Mulayam expels ‘wanted’ criminal MP from party
By IANS
Lucknow : In an obvious bid to change his party's image, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav Friday said he had expelled tainted party MP Atiq Ahmad, wanted by the police for the murder of a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator.
Yadav revealed this to reporters during an informal visit to a party colleague's residence at Faizabad, about 120 km from here, Friday afternoon.
"Atiq Ahmad has a criminal background, and we have no place for tainted and anti-social elements like him in our party," he said.
BJP leaders wear their love for saffron at manifesto release
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow, (IANS) : Colours have their own charm and significance. In politics, especially in Uttar Pradesh, they enjoy a super special status...
Lalu attacks Nitish over demand for special status to Bihar
By IANS,
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's demand for a special category status to the state is a political drama, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad said Thursday.
Rights groups ‘overground face’ of terrorists: BJP
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday charged that some human rights organisations were acting as the "overground face" of terrorist groups.
"Some of the human rights organisations are bringing a bad name to human rights and have become the overground faces of terrorists," BJP spokesperson Arun Jaitley said while addressing a seminar on terrorism, organised by the party's intellectual cell.
He said such organisations showcase a terrorist to the world as if he is a most victimised person in the world.
Have highest respect for Vikram Batra and his parents: Modi
New Delhi : BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Tuesday said he had the highest respect for Kargil hero Vikram Batra and his parents...
National Conference seeks probe into party leader’s murder
Jammu : The opposition National Conference (NC) on Monday demanded a probe by a sitting high court judge into the murder of the party's...
Divisive Rhetoric to Ethical Quagmires: Women Politicians Under the Spotlight
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New Delhi: In the aftermath of the recent elections, several women politicians have come under intense scrutiny for their controversial actions and statements...
Will support NDA’s stand on n-deal: Badal
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Tuesday said that his Shiromani Akali Dal would stand by the the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on the India-US nuclear deal.
While saying that the Akali Dal is a "permanent part" of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP)-led NDA, Badal told reporters here that they would take a final decision on the matter July 15.
Difference over the India-US nuclear deal saw the Left parties withdraw support to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government Tuesday. Of 13 Lok Sabha MPs in the state, the Akali Dal accounts for eight.
Mahila Congress activists protest against Sushma Swaraj
New Delhi: Activists of the All India Mahila Congress on Tuesday held a demonstration to demand the resignation of union minister Sushma Swaraj and...
UPA taking forward NDA’s initiative on n-deal: Digvijay
By IANS,
Lucknow : The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, facing confidence vote in the Lok Sabha over differences on the India-US civil nuclear deal, was only taking forward a pact initiated by the previous BJP-led coalition government, Congress leader Digivijay Singh said Friday.
"The conditions on which we are proceeding with the deal are much better than what the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance had planned," Digvijay Singh told reporters in Lucknow.
Discussions on the much debated deal were initiated during the regime of then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
BJP to protest Delhi blocking lower power tariff
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will protest Monday against the Delhi government for not allowing power regulator Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) to reduce power tariff in the city.
A day before the scheduled announcement of the new reduced tariff order, the government Friday directed the DERC to withhold the order till it gave the regulator the go-ahead. The DERC had announced that there was a need to reduce tariff rates in the capital.
Amit Shah, CBI met in Kolkata: Trinamool on minister’s arrest
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress Friday termed the arrest of West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra as "politically motivated", and claimed the decision to arrest...
Congress accuses government of subverting RTI
New Delhi, (IANS): The Congress on Monday accused the Narendra Modi government of seeking to subvert the RTI Act, saying that the new draft...
Not important to become CM now: YSR’s son
By IANS,
Hyderabad: Virtually bringing the curtains down on the leadership issue in Andhra Pradesh, Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy Friday said it was not important for him to become the chief minister at this juncture but was confident of becoming one in the future.
A day after meeting Congress party president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi, the son of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy said he would work like a "loyal soldier" of the party even if he was not given any position of power and would strive for the party's victory in the 2014 elections.
Is Congress worried for Rahul in Amethi?
By Mohit Dubey,
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) : Is the Congress getting the jitters in Amethi, a high-profile constituency long considered a pocket borough of the...
Mayawati slams Khattar over Dalit attacks
Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati on Friday accused the Haryana government and its Chief Minister M.L. Khattar of being insensitive to the attacks on Dalits.
She...
Chavan to skip Modi events in Nagpur?
Mumbai : Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan may avoid sharing the dais with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at functions scheduled in Nagpur Thursday, official...
Jammu and Kashmir secretariat opens in winter capital
Jammu : The Jammu and Kashmir civil secretariat Monday started functioning from here in the winter capital after six months in Srinagar.
Chief Minister Omar...
Take action against Abu Azmi, Congress to EC
New Delhi : Terming comments made by Samajwadi Party's Maharashtra unit chief Abu Azmi on Muslims as "totally deplorable", the Congress Friday asked the...
Son Badal reports for duty in father’s government
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Newly appointed Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal joined his office at the Punjab secretariat here Friday.
Sukhbir was sworn in as the deputy chief minister Wednesday in the government headed by his father, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.
Claiming that he had a "positive agenda" in mind to take Punjab forward, Sukhbir said the Akali Dal government was aware of the rampant corruption in the system.
Congress wins one, leads in 20; just ahead of NPP in Meghalaya
Shillong/New Delhi, (IANS): The ruling Congress bagged one seat and was leading in 20, with the National People's Party (NPP) ahead in 18 and the...
Pranab is a friend of Communists: Trinamool
By IANS,
Kolkata: A Trinamool Congress leader Sunday said that UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee has been a close friend of the Communists throughout his life.
Congress is communalising terrorism: Advani
By IANS,
Ranchi : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Wednesday accused the Congress of "communalising terrorism" and urged people to vote for change.
"The Congress is communalizing terrorism in the country for vote-bank politics," Advani told a Vijay Sankalap rally here.
Modi wishes Sonia Gandhi speedy recovery
By IANS,
New Delhi : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Thursday wished speedy recovery to Congress president Sonia Gandhi who underwent surgery abroad.
Pictures of cheating don’t reflect reality: Nitish
Patna : Pictures carried by the media showing mass copying and cheating in school examinations don't reflect the reality in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish...
BJP leader shot, injured in Madhya Pradesh
By IANS,
Bhopal : A leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and his two supporters were injured when gunmen fired at them when they were returning home in Madhya Pradesh, police said Monday.
The incident occurred late Sunday in Badwani district, 300 km from here. Shambhu Sharma, the BJP's Badwani district general secretary, was in hospital and out of danger, police officer Ranvijay Bhadauria, told IANS.
Pawar attacker in police lock-up
By IANS,
New Delhi: Harvinder Singh, who slapped Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, was sent to police lock-up Thursday and will be produced before a magistrate Friday, police said.
Remove Sibal from party for representing Mamata regime: Bengal Congress
Kolkata : Lashing out at former union minister Kapil Sibal for representing the West Bengal government in a petition concerning the CBI probe into...
Record 21 chief parliamentary secretaries in Punjab
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Setting a record of sorts, there will be 21 chief parliamentary secretaries in Punjab's Parkash Singh Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.
Leading Indian American organisations, activists urge Indian Supreme Court to grant bail to Sanjiv...
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The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India’s pluralist and tolerant ethos, and Hindus for Human Rights (HfHR), ...
PM to visit Haryana Tuesday
Chandigarh : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Haryana Tuesday and lay the foundation stone of the Kaithal-Narwana-Hisar-Rajasthan national highway (NH-65) at Kaithal.
Haryana Chief...
It rained in the Lok Sabha too!
By IANS,
New Delhi : The heavy rains that lashed the capital Thursday were felt in the Lok Sabha - thanks to a leaking roof.
Jagdambika Pal of the Congress raised the matter during Zero Hour, pointing to the roof. "Madam, the rain water is dripping in the house," he said.
The parliament house, designed by British architects Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker, is showing signs of wear and tear.
Speaker Meira Kumar has constituted a high level committee, headed by her, to protect the heritage structure that opened in 1927.
Democracy but not BJP
By Zohra Javed, TwoCircles.net,
Suddenly everyone from Khushwant Singh to Vir Sanghvi, while claiming to be "no friends of the BJP" want it back in the political ring, fighting fit. Reason? India is a democracy and we need a strong opposition in a democratic set-up. The third front was a bubble that has burst long ago. Communists on their own had already proved that they really don't matter anyway.
So it is now a political party bathed in the blood of innocents that must come forward to play "the meaningful opposition" in our so called secular democratic system.
PDP, BJP leaders to call on J&K governor in 2-3 days
Jammu : Leaders of alliance partners BJP and the PDP will call on Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra in the next two to...
Manipur’s women not adequately represented in state legislature
By IANS,
Imphal : After Mizoram, Manipur is the second Indian state where women voters outnumber men. However, the number of female legislators in the state assembly is minimal.
People’s miseries to mount: CPI-M
New Delhi : "People's miseries are going to mount exponentially," with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government all set to unleash a new surge of...
Fact-finding team to Bastar reports cases of fake ecounters, arrests and rapes in the...
By TCN News
A group comprising of Sanjay Parate, Secretary State CPI-M, Vineet Tiwari, Joshi-Adhikari Institute of Social Studies and CPI, New Delhi, Archana Prasad,...
Rahul Gandhi greets nation on Republic Day
New Delhi : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Monday greeted the people on the 66th Republic Day.
"Wishing everyone a happy Republic Day," he said.
"On...
Let Modi answer to Obama’s remark: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is a good friend of US President Barack Obama, can answer to the latter's remark on growing...
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Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi in political arclight
By Mohammed Shafeeq, IANS,
Hyderabad : From a remote village in coastal Andhra to stardom and now to the centrestage of Andhra Pradesh politics, Chiranjeevi has come a long way.
As the Telugu superstar gets set to announce the birth of his political party, millions of fans have gone gaga and predicted that he will be the next chief minister of the state.
Chiru, as he is popularly known among his fans, is set to alter the equations by bringing back glamour to the state politics, which was once dominated by the demigod of Telugu cinema N.T. Rama Rao.
Jayalalithaa supports anti-corruption protests
By IANS,
New Delhi : Every Indian has a right to protest against corruption, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa declared Tuesday.
Pranab yet again appeals to Trinamool
By IANS,
Kolkata : In a fresh appeal apparently aimed at the Trinamool Congress, UPA presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee Sunday urged all political parties to vote for him.
Congress-Trinamool rift decided our stand: Karat
By IANS,
Kolkata : The widening rift between the Congress and Trinamool Congress made the CPI-M back Pranab Mukherjee in the presidential race, party general secretary Prakash Karat said Monday.
Bandh supporters breach Taj security
By IANS,
Agra : A group of Samajwadi Party activists tried to force the closure of the Taj Mahal during the opposition shutdown Thursday, but police persuaded them to leave.
Jayalalithaa greets Modi
By IANS,
Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Thursday greeted her Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi as the BJP was poised to retain power in the state.
Election results shocker for Congress, likely to impact its revival
By Prashant Sood,
New Delhi : The results of the Haryana and Maharashtra assembly polls came as a shocker for the Congress and made its...
AIADMK expels Rajya Sabha member Sasikala Pushpa
Chennai/New Delhi : AIADMK General Secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Monday dismissed the party's Rajya Sabha member L. Sasikala Pushpa...
I have redeemed my pledge, it’s a good deal: PM
By IANS
New Delhi : Amid strident chants of "sell out", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday assured parliament that the India-US civil nuclear pact is a "good deal for India and the world" that has neither compromised New Delhi's strategic programme nor impacted its independent foreign policy.
Naqvi: A Muslim, well read and loyal to the party (Profile)
Lucknow : The best known Muslim face of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has been the saffron camp's poster boy for...
Anti-trafficking Bill to be introduced in Parliament soon: Maneka Gandhi
Chandigarh : Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Monday said the government will soon bring an anti-trafficking legislation in Parliament to...
SP announces new office bearers for Uttarakhand unit
By IANS,
Lucknow : With sights set on the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the Samajwadi Party (SP) Tuesday announced new office bearers for its Uttarakhand unit, party sources here said.
Amit Shah slams Mamata over Burdwan blast, Trinamool says flop show
Burdwan : Lashing out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the Saradha chit fund scam and the Burdwan blast, BJP president Amit Shah Tuesday called for uprooting the Trinamool Congress for jeopardising national security for the sake of vote bank.
Nine get life term in another Ode massacre case of 2002 riots
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Disconnect in Pakistan’s talk, action: BJP
By IANS,
New Delhi : The BJP Thursday said that there is a total disconnect in what Pakistan preaches and practices and India should go by its actions on the borders.
N-deal will not hurt India’s strategic programme: PM
By IANS
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday described as "totally wrong" allegations that the India-US civil nuclear deal would hurt the country's nuclear programme.
"The propaganda that the nuclear deal will hurt our strategic programme is totally wrong," the prime minister told the All India Congress Committee session here, departing from his prepared text.
"The agreement concerns only with the civilian side of our nuclear programme. It has no bearing on our strategic programme, which will remain intact," he said.
SC judges’ apprehensions matter of grave concern: Legal fraternity
New Delhi, (IANS): Members of the legal fraternity on Friday dubbed the apprehensions of four senior judges about the Supreme Court's functioning a "major concern",...
Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena now a registered political party
Hyderabad : The Election Commission of India has registered Telugu actor-politician Pawan Kalyan's Jana Sena as a political party.
The poll panel registered the party...
BJP’s southern dream comes true, Yeddyurappa promises ‘model Karnataka’
By V.S. Karnic and Fakir Balaji, IANS
Bangalore : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday finally realised its dream of ruling in southern India when a 30-member ministry headed by long-time Hindu activist B.S. Yeddyurappa took office in Karnataka.
Cheered by thousands of supporters and watched by the BJP brass, Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yeddyurappa, 65, took oath of office in Kannada in the name of god and farmers, and then vowed to prove his majority in the assembly June 6 and transform Karnataka into "a model state".
Modi invokes Munde to seek votes in Maharashtra
Beed (Maharashtra): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday invoked the late Gopinath Munde to seek votes for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Maharashtra assembly...
Rajya Sabha adjourned after opposition ruckus
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day Tuesday as opposition members continued demanding a discussion on price rise under rules which provide for voting.
Notification issued for panchayat polls in Bihar
By IANS,
Patna: The notification for a ten-phased election for 2.62 lakh panchayat posts in Bihar was issued Monday, officials said.
Justice will be done, Nitish tells grieving parents
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday told the parents of Aditya Sachdeva, a student who was allegedly shot dead by the...
Muslim politicians, journalists under cyber surveillance in Kerala?
By Abdul Basith MA, TwoCircles.net,
Go to your old age home, Congress tells Badal
Chandigarh : With another case of alleged harassment of two teenaged Dalit girls by staff of a private bus owned by a ruling Akali...
Is Chandrababu Naidu grooming son for political career?
By IANS,
Hyderabad : The speculations that Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandrababu Naidu is planning to introduce his only son N. Lokesh into active politics gained ground Friday when the latter unfurled the national flag here on Independence Day.
Lokesh, making his first public appearance, hoisted the tricolour at the NTR Model School. He did the honours in the absence of his father, who is the chairperson of the NTR Trust that runs the school.
Two killed as India blames Pakistan for Kashmir trouble
By Sarwar Kashani
Srinagar/New Delhi : Two more civilians, including a middle-aged woman, were killed in fresh firing by security forces in Kashmir on Monday...
BJP, CPI-M oppose any hike in petrol, diesel prices
By IANS,
New Delhi : Ahead of the empowered group of ministers' (eGOM) meeting Monday to consider pricing policy on petrol and diesel, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) opposed any move by the government to hike prices of petroleum products.
The BJP said any hike in prices of petrol and diesel will further increase prices of essential commodities.
The CPI-M politburo in a statement Sunday described the likely hike in the petroleum products as "unwarranted".
The curious case of Chandigarh’s decreasing voters
By Jaideep Sarin, IANS,
Chandigarh : At a time when the number of voters has been increasing everywhere else across India, their number in the union territory of Chandigarh has actually gone down.
Chandigarh has about 500,000 voters for the forthcoming parliamentary elections in a population of over 1.1 million.
The number of registered voters in the 1999 general elections was over 585,000. The number of voters in the 2004 general elections decreased to about 520,000. In 2008, the registered voters were just over 485,000.
Modi praises Bihar government, does not mention Nitish
By IANS,
Patna : Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Sunday praised the Bihar government for the state's development but did not mention Chief Minister Nitish Kumar following the row over an advertisment in local Hindi dailies that featured both of them.
In his speech on the closing day of the BJP's national executive meet here, Modi said: "Bihar has progressed a lot and it took five years for the present government in Bihar to revoke the damages caused by the previous government. I congratulate the people of Bihar."
Compensation to farmers in Mayawati’s village
By IANS,
Greater Noida : Farmers in Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's hometown Badalpur were being paid compensation for their land to be acquired for a recreation centre even as the opposition Congress launched an agitation, a farmer leader alleged Wednesday.
Greater Noida officers paid Rs.330 million to 85 farmers as compensation Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, farmers' struggle committee chairman Jagvir Singh said.
SDPI Will Play a Key Role in People’s Politics
By MK Faizy, Newly Elected President, SDPI
Bangalore: Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) held its 2-Day event National Representative Council at Paalana Bhavan Bangalore on 7-8...
Kerala SEZs hit roadblock
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : Ten applications for establishing special economic zones (SEZs) that the state committee of Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) had cleared last week failed to win cabinet approval Wednesday.
Emerging from the weekly cabinet meeting, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan attempted to brush aside reporters' questions on why the applications had not been approved.
Raj Thackeray gets another death threat
By IANS,
Mumbai : Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has got yet another threat to his life, a party office-bearer said Friday evening.
The threat call from a mobile phone number was received at 'Rajgad', the party headquarters in Dadar. At the time, Raj was preparing to address the media at the MIG Club, Bandra, MNS secretary Nitin Sardesai told IANS.
The unknown caller, speaking in Hindu, used foul and abusive language and “threatened to eliminate Raj within four days,” Sardesai said.
An amiable BJP leader who became an unlikely dissident hero
By V.S. Karnic, IANS,
Bangalore : Karnataka Assembly Speaker Jagadish Shettar, a prominent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in the state, Monday quit his post to return to active politics at a time the party's first government in southern India is battling dissidence.
The 54-year-old Shettar, whose family has been associated with the BJP's predecessor Jana Sangh, will join Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa's cabinet Tuesday.
Accompanied by dissident leader Tourism Minister G. Janardhana Reddy, he submitted his resignation to Assembly Deputy Speaker K.G. Bopaiah.
After polls, politicos tide over tension with pleasure trips
By Mohammed Shafeeq, IANS,
Hyderabad : It will be a long and arduous wait for results for those who tested their political fortunes in the first phase of assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh last Thursday. And many are taking the opportunity to take off on pleasure trips to Manali or other hill stations and even abroad.
No problem with Left, all options open, says Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi : In a significant development, the Congress Tuesday said it had "no problem" in tying up with the Left parties and all options were open for alliances after the April-May Lok Sabha elections.
The Left parties had pulled out support to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government over the India-US nuclear deal in July 2008.
"All options are open. We want to ensure that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) does not come to power," Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh told reporters.
IUML to challenge CAB in Supreme Court
By NewsDesk, TwoCircles.net
A day after the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha, the Indian Union Muslim League said it will...
Congress happy hockey dispute resolved
By IANS,
New Delhi: The ruling Congress Wednesday expressed happiness that the dispute relating to the Indian hockey team had been resolved, saying the sports ministry and the federations should take steps to ensure that the players do not again go on strike.
"We were pained by the dispute. This year, India is hosting the hockey World Cup and the Commonwealth Games. It is a matter of satisfaction that the problem has been resolved," Congress spokesman Manish Tewari told reporters here.
Lok Sabha candidate attacked by Trinamool-backed men: Congress
Kolkata : The Congress Thursday night alleged that Samrat Tapadar, the party candidate for the Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal, was attacked...
Nitish, Lalu slam Khanna’s remarks
By IANS
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Thursday criticised Delhi Lt Governor Tejender Khanna for his remarks that people of north India take "pride in violating law".
"North Indians or Biharis hardly need certificate from anybody on violating the law. They are hardworking people, earning their livelihood by doing hard labour," Nitish Kumar told reporters here.
Geelani damaged Kashmir movement more than Indian Army: Sajjad Lone
By IANS,
Srinagar : Fissures in the Kashmiri separatist camp became evident when octogenarian Syed Ali Geelani and young leader Sajjad Lone Wednesday accused each other of damaging “freedom movement”.
Sajjad Lone, chairman of the Peoples Conference, referred to Geelani “as an ex-lawmaker from Sopore who was seen as a murderer" and said he had done more damage to the freedom movement in Kashmir than the Indian Army.
"The Indian Army has not been able to do so much damage to the freedom movement in Kashmir as Geelani has done to it,” Lone said.
Andhra speaker accepts resignations of 12 legislators
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Andhra Pradesh assembly speaker N. Kirankumar Reddy Monday accepted the resignations of 12 out of 15 legislators of the Telangana region who had quit Sunday to protest the terms of the Srikrishna committee looking into the demand for a separate state.
The legislators whose resignations were accepted include all 10 of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) and one each of the main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Jayalalithaa’s legacy: Industrial, social, crime rankings among India’s best
By Prachi Salve
Tamil Nadus 19th Chief Minister (she was also the 11th, 14th, 16th and 18th) J. Jayalalithaa, who died on December...
Colours abound in Haryana’s political space
By Jaideep Sarin,
Chandigarh : Politicians, it is said, come in all hues and this is certainly true in Haryana with a plethora of colours...
ED officer who quizzed Punjab minister transferred, opposition slams move
Chandigarh : An enforcement directorate official, who had recently questioned Punjab Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia on money laundering allegations, has been shifted to...
Jayalalithaa asks PM to break silence on scams
By IANS,
Chennai : AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to speak up on the major corruption scams that have rocked the country.
Shiv Sena retains Thane, Paranjpe wins Lok Sabha poll
By IANS,
Thane : The Shiv Sena Sunday retained the Thane Lok Sabha constituency with its candidate Anand Paranjpe winning the by-election with an impressive margin of 86,000 votes against his nearest rival Sanjeev Naik of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Sunday.
Anand, son of Shiv Sena MP Prakash Paranjpe whose death in February caused the by-poll, took the lead over Naik right from the first round. The impressive lead went on increasing, surprising everybody including the jubilant Shiv Sena workers.
Nothing new in president’s address: Opposition
New Delhi : The opposition Congress Monday said President Pranab Mukherjee's address to parliament had "nothing new", with party president Sonia Gandhi calling it...
Congress may not give opinion on caste-based census
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Congress is considering the option of not giving its opinion on a caste-based census to a group of ministers (GoM) headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, a senior party leader said Wednesday.
The party is likely to go by the stand of the government on the issue, the leader said, at a time when the party along with the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are facing interal differences over the issue.
Congress Working Committee to meet Saturday
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Congress Working committee (CWC), the apex decision making forum of the ruling party, will meet Saturday to take stock of the current political situation, including the Karnataka assembly election results.
This will be the first Wprking Committee meeting after the Congress faced a humiliating defeat in one of its bastions, Karnataka. The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which won 110 seats in the 225-member assembly, has been invited to form the government in the state. The Congress won only 80 seats.
India’s national interest and smaller parties
By K. Subrahmanyam, IANS,
The current political turbulence and the calculations about the way in which the smaller political parties will vote on a major issue involving India's changing foreign policy paradigm have highlighted the need for smaller parties taking interest in foreign policy and international relations.
Jailed Shahabuddin allowed voting in presidential poll
By IANS
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Wednesday granted permission to jailed Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Mohammed Shahabuddin to cast his vote in the presidential poll Thursday.
Acceding to an urgent plea made by Shahabuddin, lodged in the district jail of Siwan in Bihar, a bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan directed the district and jail authorities to escort him in custody to the Bihar assembly in Patna to enable him cast his vote in the election.
Prophet Row: Mere ‘hearsay evidence’ against Prayagraj violence accused
The remarks against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) drew backlash from around 15 Islamic nations, with the Centre claiming the remarks were the views of "fringe...
AAP claims Maharashtra minister spoke with mafia don Dawood
Mumbai : The AAP on Saturday claimed that Maharashtra Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse got several calls on his mobile from mafia don Dawood Ibrahim...
BSP declares first list of Lok Sabha candidates in Gujarat
By IANS,
Ahmedabad : The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has come out with its first list of 18 candidates from Gujarat for the Lok Sabha elections.
"As already announced the BSP would be fielding candidates from all the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat. The rest of the names of the candidates would be announced early next week," BSP's Gujarat unit in-charge Pyaarelal Jatav said Saturday.
Government stance on Telangana has created suspicion: Congress MPs
By IANS,
New Delhi: Demanding that the central government clear the air over Telangana, Congress MPs from the region say that the "suspense" over its statehood has led to "suspicion" in the minds of the people.
"The suspense over creation of Telangana has led to suspicion in the minds of the people. People have even committed suicide," Congress MP Madhu Goud Yaskhi told IANS Saturday.
Uma Bharti slams Mayawati
By IANS,
Lucknow: Days after rejoining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Uma Bharti Sunday termed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati a big disappointment.
Kejriwal wins by over 31,000 votes
New Delhi : AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal won the New Delhi assembly seat by over 31,000 votes.
Kejriwal defeated his nearest rival, BJP's Nupur Sharma.
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Pressure mounts on Andhra chief minister to resign
By IANS
Hyderabad : Pressure from the Left and other opposition parties Sunday mounted on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy to resign following the killing of six communists in police firing in Khammam district.
A meeting of opposition parties demanded the resignation of the chief minister while top leaders of the Left parties warned that the incident would have "far-reaching repercussions".
BJP-PDP alliance a historic opportunity: PM
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said the BJP-PDP alliance in Jammu and Kashmir was a "historic opportunity" to take the troubled...
CPI-M setting up suicide squad to eliminate me: Mamata
By IANS,
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Saturday alleged that the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) is conspiring to set up a "suicide squad" tasked to eliminate her.
"These cowards (some CPI-M ministers and leaders) have no courage to fight against me politically and thus forming a suicide squad to eliminate me," she said.
Narayan Rane builds fresh pressure on Congress
By IANS,
Mumbai : Political temperatures shot up a notch in Maharashtra Tuesday following reports that senior Congress leader and Revenue Minister Narayan Rane was planning to quit the ministry next week.
Rane declined to confirm or deny the reports in a section of the local language media in his native Sindhudurg, but dropped broad hints to media persons Tuesday evening that he might quit the ministry.
Mayawati parks: Lawyer says apex court registry gave him wrong dates
By IANS,
New Delhi : A Lucknow-based advocate approached the Supreme Court Monday accusing its registry of giving him the wrong dates for hearing of his lawsuit against the Uttar Pradesh government, which led to its dismissal due to his absence during its hearing.
BJP backs Ramdev’s movement
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday backed Baba Ramdev's movement against black money, with the yoga guru meeting party president Nitin Gadkari at his residence here.
Muslims underrepresented in West Bengal municipal elections 2010
By Zaidul Haque for TwoCircles.net,
Kolkata: They treat each other as enemy when elections come, be it national or local. But one point on which the political parties have unwritten silent agreement is: not to give Muslims tickets proportionate to their population. Fewer candidates from the community which is one-fourth of West Bengal population have been able to get tickets for the municipal elections to be held in the state on May 30.
Jailed Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Altaf Shah dies of cancer at AIIMS
Altaf Shah, the son-in-law of late Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, was a prominent member of the separatist group Tehreek e Hurriyat.
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Jammu and Kashmir CM admitted to AIIMS
New Delhi : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was admitted on Thursday to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)...
How to explain these unsystematic investigation?
By Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam for TwoCircles.net,
Recently there was a talk about how people have been killed in fake encounters. The police have claimed...
Notice to centre on MPs facing criminal charges
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the central government on a petition seeking fast tracking of cases against 162 MPs facing serious criminal charges.
Armed forces pained by government decisions, Rahul tells Modi
New Delhi : Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that decisions taken by the government over the past few...
Bajrang Dal deserves to be banned: Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Congress Friday said that the Bajrang Dal "deserves to be banned" for its alleged role in the attacks on Christians in Orissa that have claimed at least 36 lives.
"We believe that all such organisations that use violence to further its motives should be banned. For long, reports are coming about its (Bajrang Dal's) involvement in violent and anti-national activities for which it deserves to be banned," Minister of State for Home Shakeel Ahmad told reporters here.
Lapang of Congress takes oath as Meghalaya chief minister
By IANS
Shillong : D.D. Lapang was Monday night sworn in as Meghalaya chief minister after Governor S.S. Sidhu ignored a coalition's claim and invited the Congress to form the government.
Governor S.S. Sidhu administered the oath of office and secrecy to Lapang and asked him to prove his majority in floor of the 60-member legislature within 10 days.
The move came despite a combine of assorted parties claiming support of 33 legislators. The Congress has 25 MLAs.
BJP-backed candidates routed in UP cantonment polls
Lucknow : In a fresh setback to the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, all the eight candidates it supported in the Lucknow Cantonment Board election...
Kerala HC declines anticipatory bail to rape-accused priests
By IANS
Kochi, July 11: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of three Catholic orthodox priests accused of sexually assaulting a woman...
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