Congress ticket was sold in Karnataka polls: Alva
By IANS,
New Delhi : Senior Congress leader Margaret Alva has said that the ticket distribution for the Karnataka assembly elections in May 2008 was bungled and some party leaders even took money to select candidates.
“Some people sold tickets in Karnataka, but these people lost elections,” Alva said in an interview to the NDTV India news channel Thursday.
Alva said guidelines for ticket distribution were flouted in Karnataka and people from outside the state made selections.
Farooq Abdullah’s sister may join Third Front
New Delhi : The Jammu and Kashmir Awami National Conference (JKANC), led by Begum Khalida Shah, elder sister of ruling National Conference leader Farooq...
Simultaneous elections desirable but difficult to enforce: former CEC Quraishi
New Delhi: A system for simultaneous elections to parliament and state legislatures was desirable but difficult to enforce, former Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi...
BJP expresses concern over Kerala law and order
New Delhi : A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation led by Union minister J.P. Nadda on Thursday met the Election Commission in connection with...
Madhya Pradesh votes for LS, assembly
Bhopal : Enthusiastic voters queued up early as balloting in Madhya Pradesh for 10 Lok Sabha seats and one assembly seat began Thursday, officials...
Former Kerala legislator arrested
By IANS,
Kollam (Kerala) : A former two-time Communist Party of India (CPI) lawmaker P.S. Supal was arrested early Wednesday near here for forcibly freeing his party supporters from police custody after their arrests for a scuffle with Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activists.
Quake will come if I speak in Parliament: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi : Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the government of not allowing him to speak in Parliament despite his speech...
Rahul launches all-out attacks on Modi, Mamata
Nagaon (Assam)/Malda/Baharampur (West Bengal): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday took on BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for his divisive agenda and Trinamool...
CPI-M alleges Congress, BJP collusion over Telangana
By IANS,
New Delhi : The CPI-M Wednesday alleged collusion between the Congress and the BJP over the way the Lok Sabha decided by voice...
Badal takes on opponents, recalls emergency rule
By IANS
Chandigarh : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Monday took on his political opponents, particularly the Congress, asking them to do some "soul searching" as he recalled their role during the "traumatic experience of the emergency rule".
Gadkari accuses Congress of misusing CBI
By IANS,
Panaji : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Thursday accused the Congress of misusing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to target opposition parties, but did not respond to queries on the witch-hunt against media portal Tehelka.com when the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was in power.
"We will launch a nationwide agitation against the misuse of the CBI by the Congress to blackmail and threaten opposition party leaders... On May 12, the BJP will protest outside the CBI office against this large-scale misuse," Gadkari said here.
Congress upbeat in Haryana but opposition doesn’t give up
By IANS,
Chandigarh : With votes polled in assembly elections set to be counted Thursday, the ruling Congress party is supremely confident of retaining power in Haryana. But the divided opposition has not given up.
The Congress feels it will be able to overcome a three-decade old jinx in the state -- that no party which has completed a full term has returned to power for another five years.
Congress leaders, including Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, claim the party will manage a better showing than the 67 seats it won in February 2005.
Campaigning ends for final phase of Bihar polls
Patna: Campaigning ended on Tuesday evening for the fifth and final round of the Bihar assembly elections when 57 constituencies will go to the...
Prakash Raj urges Indians to stand as fearless society which questions
Bengaluru (IANS): Actor Prakash Raj, on Monday decried a "fake" statement on secularism and tolerance attributed to him. He also urged people to question...
Omar quits as Kashmir chief minister after sex scandal slur
By IANS,
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir plunged into an unexpected political crisis Tuesday with an emotional Chief Minister Omar Abdullah resigning from office after the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alleged his involvement in a sensational sex scandal that had rocked the state in 2006.
Declaring that he was guilty until proven innocent and could not get back to work till his name was cleared, Abdullah strode out of the assembly after an emotional outburst that stunned his party - and political watchers - with the suddenness with which events unfolded.
Israel awaiting Modi’s visit
New Delhi : Israel is waiting for the first ever bilateral visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as it will bring the country closer...
Human rights commission seeks report on Raj Thackeray’s speech
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Mumbai: The National Human Rights Commission has asked a report on the inflammatory anti-North Indian speeches by Raj Thackeray, chief of Maharashtra Nav Nirman Sena.
The rights panel has issued a notification to the government of Maharashtra in connection with his speech delivered on 25th May 2008 in Pune.
BIADA land scam: Patna HC issues notice to Bihar Govt.
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Owaisi dares Modi to go for early LS elections
Hyderabad, (IANS): MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold early general elections -- othewise to be held in 2019...
PM should sack ministers, apologise for Dalit’s suicide: Kejriwal
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sack the two ministers who allegedly interfered in...
Justice Sanjay Mishra appointed UP Lokayukta
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed Justice Sanjay Mishra, a former judge of the Allahabnad High Court, as the Lokayukta of Uttar...
Four union ministers trail in Rajasthan
Jaipur : Four union ministers fighting the Lok Sabha elections from Rajasthan were trailing by big margins.
State Congress president Sachin Pilot was trailing in...
Ruckus in Himachal assembly over case against legislator
By IANS,
Shimla : Noisy scenes were witnessed in the Himachal Pradesh assembly Tuesday as the opposition Congress demanded withdrawal of a criminal case against its legislator.
Legislator Subhash Chand Manglet from Chopal in Shimla district was booked Monday for intimidating a sub divisional magistrate and obstructing him from discharging his duties.
‘Modi government plans to do away with grievance redress law’
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government has decided to do away with the grievance redress law and replace it by a...
Court allows reassessment of Mayawati’s assets
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday allowed the government to go ahead with reassessment of the income of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for year 2001, including expensive gifts, and restrained the Income Tax department from passing any order till the next hearing.
A bench of Justices B.D. Ahmed and Rajiv Shakdher then posted the matter to Jan 6 next year.
Mayawati approached the court against the government decision to initiate reassessment of her income for 2001.
Congress miffed with National Conference?
By IANS,
Jammu : The Congress appears to be miffed with its ruling ally National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir. Party leaders feel they are not being consulted on crucial issues.
‘SC order is indirect advice to drop tainted ministers’
New Delhi : The Congress Wednesday said the Supreme Court's order saying that people in conflict with law should not be made ministers was...
Tharoor becomes a loner in Congress
Thiruvananthapuram : The two-time Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor appears to have become a loner in his party because not a single party...
BJP has no right to talk of constitutional bodies: Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party has no right to speak about upholding the credibility of constitutional bodies, the Congress said Tuesday, alleging that the BJP had a poor track record on this count.
"The BJP has a history of attacking democratic institutions," senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal told reporters at his residence.
Panaji bypoll would hit Valentine’s Day, carnival: Congress
Panaji : The Congress in Goa wants the bye-election for the Panaji legislative assembly seat postponed to a date after Feb 13, saying the...
Congress members walk out of J&K assembly over law and order
Srinagar: The opposition Congress members on Wednesday walked out of the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly during its on-going session after the speaker turned...
Tie up or ties, Samajwadi to spare Rae Bareli, Amethi
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Samajwadi Party said Friday that it will not contest from the Rae Bareli and Amethi Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh whether or not it forms an electoral alliance with the Congress.
Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh made the announcement here. Congress president Sonia Gandhi and general secretary and her son Rahul Gandhi represent the two seats in the Lok Sabha.
Amar Singh, however, made it clear that his party would not compromise on three seats in Uttar Pradesh including Rampur and Farukhabad.
Now Congress’ Rajasthan legislator attacks Rahul
New Delhi : In another attack on Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi following the party's debacle in the Lok Sabha election, a party legislator...
Nehru died six years before NPT, Pranab reminds Advani
By IANS,
New Delhi : External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday reminded Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani that India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, had died in 1964 and, therefore, was not in a position to give his views on the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which came into force only six years later.
Advani, while criticizing the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government's nuclear policy during the parliament debate, had argued that there was a shift from the strong opposition that Nehru had for the NPT.
Two Indians killed in Grand Mosque accident from Kerala
Palakkad (Kerala): The two Indians among the 107 killed in a crane accident at the Grand Mosque in Makkah are from Kerala, the authorities...
Akhilesh Das resigned out of frustration: Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi : Former minister of state for steel and party MP Akhilesh Das resigned out of frustration after he was removed from the council of ministers, the Congress party said Tuesday.
"Many people like him (Das) come and go without a ripple in the Congress. His comments (against a coterie surrounding Rahul Gandhi) were made out of frustration for not including him in the council of ministers," said Jayanthi Natarajan, the Congress spokesperson.
Kerala’s ruling Left front meet skips discussion on Lavalin scam
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : A liaison committee meeting of Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) held here Saturday skipped discussion on charges against Pinarayi Vijayan of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in a 12-year-old graft case involving Canadian company SNC Lavalin.
Replying to reporters' query, LDF convenor Vaikom Viswan said the topic was not discussed in the meeting.
Yechury criticises Banerjee for frequent rail accidents
By IANS,
New Delhi: Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury Wednesday criticised Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee for failing to ensure safety of train passengers.
Referring to the recent major rail accidents, Yechury said the railway minister was "sitting on other agenda" - a reference to Banerjee's West Bengal-centric politics.
Chhattisgarh farmers call for shutdown
By IANS,
Raipur : Farmers in Chhattisgarh Thursday called a statewide shutdown Nov 25, accusing the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of not living up to its pre-election promise of a bonus of Rs.270 per quintal of paddy it procured.
Sanjukat Kisan Morcha, an umbrella organisation of various farmers' bodies, said it has called the strike to protest the neglect of farmer interests. This comes a day after the state government announced a Rs.50 per quintal bonus on paddy procurement.
Speaker asks Omar to take opposition into confidence
By IANS,
Jammu: Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Mohammad Akbar Lone Saturday asked the state government to take the opposition into confidence while taking decision on funds for development of their constituencies.
The speaker made the observation after several opposition members alleged that the planning department, which is headed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, has been discriminating against the constituencies represented by the opposition legislators.
Advani’s portal launched on his birthday
By IANS,
New Delhi : A website of Bharatiya Janata Party's prime minister hopeful L.K. Advani was launched here Saturday afternoon by former governor of Jammu and Kashmir S.K. Sinha on the occasion of Advani's 81st birthday.
Called lkadvani.in, the website has 700 pages and 350 images and is interactive. "This is the biggest portal of any political leader in India," Sudheendra Kulkarni, Advani's close colleague, who has put together the site, told IANS.
Speaking on the occasion, Advani said internet is the third big invention of our times.
Rahul to hold rallies in UP, Bihar
New Delhi : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will Wednesday address two election rallies in Uttar Pradesh and one in Bihar, his office said...
West Bengal votes amid clashes, malfunctioning EVMs
By IANS,
Kolkata : Amid clashes that killed one man and delayed polling in some areas because of malfunctioning electronic voting machines (EVMs), the final phase of parliamentary elections in West Bengal Wednesday got off to a brisk start with a turnout of 19-20 percent by 10 a.m.
"On an average, 19-20 percent polling was reported till 10 a.m. in the 11 constituencies," an official at the Election Commission control room here told IANS.
Raj Thackeray backs FDI in retail, demands jobs only for locals
By IANS,
Mumbai : Expressing full support to FDI in retail, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray Tuesday demanded that local people must be given employment by MNCs opening shop here.
Gods, Goddesses and Modi in Varanasi
By Nachiketa Desai,
Varanasi : BJP star Narendra Modi is being deified by his supporters in this ancient Hindu city -- with a couplet, which...
Karunanidhi slams PMK, hints at end of alliance
By IANS,
Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi indicated clearly Friday that the the PMK's continuing criticism of the state government has forced senior members of his party to rethink on the alliance.
"Arcot N. Veerasamy and Durai Murugan, senior members of our party (and state cabinet ministers) have questioned the logic of continuing the alliance with the PMK after its leader's (Ramadoss) repeated, baseless, wounding and insulting remarks against us," Karunanidhi said at the marriage function of a party functionary.
Secret understanding between Trinamool, BJP, says CPI-M
Kolkata : Alleging a "secret understanding" between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP, CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday said the delayed and...
CBI raids Visva Bharati varsity office
New Delhi : The CBI on Tuesday conducted raids at five premises of Visva Bharati University in Shantiniketan of West Bengal's Birbhum in connection...
Assocham gives 7 on 10 for Modi’s first year report card
New Delhi : The Assocham on Sunday awarded Narendra Modi government 7 out of 10 for its first year's performance, saying it still needed...
ISIS not immediate threat in Kashmir: Deputy CM
Panaji : Terror group ISIS is not an immediate threat to Jammu and Kashmir, Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh said here on Thursday,...
Youth groups demand removal of Irani, Dattatreya from cabinet
New Delhi: Eleven youth organisations on Sunday demanded the removal of union ministers Smriti Irani and Bandaru Dattatreya as well as Hyderabad University Vice...
All quiet in Mumbai day after Thackeray arrest
By IANS
Mumbai : Police were on alert but it was business as usual here Thursday with relieved Mumbaikars going about their daily activities and taxis plying normally, a day after tension spiralled following the arrest of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray.
The violence that sparked in Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra with the arrest of the MNS chief Wednesday afternoon simmered down with the same speed when Thackeray was released on bail within two hours.
Modi adopts a village in Varanasi
Varanasi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday adopted a village in his Varanasi parliamentary constituency and exhorted its residents to combine their collective strength...
Congress to protest Karat’s remarks on Rajiv Gandhi
By IANS
Agartala : The Congress party will file a complaint with the Election Commission (EC) against Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat for his snide remarks against late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
"Though Rajiv Gandhi and his mother Indira Gandhi sacrificed their lives and successfully brought many separatists into the mainstream, Karat has made totally unsubstantiated remarks against them," Prithviraj Chauhan, minister in-charge of the prime minister's office, said Tuesday here.
Chiranjeevi camp breathes easy as row over party name resolved
By IANS,
Hyderabad : In a major relief for Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi, the row over his newly-launched party's name 'Praja Rajyam' was resolved Friday after the advocate who had staked claim to the name agreed to withdraw his application.
Chenna Krishnaiah, an advocate of Kadpa district, met the Election Commission of India officials in New Delhi and agreed to withdraw his application for registration of 'Praja Rajyam' made a month ago.
UPA has ‘collapsed like a pack of cards’: BJP
By IANS,
New Delhi : Calling the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) as an "Ulta Pulta (topsy turvy) Alliance", the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday said the ruling coalition "has collaped like a pack of cards".
Hours after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh questioned Janata Dal-United leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's secular claims after sharing a dais with Narendra Modi, BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said the UPA was a divided house with confused leaders.
Kerala opposition walks out over tree-felling issue
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : The Congress-led opposition Monday walked out of the Kerala assembly after the presiding officer turned down their adjournment motion on the issue of 2,000 rubber trees being felled by criminals in the state's Thiruvalla town.
The trees were felled early Friday - hours before presentation of the budget, which announced setting up a Rs.1,000 crore "Green Fund" for green activities, especially protecting trees and other environmental activities.
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Kashmir doesn’t need Modi’s sermons, says Sayeed
Srinagar : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to give sermons to the people of...
Kejriwal target of stones in Varanasi
Varanasi: Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal faced a barrage of stones and brickbats thrown at him by over a dozen youth shouting "Har...
Who will be India’s next PM?
New Delhi : In what will be one of India's most keenly watched Lok Sabha elections, the only declared prime ministerial candidate is pitted against many more hopefuls.
Mayawati rules out alliance with any party
By IANS,
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati said that her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will not have any alliance with any political outfit, especially the Bharatiya Janata Party, to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
“We will go alone to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. Even in future, the BSP will not form an alliance with the BJP or other parties,” Mayawati told reporters here in a press conference Tuesday.
Congress failed to tackle northeast insurgency: Karat
By IANS
Agartala : Prakash Karat, general secretary of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), Sunday accused the Congress party of failing to tackle militancy in the northeast.
"The Congress-led UPA (United Progressive Alliance) government at the Centre imposed president's rule in Nagaland on the plea that extremism was on the rise. But in Tripura the Congress entered into an electoral alliance with a tribal based party, which is an overgound organisation of a banned militant outfit," Karat said while addressing an election rally of the ruling Left Front here.
The Secular Dilemma: Understanding the Bihar Elections 2020
By Shah Nawaz Afaque, TwoCircles.net
The state of Bihar witnessed its high profile and extremely charged Legislative Assembly Elections amidst a pandemic situation and that’s...
‘Babri demolition one of Narasimha Rao’s biggest failures’
New Delhi : Inability to prevent the demolition of Babri Mosque was one of the biggest failures of then Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao,...
SC to hear plea for ban on websites with jokes on Sikhs
New Delhi : The Supreme Court will look into a plea for a ban on websites with jokes on the Sikhs, as a lawyer-petitioner...
Mamata government to shift proposed port from Rasulpur
Kolkata : Claiming the project cost will be "halved" to Rs 4,231 crore, the Mamata Banerjee government on Friday announced its intent to shift...
Mayawati loses UP, BSP draws zero
By Mohit Dubey,
Lucknow : The Modi blitzkrieg Friday destroyed the BSP, leaving Mayawati, who once harboured hopes of becoming India's first Dalit prime minister,...
People voted for Congress’ development agenda, saya Dikshit
By NNN-PTI,
New Delhi : With the Congress appearing set to make a hat-trick in the Delhi assembly elections, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said the people of the national capital voted for the party's development agenda.
"I congratulate the people of Delhi and many many thanks to them for their support and affection for the Congress," the 77-year-old leader said at her residence as jubilant party supporters danced to drumbeats and burst firecrackers.
80 Telangana legislators quit over centre’s u-turn
By IANS,
Hyderabad : As many as 80 legislators from the Telangana region cutting across party lines have decided to quit, while nearly half of them have already submitted their resignations to the assembly speaker, protesting the central government's move to put on hold the process of forming a Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh.
All the legislators came under the banner of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) to quit.
Will always be considerate to Kerala diaspora: Chandy
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Thursday said his government will always be considerate to the needs, demands and views of the Non-Resident Keralites (NRKs).
Rajya Sabha clears research academy bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Rajya Sabha Wednesday passed a bill that will pave the way for setting up an academy for innovative research in the field of science and technology.
DMK, AIADMK candidates file nominations for by-polls
By IANS,
Chennai : Candidates of DMK and AIADMK contesting the Vandavasi and Tiruchendur assembly bypolls in Tamil Nadu filed their nominations Monday.
In Vandavasi, AIADMK's Munusamy, DMK's Kamalakannan and DMDK's S. Ranganathan filed their nominations for the Dec 19 poll.
In Tiruchendur, DMK's Anita Radhakrishnan, AIADMK's Amman Narayanan and DMDK's Gomathy Ganesan filed their papers.
While the DMK will be supported by the Congress, the AIADMK candidates will be supported by the left parties and MDMK.
However, the DMDK is going on its own without any support.
Don’t kill Planning Commission: Congress MP
New Delhi : Congress member Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Monday urged the government not to dismantle the Planning Commission, saying that it should instead be...
BSP-HJC combine will win Haryana assembly polls: Bishnoi
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) chief Kuldeep Bishnoi Wednesday said his party's alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will win in the next assembly elections due in February.
The HJC went alone in the recently concluded general elections and won just one of the state's 10 Lok Sabha seats. The rest nine seats were bagged by the ruling Congress.
However, there are speculations that Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda would try to cash in on the recent success and can go in for an early assembly election.
SC to examine quantum of life sentence to Vikas Yadav
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it will examine the quantum of life sentence that may be awarded to Vikas Yadav and...
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TN parties furious over article on Jayalalithaa
Chennai : Tamil Nadu political parties are furious at an article titled 'How meaningful are Jayalalithaa's love letters to Modi' on the Sri Lankan...
Jaswant Singh suffers head injury, hospitalised
New Delhi : Former union minister Jaswant Singh suffered a head injury following which he was hospitalised and has been operated upon, an official...
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What makes Yeddyurappa blow his top
By V.S. Karnik, IANS,
Bangalore : Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa is known for his short temper. And he is showing it much too often these days - apparently weighed down by unabated dissidence in his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and relentless barbs from the opposition.
Twice in the last fortnight he has made intemperate comments and once yelled at his party legislator in full public view.
Congress again fails to send woman from Kerala to Lok Sabha
Thiruvananthapuram: In matriarchal Kerala, Congress' Savithiri Lakshman continues to be the only woman party leader to win a Lok Sabha election ever in the...
BJP holds rally against ‘mafia rule’ in Maharashtra
By IANS,
Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday organised a rally on the first day of the Maharashtra assembly's budget session to protest what it called "mafia rule" in the state.
‘Declining standards’ of legislatures worry Meira Kumar
By IANS,
Bhopal: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Wednesday expressed concern over the legislatures' "declining standards" in discharge of their duties and urged them to do self-assessment to meet the expectations of people.
"There is a general disquiet about the gradually declining standards of our legislatures in the performance of their duties. Debates and discussions, considered to be the hallmark of democracy, are often marked by disruptions, confrontations and various non-democratic alternatives," the speaker said.
Lok Sabha adjourned again over fuel price hike
By IANS,
New Delhi : An unrelenting Opposition forced the adjournment of the Lok Sabha for a second consecutive time Wednesday, demanding that the hike in fuel prices be rolled back.
As soon as the House convened at noon after an earlier disruption, opposition MPs were on their feet and walked purposefully towards the speaker's podium.
Deputy Speaker Karia Munda appealed to the members to allow parliament to function but it fell on deaf ears as a determined opposition kept shouting, "Yeh sarkar nikami hain (This government is useless)."
Anti-Terror conference of Barelvi Muslims turned out to be anti-Wahabi conference
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Several religious leaders belonging to Barelvi sect of Muslims in India have condemned Wahabi ideology and demanded government to reduce...
Trivendra Rawat to take oath as Uttarakhand CM
Dehradun, (IANS): Long-time Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist Trivendra Singh Rawat will take oath as the next Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on Saturday afternoon.
Prime...
MNS men wreak havoc after Raj Thackeray’s arrest
By IANS,
Mumbai : Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) activists wreaked havoc here Tuesday, setting on fire 38 buses, damaging 350 taxis and injuring several people by pelting stones, to protest the arrest of party chief Raj Thackeray. Police were forced to fire tear gas shells and resorted to baton charge to control the mobs.
Thackeray, whose MNS workers Sunday attacked non-Maharashtrians appearing for a railway board recruitment examination, was arrested from Ratnagiri, about 250 km from here, early Tuesday.
No cases of heinous crime against Delhi legislators
New Delhi : In a welcome change, none of the newly-elected Delhi legislators have declared heinous criminal cases like murder, attempt to murder or...
AAP no alternative in Delhi yet: Sheila Dikshit
By Trina Joshi,
New Delhi : BJP leaders admit the AAP is their main foe in Delhi, but three-time chief minister Sheila Dikshit doesn't feel...
Want to create army of poor against poverty: Modi
New Delhi : With an emphasis on creating an army of poor against poverty, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed satisfaction on the...
BJP demands President’s rule in Manipur
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday demanded that Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh be sacked and president's rule imposed in the state following the violent protests that have refused to subside since July 23 when two people were killed in an alleged fake gunbattle with police.
"The constitutional mechanism has failed completely (in the state)," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said here.
Don’t act like Sherlock Holmes: Himachal CM to BJP
Dharamsala : Don't try to act like modern Sherlock Holmes. This was the advice Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh Wednesday gave to the...
Institutional mechanism needed to check political malaise: Chatterjee
By IANS,
Kolkata : Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee Thursday called for putting in place a "sound institutional mechanism" for containing corruption, criminalisation and communalisation of politics to enhance the quality of democracy.
Unwell Karunanidhi defers Delhi visit
By IANS
Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Wednesday postponed his visit to New Delhi where he was to consult his United Progressive Alliance (UPA) partners over its candidate for presidential elections.
No witch-hunt against Robert Vadra: Naidu
Bangalore : The NDA government would not indulge in any witch-hunt against political opponents such as Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi,...
BJP urges introduction of two new trains in Odisha
Bhubaneswar : Ahead of the presentation of the railway budget in parliament Thursday, Odisha state BJP leaders Monday requested Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu to...
Kejriwal asks Modi to make his degrees public
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to come clean on his educational qualification.
Addressing reporters at...
Samajwadi, RJD and LJP come together in Bihar
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Samajwadi Party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) are likely to come together to campaign for elections in Bihar.
Declaring that the three parties were joining forces, Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh said: "There is a likelihood of (RJD chief) Lalu Prasad and (Samajwadi Party chief) Mulayam Singh Yadav coming together. We want (LJP's) Ram Vilas Paswan also to come on board.
"In that case, the entire brigade of secular forces would come together in Bihar," Amar Singh had said Wednesday.
Modi walks through PMO, posts picture
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday he "took a round" of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) here and posted his picture...
BJP raking up Hindu terror issue to polarise country: Congress
New Delhi : The Congress on Saturday said the NDA government was trying to rake up the Hindu terror issue in a bid...
Mayawati backtracks, to provide land for Rae Bareli railway project
By IANS,
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Saturday withdrew her controversial decision to cancel land allotment for a rail coach factory in Congress president Sonia Gandhi's constituency Rae Bareli.
The state cabinet decided to return the land for the project at Lalganj town.
The chief minister had announced cancelling land allotment Monday, a day before Gandhi was attend for a ground-breaking ceremony.
War of words in Kerala assembly over KSRTC issue
Thiruvananthapuram : The Kerala assembly Monday witnessed a furore over the delay in releasing the salaries of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC)...
Lack of attention on education, health magnified in Modi rule: Amartya Sen
By IANS
New Delhi, July 8 : Nobel-winning economist Amartya Sen said the lack of attention on social sectors had taken a "quantum jump in...
Trinamool MP says he will unleash rapists on Marxists
Kolkata : West Bengal was stunned Monday after Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul was caught on a video threatening to gun down his Marxist...
Ashok Chavan sworn in Maharashtra chief minister
By IANS,
Mumbai : A new Democratic Front government headed by Ashok Chavan took office in Maharashtra Saturday evening.
Governor S.C. Jamir administered the oath of office and secrecy to Chavan, of the Congress party, at the Raj Bhavan in the evening.
Nationalist Congress Party leader Chhagan Bhujbal took oath as deputy chief minister.
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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली- जेएनयू प्रकरण में बेहद उतार-चढ़ाव आए. इस मामले में उमर ख़ालिद और कन्हैया कुमार कई दिनों तक अखबार की सुर्ख़ियों में छाए रहे. लेकिन इस मामले में सबसे कम नाम जिस शख्स का सुना गया, वह नाम है अनिर्बन भट्टाचार्य का. दो दिनों पहले जेएनयू के एड ब्लॉक पर अनिर्बन से हमारी बात हुई. नीचे पढ़ें वह बातचीत.
The untold story behind the Sabarmati riverfront
By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net,
The Sabarmati riverfront, for Ahmedabad residents, is a welcomed respite of clean walkways and greenery. Young middle class teenagers safely venture out with their friends in the evening to enjoy the pleasant views of the river, watching the riverfront light up. The elderly take their morning walks nearby adolescent trees, before the heat settles in for the day. Gujarati tourism, boasted by Chief Minister and BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, is given a further facelift by the presence of this cultural landmark that stretches 11 kilometers across the length of the Sabarmati River.
Sending V.K. Singh to Pakistan Day ‘calibrated decision’
New Delhi: It was a "calibrated" decision to send Minister of State for External Affairs Gen. (retd.) V.K. Singh to Pakistan Day celebrations here,...
Advani revives temple card in West Bengal
By IANS,
Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani here Friday reiterated his party's resolve to build a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya.
"'Jai Sriram' will be fruitful only when we will build a Ram Mandir in Ayadhya," Advani told an election rally here.
He said: "A coalition government has its limitations. If we come to power, we will have to take the coalition into confidence. (But) A day will come when both the Hindus and Muslims will say together that the Ram Mandir must be built."
Voting begins on dull note in Kashmir’s Kupwara district
By IANS,
Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir) : Voting for the five assembly constituencies of Kupwara district in north Kashmir began on a dull note Sunday due to the cold weather.
Five assembly constituencies of Kupwara, Handwara, Lolab, Langate and Karnah went to the polls at 8 a.m. but few people came to cast their votes.
"We expect polling to pick up in the day as temperatures rise. The first two phases of elections held in the state saw high voter turnout. We are expecting the same in this district," a poll official said.
Aler Encounter: Mohammed Haneef’s family fights poverty, social exclusion, but justice remains elusive
On April 7 2015, five people accused in the murder of two policemen were killed in an encounter in Aler, Nalgonda after the...
BJP alliance to get 30-40 seats in Assam second phase: BPF
Dadgiri (Assam) : Bodoland Peoples' Front (BPF) chief Hagrama Mohilary predicts that the BJP-led alliance in Assam will secure 30-40 of the 61 seats...
At Shivpal’s show of strength, Mulayam remains mum on Akhilesh
Lucknow, (IANS): Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Shivpal Singh Yadav chose Independence Day on Tuesday for his show of strength in home town Etawah.
Attacking his...
‘Delhi government did not buy when onions were cheaper’
New Delhi: NAFED said here on Wednesday that the Delhi government, which is selling onions at Rs.40 per kg, did not buy the vegetable...
Maoists torch legislator’s petrol vend in Bihar
Patna : A group of armed Maoist guerrillas in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district set on fire a petrol vend owned by a BJP legislator after...
Himachal legislators to get fat salary hike
By IANS,
Shimla : Four bills were introduced in the Himachal Pradesh assembly Thursday to increase the legislators' salaries and allowances by around Rs.20,000 on grounds of inflation.
Madhya Pradesh ‘under’ RSS, VHP, alleges Congress
By IANS,
Bhopal : All India Congress Committee general secretary Digvijay Singh Thursday night alleged that the Madhya Pradesh administration is working "under the pressure" of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders.
Digvijay Singh made the above allegation when a group of journalists met him in Bhopal after Chief Minister Shivraj Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party paid him a courtesy call in the evening to know about his well being.