India Politics

New Delhi/Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's controversial remarks giving credit to militants and Pakistan for the smooth conduct of...

By IANS, New Delhi: The Election Commission Thursday asked senior state officials to ensure neutrality and impartiality of the election machinery during the forthcoming Lok...

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By IANS, Kolkata : Incumbent Jagmohan Dalmiya is unlikely to be opposed in the coming Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) presidential elections July 31, with the dissident group deciding not to put up any candidate. The opposition's decision appeared a tactical one, aimed at giving a year's time to former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly to prepare the ground for mounting a serious challenge to Dalmiya - a former president of world cricket's apex body International Cricket Council - in the CAB Annual General Meeting in 2010.

New Delhi: AIADMK member M. Thambidurai Tuesday said there was an anti-corruption wave in the country which led to the defeat of parties like...

By IANS, New Delhi/Amritsar: Speculation was rife Friday that cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu had resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and as MP, apparently peeved over the party promoting his rival. BJP general secretary Arun Jaitley said the matter would be sorted out. The sudden "resignation" move by Sidhu came just hours after Punjab BJP leader Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina assumed office as chairman of the Amritsar Improvement Trust. The trust looks after development projects in the city and has an annual budget running into millions of rupees.

New Delhi : The Congress on Tuesday alleged that the "barbaric and inhuman attack" on journalists, students and teachers at the Patiala House Court...

By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : As the opposition chorus for his resignation grew louder, Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Wednesday denied having made remarks against the family of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, killed fighting terrorists in Mumbai, and accused the media of misinterpreting his statement. "The media and opposition parties have twisted my statement,” Achuthanandan said in the state assembly. “I have not made the dog remark. People who made it can swallow it,” he added.

Srinagar : A constitutional crisis in Jammu and Kashmir will be averted if someone is quickly sworn in as the new chief minister after...

New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that key documents related to the Ishrat Jahan case have gone missing from his ministry...

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Ranchi: Around 36 percent of electors Thursday cast their ballot in the first six hours of polling for four Lok Sabha seats from Jharkhand,...

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the West Bengal government to submit documents pertaining to the Justice Shyamal Kumar Sen Commission set...

By IANS, New Delhi : Communist leader Prakash Karat Friday accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government of being "obsessed with its vision of becoming a strategic partner of the US" and ignoring serious issues like inflation.

By IANS, New Delhi : The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will finish as the single largest coalition in a hung Lok Sabha with 195-201 seats, an India TV exit poll said Wednesday. This tally could go up to 227-237 if the seats bagged by the estranged Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and Samajwadi Party were also to be included, it said. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was expected to finish with 189-195 Lok Sabha seats and the Third Front with 113-121 seats, it said.

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By IANS, New Delhi : Endorsing the Uttar Pradesh government's demolition spree in Lucknow undertaken to pave the way for new constructions, the Supreme Court Thursday allowed it to raze an old government bungalow in the state capital. While passing a blanket order for demolition of old, dilapidated government houses, a bench of Justice H.K. Sema and Justice Markandey Katju also allowed the government to demolish its four other bungalows, including the one where Chief Minister Mayawati lived earlier.

By IANS, New Delhi : The Congress party's hopes of a quick resolution of the political crisis receded Thursday with the Samajwadi Party delaying its final decision on backing the government, saying it needed to consult independent minded scientists on the pros and cons of the India-US nuclear deal. While a beleaguered Congress put up a brave face saying it was confident of completing its five-year term, the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has been passive vis-a-vis the political turmoil until now, became pro-active in a bid to trip the ruling party.

By IANS, Bhubaneswar : Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaik is set to take oath Thursday as Orissa chief minister for the third term in a row. Governor M.C. Bhadare Wednesday invited Patnaik to form the government after he was formally elected leader of the BJD legislature party Tuesday. Patnaik, who met the governor, told reporters that the swearing-in ceremony would take place at 11.30 a.m. Thursday. The BJD won 103 out of 147 seats in the state assembly and 14 out of 21 Lok Sabha seats in Orissa in the recently concluded polls.

By IANS New Delhi : The India-US civilian nuclear deal will not be made operational till a committee comprising representatives from the government and the Left parties gives its views on the pact, it was announced Thursday. "The government will take into account the committee's findings while operationalising the nuclear deal," External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters here. The committee would also examine the implications of the Hyde Act and the implications of the nuclear deal on India's foreign policy, he added.

By IANS, Mumbai: Industry Minister Narayan Rane Thursday alleged that the opposition Shiv Sena had got funding of Rs.5 billion to stall the 9,900-MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project.

New Delhi : The Congress party and its allies Thursday slammed the Narendra Modi government for sacking Mizoram Governor Kamla Beniwal, terming it a...

By IANS, Davangere (Karnataka) : Congress president Sonia Gandhi is launching her party's campaign for the Lok Sabha elections from Davangere town in Karnataka later Monday. "Davangere, which is centrally located in the state, is significant for us, as it was from here that Sonia Gandhi launched the party's campaign for 1999 state assembly elections, resulting in our victory and return to power. We consider it a good omen," Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president R.V. Deshpande told IANS here.

Chandigarh: Outgoing Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Sunday accepted defeat in the Haryana assembly polls. "This is the Janadesh (public mandate). I accept this and...

Kolkata : In the wake of accusations against the Trinamool Congress over the alleged gang-rape and murder of a girl in West Bengal, a...

By IANS, Bangalore : Better known for his arguments in law courts and defence of Congress policies, lawyer and Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal says poetry helps him express his thoughts. "Poetry enables me to put things in better perspective and has a lyrical quality and allows me to express myself in a more focused manner," Sibal said here Thursday evening at a function to promote his collection of poems "I Witness: Partial observations".

By IANS, Patna : The opposition members Wednesday walked out of the Bihar assembly, protesting Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's reply on discussion over the governor's address about the state government's achievements. The members were provoked by the chief minister's remarks that silence maintained by the opposition showed that they agreed with the state government's achievements.

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By IANS, Kozhikode : West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) continues to unleash violence in Nandigram even after they lost local bodies elections in the trouble-torn region last week, Bengali novelist and rights activist Mahasweta Devi has said. "They are going around burning houses and raping women," she said. Mahasweta Devi was delivering the inaugural address at a meeting of the Adhinivesha Prathirodha Samiti (Committee against the invasion of imperialists) here Saturday.

Patna : Rebel JD-U legislator Mahachandra Singh was on Wednesday disqualified from the Bihar legislative council under the anti-defection law, an official said. Mahachandra Singh...

By Khalid Akhter, IANS, New Delhi : Buoyed by the Congress' unexpected success in the Lok Sabha elections, the Youth Congress is busy talent hunting in Uttar Pradesh, a keenly-watched exercise overseen by Rahul Gandhi. With Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi determined to recruit more and more youngsters committed to secular ideals, the Young Congress too is seeking to come alive in the country's most populous state. It conducted four rounds of interviews on June 16, 18, 21 and 24 in Lucknow, Allahabad, Jhansi and Meerut.

By IANS Patna : Three candidates of Bihar's ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and two of the opposition United Progressive Alliance (UPA) won the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha Wednesday. The NDA candidates who have made it to the Rajya Sabha are former health minister C.P. Thakur, former state minister Shivanand Tiwari and former bureaucrat N.K. Singh, official sources said here. Opposition candidates who won were Premchand Gupta of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Sabir Ali of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP).

By IANS, Ranchi : A day after withdrawing support to the Madhu Koda government, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has stepped up efforts to form an alternative government in Jharkhand. According to sources in the JMM, the party leaders are in touch with the central United Progressive Alliance (UPA) leaders to form an alternative government. The party, while submitting its letter of withdrawal of support to Governor Syed Sibte Razi Sunday evening, had asked him to initiate the process to form an alternative government.

By IANS, Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Monday called for a meeting of all state party leaders Tuesday to discuss "the worsening situation of minority Tamils in Sri Lanka". "Two members from each party that is represented in the assembly, including the leader and the head of its legislature, have been requested to attend. The meeting has been called following personal discussions with PMK leader S. Ramadoss," Karunanidhi told reporters here.

New Delhi : Slamming the government for an advertisement that depicted an image of the preamble of the Constitution without the words 'secular' and...