Poll panel reprimands Yogi Adityanath
New Delhi : The Election Commission Thursday "reprimanded" BJP MP Yogi Adityanath for violating the Model Code of Conduct while campaigning for Uttar Pradesh...
35 Punjab Congress legislators submit resignations to party
By IANS,
Amritsar : At least 35 out of 44 Congress legislators in Punjab Saturday submitted their resignations to state Congress president Rajinder Kaur Bhattal to protest against "the fear instilled among voters" by the ruling Akali Dal in the recently concluded local body elections.
Bhattal, a former Punjab chief minister, confirmed the submission of resignations to her by 35 legislators here.
Uttar Pradesh announces new transfer policy
By IANS,
Lucknow : The Samajwadi Party (SP) government in Uttar Pradesh Thursday announced the transfer policy for the year 2012-2013.
Amit Shah hasn’t got clean chit yet: Congress
New Delhi : The CBI special court's decision to discharge BJP president Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati case was not...
BJP to raise cane price issue in parliament Thursday
By IANS,
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said it will protest the new sugarcane pricing policy in the winter session of parliament beginning Thursday.
Claiming that "wrong policies" of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) were behind the woes of cane farmers, BJP spokesperson Prakash Javdekar said the party will move an adjournment motion Thursday.
"The party will bring an adjournment motion tomorrow (Thursday) in parliament," Javdekar said.
‘Identify and kill them’: How calls for Muslim genocide were given at VHP’s Delhi...
North East Delhi, which witnessed anti-Muslim riots in February 2020, reverberated with hate and provocative speeches on October 9 during an event organized...
Judicial probe ordered in Karnataka police firing
By IANS,
Bangalore : Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Sunday ordered a judicial probe into police firing on agitating farmers at Haveri June 10, in which a farmer was killed and four were injured.
“The judicial inquiry will be headed by retired Karnataka High Court judge K.C. Jagannatha Shetty. The commission has been asked to submit its findings on the tragic incident in four months,” Yeddyurappa told reporters here.
The judicial probe comes in the wake of the strident demand by the opposition parties for such an inquiry.
UPA to decide on PM after elections, says Lalu Prasad
By IANS,
Patna : The Congress may be projecting Manmohan Singh as the next prime minister but United Progressive Alliance (UPA) partner Lalu Prasad Tuesday said the grouping's prime ministerial candidate would be decided only after the elections in consultation with constituent parties.
"UPA is a confederation of secular parties and does not belong only to the Congress. We will sit together (after the elections) to chalk out a common minimum programme and in consultation with all our partners select the next PM," Lalu Prasad, head of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, told reporters here.
Akali Dal announces 48 names for Punjab assembly polls
By IANS,
Chandigarh : The Shiromani Akali Dal Friday announced its first list of 48 candidates for the Punjab assembly election to be held in February next year.
Congress-backed farmers’ body threatens erring banks
By IANS
Kochi : A farmers' organisation that owes allegiance to the Congress announced Thursday that it would take to task banks in Kerala that do not write off farmers' loans according to a waiver announced by the central government.
Addressing reporters here, Kerala Pradesh Karshaka Congress president Lal Varughese Kalpakavadi said that during his rally across the state he had got a poor feedback about the situation of farmers.
Poll panel orders transfer of senior Punjab officials
By IANS,
New Delhi : Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission Monday ordered the immediate transfer of top ranking Punjab administrative and police officials, an official said.
Those transferred include Punjab Principal Secretary (Home) Sudhir Mittal and Deputy Inspector General (Border Range) Paramjit Singh, the Senior Superintendent Police Amritsar (Rural), and also the deputy chief electrical engineer of Amritsar.
Bengal’s Left government not working for poor: Rahul Gandhi
By IANS,
Kolkata : Asserting that the Left has failed to deliver the benefits of development to the poor in West Bengal, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said here Saturday that the Communist parties do not have the right ideas for growth.
"It is nice for the Left to comment on Mamataji, but the fact is the Left does not have right ideas for growth," Gandhi said at a press conference, referring to the Left's remarks that Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee was "anti-development".
आसिफ की कहानी ….तीन युवा पत्रकारों की जुबानी
मंदिर में पानी पीने की वज़ह से डासना के एक मासूम बालक आसिफ की पिटाई से हर तरफ ज्वलंत सवाल खड़े होते दिख रहे...
Indian parliament adjourned as MPs flash money
By IANS,
New Delhi : Pandemonium gripped the Lok Sabha Tuesday afternoon as opposition MPs suddenly flashed bundles of currency notes they said were being doled out by government supporters to bribe MPs ahead of a crucial trust vote later in the day.
Deputy Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal was presiding over the house, trying to persuade Basudeb Acharya of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) to end his speech, when Ashok Pradhan of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) walked rapidly to the table of parliament staffers, accompanied by a colleague.
Congress to ask two West Bengal legislators for explanation
By IANS,
Kolkata : The West Bengal Congress Legislature Party (CLP) Wednesday decided to send a show-cause notice to its two senior legislators - Somen Mitra who floated his own party, and Sudip Bandhopadhyay who joined Trinamool Congress - after leaving the party recently.
“We've unanimously decided to send a show-cause notice to both Congress legislators who broke from the party. We asked them to reply to the CLP within the next seven days clarifying their official stand,” state CLP leader Manas Bhuniya told IANS.
US seeks dismissal of move to declare RSS terror group
New York : The US State Department has asked a court here to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Sikh rights group for declaring...
Madhya Pradesh minister booked for slapping tribal woman
By IANS,
Bhopal : Ranjana Baghel, Madhya Pradesh's minister of state for women and child development and social justice, has been booked for allegedly slapping a tribal woman and issuing threats after the victim reportedly questioned her about non-fulfilment of promises regarding development and farm loan waivers, police said Saturday.
Baghel allegedly slapped Ganga Bai Friday evening while campaigning for her husband, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha candidate Mukam Singh Kirade, in village Palasi of Dhar district, 250 km from here.
Samajwadi Party leader quits, may join BSP
By IANS,
Lucknow : Samajwadi Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh minister Naresh Agarwal quit the party Saturday alleging it was no longer led by Mulayam Singh Yadav but by its general secretary Amar Singh.
Agarwal told reporters that he "was feeling strangulated in the party" because it was no longer wedded to its socialist credentials and had become an "elitist party of film stars and power brokers".
He claimed all the original socialist leaders in the party were feeling suffocated with their shrinking role, thanks to a new "star culture" ushered in by Amar Singh.
Porous Bangladesh border Trinamool’s votebank ploy: BJP
Kolkata: The BJP Saturday accused West Bengal's Trinamool Congress of deliberately keeping the border with Bangladesh porous to increase its vote bank.
"The border with...
BREAKING NEWS: No-confidence motion against Modi government defeated
By IANS:
New Delhi, July 20 : The no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government was defeated in the Lok Sabha on Friday after a...
Madhya Pradesh Congress chief slaps party worker
By IANS,
Bhopal : Madhya Pradesh Congress president Suresh Pachouri allegedly pushed and slapped a party worker at the Indore airport after he was mobbed by aspirants seeking nominations for the upcoming civic polls in the state.
Pachouri lost his cool as people from the party chased him near the airport for party nominations for the polls to be held in December.
He had gone to Indore for a marriage ceremony.
Ready to resign whenever party asks me to: Ramadoss
By IANS,
Chennai : Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss Friday said he was "ready to resign" from the union cabinet whenever the party asks him to do so.
"I will resign the moment the party asks me to do so," Ramadoss said here, when asked whether he would quit the union cabinet now that his PMK has been ousted from the DMK-led ruling alliance in Tamil Nadu.
Anbumani is the son of PMK founder S. Ramadoss and the son-in-law of state Congress president M. Krishnasamy.
Federation of Telugu churches demand Christian minority issues to be included in election...
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Federation of Telugu Churches (FTC), a registered apex body of Bishops & Church Heads of major Christian Denominations in Telugu States, in their...
Sonia virtually rules out possibility of India’s mid-term polls
By NNN-PTI
New Delhi : Virtually ruling out the possibility of mid-term polls to Lok Sabha in the backdrop of UPA-left standoff on the nuclear deal, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today categorically stated that the next general elections would be held in 2009.
"You all know that the Lok Sabha elections are due in 2009," she told the delegates at the All India Congress Committee session here.
Her remarks assume significance in view of speculation of mid-term polls with the Left parties unhappy over the Indo-US nuclear deal.
Congress set to win more seats in Maharashtra, Punjab: Survey
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Congress and its allies are expected to win more seats from Maharashtra and Punjab in the Lok Sabha elections, according to an NDTV opinion poll released Wednesday.
The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are likely to win 30 seats in Maharashtra, up from their current tally of 23, while the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP)-Shiv Sena alliance's number is expected to come down from 25 to 18 in the state's 48 seats, the NDTV said in a statement on the poll.
Press Council sets up panels to probe scribes killings
New Delhi : Taking suo motu cognizance of the murder of two journalists in Bihar and Jharkhand, the Press Council of India (PCI) on...
Two Bajrangis arrested for threatening VHP leader Vedanti
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Lucknow: Two Bajrang Dal activists have been arrested for threatening senior Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Ram Vilas Vedanti.
Vedanti who is an important leader of VHP since 1984 was threatened on August 30th on his mobile phone. UP police tracked that threatening call to Katra, a small town in Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh.
Two peoples arrested for making the threatening call are Ramesh Tiwari who is the city president of Bajrang Dal and Pawan Pandey of Hindu Yuva Vahini.
Sparks fly in Tamil Nadu over Sri Lanka
By IANS,
Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Monday did a dramatic U-turn saying the Tamil Tigers were indeed a terrorist group, inviting the charge of being "the number one traitor to the Tamil race" from friend-turned-foe Vaiko.
A day after he reportedly declared that Velupillai Prabhakaran, founder leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), was not a terrorist, Karunanidhi claimed that he had been misquoted in the media.
Modi has given a ‘face’ to opposition: Uddhav
Mumbai : After many years, the opposition in India has got a face in Narendra Modi and this has created a storm in national...
Court orders probe into pirated DVD screening of ‘Raajneeti’
By IANS,
Jaipur : A court here Thursday asked police to lodge a first information report (FIR) and investigate into allegations that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators watched a pirated DVD of the recently released Bollywood film "Raajneeti".
Smriti Irani’s ‘Baa’ sends blessings for her political journey
New Delhi : Sudha Shivpuri, who played the elderly 'Baa' to Smriti Irani when they starred together in the long-running TV soap opera "Kyunki...
‘Defence ministry undermined in NDA regime’
Panaji: A collage of patched images showing Prime Minister Narendra Modi inking the Rafale fighter jet deal in France and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar...
Brisk polling in Rajasthan
Jaipur : Balloting started on brisk note in Rajasthan's five Lok Sabha constituencies Thursday.
Rajasthan has 25 parliamentary constituencies, and in the second phase voting...
Congress pacifies Trinamool angry over Rahul’s Left remark
By IANS,
New Delhi/Kolkata : A worried Congress party promised Wednesday not to do anything that hurts the Trinamool Congress after the latter threatened a divorce if the Congress tied up with the Left after the Lok Sabha elections.
Reacting angrily to Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's comments a day earlier that his party would not be opposed to shaking hands again with the Communists, the Trinamool, the main opposition party in Left-ruled West Bengal, warned of a walkout.
Echoes of a budget 40 years ago – that almost died at birth
By S. Narendra, IANS,
The budget to be presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday expectedly would reaffirm the Congress-led government's "inclusive growth" agenda. When it does, it will be an echo from a 40-year-old budget brewed in the Congress party's internal power struggle of 1969 - that almost failed to get passed.
Krishnam Raju not included in BJP’s second list for Andhra
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Telugu film actor and former union minister U.V. Krishnam Raju did not figure in the second list of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates for the Lok Sabha seats from Andhra Pradesh, adding to the speculations that he was planning to join the ruling Congress.
BJP state president Bandaru Dattatreya Tuesday released the second list of candidates for the next month's elections.
Rahul Gandhi, New Zealand leader discuss security in India
By IANS,
Wellington : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who is visiting New Zealand, discussed the security situation in India with a prominent New Zealand leader.
Labour Party foreign affairs spokesman Chris Carter said he discussed the security situation Tuesday night with Gandhi and came away feeling confident India was very aware of the implications of the threats and was taking all possible steps to ensure safety, New Zealand Herald reported Wednesday.
Carter said he was confident Indian authorities had a good handle on the situation.
Delhi elections: Jamia residents pouring out to vote
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: In what may indicate to people’s wish to see a change, people in Jamia Nagar area that falls in the Okhla Assembly segment have turned up in large number to vote for their candidate in the Delhi state Assembly election today.
Owaisi files nomination for 4th term from Hyderabad
Hyderabad, March 18 (IANS) Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday filed the nomination for the Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat.
A couple of hours...
Telangana state in 100 days if NDA voted to power: Advani
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani Thursday promised that if the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was voted to power in next year's general elections, it would carve out a separate Telangana state from Andhra Pradesh within 100 days.
Addressing a massive public meeting here as part of his 'Vijay sankalp yatra', Advani declared the BJP's support to the demand for a separate Telangana and said his party was ready to join hands with other parties fighting for the cause.
Meet with Modi is Mamata’s ‘ghar wapsi’: CPI-M
Kolkata : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Sunday described West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Monday meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
Now Congress’ Rajasthan legislator attacks Rahul
New Delhi : In another attack on Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi following the party's debacle in the Lok Sabha election, a party legislator...
Calcutta HC hauls up BJP for petition against Mamata nephew
Kolkata: In an embarrassment for the BJP in West Bengal, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking action against Trinamool Congress...
MIM pulls over half million votes in Maharashtra election, won two seats, runner up...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Mumbai: Maharashtra election results came as a huge boost for Hyderabad based All India Majlis-e-Itehadul Muslimeen which since past year was drumming the uproar of expansion in other states.
MIM fielded 24 candidates for Maharashtra assembly election, many of whom were new and political novice, out of which two registered victory while many others gave amazing performance.
Modi targeting elected Congress government in greed for power: Sonia
Nanded (Maharashtra) : Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday accused the Narendra Modi-lead central government of "disrespecting public mandate" and overthrowing duly elected governments...
Sangma wins trust vote in Meghalaya
By IANS,
Shillong : Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Monday won a trust vote in the state assembly amid objections by opposition that he did not have a full-fledged ministry.
Stop military ties with US, Karat warns again
By IANS
New Delhi : A day after its temporary truce with the government over the contentious Indo-US civil nuclear deal, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday issued another warning asking it to stop military ties with the US.
In an article in party mouthpiece 'People's Democracy' CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat cautioned the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government of a mass movement against New Delhi's deepening military ties with Washington.
We want both highways and i-ways: Modi
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said the government wants both highways as well as information ways (i-ways) for a Digital India.
"We...
Sonia anguished over train tragedy
By IANS,
New Delhi : Congress president Sonia Gandhi Monday expressed "her deep grief and anguish" over the train tragedy in West Bengal in which at least 60 people were killed.
"While conveying her deep condolences to the bereaved families, she also wished speedy recovery for the injured," said an All India Congress Committee (AICC) statement.
Karunanidhi re-elected DMK president
Chennai : The DMK party Friday retained its party leadership, re-electing M. Karunanidhi as its president, his son M.K. Stalin as treasurer and K....
CPI-M suspends party MP who praised Modi
Kannur (Kerala), Jan 17 (IANS) The Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) Saturday suspended two-time Lok Sabha member A.P. Abdulla Kutty, who hailed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's development initiatives, from the party for an year.
The decision to suspend Kutty, who represents the Kannur Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala, was taken by the CPI-M's Mayyil Area Committee.
Kutty's now-controversial remarks came during an interview he gave to a leading Malayalam TV channel when he was in Dubai to attend a festival there last month.
Paramilitary forces on poll duty leave Jammu and Kashmir
By IANS,
Jammu : Of the 450 companies of paramilitary forces that were deployed in Jammu and Kashmir for the recently concluded assembly elections, 100 companies will leave the state Saturday, a police official said Friday.
"A hundred companies will leave tomorrow (Saturday), while the rest will leave by mid-January," the official told IANS.
Former prime minister V.P.Singh cremated with full state honours
By IANS,
Allahabad : The last rites of former prime minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh were performed Saturday with full state honours here on the banks of the Sangam, the holy confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers.
Amid chanting of Vedic hymns, his eldest son Ajeya Singh went around the funeral pyre before lighting it and consigning the body to flames.
As the flames rose, several of his supporters raised slogans of "V.P. Singh amar rahe (Long live V.P. Singh)".
AIADMK approaches court against DMK’s strike call
By IANS
Chennai : Tamil Nadu's opposition AIADMK Wednesday filed a petition in the Madras High Court seeking to declare as unconstitutional a strike called by the ruling DMK on Oct 1 to press for the continuation of the controversial Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project.
AIADMK leader J. Jayalalitha also called for the dismissal the DMK government and removal of the DMK ministers from the union cabinet.
पंच-नामा : सब्सिडी खत्म, केजरीवाल, बिहार में संघ का खेल, आज़म खां और जम्मू-कश्मीर
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
क्यों केजरीवाल अपनी पूर्ववर्ती सरकारों से अलग नहीं हैं और दिल्ली चुनाव से भाजपा गलत सीख क्यों ले रही है, आज़म खां क्या कर रहे हैं और जम्मू-कश्मीर क्यों ख़ास होता जा रहा है.....पांच खबरों की पड़ताल...
1. तैयार रहिये बिना सब्सिडी के सिलेंडरों का उपभोग करने के लिए
चौंकने से काम नहीं बनेगा. एलपीजी के घरेलू गैस सिलेंडरों को लेकर चली आ रही लम्बी जद्दोज़हद और परेशानियों के बाद अब ऐसे संकेत मिलने लगे हैं कि भारतीय मध्यवर्गीय उपभोक्ता जल्दी ही सब्सिडी से वंचित हो सकता है. नई दिल्ली में ‘ऊर्जा संगम’ का उद्घाटन करते हुए प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी ने इस बात के संकेत दिए हैं. नरेन्द्र मोदी ने कहा कि जो लोग संपन्न हैं, वे सब्सिडी छोड़ दें. ‘जो लोग बाज़ार के दामों के गैस सिलेंडर खरीद सकते हैं, वे अपनी मर्ज़ी से सब्सिडी वाले सिलेंडर खरीदना छोड़ दें’, ऐसा कहा प्रधानमंत्री ने. कुछ दिनों से आधार कार्ड को बैंक खाते और एलपीजी ग्राहक कार्ड से जोड़ने के बाबत पूरे देश में जो उठापटक मची है, इस पूरे पचड़े का अर्थ था कि ग्राहक को गैस सब्सिडी सीधे बैंक के खाते में मिलेगी. सरकार अभी ‘अपनी मर्ज़ी से’ का दावा कर रही है, लेकिन यह जानना ज़रूरी है कि कोई भी ग्राहक ऐसे फैसले कैसे लेगा. ज़ाहिर है कि सरकार इस फैसले को किसी न किसी रूप में ग्राहकों पर लागू करेगी और इसमें सरकार को ग्राहकों के बैंक खातों से सबसे अधिक मदद मिलेगी.
लॉकडाऊन के बाद से बर्बाद हो गई मजदूरों की जिंदगी, अब हर रास्ता लगता...
दरभंगा से जिब्रानउद्दीन। Twocircles.Net
प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी द्वारा 24 मार्च को लॉकडाउन की घोषणा करने के लगभग एक साल बाद भी प्रवासी मजदूरों की स्थिति...
Nanavati report most exhaustive and scientific, says BJP
By IANS,
New Delhi : Terming it as "most extensive, exhaustive and scientific", the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday welcomed the Justice (retd) Nanavati Commission's report, which found that the train burning tragedy at Godhra in 2002 was a well-planned conspiracy.
“Justice Nanavati's report is the most extensive, exhaustive and scientific report on the burning of Sabarmati Express train,�? BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told newspersons here.
Bring back black money, give it to poor: BJP
By IANS,
Mangaldoi (Assam): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Saturday said the party would bring back all the black money stashed in foreign banks and distribute among "the common poor people" within 100 days if voted to power.
"If voted to power, we shall put diplomatic pressure and then get back all the black money banks abroad and distribute among the common poor people within 100 days of forming the government," Singh said while an addressing an election rally at Mangaldoi, about 80 km north of Assam's main city Guwahati.
Kejriwal blames Modi government for court violence
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday blamed the central government for the violence that took place in the Patiala House...
Now, another demand for Bharat Ratna – for NTR
By IANS
Hyderabad : The Bharat Ratna controversy took yet another turn with Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development D. Purandareswari demanding Friday that the nation's highest civilian honour be conferred on her father, former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N.T. Rama Rao.
Purandareswari made the demand on the occasion of her father's 12th death anniversary.
Paying her respects to N.T. Rama Rao, a hugely popular Telugu actor, she told newspersons that she had already sent a letter in this regard to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Urdu daily editor arrested in Karnataka on terror suspicion; 3 other journalists let off
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Belgavi (Karnataka): The editor of an Urdu daily ‘Salamati’ has been arrested from Kalaburgi for suspected terror links after a...
Re-open anti-Sikh riot cases in Delhi, says BJP
New Delhi : The BJP Thursday demanded re-investigation in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases which were closed by Delhi Police, and sought distribution of...
NCP’s Meghe not to join Shiv Sena
By IANS
Nagpur : Senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Datta Meghe has abandoned his plans to join the Shiv Sena and has also persuaded his son Sagar to return to the party fold from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The NCP MP in the Rajya Sabha had accepted a Shiv Sena offer of nomination to the upper house of parliament a couple of months back when he had lost hopes of getting another term from his party.
Congress has conceded defeat in Gujarat: Advani
By IANS
New Delhi : The Congress has already conceded defeat in the crucial Gujarat assembly elections, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani said Wednesday, as he replied to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's taunting remarks.
Talking to reporters at his residence here, the veteran leader said: "I am a bit surprised at the prime minister's statement. It only shows that the Congress has admitted that it cannot compete with (Chief Minister Narendra) Modi in Gujarat. Modi will emerge victorious.
"I won't say anything beyond this."
Andhra CM orders judicial probe into police firing that killed eight
By IANS
Hyderabad : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Saturday announced a judicial probe into the police firing on communist parties' agitation seeking land for the poor that left at least eight Left activists killed and eight others injured in Khammam district.
Reddy also suspended Additional Superintendent of Police M. Ramesh Babu and transferred District Superintendent of Police R.K. Meena.
Hyderabad : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Saturday announced a judicial probe into the police firing on communist parties' agitation seeking land for the poor that left at least eight Left activists killed and eight others injured in Khammam district.
Reddy also suspended Additional Superintendent of Police M. Ramesh Babu and transferred District Superintendent of Police R.K. Meena.
HC to hear plea for CBI probe against Vadra after polls
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Wednesday fixed May 13 for hearing a plea for a CBI probe into licences granted to real...
Congress wants to contest two seats in Tamil Nadu by-elections
By IANS,
Chennai: The Congress, which has an alliance with Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK, wants to contest from two of the five assembly constituencies where by-elections are to be held.
State Congress president K.V. Thankabalu told reporters that he had met Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and told him that the party would like to contest from Thondamuthur and Srivaikundam.
Srivaikundam was represented by M. Selvaraj of the Congress and his death has led to the by-poll.
Tamil Nadu leaders condemn India’s ban on Tamil groups
Chennai: DMK president M. Karunanidhi Monday condemned the central government's decision to ban 16 Tamil organisations and their 424 supporters at the request of...
Hate Crimes Against Bengali-Speaking Muslim Migrant Workers in Odisha: Their Pain and Trauma
M I Khan, TwoCircles.net
Saidul Sheikh and Noorul Sheikh, both migrant workers from Murshidabad, West Bengal, have allegedly been forced to return to their homes...
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Deshmukh wants loan waiver eligibility raised to five hectares
By IANS
New Delhi : Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh Wednesday sought a revision in the criteria for loan waiver to farmers, saying only 76 percent of farmers will benefit from the relief announced by the government in the national budget.
Deshmukh said the proposed loan waiver announced for farmers by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was historic, but would not benefit all farmers unless the eligibility criterion was increased to a minimum five hectares.
NDA government played with national security: Congress
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) The Congress Friday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had "played with national security" during the rule of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) by reducing recruitment to the Indian police force and other specialised security agencies.
From Dubai to Mumbai, migrants flock to Bihar to vote
Patna: Thousands of migrants are flocking to Bihar from far and wide to vote in the assembly elections, an enthusiasm not seen earlier.
Rehan Khan...
Delhi BJP leaders meet Gadkari over e-rickshaw crisis
New Delhi : A Delhi BJP delegation Tuesday met Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and urged him to ensure that e-rickshaws are...
Netaji subject of political appropriation: New biography
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
नैतिकता का पाठ पढ़ाकर, रोहित के दोषियों को बचाने की फ़िराक़ में मोदी
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लखनऊ : बाबा साहब भीमराव अंबेडकर विश्वविद्यालय में रोहित वेमुला की आत्महत्या के लिए मोदी को जिम्मेदार मानते हुए ‘मोदी गो बैक’...
Campaign on wheels: It’s Vijay Rath versus Vikas Rath in Delhi
By Richa Sharma, IANS,
New Delhi : Riding the wheels of development, the ruling Congress will use the 'Vikas Rath' to take on the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) comeback vehicle 'Vijay Rath' for campaigning in the Delhi assembly polls Nov 29.
The Vikas Rath, equipped with a 42-inch plasma TV on top and decorated with posters and banners about development work undertaken by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, will do the rounds of all 70 constituencies for campaigning from Nov 15.
Mayawati in Delhi, stays indoors
By IANS
New Delhi : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, currently in the national capital, remained indoors all of Sunday as she was preoccupied with "personal engagements", said officials of her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government.
People from weaker sections treat me as goddess: Mayawati
New Delhi : Amid protest over Uttar Pradesh BJP leader Daya Shankar Sigh's abusive remark, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said on Thursday that...
EC move to curb bogus voting by ‘veiled’ women
Chandigarh : To check any attempt at bogus voting by women coming in veils to polling booths for casting their votes, the Election Commission...
Resurgence of Godse Worship
By Ram Puniyani,
Times are a changing; and changing fast. During last many decades most Hindu nationalists have kept the appreciation of their hero, Nathuram Godse under wraps. The programs appreciating his politics did use to make small news here and there some time; but as such it was a muted act not much publicized and generally kept as a low key affair. During last few years Pradeep Dalvi’s play in Marathi, Mee Nathuram Boltoy (I, Nathuram speaking), attacking Gandhi and upholding Godse, drew packed houses in various places in Maharashtra. Many people had also protested against staging of this play off and on.
JD-U nominee widens lead over Paswan
By IANS,
Patna : Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief and Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan was Saturday trailing behind Ram Sundar Das of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) in Bihar's Hajipur parliamentary constituency, poll officials said.
After two round of counting, Paswan was behind Das by 12,000 votes but by the time four rounds were over the margin had increased to 21,000.
Hajipur is the constituency from Paswan has won earlier with a world-record margin.
Modi not to attend President’s Iftar: BJP
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi won't attend the Iftar party to be hosted by President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday evening due...
Hema Malini leads in Mathura
Agra : Bollywood actress-turned-politician Hema Malini of the BJP was leading in Mathura Lok Sabha constituency, while party candidates were also ahead in Agra...
Chair to honour India’s test-tube baby pioneer: Mamata
By IANS,
Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday suggested the creation of a chair in the School of Tropical Medicine (STM) to...
ग़ालिब की दिल्ली का दंगल
By सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net,
नई दिल्ली: किरण बेदी एसयूवी की छत पर खड़े होकर लोगों को स्याही से रंगी ऊँगली और विजय चिन्ह दिखा रही हैं. वे चारों दशरथ पुत्रों की तरह भरत-मिलाप के बाद आठों दिशाओं को अपने दर्शन मुहैया करा रही है. एसयूवी के सबसे करीब एबीपी न्यूज़ का संवाददाता है, लिहाज़न एबीपी न्यूज़ का माइक कमोबेश सभी न्यूज़ चैनलों के फ्रेम में दिख रहा है. पीछे से किसी कैमरामैन के चिल्लाने की आवाज़ आती है, ‘अरे, माइकवाले’. इसके साथ माइक नीचे आ जाता है और सभी को सुलभ दर्शन होने लगते हैं. कार के बोनट से सरकते हुए किरण बेदी नीचे उतरती हैं, सारे माइक धकेलते हुए कार की अगली सीट पर आ बैठती हैं, तभी फ़िर से एबीपी न्यूज़ का कैमरा ड्राईवर की खिड़की से घुसता है, और संवाददाता कहता है – ‘मैडम, दो सवाल हैं बस’. मैडम ध्यान नहीं देती हैं, तभी इंडिया न्यूज़ का माइक फ्रेम में दिखता है और एबीपी का कैमरामैन चीख उठता है – ‘अबे, इंडिया न्यूज़’.
Prabhu, Birender to file Rajya Sabha nominations from Haryana Tuesday
Chandigarh : Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and union Rural Development Minister Birender Singh will file their nominations for the two Rajya Sabha seats from...
Congress Working Committee meets Friday on price rise
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Congress has convened a meeting of its working committee, the party's highest decision making body, on Friday to discuss price rise and organisational elections.
The meeting will be held a day ahead of the conference of chief ministers convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on price rise.
Congress sources said the meeting is expected to chart out the party's response to efforts by chief ministers of opposition ruled states to put the blame for price rise entirely at the door of the central government.
CPI-M for intensive political campaign to arrest downslide
By IANS,
Kolkata: Rattled by a series of electoral defeats, the West Bengal unit of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Saturday decided to launch an intensive political campaign to organise the people in its bid to turn the situation in its favour.
Addressing the extended meeting of the state committee, its secretary Biman Bose also laid stress on making the party members more active to and increasing their political consciousness on the prevailing situation.
Mamata backtracks, Nano’s future hangs in balance
By IANS,
Kolkata : Within hours of West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee ostensibly hammering out “an acceptable formula” to break the Singur imbroglio Sunday evening, the opposition leader has done a volte-face, officials said.
The sudden turnaround in Banerjee's stand caused the chief minister to rush back to Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi's official residence, Raj Bhavan, late Sunday night for a quick second round of talks that were slated for Monday.
Sisodia explains why Kejriwal ignoring 2002 riots
Ahmedabad: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal has avoided talking about the 2002 riots while touring Gujarat "because everyone knows what happened in 2002", party leader...
Ramdev booked for comments on Rahul Gandhi
Lucknow: An FIR was lodged against yoga guru Baba Ramdev Saturday for making "vulgar comments" against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday, an official...