
We will keep Modi on his toes: Gohil
By IANS
Ahmedabad : Shaktisinh Gohil, named leader of the Congress Legislature Party in the assembly, has warned the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government against attempting to steam-roll the opposition in the house.
The 41-year-old suave legislator from the Bhavnagar South constituency said the party has entrusted a big responsibility to him.
"I shall strive my best to live up to the party's expectations and deliver results," Gohil told IANS Thursday.
Advani’s decision in BJP’s interest: Murli Manohar Joshi
By IANS,
New Delhi : L.K. Advani's decision to step down as Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and accept responsibility for the BJP's electoral debacle was taken in the interest of the party, senior leader Murli Manohar Joshi said Sunday.
Joshi, one of the top rung leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), also said the party's election campaign had "perhaps" failed to reach the grassroots level and attract common man.
Modi tells Abbott his visit touched heart of every Indian
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday had a telephonic conversation with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and told him that his recent...
Minorities panel seeks action against BJP leader for ‘hate speech’
Lucknow : Following a complaint and an internal probe, the National Commission of Minorities (NCM) has held the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for...
Mayawati offers three-acre plots to poor in Chhattisgarh
By IANS
Raipur : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Saturday said her party would allot three-acre plots to every poor person if voted to power in Chhattisgarh which goes to the polls later this year.
Addressing a public meeting at the Science College ground here, Mayawati said: "Congress and the BJP have ruled the country since the independence but conditions of the scheduled caste (SC) and the scheduled tribe (ST) people has hardly improved."
Politicians and people line up to mourn Andhra hero YSR
By IANS,
Hyderabad : There was an outpouring of grief across Andhra Pradesh Friday with much of the state shutting down to mourn the late Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, whose funeral cortege snaked its way through surging crowds from his home here to the stadium where national leaders and people lined up to pay homage.
Communist leaders from 60 nations to attend Delhi conference
By IANS,
New Delhi : Communist leaders from 60 countries will attend the 11th Communist and Workers Parties' International Meeting, to be held here Nov 20-22, a senior communist leader said Monday.
The theme of the meeting is "The international capitalist crisis, the workers' and peoples' struggle, the alternatives and the role of the communist and working class movement," said Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member S. Ramachandran Pillai.
RSS, corporate media together projecting Modi: Buddhadeb
Kolkata: The "regressive" RSS and the corporate houses have forged a "strange" alliance to project BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, CPI-M leader Buddhadeb...
Kashmir lawmaker Engineer Rashid attacked again
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir legislator Engineer Rashid, who was assaulted by BJP legislators in the assembly after hosting a beef party, sustained minor...
BJP fully backs Varun, says Rajnath Singh
By IANS,
Etah (Uttar Pradesh) : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will make the "harassment and torture" of its jailed young leader Varun Gandhi a poll issue, party president Rajnath Singh declared Monday after meeting him in a prison.
"We back Varun, who is being harassed and tortured by the state government. Let the law take it own course. But we want to make it clear we will support Varun politically and legally," Rajnath Singh told reporters after meeting Varun Gandhi, the BJP's likely candidate from Pilibhit constituency of the state.
Modi & Manmohan: 1 Year, spot the differences
New Delhi : The economy rebounded; exports and imports declined, foreign-exchange reserves grew; coal production, electricity generation and petroleum consumption rose, non-performing assets (NPAs)...
Election panel reviews poll preparedness in Bihar
By IANS,
Patna : A three-member Election Commission team Monday began reviewing preparations for the October-November assembly polls in Bihar, an official said.
Jammu and Kashmir poll verdict could surprise all
By F. Ahmed and Binoo Joshi, IANS,
Srinagar/Jammu : With a 62 percent turnout, Jammu and Kashmir voters have already given democracy an absolute majority in the assembly polls this month and the last. But the verdict may be more fractured when it comes to any political party, feel observers, as everyone waits for the vote count Sunday.
The regional National Conference patronised by former chief minister Farooq Abdullah and headed by his son Omar is hopeful of doing much better than in the 2002 elections when it got just 28 seats in the 87-member assembly.
Baijal on Manmohan Singh: Mixed response from CPI-M, BJP
New Delhi : The CPI-M and BJP on Tuesday expressed mixed views on former TRAI chief Pradip Baijal's allegation that the then prime minister...
Bad weather may cool Himachal poll fever
By Baldev S. Chauhan, IANS
Shimla : Gathering snow clouds and icy winds could dampen the assembly election campaign as it enters the last phase in Himachal Pradesh.
This week the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress along with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have held a host of rallies ahead of the second and last phase of the polls Dec 19.
Bihar suspends IAS officer in scholarship scam
PATNA: An IAS officer has been suspended on Thursday for alleged irregularities in disbursement of post-matric scholarship among SC/ST students pursuing technical education outside...
RSS unhappy with Raje’s appointment
By IANS,
Jaipur : Former chief minister Vashudhara Raje, named the new BJP president in Rajasthan, has run into problems with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), informed sources said Monday.
BJP MP ends hunger strike on Rajnath’s ‘persuasion’
New Delhi : BJP's East Delhi MP Maheish Girri, who was protesting outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence since Sunday, broke his fast-unto-death...
Samajwadi Party workers go on rampage in Uttar Pradesh
By IANS,
Lucknow : Samajwadi Party (SP) activists Thursday indulged in violence in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad and Lucknow districts over Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari's disparaging remarks against their party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, police said.
In Lucknow, several activists took to the streets shouting anti-BJP slogans, targeted vehicles in Hazratganj area and clashed with the police.
In Allahabad, SP workers indulged in vandalism at a BJP office in the Civil Lines and roughed up several BJP workers there, damaging furniture and other office property.
NRIs’ annual conference a ‘picnic’: Nitish Kumar
By IANS,
Patna : Disillusioned at no response from NRIs to investing in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Sunday described the annual Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas as a "picnic".
"It is nothing but a picnic. It is certainly not for investments," he said at a media workshop on 'Bihar: Recovery and Growth, How the Media Should Read the Moment' here, organised by Britain's Department for International Development (DFID) along with Women's Feature Service.
Breach of privilege notice against Kerala revenue minister
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram: Senior opposition legislator Joseph M. Puthuserry Tuesday submitted a breach of privilege notice to Kerala assembly speaker K. Radhakrishnan over the "contradictory" statements made by Revenue Minister K.P. Rajendran on the floor of the house.
The Kerala Congress (M) member, in his letter to the speaker, said that in reply to a query during Question Hour Friday, Rajendran said Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan had placed a board on the property of Tata Tea Limited in Munnar in July 2007 which read that the place belonged to the government.
Voting for Tripura assembly elections begins
By IANS
Agartala : Voting for the assembly elections in the northeastern state of Tripura began Saturday amid tight security, officials said.
"People in large numbers queued up in front of polling stations well before voting opened at 7 a.m. in the entire state. Polling ends at 4 p.m.," said G.S.G. Ayyangar, the chief electoral officer.
In all, 2.03 million people, about half of them women, are eligible to exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 313 candidates, including 31 women and 64 independents.
BJP first party in 30 years to win parliamentary majority on its own
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was Friday set to create an electoral record by becoming the first party in 30 years to...
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‘Dilliwalas’ don’t know UPA success story: Sonia
By IANS,
New Delhi : In an obvious reference to the urban centres of criticism, Congress president Sonia Gandhi quipped Wednesday that "Dilliwalas" don't seem to know the UPA's success story.
Its ‘Delhi Chalo’ for Netaji’s grandnephew Sugata Bose
Kolkata: Harvard professor and revolutionary Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's grandnephew Sugata Bose Friday registered a thumping win from the Jadavpur Lok Sabha seat in...
President, PM call for end to violence against women
New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for gender equity and decried violence against women as the...
Meghalaya CM calls all-party meet on boundary row
By IANS,
Shillong : Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma has convened an all-party meet here Thursday to discuss the inter-state boundary dispute with Assam.
Karunanidhi appeals to rebel DMK candidates to withdraw
By IANS,
Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M. Karunanidhi Sunday appealed to party's rebel candidates to withdraw their nominations for the April 13 assembly polls.
‘Amarnath land row helped BJP in Jammu’
By IANS,
New Delhi : The migrant Kashmiri Pandits in the Indian capital have attributed the good showing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Jammu and Kashmir elections to the Amarnath land row that had seen the state divided along religious lines.
The BJP is leading on 12 seats in the Jammu region, compared to just one seat it won in 2002.
“There is a polarization in Jammu and Kashmir. The BJP's good performance in the Jammu region is a manifestation of this polarization,” national spokesman of Panun Kashmir Kamal Haq told IANS.
Chouhan in search of an auspicious time for cabinet formation
By IANS,
Bhopal : Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who steered the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to victory in the assembly polls, is searching for an auspicious time for his cabinet's oath-taking ceremony.
The current month, according to the Hindu calendar, is the inauspicious 'mal maas'. No important projects are started during this period by those who believe in astrology.
Assam tea industry hails budget, opposition unimpressed
By IANS
Guwahati : The mega tea industry in Assam Friday expressed satisfaction over the allocations in the union budget for tea research and boosting production.
"We are happy that the central government has decided to lay stress on research and development in the tea sector and also earmarked funds for revamping tea bushes and improve overall productivity," Debeswar Bora of the Assam Tea Planters' Association (ATPA) told IANS.
The 2008-09 budget has allocated Rs.400 million ($10 million) for Special Purpose Tea Fund and Rs.200 million ($5 million) for tea research.
BJP asks Congressmen not to behave like ‘pets’
By IANS,
New Delhi : Taking a dig at the recent controversy triggered by Congress veteran Arjun Singh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday asked the ruling party leaders not to behave like "pets".
In a clear reference to Human Resource Development (HRD) minister Singh, who has been making conflicting statements on loyalty within the Congress, BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said: "We feel that in a large country like India where democracy has matured and when the world is looking up to us, senior leaders of the Congress party should stop behaving like pets".
Dasmunsi tries to placate irate BSP members
By IANS,
New Delhi : Information and Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Tuesday tried in vain to plead with Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) embers not to disrupt question hour in the Lok Sabha. He was seen placating the BSP members, who had given notice to suspend question hour to take up the problems of drought in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh.
When question hour began, the BSP members got to their feet and used lung power to force anadjournment of the house for almost an hour.
Dasmunsi held the parliamentary affairs portfolio till recently.
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Modi meets youth cycling for Clean India
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met a young man who has covered 4,500 km across eight states on his cycle,...
Congress leader killed in his Ghaziabad home
By IANS,
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) : A Congress leader was shot dead in his home by unidentified assailants here Thursday morning.
Pintu Tyagi, a member of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), was killed by armed men who rang the bell of his home in RDC colony of this town, adjoining New Delhi and shot him when he came out. They fired three shots at him, police said.
Tyagi had contested the assembly elections on a Congress ticket from Muradnagar but lost.
Sonia announces Pratibha Patil as UPA candidate for president
By IANS
New Delhi : Rajasthan Governor and veteran Congress leader from Maharashtra Pratibha Patil was proposed as the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA)'s candidate for the presidential post, paving the way for her to be India's first woman head of state.
Rajya Sabha adjourned till noon
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Rajya Sabha was Wednesday adjourned till noon following protests over the formation of Telangana state.
Lok Sabha elections: Kashmiri youth not interested in polls
By NAK
Jammu/Srinagar: Having been allegedly ‘exploited’ by the respective state and centre governments, un-employed youth of the Jammu and Kashmir shows no more interests in the elections as they have been always ‘trapped in the empty slogans’ of the political party’s.
Elections 2009 is not taken very seriously by the youth of the state who have allegedly been ignored by the respective governments as no concrete employment policy has been framed so far.
I may be a ‘bachcha’, but so are most Indians: Rahul Gandhi
By IANS,
Amritsar : In a polite riposte to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Rajnath Singh who called him a 'bachcha' (child), Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said he should keep in mind that 70 percent of people in the country were young like him.
"Yes, I am still a bachcha for a senior leader like Rajnath Singh. I really respect him and agree with whatever he says as I do not have even half the experience he has,” Gandhi told a news conference here.
Phone tapping: More service providers appear before Andhra SIT
Vijayawada: Representatives of four more telecom service providers on Tuesday appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Andhra Pradesh probing the alleged phone-tapping...
In riot-hit Khargone, WhatsApp forwards advocate economic boycott of Muslims
More than two weeks after the communal clashes, calls for boycotting Muslims are repeatedly being made both offline and online causing fear among the...
Record 75 percent voting in Himachal
By IANS,
Shimla/New Delhi : Himachal Pradesh Sunday registered a record high polling of around 75 percent in elections for 68 assembly constituencies, Election Commission officials said.
JD-U slams Sushil Modi, says no lawmaker in touch with BJP
Patna: BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi Tuesday said over 50 JD-U legislators were in touch with his party as they were unhappy with Bihar...
Too many take cash for votes in southern India: Study
By IANS,
New Delhi : They may be among India's best performing states, but when it comes to elections, a very large number of voters in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu take bribes to vote. So says the Delhi-based Centre for Media Studies.
Similar bribery is also endemic in areas of influence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the study indicates. States ruled by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) fare slightly better.
Chhattisgarh government is corrupt, anti-development: Rahul Gandhi
By IANS,
Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh) : Charging up the election atmosphere in Chhattisgarh, Congress general secretary and MP Rahul Gandhi Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state of being "corrupt and anti-development".
Addressing a rally at Jagdalpur, district headquarters of Bastar, Gandhi said: "The Congress-led UPA (United Progressive Alliance) central government is providing Rs.8,000 crore (80 billion) to Chhattisgarh for various schemes but the money is not reaching the people because of rampant corruption in the government."
Moily’s Ramayana weaves current realities into epic
By IANS,
New Delhi: Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily, also a Kannada scholar-poet-playwright, has woven burning contemporary realities into his modern re-telling of the 2,000-year-old Indian epic - Ramayana.
In his "Shree Ramayana Mahanveshanam", Sita is anguished when she finds an "alcoholic husband harassing his wife", king Rama vows to "work tirelessly for the poor moved by their exploitation at the hands of oppressors" and Sugriva "incorporates total literacy in the development plan of his kingdom".
Bajrang Dal involved in Nanded blasts: Patil
By IANS,
New Delhi : The clear intent behind the Tenkasi blasts Jan 24 this year was to instigate clashes between Hindus and Muslims, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil said here Wednesday.
Recounting details of the incident outside the office of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) along with another one near the city bus stand, the minister said it was alleged that the bomb victim Kumar Pradhan was killed by some Muslims.
Delhi assembly resolves against curtailing ACB’s powers
New Delhi: The Delhi assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution rejecting as unconstitutional a central order which sought to narrow the scope of investigation...
Akhilesh gets back-handed pat from opposition for ‘bringing back democracy’
By Mohit Dubey , IANS,
Congress blocks trains in Punjab for farmers’ cause
Chandigarh: Congress leaders and activists in Punjab blocked trains at some places in Punjab on Saturday, demanding the state and central governments take immediate...
Sonia, Advani, Mayawati campaign in north Karnataka
By IANS,
Bangalore : Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati Saturday campaigned for their party candidates in north Karnataka ahead of the third and final phase of assembly elections May 22.
The battle in Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, Bidar, Gulbarga, Bijapur, Bagalakot and Belgaum districts for 69 seats in the 224-member house is mainly between the Congress and BJP.
If we are hit, we will retaliate: Mamata to centre
Kolkata: A day after the arrest of Trinamool Congress MP Srinjoy Bose in the Saradha scam, party chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata...
Final round of crucial Gujarat polls Sunday
By IANS
Ahmedabad : With the curtains down on the high-decibel campaign, it is over to the people of north and central Gujarat who will Sunday vote in the second and final round of the assembly election that will be decisive for Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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