Sushma Swaraj must resign: Congress
New Delhi: In the wake of allegations that External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj helped former IPL chief Lalit Modi in leaving India, the...
BJP workers clash with police in Lucknow, Chandigarh
By IANS,
Lucknow: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists clashed with police in Lucknow and Chandigarh Thursday when their protest against the central government's failure to contain rising prices turned violent.
In the Uttar Pradesh capital, police fired tear-gas and rubber bullets and used water cannons to disperse the protesters, who threw stones at the security personnel. Police were trying to stop the protesters from marching towards the state assembly complex.
Former Odisha chief minister opts out of LS polls
Bhubaneswar : Displeased over the distribution of Congress tickets in the state, former Odisha chief minister and senior leader Hemananda Biswal Wednesday said he...
Parliament of words: Politicians as successful writers
By Vikas Datta,
A British prime minister who was a novelist too, a US president known for works on history and nature, an Indian statesman who was a famous philosopher too... They make a compelling case that politics is not a full-time occupation and its practitioners can shine in other fields too. Writing - beyond autobiographies or political polemics - for one.
Indian-Americans lobbying for US Congress invitation for Modi
By Arun Kumar,
Washington : Indian-American groups have launched a campaign to win more lawmakers' support for a move to invite Indian Prime Minister Narendra...
No funds to implement Right to Education Act: Nitish
By IANS,
New Delhi: Expressing his government's inability to provide funds to implement the Right to Education Act, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday said the central government should fund the state to ensure education for every child aged 6-14.
Speaking to reporters at Indian Women's Press Corps here, Nitish said he expected expenditure of Rs.27,000 crore to implement the act in Bihar in the first year.
According to the agreed funding pattern, the states have to provide one-third of the required money.
TRS polled over 43 percent votes in Hyderabad civic polls
Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) polled 43.85 percent votes to win a record 99 seats in the 150-member Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.
Contesting all...
Hisar election is historic for India: Gadkari
By IANS,
Hisar (Haryana) : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Sunday said the by-election for the Hisar Lok Sabha seat was a historic one in the politics of the country.
Udaipur Communal Unrest Aftermath: Muslim Teen’s Home Demolished, PUCL Decries ‘Goonda Raj’ Tactics
TCN News Desk
New Delhi: Demolition of the home belonging to the family of a Muslim teenager accused of stabbing his Hindu classmate in Rajasthan’s Udaipur...
JNU students union’s head arrested for sedition
New Delhi : The president of Jawaharlal Nehru University's students union was on Friday arrested in a case of sedition and criminal conspiracy, police...
Sadhu Yadav to contest against sister Rabri Devi
Patna: Former Bihar MP Sadhu Yadav Tuesday said he will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Saran constituency, where his sister and former chief...
Kejriwal defends Tomar, seeks trial of media
New Delhi ; Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday defended his Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar, accused of faking his law degree, and...
Achuthanandan visits controversial land deal site
By IANS
Thiruvananthapuram : Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Sunday visited the piece of land whose purchase by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has created a raging political controversy in the state. Top government and ISRO officials accompanied him.
"I came to see because when a decision is made, I will have to be seized of the issue and just cannot take decisions based on media reports. The visit also means that a decision will be taken soon," said Achuthanandan.
Three Goa ministers’ kin among Congress nominees
By IANS,
Panaji : Family members of three Goa ministers figured in a list of seven candidates released by the Congress party Tuesday for the March 3 state assembly elections.
Karunanidhi denies plans to evict Ramakrishna Mission
By IANS,
Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi denied the charge of the opposition that the state government is contemplating a move to evict the Ramakrishna Mission from the seafront Vivekananda House to build a Tamil research centre.
"My government has praised the heroic deeds of (Swami) Vivekananda repeatedly in the past and several buildings named after him have been inaugurated during our past tenures," Karunanidhi told the state legislative assembly, intervening during a call attention motion.
No country has shown the kind of emergence as has India: Big B
Mumbai: On the occasion of the World Population Day on Saturday, megastar Amitabh Bachchan has "thanked" the world for addressing the world's second largest...
AAP’s National Executive hijacked by Kejriwal camp: Yadav
New Delh : Founding AAP members Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, after being sacked from its National Executive on Saturday, accused party convenor Arvind...
Kalyan Singh’s exit prompts more supporters to quit BJP
By IANS,
Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh) : Prompted by party veteran Kalyan Singh's abrupt resignation from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a number of his supporters Friday announced their exit from the party.
Led by lawmaker Sunder Singh, as many as 1,500 BJP activists publicly swore to follow the path taken by Kalyan Singh.
While Sunder Singh was yet to tender his resignation from the membership of the state assembly, his son Shambhoo Singh formally quit the BJP at a rally organised here Friday.
Now Left asks Tharoor to quit
By IANS,
New Delhi : The two major Left parties, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and Communist Party of India (CPI), Wednesday called for Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor's resignation and said he must step down till his name is cleared of any impropriety in the Indian Premier League's (IPL) Kochi franchise deal.
The CPI even asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to demand Tharoor's resignation for misusing his official position.
KPCC orders not to go for BJP help to get to power in local...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Non-stop Duronto will now have commercial stoppages
Kolkata: In a bid to augment its finances and cater to growing demand from passengers, the railways will provide commercial stoppages on the high-speed...
Modi launches membership drive on his website
New Delhi : Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi has launched a membership drive on his official website asking people, in particular the youth, to...
NDA will return to power in 2014: Nitin Gadkari
By George Joseph, IANS,
New Delhi : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari is confident that his party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will return to power in the Lok Sabha polls in 2014. He denies being remote-controlled by the RSS and claims the alliance crisis in Bihar is "almost over".
Gadkari does not think that the multi-party NDA, which ruled India from 1998 to 2004, has been weakened because parties like the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) have left it.
Government denying justice to paddy growers: BJP
By IANS
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday attacked the government for not granting a Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Rs.1,000 per quintal for paddy, terming it a "short-sighted" decision.
Accusing the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government of denying justice to paddy growers, BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told reporters here: "This is not only a betrayal of the paddy growers but also is a short-sighted decision, which will ultimately hurt the food security of the nation in future.
Why was Katju silent so long, asks Karunanidhi
Chennai : DMK president M. Karunanidhi Tuesday came down heavily on Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju charging him with making allegations...