We’ve taught BJP a lesson, say Krishna Nagar residents
By Rahul Vaishnavi,
New Delhi : "For us doctor sahib (Harsh Vardhan) is much more than a politician, he is like a family member. But...
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We are not supporting Maoists: Udhav Thackeray
By IANS,
Mumbai : Shiv Sena executive president Udhav Thackeray Saturday contemptuously dismissed allegations that his party supported Maoists or their activities in the state.
“Ours is a nationalist party and our contribution in this regard is known to the people of Maharashtra. Hence, supporting such (Maoists) is not possible. In this regard, we do not believe any such narco-test,” Thackeray said in a statement published in the party mouthpiece “Saamna”.
Why no elections in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP asks poll panel
By IANS,
New Delhi : The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday asked the Election Commission (EC) to clarify the reasons behind its decision to defer elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
“The Election Commission must clarify why poll dates were deferred in Jammu and Kashmir. Has it been deferred for two-three days or indefinitely?” BJP leader Arun Jaitley told reporters here.
“Is there any division in the commission for conducting polls in the state or was it the lack of adequate security that forced them to defer polls,” Jaitley asked.
YSR Congress elated over first win outside Kadapa
By IANS,
Hyderabad : The YSR Congress is elated over its victory in Kovur assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh's Nellore district, its first win outside Kadapa district.
Absconding SP legislator’s property to be attached
By IANS,
Lucknow : A court in Varanasi Wednesday issued orders to attach the property of Samajwadi Party (SP) legislator Abdul Samad Ansari, who is absconding after being accused of having assaulted an additional district magistrate (ADM), police said.
The Varanasi police had Tuesday procured arrest warrants for Ansari, legislator from Varanasi (North), and party corporator Manoj Rai who, along with over a dozen other people, allegedly assaulted ADM (Protocol) R.K. Singh in his office Monday.
Jaswant Singh wins from Darjeeling
By IANS,
Kolkata : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh Saturday won the parliamentary election from Darjeeling in West Bengal.
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Chandigarh’s poll debate – to grow vertically or not
By Alkesh Sharma, IANS,
Chandigarh : Legendary French architect Le Corbusier, who designed Chandigarh in the 1950s, was against vertical growth or big buildings in this city, but the issue has emerged as important poll propaganda in the parliamentary elections here.
While the Congress doesn't quite agree, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been trying to woo the masses by promising the construction of flyovers and permission to build an additional floor to buildings if the party comes to power at the centre. Chandigarh, a union territory with one seat, goes to the polls May 13.
Speaker rejects Congress demand for LoP
New Delhi : Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahahan Tuesday rejected the Congress demand that its leader in the house Mallikarjun Kharge be accorded the...
India welcomes Nepal constitution amendments
New Delhi: India on Sunday welcomed the two amendments passed by Nepal's parliament as "positive developments".
"We regard the two amendments passed yesterday (on Saturday)...
Fourth round of polling begins
By IANS,
New Delhi : Polling stations opened Thursday morning across eight states for the fourth and penultimate round of elections to the Lok Sabha.window.onload...
Polling begins in Rajasthan with first phase April 17
By Anil Sharma,
Jaipur : Over 42.9 million voters will decide the fate of 320 candidates, including Congress leader Sachin Pilot, who are in the...
Chavan’s hands will be full
By IANS,
New Delhi : Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Prithviraj Chavan's hands will be full with the most number of portfolios, while two ministers have been promoted to cabinet level.
Besides being MoS in the PMO, Chavan is MoS (independent charge) for personnel, public grievances and pensions, a portfolio which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had kept with himself in the previous government.
He is also MoS (independent charge) for parliamentary affairs, science and technology and earth sciences.
Amit Shah’s Lucknow trip cancelled due to Delhi polls
Lucknow : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah's visit to the Uttar Pradesh capital Monday was cancelled at the eleventh hour, leaders said.
State...
AIADMK government to present its first budget Thursday
By IANS,
Chennai : The J. Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu will present its first budget Thursday on the first day of the nearly month-long budget session.
Four Telangana legislators quit TDP
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Four rebel legislators of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) quit the outfit Wednesday to protest its ambiguous stand on the demand for separate statehood to Telangana.
Meira Kumar to attend Commonwealth parliamentary conference
By IANS,
New Delhi : An Indian parliamentary delegation led by Speaker Meira Kumar will leave Monday to attend the 55th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPA) in Tanzania Sep 29-Oct 5.
"The theme of this conference is 'The Commonwealth and the CPA; Meeting Future Global Challenges'," Meira Kumar said Saturday.
Meira Kumar will also attend the executive committee meeting and will be the lead speaker at the workshop on 'The Role of Parliament in shaping the Information Society'.
Karunanidhi promises free pump sets for farmers
By IANS,
Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Sunday promised to provide new power efficient water sets for small and marginal farmers.
Speaking on Independence Day after unfurling the national flag for the 14th time in his political career here, Karunanidhi said that one reason for power shortage was the use of energy intensive pump sets by farmers.
"The old pump sets of small and marginal farmers will be replaced with new power efficient units free of cost, and for other farmers a subsidy of 50 percent will be provided by the government," he said.
SC frowns upon delay in Delhi government formation
Newr Delhi: Even as the Centre Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the President has given consent to invite the BJP to form the...
Navjot Singh Sidhu sure helps himself
By IANS,
New Delhi : God helps those who help themselves. And that's what cricketer-turned-MP Navjot Singh Sidhu seems to be doing after suddenly finding that few in his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or its ally Akali Dal are batting for him.
Sidhu, the BJP MP from Amritsar and a well known face from Punjab, has been campaigning hard on his own. Apparently he doesn't have much of a taker in Deputy Chief Minister and Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal.
Maharashtra parties want Naidu to withdraw protest
By IANS,
Nanded, (Maharashtra) : An all-party meeting held in Maharashtra's Nanded district Sunday afternoon demanded that Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu withdraw his anti-dam agitation and leave the state by the evening, Nanded MP Bhaskarrao Khatgaonkar said.
Adopting an aggressive stance vis-a-vis the TDP, the meeting held in Dharmabad town warned of a shutdown in Nanded Monday if Naidu failed to respect the sentiments of the people of Maharashtra, he said.
Soren, chief minister, attends Lok Sabha sitting
By IANS,
Ranchi : Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren Monday attended the Lok Sabha session in New Delhi, raising questions in his home state whether he will contst the assembly polls before June 30.
Soren became Jharkhand chief minister for the third time Dec 30 last year and he has to become a member of the state assembly before June 30 to fulfil his constitutional obligation.
At present Soren is a Lok Sabha member from Dumka. He has yet to decide the constituency from which he will fight the assembly poll.
Pictures of cheating don’t reflect reality: Nitish
Patna : Pictures carried by the media showing mass copying and cheating in school examinations don't reflect the reality in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish...
Islamabad confirms Sharif-Modi Friday meeting
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday confirmed a meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Indian Premier Narendra Modi on the sidlines of the Shanghai Cooperation...
Congress move to make Ganga national river half-hearted: BJP
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday slammed the Congress-led government's move to declare the Ganga the national river as "half-hearted", coming just before the polls.
"Such an announcement right before elections does not matter because they had put the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) government's river linking project in cold storage. That would have helped in harnessing Ganga's water throughout the country," said party spokesperson Prakash Javadekar.
‘Trinamool is going all alone in West Bengal’
By IANS,
Kolkata : West Bengal's main opposition Trinamool Congress Tuesday said the party had no connection with any big political party in the state.
"Since the past four years, we are not attending any political programme organised by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). We are going alone with our own political agenda in the state and that is a reality," Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy said.
"As on date, Trinamool Congress is neither with the Congress nor with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)," he said.
BJP rakes up China threat, asks if India is safe
By IANS,
New Delhi : Raising the spectre of an "aggressive" China, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday asked the government to forge relations with influential international players who could help India in case of a confrontation with Beijing.
The BJP also accused the government of misleading the country over reported Chinese incursions and said India is facing a 1962-like situation when China fought a war with India.
It’s Chak De! Kolkata in Lok Sabha polls
By IANS,
Kolkata : The people of this eastern metropolis, known for their political orientation, have left far behind their counterparts from the other four metros in terms of the voting percentage for the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.
Around 66 percent voters in the five constituencies covering Kolkata city and greater Kolkata cast their votes in the last phase of elections in the country Wednesday, according to state Chief Electoral Officer Debasish Sen.
The national capital Delhi, which went to the hustings May 7, had a 50 percent turnout.
Why Muslims in India no longer need to answer for composite culture
The article is the author’s rebuttal to Ajai Gudavarthy's article titled Mobilisation and Composite culture published by The Hindu on 21 January.
By Md. Aariz Imam
Contrary to...
Maharashtra poll panel cancels MIM’s registration
Mumbai/Hyderabad : The Maharashtra Election Commission on Wednesday has deregistered 191 political parties including the Hyderabad-based All India Majlise-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and barred them...
Congress allies must be jailed for supporting SIMI: BJP
By IANS,
Lucknow : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Om Prakash Singh here Thursday demanded the arrest of the close political allies of the Congress party for opposing the ban on the Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).
"Lalu Prasad (Rashtriya Janata Dal chief), Ram Vilas Paswan (Lok Janshakti Party national president), Mehbooba Mufti (People's Democratic Party president), Mulayam Singh Yadav (Samajwadi Party chief) must be put behind the bars for opposing the ban on SIMI," Singh told reporters.
Centre to promote tourism in tribal circuit of Chhattisgarh
New Delhi : Union Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma on Wednesday said the central government will assist in the development of a tribal circuit...
Healthcare initiatives for urban poor need more attention: Modi
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said more attention was required on the healthcare initiatives for the urban poor.
According to a...
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...
Up to 15 percent voting in Punjab, Chandigarh till 10 a.m.
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Between 10-15 percent voting was recorded in the nine parliamentary constituencies of Punjab and the lone seat in Chandigarh in the first three hours (till 10 a.m.) of polling Wednesday.
Amidst hope of high voter turnout, polling in nine parliamentary constituencies of Punjab and one seat in the union territory of Chandigarh began Wednesday morning for the fifth and final round of the general elections.
Chinese, Indian security net for Modi, Xi Ahmedabad visit
Ahmedabad : Chinese security personnel along with the Special Protection Group and other security agencies have virtually taken over this key Gujarat city where...
Political influence hindered my work: former Bengal Lokayukta
By Pradipta Tapadar, IANS,
EC issues notice to Giriraj Singh
New Delhi : The Election CommissionTuesday issued a notice to BJP leader Giriraj Singh for his remark that critics and opponents of BJP's prime...
BJP MLA gets a year’s jail for assaulting home guard
Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) : A Bharatiya Janata Party legislator from Madhya Pradesh's Ghattiya assembly constituency was awared one-year jail here on Tuesday for...
What’s blue and full of air? The BSP jumbo!
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) seems to have taken the lead in terms of costly electioneering material, namely six-feet tall blue elephants, costing Rs.5,000 each.
"Prepared from waterproof cloth, the elephants have been made following special orders placed by BSP activists," Rajesh Agarwal, owner of Sheela Enterprsies, told IANS in Lucknow.
Sold as 'gubbara' (balloon) in the market, the elephant stands tall when filled with air. The elephant is the election symbol of the BSP.
Owaisi backs Telangana lawyers agitating for separate high court
Hyderabad : MIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday demanded immediate steps by the central government for bifurcation of High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad,...
6,000 men, air defence to secure Rashtrapati Bhavan Monday
New Delhi : An 'impregnable' air defence system in the sky and about 6,000 security personnel, from paramilitary commandos to police sharpshooters, on the...
Pressure politics delays NDA seat-sharing in Bihar
Patna: Last-minute hurdles have been created in finalising the much-awaited sharing of seats among the National Democratic Alliance parties for the Bihar assembly polls...
Once stormy petrel, now responsible minister
By IANS,
New Delhi : Once known as the stormy petrel of the Rajya Sabha treasury benches, V. Narayanasamy is these days seen in his new avatar as the minister of state for planning and parliamentary affairs.
Ever quick to the draw, Narayanasamy had the ability to outshout virtually any MP in the opposition benches barring perhaps S.S. Ahluwalia of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
BJP is party of rumour mongers: Nitish Kumar
Patna : Former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar Sunday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was a party of rumour mongers.
"The BJP is a...
CPI-M should pack off Achuthanandan: Lalu Prasad
By IANS,
New Delhi : A livid Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Tuesday said Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan should be "packed off" for his derogatory remarks at the family of commando Sandeep Unnikrishnan, who was killed by terrorists in Mumbai.
"Such remarks are an insult to our martyrs and no one can take it lightly," the minister told reporters here. "This is a very serious matter and I will talk to the CPI-M (Communist Party of India-Marxist) that the chief minister should be packed off."
Congress leader dies of gunshot wounds
Ghaziabad: Congress leader and former Ghaziabad municipal councillor Hari Mohan Kaushik died Saturday, two days after being shot at five times, hospital sources said.
Five...
Mayawati turns soft on Tikait, asks cops not to be vindictive
By IANS
Lucknow : With Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) chieftain Mahendra Singh Tikait cowed down after his arrest and subsequent bail Wednesday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati too has turned soft on him.
Director General of Police Vikram Singh Wednesday issued clear-cut directives to policemen not to be vindictive on Tikait, who was arrested, and later given bail, for making objectionable and derogatory remarks against Mayawati.
Ram Vilas Paswan hopes to break own Guinness record in 2014
Patna : Aided by the "Modi wave", LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan Tuesday said he hoped he would break his own Guinness World Record...
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UP government to form ‘anti-land mafia task force’
Lucknow, (IANS): The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday decided to set up a task force to tackle the menace of land grabbing in the...
Smells fishy! Tiger prawns star in Goa legislators’ study report
Panaji : On a study tour to soak in the grandeur of the British Grand Prix, guess what caught the fancy of Goa's lawmakers...
Lok Sabha speaker calls on president, prime minister
New Delhi : Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan Sunday called on President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, officials said.
Mahajan called on the...
Modi launches investor facilitation portal
By IANS,
Ahmedabad : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Thursday launched two investor facilitation and support tools to improve the investment climate in the state.
Release names of Swiss bank account holders: Advani
By IANS,
Pune: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Friday reiterated that the names of those holding accounts in Swiss banks should be made public.
Reserve 80 percent DDA flats for Delhiites: BJP
New Delhi : Eighty percent of the flats to be allotted by the DDA should be reserved for the residents of the national capital,...
BJP leaders bid emotional adieu to Munde
New Delhi : Shocked BJP workers and leaders of other parties gathered at the party's headquarters to pay homage to union Rural Development Minister...
Kedarnath to Kanhaiya: Sedition law a tool to muffle the voice of dissent
By Azim Hussain Mazumder,
The arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar on sedition charges following the so called ‘Anti-national’ incident at Jawaharlal Nehru University sparked the debate...
Pre-poll survey shows BJP-led alliance losing in Bihar
New Delhi: The RJD, Janata Dal-U and Congress alliance in Bihar is expected to win 116 to 132 seats out of the total 243...
Polling ends peacefully in Kashmir
Jammu/Srinagar : Balloting ended peacefully in all the 18 constituencies in five districts of Jammu and Kashmir that voted Tuesday in the second phase...
Chhattisgarh tribal legislators lobby for cabinet berths
By IANS,
Raipur : As many as 20 tribal legislators of Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are lobbying hard to get a big share in the 13-member council of ministers.
In the November elections, the BJP won 50 seats in the 90-member state assembly and had bagged many of the seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST).
The party clinched 20 of the total 29 seats reserved for ST candidates, which included 11 seats out of 12 in the tribal-majority insurgency-hit Bastar region.
Janata Parivar raps Modi regime for raising communal tension
New Delhi: Leaders of the Janata Parivar Monday gathered in the heart of the capital to denounce the Narendra Modi government and accuse it...
Charges of safe passage to Anderson ridiculous: Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi : Calling the charges "utterly ridiculous", the Congress Wednesday rejected allegations that then Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson was assured safe passage by the Indian government after the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.
"This is utterly ridiculous. We reject it (the charges) with the contempt it deserves," party spokesman Manish Tewari told IANS.
Eighty-two percent polling in West Bengal by-election
By IANS,
Kolkata : Eighty-two percent of the electorate cast their votes in Thursday's by-poll to West Bengal's Bishnupur (West) assembly seat, officials said.
They said there were no untoward incidents and polling in in the constituency in South 24 Parganas district passed off peacefully. The votes will be counted March 1.
Trinamool Congress nominee Madan Mitra is pitted against Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) candidate Iskandar Hussain. The Congress had withdrawn its candidate in favour of Mitra.
Over 65 percent turnout in Rajasthan civic polls
Jaipur : Over 65 percent of 63.29 lakh voters cast their votes in Saturday's elections for 46 civic bodies in Rajasthan including the Jaipur...
Police refuse FIR against minister; Jammu doctor to move court
Jammu : A doctor who tried to file an FIR for harassment against Jammu and Kashmir Health Minister Lal Singh said on Friday that...
Sikkim friends, foes wait with open arms for Rahul
By IANS,
New Delhi : It will be young Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's first visit to Sikkim and even the party's rivals are rolling out the red carpet.
Luizinho Faleiro, the Congress in-charge for Sikkim, Tuesday said Rahul Gandhi was likely to campaign for the party in state capital Gangtok April 25.
At a press conference in Gangtok, Faleiro said Rahul Gandhi would have a tight schedule when he arrives in the mountain state for the first time this weekend.
Campaign ends for second phase polling in Karnataka
By IANS,
Bangalore : Political parties in Karnataka Wednesday ended their campaign for the second phase of polling Friday for 66 assembly seats in 10 districts in central, coastal and northern parts of the state.
Over 11 million people are eligible to vote and decide the fate of 589 candidates, an overwhelming majority of whom are independents.
Polling will take place in over 12,000 booths in the districts of Raichur, Koppal, Uttara Kannada, Bellary, Chitradurga, Davangere, Shimoga, Udupi, Chikmagalur and Dakshina Kannada.
Deploy paramilitary forces in hills for polls: Trinamool
Kolkata: Taken aback by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha's decision to support a BJP candidate for the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat, West Bengal's ruling Trinamool...
Delhi HC refuses to quash FIR against AAP leader
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court has refused to quash a police complaint filed against an AAP candidate in the Delhi assembly election...
Farmer leader Tikait dies
By IANS,
Muzaffarnagar : Mahendra Singh Tikait, prominent north Indian farmer leader and founder president of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), died here Sunday morning, his family said. He was 76.
4,059 polling booths in Kashmir declared critical
Jammu: Due to the prevailing security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, as many as 4,059 polling booths in the state's total 9,633 polling stations...
What does it take for a VVIP to campaign?
By Murali Krishnan, IANS,
New Delhi : This is what it takes security agencies to arrange a campaign meeting of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi in Purulia in West Bengal, or Anantnag in Kashmir or anywhere else in the country.
First an advance security liaison is done by the Intelligence and Tours division of the Special Protection Group (SPG) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) to study the threat perception in the area Gandhi proposes to visit.
Four HJC lawmakers join Congress in Haryana, one more to join
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Four of the six newly-elected legislators belonging to former chief minister Bhajan Lal's Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) Monday joined the Congress party in Haryana, and another HJC lawmaker has also expressed his wish to join the ruling party.
The four legislators, who were elected on the HJC ticket in the Oct 13 assembly poll, were specially flown in to Chandigarh and made to appear before assembly Speaker Harmohinder Singh Chatha in the assembly complex here and convey to him their decision to join the Congress party.
Sangma asks Pawar to sever ties with Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi : Upset over the decision to impose president's rule in Meghalaya, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader P.A. Sangma Thursday asked party chief Sharad Pawar to sever ties with the Congress for the Lok Sabha polls.
"The president has signed proclamation imposing president's rule in Meghalaya," Sangma told reporters here.
Citing a "constitutional breakdown", the central government Wednesday decided to impose president's rule in Meghalaya, a day after the state government barely survived a trust vote with the help of the assembly speaker.
Varun Gandhi has to prove tapes were doctored: Poll panel
By IANS,
Kolkata : Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami Thursday said it is for Varun Gandhi to prove that the tape, which allegedly show him delivering inflammatory speeches, was 'doctored'.
"We did not prepare the tapes, they were broadcast by a television channel. We have taken it from them," Gopalaswami told reporters.
"We have seen the video that we got. It is for Varun Gandhi to prove that they were doctored. We are not in the business of probing other people's case," he said.
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Special Panel recommended to screen complaints against judges
By NNN-PTI,
New Delhi : A Parliamentary Panel on Law has suggested the establishment of a special committee to screen any complaints of misconduct by judges before it is referred to the yet-to-be set up National Judicial Council for inquiry.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice is of the view that before the case goes to the NJC, it should screened by an Empowered Committee, which should have representation from Parliament, Executive and Bar Council of India.
BJP on slippery ground in Jharkhand
By IANS
Ranchi : Being thrown out power and losing three Lok Sabha by-elections all within a year, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is finding the going tough in Jharkhand with even alliance partner Janata Dal-United (JD-U) doubting its credibility.
"We should review the performance of the alliance and chalk out our future course of action," said JD-U legislator Radha Krishna Kishore, voicing his party's concern over the future of the partnership.
CPI-M) should take blame for Left’s drubbing: Bardhan
By IANS,
New Delhi: With the Left parties continuing to suffer reverses in the November by-polls following a dismal performance in the Lok Sabha elections, Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary A.B. Bardhan said that the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) should take the major share of the blame as it was the senior partner and had ignored his party's suggestions made over the past eighteen months.
BJP legislators protest power and water shortage in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : Legislators from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday staged a demonstration outside the Delhi assembly to protest power and water shortage in the national capital.
The legislators and other Delhi BJP members gathered outside the assembly demanding that the Delhi government take immediate measures to provide relief to people reeling under power and water shortage in various parts of the capital.
MPs fume over Lok Sabha bedlam
By IANS,
New Delhi : Leaders of political parties in parliament Thursday denounced Andhra Pradesh MP L. Rajagopal for using pepper spray in the Lok...
AUDF-led Third Front to contest Lok Sabha poll in Assam
By Najam Gilani, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: In a move that may alter the electoral arithmetic of the ruling Congress party in Assam – and in the rest of the country also particularly the Hindi belt if the experience extended – the Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF) of Maulana Badruddin Ajmal has taken a lead to form Third Front to contest coming Lok Sabha elections in the state.
AUDF in crisis as its members deserting
By Tarique Anwar, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: The Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF) is in deep crisis as it is failed to keep its flock together. Recently Aminul Islam, ex-minister and vice president of AUDF, and two other leaders of AUDF, resigned and joined the ruling Congress party.
The other two leaders are Rohina Waris, head of women wing, and Dadu Tye, secretary of AUDF.
SC defers Ayodhya case to Jan 29
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday deferred the Ayodhya title dispute to January 29, saying that the five judge bench...
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Shutdown in Jammu to protest ‘jaziya’ by Taliban in Pakistan
By IANS,
Jammu : The day long shutdown Friday in Jammu, called by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its affiliates to protest the imposition of 'jaziya', or protection tax, by the Taliban on Sikhs in Pakistan has been by and large peaceful though stray incidents of clashes between police and protesters were reported, officials said.
Tension in Rajasthan as Gujjar agitation continues
By IANS,
Jaipur : A day after 13 people were killed in clashes between police and agitating members of the Gujjar community, tension continued Saturday in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district where the Gujjars have laid siege on a stretch of rail track.
The Gujjars, an ethnic group who rear livestock and earn a living by selling milk and other dairy products, are demanding that the community be included in the Scheduled Tribes list so that it gets better education and job opportunities.
Mumbai Congress slams BMC for ignoring fire safety concerns
Mumbai : The Mumbai Congress here on Tuesday criticised the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation for ignoring fire safety concerns, endangering the lives of both...
SIT begins probe in Bihar exam scam
Patna : A Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Tuesday formally begun its probe into a scam involving the toppers in the 12th Board examination...
Insurance bill secures parliamentary approval
New Delhi : Marking a major milestone in the government's reform programme -- and despite opposition protests, parliamentary approval was on Thursday accorded to...
United Naga Council demands President’s Rule in Manipur
New Delhi : The United Naga Council, which represents the Nagas living in Manipur, met Home Minister Rajnath Singh here on Tuesday and demanded...
Jammu and Kashmir high turnout due to change in people’s mindset: CEC
By IANS,
New Delhi : The high voter turnout in Jammu and Kashmir's over month-long staggered assembly elections was because of a "lessening of fear factor" and a change in people's mindset, Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami said here Sunday.
“The increase in poll turnout was because of lessening of fear factor. Also, the high turnout was because of a change in people's mindset,” he told a news channel.
Sonia praises Manmohan, UPA for fulfilling promises
By IANS,
New Delhi : Showering praise on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, which completed four years in office Thursday, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said its achievements were commendable.
“The prime minister's work speaks for itself. The achievements enumerated in the report card of the government are not exaggerated or incorrect. It gives the real picture,” Gandhi said in her speech at a dinner hosted at the prime minister's residence on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the UPA government.
Rahul’s day in parliament, bats for small farmers
By IANS
New Delhi : It was Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's day in parliament. While the opposition targeted him for his 'night out' in Maoist-infested Orissa, he made a forceful appeal for small farmers as well as "the isempowered".
Pitching strongly for the farmers in poorly irrigated areas like Vidarbha, Gandhi suggested there should not be any landholding ceiling to choose farmers whose loans the government proposes to waive, nor should there be a single cut-off date for the loan waiver scheme.
244 incidents of poll-related violence in Bengal till now: EC
Kolkata : As many as 244 incidents of violence related to poll campaigning and political rivalry have been recorded in West Bengal since the...
Attack on KSS activists fighting against Adani Pench Power Project
By TCN News
The secretary of Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, Sajje Chandravanshi, and four others were brutally attacked in village Chaunsara of district Chhindwara in Madhya...
Rahul Gandhi to address two rallies in UP, to corner Modi over demonetisation
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
After his claim of possessing proof regarding corruption charges against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will...
Orissa governor seeks report on assembly adjournment
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : Orissa Governor M.C. Bhandare has sought a report from the state assembly over the abrupt adjournment of the winter session, officials said Tuesday.
The winter session of the assembly commenced Nov 18 and was to conclude Dec 19. But Speaker Pradip Amat adjourned the session Saturday.
He declared the house adjourned sine die after ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief whip Rabi Narayan Pani moved a motion that there was no pending official business and the house should be adjourned.
Speaker disqualifies expelled CPI-M MP
By IANS,
New Delhi : Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has disqualified Abu Ayesh Mondal, who was expelled from the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), from the membership of the house.
"The Speaker, Lok Sabha, disqualified Abu Ayesh Mondal from the membership of the house vide his order dated 27 April, 2009, under the 10th Schedule to the Constitution," said a one-line statement issued by the speaker's office Tuesday.
Mondal, a former legislator from Ousgram in Burdwan district, was elected to the Lok Sabha from Katwa in a by-poll in 2006.
Dasmunsi on ventilator after heart attack
By IANS,
New Delhi : Information and Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi was put on the ventilator at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Monday after he suffered a second heart attack in three months. His condition is serious but stable, doctors said.
“He is in stable condition. His blood pressure, heart rate, respiration etc have been maintained. But he continues to be in a serious condition,” D.K. Sharma, medical superintendent of AIIMS, told IANS.
‘PM, Sonia, Rahul to campaign aggressively for polls’
By IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and general secretary Rahul Gandhi will campaign "aggressively" to ensure the victory of the party and its alliance in the coming assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh.
Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan told reporters here Thursday that the party would "make a clean sweep in all the state elections."
However, sources said the Congress high command was not taking the Maharashtra assembly elections lightly.
Rajya Sabha adjourned over remarks against Ambedkar
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Rajya Sabha was adjourned twice Friday over Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's alleged "unwarranted remarks" against Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar, after a Congress member was not allowed to raise the issue.
Praveen Rashtrapal sought to raise the issue during zero hour, saying Modi had made "unwarranted" remarks against Ambedkar. But Deputy Chairman K. Rahman Khan prevented him from speaking.
"Sir, how can I be prevented from speaking? My name is number two in the list (of speakers)," asked Rashtrapal, who is also from Gujarat.
Cabinet meet likely Sunday on Lokpal, food security bills
By IANS,
New Delhi: The union cabinet is expected to meet here Sunday evening to discuss the Lokpal and the food security bills, said official sources.
Festival of ideas and resistance held in Calicut
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
A festival of art, culture and ideas which reminded that the youth is all the more aware of the world...
Parliament attack victim’s families boycott official function
By IANS,
New Delhi : The families of the 2001 parliament attack victims Saturday boycotted the official function, where only 15 parliamentarians had gathered, and held a separate function at the India Gate war memorial to pay tribute to those killed when terrorists stormed the complex seven years ago.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi Saturday paid floral tributes to the martyrs at a sombre event in the parliament premises.
Cornered by all, but Modi is confident
By Rajeev Khanna, IANS
Ahmedabad : As Gujarat awaits election results Sunday, Chief Minister Narendra Modi seems supremely confident of retaining power with a thumping majority.
With counting of votes set for Sunday, Modi has been presenting himself in a manner that conveys that he is sure of continuing for another five years in office.
Even during the build up to the elections, Modi spearheaded the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) campaign. The election was fought by the BJP around the personality of Modi and his functioning over the last five years.
Health sinking, but JNU fast to continue until ‘freedom’
By Ruwa Shah
New Delhi : Water is all they claim to have had in the last 10 days of their sit-in fast at Jawaharlal...
Bengal poll panel takes U-turn, calls civic polls violence-free
Kolkata: A day after expressing displeasure over the conduct of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation polls, the West Bengal State Election Commission on Sunday did...
No bar on people working anywhere in India: Sonia
By IANS
Osmanabad (Maharashtra) : Accusing the opposition of seeking to divide people on the basis of caste, community and region, Congress president Sonia Gandhi Monday asserted all Indians have a right to live and work anywhere in the country.
The government would ensure that people are not deprived of their basic rights to live and work wherever they want.
Her comments were with reference to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray's campaign against north Indians settled in Mumbai and elsewhere in Maharashtra.
Where’s women power: Huma Qureshi on Kejriwal’s cabinet
New Delhi : Actress Huma Qureshi has high hopes from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal but has one issue with his cabinet -- the...
Kerala CPI-M fields Chintha editor for Rajya Sabha
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : The Left Democratic Front (LDF) Thursday decided to field CPI-M leader C.P. Narayanan as its nominee for the Rajya Sabha elections to be held in Kerala June 25.
Left Front swept away by ‘democratic tsunami’, says victorious Mamata
By IANS,
Kolkata: A jubilant Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led Left Front had been swept away by a "democratic tsunami" in the West Bengal assembly by-polls and reiterated her demand for the resignation of the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee ministry.
The CPI-M, on the other hand, conceded that the people have given a mandate against the LF nominees and promised to review the dismal performance.
Sharad Yadav to hold meeting parallel to Nitish’s in Patna
Patna, (IANS): Senior JD-U leader and former party president Sharad Yadav will hold a parallel meeting in Patna on August 19 when the JD-U led...
Miffed Kerala BJP to open up before Amit Shah
Thiruvananthapuram : BJP's Kerala unit leaders, piqued over non-inclusion in the national body, said at a two-day meeting that began here Sunday that they...
PMK to contest seven Lok Sabha seats
By IANS,
Chennai : AIADMK leader J. Jayalalitha Saturday announced a seat-sharing pact with the PMK for the Lok Sabha election, giving it six seats in Tamil Nadu and one in nearby Puducherry and describing her larger alliance as "an unbeatable winning combination".
A visibly pleased Jayalalitha told reporters after a meeting with PMK founder leader S. Ramadoss that the latter would also be allocated a Rajya Sabha seat in 2010 as part of a larger understanding aimed at sweeping Tamil Nadu's 39 and Puducherry's lone Lok Sabha seats.
Discrepancies in voters’ list lead to walkout
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : The Congress-led opposition in Kerala Wednesday walked out of the state assembly, protesting against the widespread discrepancies in the voters' list published last week.
The local bodies elections are likely to be held in September.
Seeking an adjournment motion, Congress member V.D. Satheesan accused officials of NGO Union - which is linked to the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) -- for the mess.
Local self government minister Paloly Mohammed Kutty dismissed Satheesan's argument.
Abducted student found murdered in Guragaon
Gurgaon : An 18-year-old student, who was abducted last weekend, was on Thursday found murdered, police said, adding she might have been sexually assaulted...
Ban RSS, VHP, demand Maharashtra orgs
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Aurangabad (Maharashtra): Amidst growing religious intolerance in the country and violence directed towards minorities, two lesser known organisations have demanded a...
No democracy in Congress, says Modi
By IANS,
Davengere (Karnataka) : One family controls the Congress and there is no democracy in the party, BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi said...
BJP expects membership figures to reflect in upcoming polls
Bangalore : The BJP on Wednesday said that crossing the nine crore mark in its membership drive will reflect in the upcoming assembly polls.
Party...
Muslim winners of UP 2012 elections
By TCN News
Sixty-nine were declared winner in the UP 2012 Assembly elections. In 2007 there were 56 Muslim winners.