Construction company seeks security in Bihar
Patna : A private company engaged in construction of Ganga Expressway in Patna has sought security following killing of two engineers in Darbhanga district...
Haryana Congress feud bared post-presidential poll
By Jaideep Sarin, IANS
Chandigarh : The undercurrents of a major feud within the ruling Congress in Haryana has been bared after the presidential election despite United Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate Pratibha Patil getting more votes than the party's strength in the state assembly.
The shadow boxing by Congress politicians against one another - mainly the bigger faction led by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and the other of his bete noire Bhajan Lal and his MP son Kuldip Bishnoi - has now come out in the open.
BJP threatens countrywide stir on Sethusamudram project
By IANS
Agartala : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday threatened to launch a massive countrywide agitation to prevent New Delhi from going ahead with the Sethusamudram project off the Tamil Nadu coast.
"We shall launch a nationwide agitation to force the central government to withdraw the affidavit submitted before the Supreme Court and seek apology to the people for hurting the sentiments of the people," BJP president Rajnath Singh told journalists here.
BJP’s Shahnawaz Hussain loses
Patna : The BJP's lone Muslim member of the Lok Sabha, Shahnawaz Hussain has lost from the Bhagalpur parliamentary constituency in Bihar.
Hussain was defeated...
Varun Gandhi writes to poll panel, requests neutral observers
By IANS,
New Delhi : Two days after he was released from jail on parole, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Varun Gandhi Saturday accused the Uttar Pradesh government of political vendetta and requested the Election Commission to transfer two top officials in his Pilibhit constituency.
Varun Gandhi, who was in jail for his reported hate speeches against Muslims, shot off a three-page letter to the poll panel urging it to appoint neutral observers when he files his nomination papers April 22.
BJP alleges UPA of trying to solve corporate disputes
By NNN-PTI,
Jamshedpur, India : BJP alleged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has tried to solve the disputes of corporate houses under pressure from UPA's new partner Samajwadi Party.
BJP's National Spokesman Ravishankar Prasad said on Wednesday, "Such approach of the Prime Minister was against the dignity of the post."
Referring to the present political situation in view of the nuclear deal, Prasad said the UPA government will fail the trial of strength in the parliament on July 22.
JD-S to give support letter to new UPA government
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S), which has three members in the new Lok Sabha, will give a letter of support to the new United Progessive Alliance (UPA) government, party leader H.D. Kumaraswamy said here Tuesday.
"Ghulam Nabi Azad, in charge of Congress affairs in Karnataka, asked us to extend support to the new government. I have agreed to give a letter of support," Kumaraswamy, son of JD-S president and former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda, told reporters.
No relief from SC for Congress rebels in Uttarakhand ahead of Tuesday vote
New Delhi : Nine disqualified rebel Congress legislators in Uttarakhand will not be able to vote in the floor test by ousted chief minister...
Hindus are in real danger of losing their faith to lunatics and fanatics
By Mushtaque Rahamat
hai raam ke vajud pe hindostan ko naaz
ahl-e-nazar samajhte hain is ko imam-e-hind (Allama Iqbal)
This year again like previous years the...
Killing over beef: Union minister, Owaisi meet victim’s family
New Delhi: Union minister and BJP leader Mahesh Sharma and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday met the family of a man lynched for...
From the Land of ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’, Ekhlaq Gets Top Rank in GATE
Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net
Patna: On March 19, Ekhlaq Sarwer, a B.Tech. (Mining) student, received his Eid gift a little earlier this year. He secured an...
“अब्बू रात को सो नही रहे है, चोट सिर्फ जिस्म पर ही नहीं रूह...
नाहिद।Twocircles.net
मुजफ्फरनगर-
"उनका चेहरा ज़र्द पड़ चुका है।पैर से अब भी वो चल नही पा रहे।बातचीत कम से कम करते हैं उनके हाथ मे प्लास्टर अभी...
First day, First Show: House full!
By IANS,
New Delhi : First Day, First Show. And it was predictably full House, as India's parliament, meeting for the first time after the national election, came alive with the rainbow colours of the country amid a babel of tongues that speak for this polyglot nation.
The young and the old, the rulers and the defeated, comrades-in-arms and arch-rivals who don't see eye to eye - most of the 543 MPs of the 15th Lok Sabha gathered for that sacred oath of public duty that marks their calling as law-makers.
Krishna devotees demand Kolkata-Mathura train
Vrindavan : Celebrating the advent of Chaitnya Mahaprabhu and the 500th year of the discovery of Vrindavan and other shrines associated with Sri Krishna...
DMK’s Kanimozhi, CPI’s Raja take oath as Rajya Sabha MPs
By IANS
New Delhi : DMK leader Kanimozhi, the poet-daughter of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, took oath as Rajya Sabha member Thursday at a small ceremony in Parliament House attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, indicative of the clout the regional party has in the ruling alliance.
Another DMK member Tiruchi N. Siva and Communist Party of India national secretary D. Raja also took oath in Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman K. Rahman Khan's chamber.
Manmohan Singh presented a shawl to Kanimozhi after she took the oath.
New Delhi : DMK leader Kanimozhi, the poet-daughter of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, took oath as Rajya Sabha member Thursday at a small ceremony in Parliament House attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, indicative of the clout the regional party has in the ruling alliance.
Another DMK member Tiruchi N. Siva and Communist Party of India national secretary D. Raja also took oath in Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman K. Rahman Khan's chamber.
Manmohan Singh presented a shawl to Kanimozhi after she took the oath.
Will Modi make it as the first low caste PM?
By Saeed Naqvi, IANS,
Should Narendra Modi actually be crowned the prime minister in May, the post-Mandal social justice political platform will finally have prevailed...
RSS and affiliate organisations trying to kill Indian glory: Teesta Setalvad
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net
Kolkata: Our country is now being controlled by fascist forces and each citizen should challenge them, Teesta...
Poll panel relaxes rules for blood donation camps
By IANS,
Kolkata : The Election Commission Saturday modified its ban on political parties organising blood donation camps in poll-bound West Bengal, ruling such events can be held voluntarily.
Ask me if you need my support, says Jayalalithaa
By IANS,
New Delhi : Hinting that she is in no hurry to make up with the Congress, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Tuesday said those seeking her support will have to approach her.
Shiv Sena keeps up offensive, Shah Rukh defiant
By IANS,
Mumbai/New York: The Shiv Sena was on collision course Tuesday, taking on Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan. The actor, who was in New York, said he would "stand up" for his comment on the exclusion of Pakistani cricketers from the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The Shiv Sena said if Shah Rukh failed to apologise for his statement, his next big release "My Name Is Khan" could be banned in Mumbai.
At Sheikh’s mausoleum, NC pitches for internal autonomy in Kashmir
Srinagar: The opposition National Conference (NC) on Saturday vowed to fight for the restoration of "internal autonomy" in Jammu and Kashmir and demanded the...
Congress attacks Modi over ‘black money’ in Gujarat
New Delhi: The Congress Friday attacked BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi over the "illicit liquor trade" in Gujarat, saying it was one of...
Tikait arrested from Muzaffarnagar
By IANS
Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh) : Farmer leader Mahendra Singh Tikait was Wednesday arrested here, two days after a warrant was issued against him for his alleged caste-laced diatribe against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati.
The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) president would be taken to a court in Bijnore, Inspector General (Meerut) V.K. Gupta said.
Tikait was accused of making derogatory casteist comments during a farmers' rally in Bijnore district Sunday.
India, Pakistan talk should focus on terror: BJP
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday expressed disappointment with the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for not keeping terror as the core issue in talks with Pakistan.
"The present government is talking with Pakistan, not with terror as the core issue. The BJP is disappointed with this and we have expressed this several times in the past too. There should not be any talks till any visible action is taken by Pakistan (on terror)," BJP spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Hussain told reporters.
Seven new faces in Manmohan Singh government
By IANS
New Delhi : Seven ministers were Sunday inducted into Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's council of ministers.
Among those inducted at a swearing-in ceremony Sunday evening were young MPs Jyotiraditya Scindia and Jitin Prasada, former chief election commissioner M.S. Gill, Congress Puducherry chief V.N. Narayanswamy, industrialist-turned-politician Sanjay Bagrodia, and Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Raghunath Jha.
संदीप पाण्डेय को हटाया जाना, शिक्षण संस्थानों के भगवाकरण अभियान का हिस्सा
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
बनारस हिन्दू विश्वविद्यालय ने मैग्सेसे पुरस्कार से सम्मानित डॉ. संदीप पांडे को नक्सली होने और नक्सली गतिविधियों को बढ़ावा देने के आरोप...
Chavez, Castro, Lenin take over Coimbatore
By IANS
Coimbatore : This bustling town in Tamil Nadu has new visitors: Lenin, Fidel Castro and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
The roads leading to the SRN Auditorium where the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) begins its party congress Saturday are decked up with red flags and huge cut-outs of Indian and international Communist leaders.
Although smiling pictures of CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat and senior leader Sitaram Yechury occupy most of the space, ailing comrades Jyoti Basu and Harkishen Singh Surjeet are also there.
चार जिलों में अब रात 10 से सुबह 6 बजे तक लाउडस्पीकर बंद,आईजी का...
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश के इलाहाबाद विश्वविद्यालय की कुलपति द्वारा अपने आवास के पास मस्ज़िद से लाउडस्पीकर से तेज आवाज में अज़ान को...
BJP demands Uttar Pradesh be declared drought hit
By IANS,
Lucknow : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday demanded that Uttar Pradesh be declared a drought-hit state and the central government announce special relief packages for its farmers.
"The prevailing monsoon conditions in the state are a perfect reason for the state to be declared drought hit. The farmers have not yet been able to sow the seeds of the kharif crops," state BJP president Ramapati Ram Tripathi told reporters here.
I keep informing Yeddyurappa on various issues: Former Karnataka minister
By Arun Anand, IANS,
New Delhi: Former Karnataka minister Shobha Karandlaje who had to quit the ministry following a revolt in the state's first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, says the political battle which led to her resignation has not affected her political fortunes as she remains in close touch with the chief minister and reports to him on various issues.
Kejriwal’s Dilemma: Navigating Muslim Support and AAP’s Future in Delhi’s Election Season
Asad Shaikh, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: The New Year in Delhi will begin with a flurry of election activity, as the Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party...
Congress blames Left for infiltration in Tripura
Agartala : The Congress Monday alleged that lakhs of infiltrators have illegally settled in Tripura during the 31-year rule of the Left Front government.
During...
Next CM should be Hindu: J&K Congress leader
Jammu : Congress leader and Jammu and Kashmir Public Health Engineering (PHE) Minister, Sham Lal Sharma said Wednesday that the next chief minister of...
Modi, BJP draw flak in Assam over Land Swap Deal with B’desh
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Reacting strongly over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement over the Land Swap Deal with Bangladesh, political parties and other organizations in the state have termed the Prime Minister nothing short of ‘enemy of Assam’.
Name party workers, not moneybags, for Rajya sabha, Naidu told
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu's brother-in-law N. Harikrishna has warned him against ignoring party leaders and nominating the rich industrialists for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls.
Harikrishna, who is also a member of upper house of parliament, Wednesday asked Naidu to field only those who were working hard for the party.
Harikrishna, son of TDP founder and former chief minister N.T. Rama Rao, met Naidu and urged him to ignore industrialists and businessmen lobbying for Rajya Sabha tickets.
Will Dawood’s facing law be a favour? Congress asks BJP
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Congress Tuesday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for lauding Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's appearance before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the 2002 Gujarat riots, and asked if underworld fugitive Dawood Ibrahim will be doing a favour by facing the law.
"The BJP is projecting it (Modi's appearance before SIT) as if it is a favour to the judicial system. If Dawood Ibrahim is brought before the law, will he be doing a favour?" Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said reporters here.
Dynastic politics, bickering may derail BJP in Bhagalpur
By Brajendra Nath Singh,
Bhagalpur: It's BJP-versus-BJP in Bhagalpur, and this may once again prove lucky for the Congress.
The mass of leaders and activists of...
Mayawati gives ministers, legislators a patient hearing
By IANS,
Lucknow : In an unusual move, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Wednesday gave a patient hearing to her ministers and legislators during a meeting at her official residence here in the wake of the party's poll debacle.
After obtaining detailed feedback from them on the bureaucracy and the police, she made it clear that action would follow against officials who were becoming a stumbling block in the implementation of various welfare schemes and who were abetting corruption.
Patnaik suspends BJD general secretary
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday suspended ruling Biju Janata Dal's (BJD) general secretary Jagneswar Babu for anti-party activities, the party said.
AIMPLB’s holds meeting in Thane as part of campaign to “save Indian constitution”
By TCN News,
Mumbra (Thane): Continuing its country-wide campaign of upholding and strengthening secular aspects of the country, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board...
‘Advani should have brought back black money of BJP leaders’
By IANS,
Ahmedabad : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati Tuesday said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani should have brought back the black money of his own party leaders stashed in various banks abroad during his party's rule.
Mayawati was addressing a poll rally here, two days after Advani asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to raise at the G-20 summit the issue of Indian money stashed in foreign banks.
Campaigning ends for April 10 LS polls in Maharashtra
Nagpur: The month-long campaigning in eastern Maharashtra ended Tuesday, as the region votes April 10 in the Lok Sabha election.
As many as 201 candidates...
Bappi Lahiri files nomination as BJP candidate
Kolkata : Famed music composer Bappi Lahiri, contesting the Lok Sabha polls on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket, Monday filed his nominations from...
Tamil Nadu not represented on dam issue: Jayalalithaa
By IANS,
Chennai : Putting the DMK-led state government on the mat, opposition leader J. Jayalalithaa has said the nod to Kerala to carry out a survey for construction of a dam across the Mullaperiyar river was given at a national level meeting where Tamil Nadu was not represented.
In a statement issued here Wednesday, AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa said senior officials from most Indian states were represented at the meeting which discussed several inter-state issues.
Rename Gaya airport after Buddha: Nitish
By IANS,
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has demanded that Gaya international airport near Bodh Gaya be renamed after Lord Buddha.
Pranab in UP Tuesday to scout for support
Lucknow, July 2 (IANS) United Progressive Alliance (UPA) presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee arrives here Tuesday to meet legislators across parties and garner support for...
Jairam Thakur is BJP candidate for Mandi seat
By IANS,
New Delhi: The BJP Saturday announced that former Himachal Pradesh minister Jairam Thakur would be its candidate for the June 23 bypoll to the Mandi parliamentary seat.
Akhilesh removes UPPSC chairman after HC rap
Lucknow: In a major setback to the Akhilesh Yadav government in the state, the Allahabad High Court (HC) on Wednesday ordered the removal of...
Telangana groups not to enforce shutdown on Christmas
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Bowing to the request of a Christian organisation, the all-party Joint Action Committee (JAC) pushing for creation of a Telangana state Thursday decided not to enforce its shutdown on Friday in view of Christmas.
At a meeting of JAC leaders, Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao appealed to his party cadres to postpone the shutdown to allow the Christian community to celebrate the festival without any problem.
Friday is the second day of a 48-hour shutdown called by the TRS and supported by all other parties.
Congress stages walkout from Himachal assembly
By IANS,
Shimla : The Congress Thursday staged a walkout from the Himachal Pradesh assembly, demanding restoration of the state administrative tribunal that was scrapped by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.
Debating on the bill introduced by the government in the house Tuesday regarding the transfer of pending tribunal cases to other courts, former chief minister Virbhadra Singh said the administrative tribunal had been abolished by the government solely on political lines.
Ram Setu affidavit to wait for PM’s nod
By Faraz Ahmad, IANS
New Delhi : An affidavit on the controversial Sethusamundram Shipping Channel Project (SSCP) to be filed by the government in the Supreme Court will have to wait till Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returns from his China visit Jan 16 and vets it.
The affidavit is unlikely to be filed on the next hearing date, Jan 16, though its draft on the basis of an expert panel's report is ready, official sources said.
No action against Jaswant: BJP
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday ruled out taking action against veteran leader Jaswant Singh for voicing in the media criticism of the party after the poll debacle but it said the leadership does not approve of such issues being discussed publicly.
"There is no proposal (for action) against Jaswant Singh (and so) there is no question of taking any action," BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said.
Mayawati keeps UPA on tenterhooks on vice president choice
By IANS
Lucknow/New Delhi : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati said here Friday that she was yet to make up her mind on supporting the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate for the vice presidential election.
"UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi did propose a name for vice-president, but we have not been able to take any decision in that regard so far," the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief told a press conference in Lucknow Friday evening after visiting New Delhi earlier in the day.
Telangana to challenge Polavaram legislation in apex court
Hyderabad : With the Lok Sabha Friday passing the contentious Polavaram bill for the merger of over 200 villages of Telangana with Andhra Pradesh,...
Karunanidhi blows hot and cold at the Left
By IANS,
Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Tuesday blew hot and cold at Wednesday's day-long Left-sponsored general strike by announcing moral support to it and obliquely referring to the caste of a senior leader of the Communist Party of India-Marxist derisively in a statement.
"Though the government will accord moral support to the strike called by the communist parties, essential services like buses will not be affected," an official press communiqué said.
Yogendra Yadav seeks action against bogus votes
Gurgaon: Yogendra Yadav, AAP candidate for the Lok Sabha from Gurgaon, Thursday urged the Election Commission to take immediate action against fake votes in...
Hope Mamata will back women’s bill in Lok Sabha: Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Congress Wednesday hoped that the Trinamool Congress, led by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, will support the Women's Reservation Bill when it comes up for voting in the Lok Sabha.
"Mamata was present in the cabinet meeting which cleared the bill. She is the tallest leader of West Bengal and also a woman leader of the country. In the larger interest, I do hope she will support the bill," Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said here.
दलित छात्र की पिटाई से मौत के मामले ने तूल पकड़ा, बवाल
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उत्तर प्रदेश के औरैया जिले में परीक्षा में ग़लत जवाब देने पर टीचर ने एक दलित छात्र की पिटाई कर दी थी जिसके...
Prices falling, economy improving in NDA rule: BJP
New Delhi : The BJP Friday said the country's economy was continuously gaining strength under the Narendra Modi government and the annual wholesale inflation...
Nitish Kumar interacts with people on total prohibition in Bihar
Patna : On the first day of his 'Lok Samvad' programme, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday made it clear that total...
Karunanidhi welcomes Meira Kumar’s candidature
By IANS,
Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK leader M. Karunanidhi Tuesday welcomed the candidature of Meira Kumar for the Lok Sabha Speaker.
In a statement issued here, he said: "The news that a woman is being elected unopposed to the position of Lok Sabha Speaker for the first time in Indian history is sweet."
"The happiness doubles as the candidate is none other than the daughter of Babu Jagjivan Ram, who had been a minister for long time in the central government."
BJP, VHP shutdown brings Assam to a standstill
By IANS,
Guwahati : Normal life came to a standstill in Assam Thursday following a dawn-to-dusk shutdown enforced by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to protest the Jammu and Kahsmir government's decision to cancel the allotment of forest land to the Amarnath shrine board.
Shops, businesses and educational institutions remained closed, while movement of public and private transport was thin.
"There were stray incidents of violence with BJP and VHP supporters pelting stones on vehicles and people riding two wheelers," a police spokesman said.
Patil in Chhattisgarh on two-day trip
By IANS,
Raipur : President Pratibha Patil arrived here Sunday evening by a special Indian Air Force aircraft on a two-day visit to Chhattisgarh.
Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan, Chief Minister Raman Singh, several of his ministerial colleagues and Raipur mayor Sunil Soni received Patil at the Mana airport.
The president will stay at the Raj Bhawan. She will attend the golden jubilee function of a girls' degree college here Monday evening.
Bhajan Lal, son launch new political party in Haryana
By IANS
Rohtak (Haryana) : Former Haryana chief minister Bhajan Lal and his MP son Kuldeep Bishnoi Sunday jolted the ruling Congress in the state as they announced the formation of a new political party in the state, Haryana Janhit Congress (BL).
Addressing a big rally in this hometown of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the father-son duo criticized the policies of the state government and the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in the centre.
BJP will withdraw reservation if voted to power, warns Mayawati
Lucknow, (IANS) : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Saturday accused the BJP of "deceiving" the people through its "false promises" and warned...
Apex court frowns on use of public resources for rallies
By IANS
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Friday strongly disapproved of the misuse of government machinery and public resources by regional satraps like Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati to organise rallies.
Dadri: IUML leaders meet Danish at Noida hospital
By TCN Staff Reporter
Kozhikode: The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has demanded the UP Government to file criminal cases against the BJP leaders,...
Muslim Women Personal Law Board head meets RSS chief
Lucknow : In a significant development, All-India Muslim Women Personal Law Board president Shaista Ambar met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat here on Tuesday.
Ambar said...
Kerala government law department files affidavit in golf club case
By IANS,
Kochi : The Kerala government law department Friday filed a counter affidavit in the state high court saying that the affidavit filed by Revenue Principal Secretary Nivedita P. Haran in the Thiruvananthapuram Golf Club takeover case was wrong.
Early this week, Haran had filed an affidavit in the high court expressing regret, saying that she had not violated the advocate general's ( AG) instructions in the Golf Club takeover case. However, an impression had been created that she had violated the AG's instructions and she regretted that.
BJP, Congress in row over DD editing Modi interview
New Delhi: A political controversy erupted Thursday over public service broadcaster Doordarshan having reportedly edited out portions of an interview of Narendra Modi concerning...
Congress, Trinamool workers euphoric in Bengal
By IANS,
Kolkata : Euphoria was writ large on the faces of Congress and Trinamool Congress activists in West Bengal Saturday, as they shouted slogans and celebrated the surprise wins of their parties that fought the Lok Sabha polls together and trounced the Left Front in its bastion.
After having to stomach defeat in all assembly and Lok Sabha polls during the last 32 years, the spectacular showing of the alliance sent Trinamool workers into rapture.
People in NE feeling let down by Modi government
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: It is not even one month the hopeful people who voted for a change towards ‘achche din’ have started to feel the heat. People, especially in Assam seem unhappy with the course of action since the Narendra Modi government has taken the oath on May 26. If Modi’s green signal to dams in Bhutan has raised many eye brows in the state, his proposal to let Bangladeshi nations in India without visa doubled the anger. It is one of those moments when sweet turned into sour.
JD-U disagrees with Lalu’s invitation to Manjhi
Patna : Bihar's ruling JD-U has expressed strong reservation over ally RJD chief Lalu Prasad's invitation to former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi to...
Uproar in Bihar assembly over multi-crore excise scam
By IANS,
Patna : The opposition created an uproar in the Bihar assembly Tuesday over the demand for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the multi-crore excise scam.
The opposition, on the second day of the month-long budget session of the Bihar assembly, raised slogans for a CBI probe into the scam that forced assembly speaker Udai Narayan Choudhry to adjourn the state assembly till noon.
Some opposition members neared the speker's podium and raised slogans against the state government led by Nitish Kumar.
Manjhi meets Modi, fuels speculation of tie-up with BJP
New Delhi : Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Thursday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, fuelling speculation of a tie-up between...
Samajwadi candidate booked for bribing voters
By IANS,
Lucknow : Anar Singh, the Samajwadi Party Lok Sabha candidate from Hathras in Uttar Pradesh, has been booked for allegedly giving money to voters, police said Monday.
A case has been registered against Anar Singh, a police officer said, adding the incident took place in Salempur village soon after he addressed an election meeting. Hathras is about 300 km from here.
Though the cash was distributed April 5, the case was registered Sunday on the directions of the district administration.
NYC Youth in Kashmir calls off protests after 57 days of hunger strike
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net,
Srinagar : The volunteers of National Youth Corps (NYC), who were on indefinite hunger strike for...
Shiv Sena wins bloodied Nagpur bye-election
By IANS
Nagpur : Nanda Lohbare of the Shiv Sena Monday won the bloodied Nagpur district council bye-election for the Tarsa-Nimkheda constituency, defeating Laxman Umale of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
The bye-election in the village council constituency, about 35 km from Nagpur city, was necessitated by the murder of Nanda's husband and sitting council member Gopal Lohbare last August.
While the poll was held Sunday, the vote count was done Monday. Nanda won by a margin of 3,424 votes.
Congress dissolves Haryana unit executive body
New Delhi : The Congress Wednesday dissolved its Haryana unit's executive committee, along with all the district and block level committees in the state.
"The...
People disillusioned by MPs’ behaviour: PM
By IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday urged MPs to do some introspection because their conduct was creating a sense of "frustration and disillusionment" among the people.
Campaigning ends for elections 2009
By IANS,
New Delhi : Campaigning ended Monday in seven states and two union territories that go to the polls in the fifth and final round of the Lok Sabha elections Wednesday.
Union Ministers P. Chidambaram and Mani Shanker Aiyar are among the 1,432 candidates fighting it out in 86 constituencies. There are 10.78 crore eligible voters.
The contestants include Trinamool Congress' Mamata Banerjee, Varun Gandhi of Bharatiya Janata Party, former cricketers Mohammad Azharuddin and Navjyot Singh Sidhu and film star turned politician Vinod Khanna.
As Indore violence spreads, Congress demands judicial probe
By IANS,
Bhopal : The Congress in Madhya Pradesh Friday demanded a judicial probe into the violence that killed five people in Indore city during the shutdown called over the Amarnath shrine land row.
Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee president Suresh Pachouri accused the police of being hand-in-glove with the protesters during the shutdown called Thursday by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to protest the Jammu and Kashmir government's decision to cancel allotment of forest land to the Amarnath shrine.
RSS sees ‘nothing bad’ in personality cult
By Anando Bhakto,
New Delhi : The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological fountainhead of the BJP, has said it is not worried about Narendra...
Huge voter turnout in Kashmir’s third phase polling
By IANS,
Kupwara : Braving freezing temperatures and ignoring Muslim separatists' boycott call once again, voters came out in large numbers in the Kashmir Valley to vote in the third round of the staggered assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir Sunday.
Brisk and peaceful polling was reported from the five constituencies of north Kashmir's Kupwara district where balloting began on a dull note in the morning due to the cold weather but picked up as the day progressed, Election Commission officials said.
Rajya Sabha disrupted over corruption in judiciary
New Delhi : The Rajya Sabha was disrupted Monday as AIADMK members raised the issue of corruption in judiciary.
As soon as the upper house...
Lt Governor Jung returns file on hiking minimum wages
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung had returned the Delhi government's file on...
CPI-M counts the cost of early election
By M.R. Narayan Swamy, IANS
New Delhi : Firm in its resolve not to compromise on the India-US nuclear deal, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) is quietly counting the cost of early parliamentary elections.
Left parties to go alone in Tamil Nadu
Chennai : Left with not much of an option, the two communist parties Thursday announced they were calling off their alliance with Tamil Nadu's...
Totally prohibit use of religion for seeking votes, SC urged
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Wednesday was told that a provision of the electoral law, prohibiting the use of religion by a candidate for...
Medha attacked near Nandigram; government announces new measures
By IANS
Kolkata : Rights activist Medha Patkar was allegedly roughed up by supporters of West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Thursday on way to Nandigram even as the state government announced a clutch of measures, including deployment of police patrols, to restore peace in the trouble-torn region.
Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Patkar was allegedly punched and roughed up by supporters of CPI-M Thursday at Kapashberia in East Midnapore district, about 125 km from Kolkata.
Kejriwal’s name correctly enrolled, says poll panel
New Delhi : The Election Commission Wednesday told Delhi High Court that AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal's name was correctly enrolled in the electoral list...
Jailed JD-U leader in ICU after hunger strike
By IANS
Patna : Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Anand Mohan Singh, sentenced to death for murder, has been moved to hospital after his condition deteriorated following a 15-day hunger strike in Bhagalpur jail.
Singh, sentenced to death last month for the murder of Gopalganj District Magistrate G. Krishnaiah in 1994, was shifted to the ICU of Bhagalpur's Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital late Sunday.
“Incident will haunt me for life,” says Muslim man thrashed on UP train
A scrap dealer from Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh was allegedly assaulted onboard a train on the night of January 12. Police have registered a...
Uma Bharti terms BJP leaders anti-women
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net
Bhopal, June 28: Stormy petrel of Indian politics Ms Uma Bharti, the former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh who was expelled from the Bharatiya Janata Party, (BJP), and now heads her own political outfit Bharatiya Jan Shakti, (BJS), has hit out at the BJP president Rajnath Singh and leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha LK Advani and accused them of having "an anti-women mindset".Â
EC to revise photo electoral rolls
Agartala : The Election Commission has ordered all states to do a special summary revision of photo electoral rolls with Jan 1, 2015 as...
Raman Singh takes back old critic in cabinet expansion
By IANS
Raipur : Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh re-inducted Amar Agrawal, a known critic of the government, to his council of ministers and took in another face while dropping a senior minister in a minor expansion of the ministry Monday.
Subhash Desai elected Shiv Sena Legislature Party leader
By IANS,
Mumbai : Senior Shiv Sena legislator Subhash Desai was Monday unanimously elected leader of the party in the assembly by its 44 newly-elected members.
A Thackeray family loyalist, Desai was elected from Goregaon constituency in northwest Mumbai and has been associated with the party for the past three decades in various capacities.
Subject to the outcome of Sena's negotiations with alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Desai may ultimately occupy the post of Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly.
Amarinder blames Haryana’s Congress government for floods
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Former Punjab chief minister and senior Congress leader Amarinder Singh Wednesday blamed his party's government in Haryana for "illegally" constructing the Hansi-Butana canal, causing widespread flooding in some districts of the state.
"The floods in six districts of Punjab, including Patiala, have been unprecedented. Water from the overflowing Ghaggar river has been blocked by the illegally constructed Hansi-Butana canal in Haryana," Amarinder Singh told reporters here.
Kejriwal seeks guidelines on opinion polls
New Delhi : AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal Monday urged the Election Commission to ensure a code for the telecast and publication of opinion polls...
DMK cannot be wiped out: Karunanidhi
By IANS,
Chennai : DMK president and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M.Karunanidhi Saturday asserted the party cannot be wiped out by vendetta politics played by tge ruling AIADMK.
Congress has made Haryana bankrupt: Chautala
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Om Prakash Chautala Tuesday accused Haryana's Congress government of leading the state to bankruptcy.
The former chief minister told reporters here that the four-year-old Bhupinder Singh Hooda government had put Haryana under immense debt due to faulty policies.
"When our (INLD) government came to power in 1999, Haryana was under a debt of Rs.200 crore (Rs.2 billion) but when we left office in 2005, there was a surplus revenue of Rs.1,750 crore (Rs.17.5 billion)," he said.
Jamia’s Democracy Under Siege? Students Defy ‘Crackdown’ on Protests, Academic Space and Freedom
Unzila Sheikh, TwoCircles.net
“Even prisoners have access to basic facilities, but here, they locked the washrooms. At night, the proctor deliberately broke the electricity board...
MIM will now focus on UP, West Bengal: Owaisi
Hyderabad: After its impressive debut in Maharashtra, Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) will now focus on Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and other states, said party...
Lawsuit on voters’ right to know details of candidates
By IANS,
New Delhi : Poll candidates have found a novel way to squirm out of a 2002 Supreme Court ruling that makes it mandatory for them to declare their personal data - leaving the column blank in their affidavits if they do not care to reveal some information. The apex court will Tuesday hear a petition against this loophole in the ruling.
The petition, which is to come up for hearing before a bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice R.V. Raveendran, also seeks direction to remove the lacunae in the ruling.
Nitin Gadkari to present SEOY-India 2016 Award
New Delhi : Union Minister of Road, Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari will present the Social Entrepreneur of the Year (SEOY) India 2016...
I will defeat Modi, never join BJP: Kejriwal
New Delhi: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday vowed to defeat BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Varanasi and denied speculation that he might...
Assessing one-year’s performance of the Modi Government
(One Year of Modi Government)
By Amit Kapoor,
The Narendra Modi government, which completes a year in office on May 26, had won last year's general elections on the plank of development and its promise to bring in ‘Acche Din’. Here is a performance snapshot of the major initiatives undertaken by the government in various broad areas. These include the economy, foreign engagement, agriculture, infrastructural development, social security schemes, urban development, industrial development, health and environment, education and entrepreneurship and employment.
Buddhadeb’s criticism of shutdowns ‘wrong’: Achuthanandan
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan does not agree with his West Bengal couterpart and fellow Communist Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's criticism of shutdowns.
"Bhattacharjee would not have said so. If he did, he is wrong," Achuthanandan said here Wednesday.
He was responding to reporters' query seeking his reaction to the fellow Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader's comments.
"Bandhs (shutdowns) do not help the country," Bhattacharjee told a business gathering in Kolkata, saying he found siege and shutdowns "immoral".
Kumar Vishwas’s cavalcade attacked in Amethi
Lucknow: The motorcade of AAP leader Kumar Amethi was attacked late Friday in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi, police said. AAP blamed the Congress for the...
SC notice on woman officer’s plea for permanent commission
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the central government on a petition by a decorated woman army officer challenging her...
All is well, says Nitish Kumar-led Grand Alliance government
Patna : The Nitish Kumar-led Grand Alliance government in Bihar on Monday released a report card on the completion of its first year in...
Arun Jaitley will win the election: Rajnath Singh
New Delh: Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh Saturday said he is confident that senior leader Arun Jaitley will win the Lok Sabha election...
BJP in election mode, Swaraj to coordinate NDA
By IANS
New Delhi : With a year and a half to go for the next general elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday declared itself in election mode and gave party leader Sushma Swaraj the task of coordinating election related activities in the party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA.
The BJP is also commencing from Jan 15 a series of poll-related activities, including public rallies, in all states to make itself battle ready.
Sanjay, Priya Dutt battling it out in same constituency
By IANS,
Mumbai : This is a situation late film star and Congress leader Sunil Dutt may never have imagined. His two children, Congress MP Priya Dutt and Samajwadi Party general secretary Sanjay Dutt are ranged on opposite sides of the political divide to support their party candidates for the Maharashtra assembly elections.
Priya Dutt will campaign for Congress strongman and former minister Baba Siddiqui, a close confidante of the Dutt family for over three decades, while her brother and Bollywood star Sanjay would canvas for well-known advocate Rizwan Merchant.
Amid BJP attack, PM again defends N-deal
By IANS
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday rejected opposition criticism of the Indo-US nuclear deal, saying there was nothing in it that barred New Delhi's right to test a nuclear device.
"If a necessity for carrying out a nuclear test arises in future, there is nothing in the agreement which prohibits India from exercising its right to test," Manmohan Singh assured the Lok Sabha, the lower House of parliament.
Sumitra Mahajan elected Lok Sabha speaker
New Delhi : Eight-time parliamentarian Sumitra Mahajan was Friday unanimously elected speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced his...
In photos: Kozhikode sewage treatment plant faces stiff opposition from locals
Since January this year, a Muslim fisherman community in Kozhikode, Kerala is up in arms against the administration for its plan to construct a...
Vajpayee may skip party’s leadership meets
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is likely to skip the three-day Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national executive and national council sessions beginning here Sunday.
BJP president Rajnath Singh was non-committal when asked if Vajpayee would attend the meetings. "Let us see," Singh replied.
Vajpayee, whose indifferent health has led to a lot of speculation, did not attend the last national executive and national council meetings of the BJP at Bhopal in September either.
AMU Protests: Detained students released; protestors recall night of terror
By Meher Ali, TwoCircles.net
Aligarh: At least nine detained Aligarh Muslim University students were released Monday night at around 8 pm following pressure from local...
Tax free budget in Tamil Nadu
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, who also holds the finance portfolio, presented a tax-free budget for fiscal 2015-16 here on Wednesday, while...
Rahul Gandhi is India’s most popular youth leader
By IANS,
New Delhi : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi has been voted the most popular youth leader in the country, says a survey released Wednesday.
Trinmool Congress leader and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan came next in the line among the favourite leaders.
The survey conducted among 33,000 people in 33 cities by the Centre for Media and Cultural Research found that leaving a few youth leaders in the country, the rest have little knowledge of the philosophy of politics.
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