Indian govt. should protest China’s remark on PM’s visit : BJP
By NNN-PTI
Dimapuri, India : The BJP party said the Central government should lodge a strong protest with Beijing over China's stand on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's last month's visit to Arunachal Pradesh.
"It (Chinese remark) was very unfortunate. The government should strongly protest it," BJP president Rajnath Singh said, claiming that during the tenure of NDA government, India occupied an important position in the global arena.
D.Y. Patil takes over as acting Bengal governor
Kolkata : Bihar Governor D.Y. Patil was Friday sworn in as acting governor of West Bengal in place of M.K. Narayanan who relinquished office...
DMK MPs will not insist on resignation, Karunanidhi assures Mukherjee
Chennai, Oct 26 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Sunday assured External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee that his party's MPs will not insist on quitting parliament following the talks between New Delhi and Colombo on the civilian suffering in Sri Lanka.
"Karunanidhi has assured (me) that the DMK will not precipitate the issue," Mukherjee told reporters after a three-hour meeting with the chief minister here.
The DMK chief too told reporters soon afterwards: "I will certainly not create a problem for the central government."
Advani to hit the road once again
By IANS,
New Delhi : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran L.K. Advani, who has undertaken several cross-country rallies in the past, will be doing the same once again - to motivate party cadres in the aftermath of the party's poll debacle.
In his concluding address to the party's national executive meeting here Sunday, the first since the Lok Sabha election results, Advani spoke about the opportunities ahead for the party.
सपा बसपा के गठबंधन से उत्साह में है दलित-मुस्लिम युवा
आसमोहम्मद कैफ-Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश की राजधानी लखनऊ में बसपा सुप्रीमो मायावती और सपा प्रमुख अखिलेश यादव की संयुक्त प्रेस कांफ्रेंस में किए गए गठबंधन के...
Tripura assembly session to begin Friday
Agartala : The monsoon session of the Tripura assembly will begin Friday and the opposition Congress is expected to raise a host of issues,...
Woman among 13 new ministers inducted in Kashmir
By IANS,
Srinagar : A woman politician who has survived at least five assassination attempts was among the 13 new ministers inducted in the Jammu and Kashmir government Saturday.
With this, the strength of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's six-month-old coalition has gone up to 23.
Governor N.N. Vohra administered the oath of office and secrecy to the new ministers, who include seven from the National Conference, six from the Congress and one from junior coalition partner, the National Democratic Party.
No need to say Arunachal is India’s, says MP
By IANS
New Delhi : There is no need for India to keep reiterating that Arunachal Pradesh is its territory, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from the northeastern state has said.
Terming one such statement by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's statement as "disappointing", Kiren Rijiju said that such a stand would hurt the state's interests.
Bihar ex-MP Shahabuddin gets life imprisonment
Patna : Former MP Mohammad Shahabuddin and three others were awarded the life imprisonment by a Bihar court on Friday in connection with a...
Delhi’s water bodies might soon be a part of history
By Afroz Alam Sahil, Twocircles.net
At a time when India’s rural heartlands reel under severe drought, the condition of water bodies across the country doesn't...
I am not unlettered: Radhika Selvi
By Arvind Padmanabhan
IANS
New Delhi : With her three-year-old son watching Tom and Jerry cartoons and under the benign gaze of her proud parents, 31-year-old Radhika Selvi, who took oath Friday as minister of state for home, is wary of being drawn into the politics of how she made it to the high office.
Lalu, Paswan to skip cabinet meeting
By IANS,
New Delhi : Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan are likely to skip a meeting of the union cabinet called by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here Friday, sources said.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chiefs, key members of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), seem to be miffed over Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's praise of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, they said.
Chhattisgarh set for polls amid Maoist threat
By IANS,
Raipur : One of India's youngest states, Chhattisgarh, goes to the polls Friday to elect 39 of the state's 90 legislators in the first of the two-phase elections amid threats from Maoist guerrillas.
About 6.4 million of the state's 15.2 million voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in 8,883 balloting centres to decide the fortunes of 379 candidates, including 36 women, in the first phase.
This is the state's second assembly election after it came into existence in November 2000 after splitting from Madhya Pradesh.
No post-resignation tweets from Tharoor
By IANS,
New Delhi : For a voracious tweeter, Shashi Tharoor has not tweeted anything since the final run up to his resignation as minister of state for external affairs.
Tharoor was quite regular at updating his statements, work or visits with over 725,000 followers. However, there has been no update from him since Friday.
Tharoor quit Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government Sunday after being linked to an Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket row.
He last tweeted Friday at 11.16 p.m. -- when it was thought he was trying his best to weather the political storm.
Chhattisgarh assembly pays tributes to Chandra Shekhar
By IANS
Raipur : The Chhattisgarh assembly Monday paid rich tributes to former prime minister Chandra Shekhar who died in New Delhi Sunday.
Parliament passes bill simplifying labour laws for small firms
New Delhi : Parliament Friday passed a bill which simplifies labour laws for establishments employing up to 40 workers.
The Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing...
No threat to government, says Meghalaya chief minister
Shillong, March 10 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Donkupar Roy Tuesday said there was no threat to the stability of his Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) government after two independent lawmakers withdrew support, putting the 11-month-old fragile coalition in further trouble.
Independent legislators Limison Sangma and Ismail R. Marak withdrew support to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)-led MPA government Monday, reducing its strength in the 60-member legislature to 31.
The legislators have joined the opposition Congress, whose strength has now swelled from 27 to 29.
Congress denies any hand in Karnataka crisis
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Congress Saturday denied it had joined hands with the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) to bring down the Bharatiya Jananta Party (BJP) government in Karnataka.
A Congress candidate seeks votes selling n-deal
By Sahil Makkar, IANS,
Vaidpur (Noida): A nuclear deal with the US that almost felled Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government last year is not something that the Congress has put on its campaign agenda. But some candidates, like the one in Noida, are going around telling people that the nuclear agreement will finally end the chronic power shortages that have plagued this constituency.
Experts ask government to come clean on Sethusamudram
By IANS
Chennai : Scientists and experts at a meet organised here Saturday urged the central government to table a white paper in parliament on the "economic viability, environmental and ecological sustainability, engineering feasibility and ethical tenability" of the controversial Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project (SSCP).
The meet organised by the Coastal Action Network, an umbrella group for 7,000 villages and fishing federations in Tamil Nadu's 1,000 km long coastline, also questioned the security risk of such a canal project.
Congress-sponsored strike affects life in Tripura
By IANS,
Agartala : Normal life in Tripura was paralysed Wednesday with the opposition Congress enforcing a dawn-to-dusk shutdown, to press its demand for expulling two Left party legislators.
Most shops and businesses, government and semi-government offices and educational institutions remained closed, while traffic was thin. "The shutdown was total and successful," said Congress party spokesman Tapas Dey.
JMM to form Jharkhand government if UPA wins
By IANS,
Ranchi : The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) said Friday it hoped to form a government in the state under Shibu Soren if the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) wins the Lok Sabha polls.
Mathura Prasad Mahto, chief whip of JMM, told reporters that if the UPA won the April-May general election, the cabinet will revoke the suspension of the Jharkhand assembly.
Jharkhand came under President's rule Jan 19. The 82-member assembly has been suspended, not dissolved.
Tharoor tweets thanks at ‘time of trial’
By IANS,
New Delhi : "Thank you...", tweeted Shashi Tharoor, who quit as minister of state for external affairs over alleged links to the Kochi IPL franchise, to all his supporters after his emotional speech in the Lok Sabha stating that his conscience was clear.
India committed to peace: Modi
Tokyo : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said that India is committed to peace and this commitment has "significance far above any international treaties...
Trinamool ministers to hand over resignation letters at 3 p.m.
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Trinamool Congress ministers are to hand over their resignation letters to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) at 3 p.m. and after that meet President Pranab Mukherjee.
Modi greets nation on Republic Day
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday greeted the people on the 66th Republic Day. "Greetings to everyone on Republic Day," he said.
US...
No answering questions in Tamil, DMK ministers told
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Lok Sabha secretariat Wednesday turned down the request of DMK ministers to answer questions in Tamil but said party MPs could ask questions and make speeches in the language as there was provision for it in the constitution.
"According to the precedence in the house, the ministers should answer the questions either in English or Hindi," said Lok Sabha secretary general P.D.T. Achary.
TRS workers court arrest to protest free zone
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Activists of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) Wednesday courted arrest here to protest a recent Supreme Court order declaring Hyderabad a free zone for police recruitment.
TRS president K. Chandrasekhara Rao, senior leaders and scores of party workers were arrested by police at Indira Park here as they tried to take out a rally demanding that the government take steps to bring a constitutional amendment to revoke the court order.
The apex court's order overturned the earlier practice of reserving government jobs for the residents of Telangana region.
Congress divided over issues of national security: BJP
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday said the opposition Congress was "divided" on issues concerning national security.
The BJP reaction came...
घर-वापसी पर कट्टरपंथी नेताओं के ज़ुबानी हमले तेज़
By TwoCircles.Net Staff reporter,
हैदराबाद: भाजपा के सत्ता में आने के बाद घर्म-परिवर्तन और ‘घर-वापसी’ की घटनाओं में जो बढ़ोतरी हो रही है, उसे रोकने में कोई भी ‘विकास’ होता नहीं दिख रहा है. एक तरफ़ जहां सरकार संसद के दोनों सदनों में बुरी तरह घिरी हुई है, वहीं भाजपा के सहयोगी कट्टरपंथी दल किसी भी किस्म के गैर-जिम्मेदाराना और भड़काऊ बयान देने से बाज़ नहीं आ रहे हैं.
Mayawati now targets below-poverty-line list
By IANS
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, after taking action against erring officials in a large-scale police recruitment scam, Sunday launched her next campaign: revising the "inaccurate" list of people below the poverty line (BPL).
ICC withdraws Pakistani umpire from India-South Africa series
New Delhi: The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Monday that it has withdrawn Aleem Dar from the remaining matches in the ongoing series...
Government ad against ethos of Constitution: Congress
New Delhi : Slamming the government for an advertisement that depicted an image of the preamble of the Constitution without the words 'secular' and...
Voting mostly peaceful in Bihar, 10 percent turn out in first 3 hours
By IANS,
Patna : Voting was mostly peaceful but slow in the third phase of parliamentary elections in 11 of Bihar's 40 constituencies Thursday, barring a few incidents of violence and attempt to capture polling booths. The turnout by 10 a.m. was over 10 percent.
Senior MDMK leader quits party, assembly
By IANS,
Pollachi : Senior MDMK leader M. Kannappan Wednesday decided to quit the party and the Tamil Nadu assembly following differences with his leader Vaiko.
"I am forced to take this extreme step because Vaiko is sidelining me in the party and has accused me of falling prey to the machinations of the chief minister (M. Karunanidhi) to break our organisation," MDMK presidium chairman Kannappan told reporters here.
Thackeray continues tirade against north Indians
By IANS
Mumbai : Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, whose comments ridiculing north Indians settled in Maharashtra led to violence and also his arrest, has continued his tirade - this time in a media interview.
In his interview to Marathi weekly magazine Lok Prabha of the Indian Express group, the MNS chief is quoted as saying: "It is the cultural hegemony which some north Indians want to impose on Maharashtrians that I oppose."
"We will go with folded hands and ask them to leave. If they refuse, then we will raise our hands," he said.
Jailed BSP lawmaker denied permission to attend session
By IANS,
Lucknow : A Faizabad court Tuesday denied Bahujan Samaj Party legislator Anand Sen permission to attend the ongoing legislative session of the state assembly, an official said.
Anand, accused of involvement in the kidnapping and murder of a 24-year-old Dalit girl, is at present lodged in the Faizabad Central Jail, the official added.
On Monday, Anand, lawmaker from Milkipur constituency of Faizabad, filed an application before the court for permission to attend the legislative session, officials said.
Educational institutions becoming political platforms: Bengal governor
Kolkata : Amid the protests at the JNU and Jadavpur University, West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi on Wednesday warned that higher educational institutions were...
Justice Niyay Bindu Faces Online Trolling for Kejriwal Bail Decision, Right-wing Critics Question Her...
Snobar and Sajid Raina, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: The decision by Special Judge Niyay Bindu to grant bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the city’s...
‘Home ministry issued notification to end confusion in Delhi’
New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday that the central government had issued a "clarificatory notification" about the powers of the...
I have had enough: BJP chief Rajnath Singh
By Neerja Chowdhury, IANS,
New Delhi : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh has indicated he will not continue in the post beyond his term and, contrary to speculation, says he will not join the government if his party comes to power.
"Bahut ho gaya (I have had enough). By this year-end, four years will be over. Besides Atalji and Advaniji, I would be the only one to have completed four years as party president after 1980," Singh, 57, told IANS in an interview.
Congress walkout over Chhattisgarh girls’ trafficking
By IANS,
Raipur: The opposition Congress staged a walkout Tuesday in the Chhattisgarh assembly, accusing the state's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of doing little to prevent trafficking of thousands of youth, mainly girls, from poor families to metros.
The house witnessed a heated debate when the government replied in the assembly it was doing its best to trace out an estimated 7,000 people missing in the state for many years.
Modi making false promises: Mulayam
Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) : SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making tall and false promises and lying to...
Mayawati to launch campaign from Kerala
By IANS,
Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati will launch her party's election campaign from Kerala and will hold a series of public rallies till May 11.
"My campaign starts from tomorrow (Saturday) and I will hold a series of public meetings in all corners of the country till May 11 without missing a single day," Mayawati told reporters here.
Mayawati named candidates for all 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh and said her party would contest in all 20 seats in Kerala.
Get back Indian land under Pakistan, China: Mulayam
New Delhi : Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Wednesday asked the government to get back Indian land "under occupancy of China and Pakistan",...
Grandson tries to recreate NTR’s charisma for TDP
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Junior NTR, a popular Telugu film actor and grandson of Telugu matinee idol and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N.T. Rama Rao, revived memories of his grandfather as he launched the campaign of the main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in the state.
Junior NTR held road shows in Srikakulam district in north coastal Andhra, drawing huge crowds. The late NTR had launched the party 26 years ago.
BJP’s Delhi debacle a personal defeat for Modi?
By Sreeparna Chakrabarty,
New Delhi : He campaigned like a local leader, handpicked his own chief ministerial candidate for Delhi and made it a personal...
Seat-for-money scam: Trinamool claims conspiracy
Kolkata : Facing the heat on the alleged seat-for-money scam in a West Bengal college, the ruling Trinamool Congress's student wing Tuesday accused a...
BJP wants presidential candidates to declare assets
By IANS
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday asked the Election Commission to direct the presidential candidates to declare their assets and details of any criminal cases registered against them.
Government committed to modernising armed forces: UPA report card
By IANS,
New Delhi : The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government said Tuesday it was continuing to focus on the modernisation of India's armed forces and ensuring the country's defence preparedness.
"Another area being accorded high priority is the development of roads and infrastructure in the high altitude areas," the government said in its report card of UPA-2 after completing one year that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released here Tuesday.
BJP betrayed JD-U by naming Modi as PM candidate: Nitish
By IANS,
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Sunday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) betrayed his party JD-U even after then BJP president...
Chandrasekhara Rao resigns as TRS president
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Bowing to the mounting pressure of dissidents, K. Chandrasekhara Rao Friday resigned as president of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS).
The former central minister sent his resignation to Telangana Bhavan, the party headquarters, Friday evening. The development came amid the crisis in the party following a spate of resignations of party leaders, who sought Rao's resignation blaming him for the party's debacle in the recent Lok Sabha and state assembly elections.
Farooq meet Chidambaram, seeks help for Omar
By IANS,
New Delhi: New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah Saturday separately met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P.Chidambaram and requested assistance so that his son and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah could tide over the volatile situation in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
Officials at the Jammu and Kashmir House, the official state guest house here, told IANS that Abdullah assured the prime minister and the home minister that he would assist Omar in restoring normalcy in the Valley.
BJP asks Congressmen not to behave like ‘pets’
By IANS,
New Delhi : Taking a dig at the recent controversy triggered by Congress veteran Arjun Singh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday asked the ruling party leaders not to behave like "pets".
In a clear reference to Human Resource Development (HRD) minister Singh, who has been making conflicting statements on loyalty within the Congress, BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said: "We feel that in a large country like India where democracy has matured and when the world is looking up to us, senior leaders of the Congress party should stop behaving like pets".
BJP looks for cross voters in presidential polls
By IANS
Ranchi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Jharkhand will soon call a meeting to identify legislators who voted in favour of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate Pratibha Patil in the presidential polls.
Of the total 81 votes in the state, Patil secured 49 while the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) supported candidate Bhairon Singh Shekhawat got only 28 votes. Two votes were termed invalid.
BJP plans to stamp out Maoists in Bastar
By IANS,
Raipur : After an unprecedented win in the Maoist bastion Bastar in Chhattisgarh's southern half, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which has been returned to power in state assembly elections now plans to launch a decisive battle against the rebels and "stamp out insurgents holing up in thick forests", a party leader said Thursday.
Voters in the nearly 40,000 sq km Bastar region, hit by Maoist violence since the early 1980s, have for the first time given an overwhelming support to the BJP, which won 11 out of the 12 assembly seats in the region in the November polls.
Positive move, says SC on Delhi government formation effort
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday described as positive the reports that Lt Governor Najeeb Jung would be consulting all the political parties...
Sacrifice at the altar of development
By Medha Patkar and Sandeep Pandey
The legendary Professor Guru Das Agrawal, who got promoted from a Lecturer directly to Professor at the prestigious Indian Institute...
Army chief should not make political statements: Farooq
By IANS,
New Delhi: Union Minister for Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah Friday hit out at Army Chief General V.K. Singh for his criticism of the Omar Abdullah government in Jammu and Kashmir, saying the army chief should not make political statements.
Visibly upset Modi leaves Lok Sabha amid uproar
New Delhi : A visibly upset Prime Minister Narendra Modi left the Lok Sabha on Wednesday as opposition members created a din demanding the...
Two Andhra ministers arrested to avert clash
By IANS,
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh police Saturday arrested two cabinet ministers to avert a clash between them in Mahabubnagar district.
Nitish, Modi don’t vote
By IANS,
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi did not vote in the presidential election Thursday -- as they are not members of the legislative assembly.
VHP demands ban on beef in Jharkhand
Ranchi: The Vishwa Hindu Parisad (VHP) on Sunday criticised Jharkhand's BJP-led government for failing to strictly implement the law against cow slaughter and demanded...
Gujjars call off May 23 protest after talks with Rajasthan government
Jaipur (IANS): The Gujjar Aarakshan Andolan Samiti has called off its proposed agitation scheduled on May 23 after prolonged discussions with the Rajasthan government,...
Gandhi blasts BSP, but Mulayam cool to Congress
By IANS
Kanpur/Kochi : Congress president Sonia Gandhi Monday launched her sharpest attack on Uttar Pradesh's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Chief Minister Mayawati amid speculation that her party and the Samajawdai Party were moving closer.
Calling the less than a year old BSP government in Uttar Pradesh "corrupt", Sonia Gandhi said her son and MP Rahul Gandhi was ready to go to jail as part of a crusade against the Mayawati dispensation.
Strong leadership, well-capitalised institutions needed: Rajan
Chennai : There is a need for stronger political leadership globally and better capitalised multilateral institutions for widespread legitimacy, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said...
Now, Congress mum on Bachchan row
By IANS,
New Delhi: Having criticised actor Amitabh Bachchan over the past few days for accepting to be Gujarat's brand ambassador, the Congress Wednesday refused to comment further on the issue.
"I have nothing further to add," party spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan said to repeated questions on Bachchan.
Asked about reports in the media about the party having decided not to speak against Bachchan, party leaders said unofficially that no such decision had been taken.
Chhattisgarh assembly to debate Maoist menace
By IANS
Raipur : The Chhattisgarh assembly is set to hold a special sitting Thursday to discuss the growing Maoist menace in the state and form a strategy to deal with the rebels.
"Assembly members will have an open discussion in the house on Thursday to firm up a strategy to contain the militants and their relentless attacks," a minister in the BJP government told IANS. "The house will debate the issue as the extremists have crossed all limits."
Mukherjee briefs Congress MPs on diesel, petrol pric
By IANS,
New Delhi : Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday indicated that there would no rollback in increase in central taxes on petrol and diesel and briefed the Congress MPs on the reason behind the hike.
Party sources said the minister briefed the party MPs in view of demands of a rollback from some partners of the United Progressive Alliance, and spoke of the steps taken to enhance spending on the social sector.
‘Centre had no option but to impose President’s rule’
Hyderabad : Reacting to the union cabinet's decision to impose President's rule in Andhra Pradesh, leaders of the Congress and other parties said the...
Kolkata pride walk shows support for social movements
Kolkata : The 14th edition of Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk here on Sunday saw participants cutting across social and gender barriers raise a toast...
West Bengal Left Front fears violence in Thursday’s polling
By IANS,
Kolkata: West Bengal's ruling Left Front Tuesday said it apprehended violence in Thursday's fourth phase of polling in the state.
"I've got specific information that some untoward incidents might take place on that day," Left Front chairman Biman Bose said at a press conference here.
He said the opposition parties, led by the Trinamool Congress, had urged voters to come out of their houses with items like utensils and sticks.
Rahul effect – 1.3 mn want to join Youth Congress in Tamil Nadu
By IANS,
Chennai : A whopping 1.3 million youngsters have sent in applications for membership to the Congress party' youth wing in Tamil Nadu within two weeks of party general secretary Rahul Gandhi's visit to the state.
According to Congress officials, the membership enrolment drive for the party's state youth wing started by Rahul Gandhi has got a huge response.
Congress retains Yavatmal assembly seat
By IANS,
Yavatmal (Maharashtra) : Congress candidate Nandini Parvekar Wednesday won the Yavatmal assembly seat in Maharashtra, defeating the nearest BJP candidate in a byelection.
TDP legislator to join TRS
By IANS,
Hyderabad: A legislator of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Monday decided to join the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).
Advani sticks to Jabalpur meet despite terror threat
By IANS
New Delhi : Despite a reported terror threat from suspected Islamist groups, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani is going ahead with his 'sankalp yatra', his aides said Tuesday.
Responding to reports that intelligence agencies had warned that there could be a terror attack against Advani's campaign tour that kicks off from Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh Wednesday, his personal secretary Deepak Chopra said: "I can say only this much that there is no change in his (Advani's) programme to address a pubic rally in Jabalpur tomorrow.
Government confident over FDI vote
By IANS,
New Delhi : The UPA government Sunday said it was confident of its numbers ahead of a crucial debate with voting on FDI in multi-brand retail in the Lok Sabha Dec 4-5.
BREAKING NEWS: SC rules in favour of Delhi government
By IANS
New Delhi, July 4 : The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favour of the Aam Aadmi Party led-Delhi government and said that the...
Lt. Gen. Nirbhay Sharma sworn-in as Mizoram governor
Aizawl : Lt. General Nirbhay Sharma (retd.) was sworn in as the 17th governor of Mizoram at the Durbar Hall of Raj Bhavan here...
Jats continue blockade in Haryana, CRPF called in
Chandigarh : Agitating Jat community members on Wednesday continued their road and rail blockades at various places in Haryana even as some of their...
Decision on Deshmukh’s successor deferred by a day
By IANS,
New Delhi/Mumbai : Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh got another breather Tuesday with the Congress leadership deferring by a day its decision on his resignation offer over the Mumbai terrorist attack. Speculations were also on that he may stay on.
Congress celebrates Assam victory
By IANS,
Guwahati : Celebrations began in the Congress camp Friday with trends indicating a massive win for the party for the third straight term. The opposition was literally trounced.
Kerala’s political parties grapple over seat-sharing
By Sanu George,
Thiruvananthapuram : All eyes are on the Congress and the CPI-M in Kerala to see how they share seats with their allies...
Kolkata man found living with sister’s corpse for six months
Kolkata: In what can be a scene straight from Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece "Psycho", police have come across a man who has been living...
Rahul promises modern sports facilities in Amethi
By IANS,
Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh) : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Friday promised to create modern sports facilities in his Amethi Lok Sabha constituency.
His remarks came after witnessing the finals of an inter-state kabaddi competition in Gauriganj village on the second day of his visit to the constituency. He also utilised the opportunity to take tips on the game from the players.
At a meeting with office-bearers of the Congress' rural unit, Gandhi once again blamed the state government for its lethargic approach towards implementing central government schemes.
‘Police operation in West Bengal’s Lalgarh a must before polls’
By IANS,
Kolkata : Police operations will definitely be carried out in West Bengal's tribal-dominated Lalgarh to unearth Maoists guerrillas from the region before the Lok Sabha polls, a senior state official said Monday.
"Even if the people of Lalgarh put up resistance, we will have to carry out police operation to hold the Lok Sabha elections there," West Bengal Home Secretary Ardhendu Sen told reporters in Kolkata's adjoining North 24-Parganas district.
I have no problems with Karunakaran: Chandy
By IANS
Thiruvananthapuram : Breaking his long silence on the return of his archrival and former Congress chief minister K. Karunakaran into the party, leader of opposition in the state legislature and Congress leader Oommen Chandy said there were no problems between him and the veteran leader.
"He has returned to our family and is the senior-most Congress leader. It is true that I have not met him so far. I am attending a meeting, which he is organising at Kochi on Feb 1. He called me up and I have said that I will be in Kochi," said Chandy here Friday.
Rahul Gandhi faces angry Congress workers in Amethi
By Darshan Desai, IANS,
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi was Friday stunned when an angry crowd of party workers at his constituency here accused him of failing to help them get work in a state-run company.
As Gandhi reached Jagdishpur village, his first stop after Lucknow some 70 km away, a group of party workers gathered outside the venue of a function forced his car to halt.
NCP MP arrest: Maharashtra opposition creates ruckus
By IANS,
Mumbai : The arrest of senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Padamsinh Patil rocked the Maharashtra legislature Monday with the opposition parties demanding resignation of state Home Minister Jayant Patil and Information Minister Rana Jagjitsinh Patil, who is also the son of the accused.
The entire opposition was on its feet minutes after the house assembled for the day and raised slogans accusing the state government of allegedly attempting to shield Padamsinh Patil.
Mayawati hosts dinner, Third Front leaders defer leadership issue
By IANS,
New Delhi : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati and Third Front leaders met over dinner here and discussed Lok Sabha elections strategies, but there was no decision on choosing her or any other leader as the prime ministerial candidate.
CPI-M, Trinamool workers clash again in Nandigram
By IANS,
Kolkata : Clashes broke out between activists of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Trinamool Congress at trouble-torn Nandigram in West Bengal's East Midnapore district Sunday, with both sides firing and hurling bombs indiscriminately.
"We have received reports of indiscriminate firing and hurling of bombs. But nobody was injured in the clashes between the two parties," Nandigram police station officer in-charge Debasish Chakraborty said.
Post-Bihar, government to face assertive Opposition in parliament’s winter session
New Delhi : Parliament's month-long winter session starting Thursday is likely to see a more assertive opposition taking on the government on a range...
Independent legislator to withdraw support to AAP government
By IANS,
New Delhi : Independent legislator Rambeer Shokeen Monday said he would withdraw support to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi...
Weather thaws, poll campaign heats up in Himachal Pradesh
By IANS
Shimla : After five days of cold and chilly weather in Himachal Pradesh, the gods were merciful Saturday and the election campaign picked up pace - and heat, as the politicians lined up to woo the voters in the state.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi set the pace with two large election rallies in Una and Shimla where she launched an attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) calling it "fascist and corrupt".
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh joined Gandhi at her rallies. He later flew to Sundernagar, Nacchan in Mandi district and then to Arki in Solan district.
‘I am a Muslim, come kill me’: Protesters denounce BJP Minister’s Agra hate...
By TCN Staff Reporter
Delhi: Members of civil society, minority religious orgainsations, academicians and citizens organised a protest meeting at Jantar Mantar, Delhi against the...
Left will bounce back in West Bengal, says Karat
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday vowed to bounce back in West Bengal where it has been routed after for 34 long years.
Rajinder Nagar poll may be deferred after MLA’s death: official
By IANS,
New Delhi : Polls to the Rajinder Nagar assembly seat in central Delhi may be deferred following the death of sitting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Puran Chand Yogi Sunday morning, an election official said. Yogi was seeking re-election for the third time from the seat.
Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Satbir Silas Bedi told IANS that polls to the seat could be held at a later date. The Delhi assembly polls are slated Nov 29.
The BJP and CEO Bedi were huddled in a series of meetings Sunday to discuss the suspected suicide of Yogi.
Wearing different hats as politician, chief minister: Parrikar
Panaji : Goa former chief minister Digambar Kamat with other mining bigwigs is "directly involved" in multi-crore illegal mining scam in the state, according...
Gag order on Memon funeral; media blacks out telecast
Mumbai : Not willing to take any chances, police here on Thursday issued a gag order to the media barring it from photographing...
Karunanidhi on fast over Sri Lankan Tamils, PM concerned
By IANS,
Chennai/New Delhi : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi began an indefinite hunger strike in Chennai Monday to protest "cruel acts" against Tamils in Sri Lanka, prompting a concerned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to phone him to say India was trying to influence Colombo to end its hostilities.
"I have decided to offer my life to the increasing numbers of lives lost due to the Sinhalese regime's continuing cruel acts against the Tamil ethnic minority in the war in Sri Lanka," Karunanidhi told reporters in Chennai.
Varun’s plea for anticipatory bail dismissed
By IANS
Lucknow: A court in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday turned down the anticipatory bail plea of Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) candidate in Pilibhit Varun Gandhi, in the dock for his alleged communally charged campaign speeches.
The verdict was given by an Allahabad High Court bench comprising Justices Imtiyaz Murtaza and S.C. Nigam.
"The court observed that there is no need to stay Varun's arrest as the Delhi High Court has already granted him anticipatory bail," Varun Gandhi's counsel Gopal
Chaturvedi told reporters after the hearing.
Congress bags 31 of the 59 reserved seats in Rajasthan; BJP falls from 53...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
With the Congress all set to return to power in Rajasthan after five years, the reign of Vasundhara Raje will come...
Rs.5,338 crore provided for railway infrastructure in northeast
New Delhi: An amount of Rs.5,338 crore has been allocated in the current fiscal for development of railway infrastructure in the northeast, DoNER Minister...
Uttar Pradesh bypolls for five seats Saturday
By IANS
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh will hold bypolls for two parliamentary and three assembly seats Saturday that is being seen as a mini trial run for the general elections scheduled next year.
Although four main political parties - the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress - are in the fray, the in most of the seats the contest is largely between the BSP and Samajwadi Party.
Country needs PM with six-inch brain: JD-U’s Bihar leader
Patna : In the wake of the Pathankot terror attack, Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United on Monday took a dig at Narendra Modi, saying the...
Modi tones up governance, lays out policy roadmap
(100 days of Modi government)
By Prashant Sood,
New Delhi : Narendra Modi has sought to mark his first term as prime minister with some...
Baijal on Manmohan Singh: Mixed response from CPI-M, BJP
New Delhi : The CPI-M and BJP on Tuesday expressed mixed views on former TRAI chief Pradip Baijal's allegation that the then prime minister...
Seven-time legislator Agarwal joins BSP
By IANS,
Lucknow : Former minister in the Mulayam Singh Yadav government Naresh Agarwal, who quit the Samajwadi Party May 24, joined the Bahujan Samaj Party Wednesday and has been named the party's national general secretary.
The seven-time legislator, who formally joined the BSP at a function in the presence of Chief Minister Mayawati, was declared the BSP candidate from Farrukhabad Lok Sabha seat. He quit as legislator from Hardoi assembly seat, from where his son Nitin has been named candidate.
When Vastanvi was praising Modi, Muslims were being tortured in Surat
By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,
Deaf-mute Geeta lands in Delhi from Pakistan
New Delhi: Geeta, a deaf-mute Indian woman who has been stranded in Pakistan for over a decade, arrived here on a flight from Pakistan,...
Lok Sabha adjourned thrice over Maharashtra violence
By IANS
New Delhi : The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the third time Monday when members from north Indian states had a verbal duel with union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on the issue of violence against north Indians in Maharashtra in February.
When the house met again at 2 p.m. after two adjournments, MPs Prabhunath Singh and Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lallan Singh of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) raised the issue of violence against north Indians in Maharashtra. Shahnawaz Hussain of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) joined them.
Email threatens to ‘kill Advani’, traced to Shillong
By IANS,
Shillong : An email attributed to terror group Indian Mujahideen Thursday threatened to eliminate leader of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lal Krishna Advani, using suicide bombers during his scheduled visit to Meghalaya next week.
The Meghalaya police said they have tracked the cyber cafe from where the threat mail was sent to various media outlets in the state.
Japanese keen on $1.6 tn highways funding: Nitin Gadkari
By Rohit Vaid,
New Delhi : India is firming up plans for a $1.6-trillion financing institution that will fund highway projects across the country with...
CPI-M politburo discusses n-deal, Nandigram
By IANS
New Delhi : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo, which began its two-day meet here Monday, will prepare a draft of a political resolution for the 19th party congress in March, said party leader Sitaram Yechury.
"We are discussing the first draft of the political resolution. It will go to the party central committee, which is meeting Dec 20-22, for finalising," he told reporters here.
‘Working as Ola Bike Rider’: Students After Fee Hike at Osmania University, Seek Repeal
Md Zamir Hasan, Twocircles.net
Bhavani Prasad, 24, enrolled in the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) programme in 2019 at Osmania University, a century-old state-funded university in...
Jharkhand BJP to hold protests over price rise July 7
By IANS,
Ranchi : The main opposition Bharatiya Jananta Party (BJP) in Jharkhand Monday said it would hold demonstrations across the state July 7 to protest the rising prices of essential commodities.
"We have decided to launch an agitation against price rise. On July 7, our party members will demonstrate in all 212 blocks of the state in front of the Block Development Office," state BJP president P.N. Singh to IANS.
The decision was taken at the party's two-day executive committee meet that concluded Sunday.
Send Goa Police to Nigeria to toughen up: BJP leader
Panaji : Goa Police personnel should be sent to Nigeria for toughening up, a ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator said Thursday.
Referring to the...
Journalists in Kashmir anxious after admin’s “militant sympathizers” remarks
The remarks made by the region’s top administrator in a fact-finding report by Press Council of India (PCI) has caused worry among the journalists...
Uma Bharti re-nominated president of her party
By IANS,
Bhopal : Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti, who had vowed to retire to the Himalayas if she was unable to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2008 elections to the state assembly, was Sunday re-nominated president of her Bharatiya Jan Shakti (BJS) party.
Bharti floated the BJS after she was expelled from the BJP in 2005.
A party release said the BJS's national executive was reconstituted in view of general elections scheduled next year and Bharti has been appointed party president.
ज़मीन खरीद मामला : क्या भाजपा नेता जदयू के इन सवालों का जवाब देंगे?
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
पटना : नोटबंदी के हंगामे के बीच बिहार में बीजेपी द्वारा ज़मीन खरीद का मामला अब गर्माने लगा है. जनता दल (यू)...
Congress student activists clash with Kerala police
By IANS,
Kozhikode : Protests organised by the Kerala Students Union (KSU), affiliated with the state's main opposition Congress party, to collectorates at Thrissur, Malappuram and Pathanamthitta turned violent Thursday resulting in injuries to participants as well as policemen.
The KSU organised the marches to demand withdrawal of the Social Studies textbook for Class 7. The new textbook, KSU says, is being used by the left Democratic Front (LDF) government to spread communist ideology among students.
Bengal poll panel compared to lady throwing tantrums
By IANS,
Kolkata : West Bengal advocate general Bimal Chatterjee Tuesday courted controversy when he compared the State Election Commission (SEC) to a beautiful lady throwing tantrums.
Kashmiri Students ‘selected’ under PM scholarships scheme expelled from Rohtak college
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Srinagar: A private engineering college in Rohtak, Haryana has prohibited 13 students from Jammu and Kashmir from appearing in...
Modi prepares to meet SAARC leaders, including Sharif
New Delhi : Narendra Modi, who took over as India's new prime minister Monday, meets his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif and other leaders from...
Emergency India’s darkest period, can’t be forgotten: Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India was placed under Emergency 40 years ago "for the sake of power" and the...