Nitish talks tough on punishing hooch tragedy culprits; toll 16
Patna : As the death toll in the hooch tragedy in Bihar's Gopalganj district rose to 16, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday...
Mayawati slams Khattar over Dalit attacks
Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati on Friday accused the Haryana government and its Chief Minister M.L. Khattar of being insensitive to the attacks on Dalits.
She...
Make Mayawati PM to bring down prices, says BSP
By IANS,
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leaders Tuesday called on the people to help make party chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati the prime minister, asserting that only she could bring down prices and tackle the other crises facing the country.
A day after Monday's nationwide shutdown called separately by the Left parties and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the BSP staged protests against rising prices at each of the 71 district headquarters across the state.
Infighting-hit Congress in Madhya Pradesh still to name leader
By IANS,
Bhopal : More than 10 days after the Madhya Pradesh assembly election results were announced, the infighting-plagued Congress is still struggling to name its legislature party leader despite party chief Sonia Gandhi asking the legislators to sink their differences ahead of next year's Lok Sabha polls.
Sack corrupt Abdullah government: Panthers Party
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers' Party (JKNPP) Tuesday demanded the sacking of the "corrupt and undemocratic" Jammu and Kashmir government led by Omar Abdullah in view of the "uprising" against it and imposition of governor's rule in the state.
"The continuing protests in Sopore, Baramulla and other parts of Kashmir are neither against India nor against the security forces. It is the expression of resentment against the present corrupt and undemocratic government," party chief Bhim Singh told IANS.
Modi flays governor over women’s reservation
By IANS,
New Delhi : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Monday criticised Governor Kamla Beniwal for not signing a legislation reserving 50 percent of all seats in local bodies to women.
Mayawati sacks her ‘media manager’
By IANS,
Lucknow: Apparently upset at the bad press she received over the controversial currency note garland, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Thursday gave marching orders to her close confidante and principal secretary (information and public relations) Vijay Shankar Pande.
Besides the key position as head of her media management team, Pande has also been stripped of the prime posts of additional cabinet secretary and principal secretary to the chief minister.
Political showdown at Bengal National Chamber of Commerce meet
By IANS,
Kolkata : High drama prevailed at the annual general meeting of the Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BNCCI) Tuesday, when union Minister of State for Shipping Mukul Roy left the meeting mid-way and refused to acknowledge the West Bengal ministers sitting on the dais.
Emerging out of the meeting, state Commerce and Industries Minister Nirupam Sen told reporters: "This type of incident is unexpected. Earlier also, we have shared dais with many central ministers, but we have never faced any such situation."
Modi logs in to Silicon Valley, tech leaders endorse ‘Digital India’
San Jose: Prime Minister Narendra Modi couldn't have secured a better endorsement for his "Digital India" initiative, as chief executives of some of the...
BJP panel to probe Bareilly violence
By IANS,
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party president (BJP) Nitin Gadkari Saturday announced that a three-member committee, headed by former union minister Menaka Gandhi, will inquire into the communal violence in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly town.
The committee would also have Yogi Adityanath, the Gorakhpur MP, and Rajendra Agrawal, MP from Meerut, as members, a party release said.
Parts of Bareilly town have been under curfew for the past 12 days following the outbreak of communal violence. Fifteen people were injured in fresh outbreaks Friday.
Achuthanandan opposes handing over proposed Vizhinjam port to Adani
Thiruvananthapuram : Veteran CPI-M leader V.S.Achuthanandan on Thursday opposed the handing over the proposed Vizhinjam port in Kerala to Adani Ports.
In a statement issued...
JMM-BJP – from friend to foe and friend again?
By IANS,
Ranchi : In the shifting sands of political equations in Jharkhand, nothing is quite as it seems. The ruling JMM and the BJP may have just parted ways but most leaders of both parties are not averse to joining hands again, say sources, even as the Congress explores possibilities of forming an alternative government.
According to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha insiders, 12 of the 18 legislators are in favour of getting back with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Ramesh ‘disagrees completely’ with Pawar over Bt Brinjal
By IANS,
New Delhi: Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh Thursday took on Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar over permitting commercial cultivation of genetically modified brinjal, after Pawar was quoted as saying an expert committee's clearance to this effect was final. Ramesh wrote to Pawar, saying he "completely disagreed" with Pawar's view.
Stakes high for SP, BJP in Lucknow assembly seats
Lucknow, (IANS): The land of the nawabs here in the Uttar Pradesh capital is all set to elect nine lawmakers for the 17th state...
“We are worst victims of cross-border shelling,” LOC residents express mixed feelings on latest...
On February 25, the two nuclear armed rivals India and Pakistan agreed for a ceasefire along the highly volatile Line of Control (LOC), that...
Karnataka BJP government to seek trust-vote Friday
By IANS,
Bangalore : The first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka is bracing to seek a vote of confidence in the state legislative assembly Friday, with the support of six independents.
Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa will move a one-line motion in the lower house late afternoon after Governor Rameshwar Thakur addresses a joint session of the legislature around noon.
CBI raids Delhi CM office
New Delhi : The CBI on Tuesday raided Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s office here, Kejriwal tweeted.
Kejriwal said his office has been raided by...
Protest outside Rajnath’s house after Bijnor candidate changed
New Delhi: A protest was staged outside BJP president Rajnath Singh's residence here Monday after the party changed its Lok Sabha poll candidate from...
JD-U to field filmmaker Prakash Jha in LS polls
Patna : Filmmaker Prakash Jha will contest the Lok Sabha election from Bettiah parliamentary constituency in Bihar on a Janata Dal-United ticket, state JD-U...
Author Nehal Ahmad talks about his book on CAA, resistance through art and what...
Nehal Ahmed is a doctoral student at the Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. His first book book Nothing Will Be...
Chidambaram’s statement on phone tapping ‘unconvincing’: CPI-M
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday termed Home Minister P. Chidambaram's statement denying phone tapping of political leaders as "unconvincing" and demanded an "independent probe" into the matter.
"The statement by the home minister denying that any interception/tapping of phone calls of political leaders has taken place, is unconvincing," a CPI-M politburo statement said.
"The government would find it expedient to deny the use of intelligence and security agencies for such surveillance," the statement added.
Goa’s Congress MP submits breach of privilege notice against Swamy
New Delhi: Congress Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik on Tuesday moved a breach of privilege notice against BJP member Subramanian Swamy on the alleged...
Congress in Kerala says it’s ready for early polls
By IANS
Thiruvananthapuram : The Congress party in Kerala seems upbeat over the prospect of early parliamentary elections as the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in the state is currently riddled with factionalism and there are inter-party problems within the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) as well.
"We have no problems at all and we are ready for a poll anytime," said state Congress president Ramesh Chennithala.
In Kashmir, Police adopts Israeli strategy to ‘nab’ protesters
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: In a strange turn of events, officials of the Jammu and Kashmir Police disguised themselves among protesters at Jamia Masjid...
BJP demands a ‘white paper’ on political crimes in Kerala
By IANS
Kozhikode (Kerala) : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday asked the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led Kerala government to give a detailed report on politically motivated crimes in the state during its rule.
P.S. Sreedharan Pillai, a former state chief of the BJP, made the demand at a press conference here.
"After the Left Democratic Front (LDF) came into power, CPI-M was involved in most cases of political violence in the state," Pillai claimed.
After Chetia extradition, India to deport Bangladeshi murder accused on Friday
Kolkata: With Bangladesh handing over outlawed ULFA's leader Anup Chetia, India on Thursday returned the favour by releasing from its prison Bangladeshi national Nur...
PM’s Assam rally cancelled due to hailstorm
By IANS,
Dibrugarh (Assam) : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's election rally here was cancelled Tuesday due to a hailstorm but he was briefed on the security situation in the state that was a day earlier rocked by a series of explosions.
"The prime minister arrived as scheduled but due to very bad weather conditions the meeting had to be cancelled. He left for New Delhi after about three hours of stay at the Dibrugarh airport," Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi told IANS.
If NDA wins in Bihar, Modi will be real CM: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday cautioned people in Bihar that if the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance was voted to power in...
BJP names ‘margdarshak’ committee
New Delhi : Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah Tuesday announced a "margdarshak" committee with veteran leaders Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani in...
Polling on for Hamipur Lok Sabha seat
By IANS
Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh) : Polling is underway to elect a Lok Sabha member from Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur constituency that fell vacant when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP was thrown out of parliament.
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Vajpayee wanted Modi removed as chief minister: Congress
New Delhi: In a fresh salvo against BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Congress Friday said former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee wanted him...
Tussle between Chatterjee and comrades continues
By IANS,
New Delhi : The tussle between Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and his Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) continued to be reflected in the Lok Sabha Tuesday.
Chatterjee, who is likely to face disciplinary action for his refusal to step down from the speaker's post, took a jibe at the CPI-M MPs for the ruckus they caused while Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was speaking during the debate on the trust vote sought by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Political blame game begins over West Bengal rail accident
By IANS,
Kolkata : The railway accident at Sainthia in Birbhum district has triggered a game of political one-upmanship in West Bengal, with the ruling Left Front and the opposition Trinamool Congress trading charges and dropping broad hints of foul play.
Left Front partners Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) were quick to criticise Railway Minister and Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee for not paying enough attention to passenger security.
RTI prevents sale of historic Maharashtra sea fort
By Quaid Najmi
Ratnagiri (Maharashtra) : The single-minded pursuit by an RTI activist led to an expose and finally prevented the sale to a...
SP fields Buta Singh from Jalore-Sirohi
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party (SP) Friday named former union home minister Buta Singh, a long-time Congresman who wielded considerable power in prime minister Rajiv...
Media ad fuels ‘Marathi-Gujarati’ row in Mumbai
Mumbai : The BEST has started withdrawing from its fleet of city buses a Gujarati newspaper's advertisement glorifying Gujaratis, following objections from the Maharashtra...
Delhi Police hits a new low with oppressive measures to end the Shaheen Bagh...
Yusuf Ansari, Twocircles.net
To end the Shaheen Bagh protest against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Delhi Police is now using oppressive tactics. Police has now started...
CPM denounces US report on India’s West Bengal
By IRNA
New Delhi : Strongly denouncing the reference to Nandigram violence in the US State department's latest annual report among rights violations in India last year, Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) Friday termed it as interference in Indian affairs.
"This reference is unnecessary and unwarranted. The report is based on totally misplaced facts," said the Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) in a statement issued here Friday.
Hazare ill, refuses to break fast
By IANS,
Mumbai: Anna Hazare refused Tuesday night to end his three-day fast in support of a strong Lokpal despite falling sick and running 102 degrees temperature, his doctor and aides said.
State polls to impact Congress-Trinamool ties: West Bengal Congress chief
By Pradipta Tapadar, IANS,
Delhi’s young to vote for jobs, women’s safety
By Priyanka,
New Delhi : The young in Delhi want jobs and are most likely to vote for a party that makes the city safe...
The Minority Minister: Dr Najma Heptulla
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
I have never met Dr Najma Heptulla, not even for this interview. So I couldn’t read her body language and facial expressions...
BJP MP demands eligibility test for DU admissions
New Delhi : BJP MP Vijay Goel on Tuesday demanded an eligibility test for admission to undergraduate courses in all colleges affiliated to the...
Ruckus in J&K assembly over attack on Valley-bound truck
Srinagar: Noisy scenes were witnessed in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly on Saturday over a petrol bomb attack on a Valley-bound truck at Udhampur...
Congress challenges constitutional validity of Fadnavis government
Mumbai : The Congress' Maharashtra unit Wednesday moved Bombay High Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP government and seeking its...
Yediyurappa may take oath as Karnataka chief minister Wednesday
By IANS,
Bangalore : The Bharatiya Janata Party ministry led by B.S. Yediyurappa is likely to be sworn in Wednesday, party sources said Sunday.
The election process has to be completed by Wednesday May 28 according to the schedule drawn up by the election commission.
Yediyurappa will be formally elected leader of the BJP legislature party Monday. He and other state leaders will leave for Delhi for talks with party central leaders after staking claim to form the government.
Lok Sabha adjourned till noon
New Delhi : The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12 p.m. Tuesday following protests by members of the opposition over the issue of black...
Mob thrashes Muslim man at Ghaziabad court
By IANS:
Ghaziabad, July 24: A 25-year-old Muslim man was allegedly beaten up by a group of people at a Ghaziabad court where he had...
Congress committed to development, fighting terror: Sonia
By IANS,
New Delhi : Congress president Sonia Gandhi Saturday hit back at criticism of the government's handling of terrorism and also indicated the party's strategy for upcoming polls in various states and the general elections next year.
"Terrorism is a national problem and we should fight it together. Some parties are trying to play divisive politics in the name of fighting terrorism by targeting an entire community," Gandhi said at a rally at the Chattarsal Stadium here.
My life is in danger: Jayalalitha
By IANS
Chennai : AIADMK chief and Tamil Nadu's Leader of Opposition J. Jayalalitha Wednesday alleged a plot to murder her after trespass by an unidentified intruder into her high-security Poes Garden residence.
Jayalalitha said she would write to the president, the prime minister, the union home minister and file a writ mandamus before the Madras High Court to expose "diabolical designs" on her life.
Trinamool opposed to Gorkhaland: Mamata Banerjee
By IANS,
Kolkata: Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Thursday said her party was opposed to the demand for a separate Gorkhaland and instead favoured economic and social development of the hill region in northern West Bengal.
Banerjee said the Trinamool Congress would convey its opinion on addressing the problems of the hill region to the cabinet committee of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) central government if asked to do so.
ICP wrote to Home Minister, Urges to rollback CAA, sought an appointment
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Interfaith Coalition for Peace wrote a letter to the home minister Amit Shah demanding complete rollback of CAA. ICP also sought an appointment...
Poll panel urges media to report paid news cases
New Delhi : The Election Commission Wednesday urged the electronic media to report to it cases of paid news, where political parties approach channels...
Nitish is daydreaming, says BJP
New Delhi : Coming down heavily on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's call for a “BJP/RSS-mukt Bharat”, the BJP on Sunday said the Janata...
Kejriwal condemns police action on NIT-Srinagar students
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday condemned the police action on students of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in...
Stop funding Israel’s war on Palestine, CPI-M tells Modi government
Kolkata : Attacking the Narendra Modi government's foreign policy, CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury Monday urged India not to get swayed by US considerations in...
Arrest Delhi law minister for fake degrees: BJP
New Delhi : The BJP on Wednesday demanded the arrest of Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar for allegedly furnishing fake provisional certificate of...
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US Aligarh Alumni Federation strongly condemns attack on AMU, Jamia; call for an end...
By Newsdesk, TwoCircles.net
The Federation of Aligarh Alumni Associations (FAAA), on behalf of its member associations across the United States, strongly condemn the use of...
Ajmal CSR, JUH provide relief to families affected in Assam floods
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
The recent floods in Assam have displaced over 18 lakh people and resulted in the death of more than 15...
Weather thaws, poll campaign heats up in Himachal Pradesh
By IANS
Shimla : After five days of cold and chilly weather in Himachal Pradesh, the gods were merciful Saturday and the election campaign picked up pace - and heat, as the politicians lined up to woo the voters in the state.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi set the pace with two large election rallies in Una and Shimla where she launched an attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) calling it "fascist and corrupt".
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh joined Gandhi at her rallies. He later flew to Sundernagar, Nacchan in Mandi district and then to Arki in Solan district.
Mixed response to TDP’s Andhra Pradesh shutdown
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Normal life was affected in parts of Andhra Pradesh and stray incidents of violence were reported Monday during a shutdown called by the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) to protest the arrest of its chief N. Chandrababu Naidu in Maharashtra.
Government confident over FDI vote
By IANS,
New Delhi : The UPA government Sunday said it was confident of its numbers ahead of a crucial debate with voting on FDI in multi-brand retail in the Lok Sabha Dec 4-5.
BJD divided house after leader’s arrest, suspension
Bhubaneswar : Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) appeared to be a divided house following suspension of senior leader Pravat Tripathy, who was arrested...
Karnataka to vote Thursday for all 28 Lok Sabha seats
Bangalore : Karnataka will Thursday vote to elect its representatives from all the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.
Polling will be held in...
SC upholds decision to ban Goa entry of Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik
By TwoCircles.net Staff reporter,
New Delhi: Supreme Court has today uphold Bombay High Court decision to deny entry of a controversial Hindutva activist and...
Panel to soon discuss seat sharing with DMK: Congress
By IANS,
Chennai : The Congress will soon announce a panel to negotiate seat sharing with its ally DMK for the ensuing Tamil Nadu assembly elections, a senior party leader said Sunday.
CPI leader Pandian granted bail
By IANS,
Chennai : The Communist Party of India's Tamil Nadu secretary D. Pandian and five others were Wednesday granted bail in a land dispute case.
The six had filed an anticipatory bail petition in the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court Monday after a complaint was lodged by Pandian's brother Soundarrajan for threatening him.
The dispute is about the sale of farmland by Soundarrajan to Pandian's relative.
Restrictions in Srinagar to prevent separatists rally
Srinagar : Authorities on Saturday imposed restrictions in parts of summer capital Srinagar to prevent a separatist called rally.
"Restrictions have been imposed in areas...
Lalu Prasad to present his fifth rail budget Tuesday
By IANS
New Delhi : Railway Minister Lalu Prasad will present his ministry's budget for the next fiscal in the Lok Sabha Tuesday where the focus is expected to be on bringing new areas into the network without hiking passenger fares.
This will be the fifth straight rail budget, both for Lalu Prasad and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, after the financial transformation that was initiated on the previous four occasions.
Advani to launch BJP poll campaign in Chhattisgarh Thursday
By IANS,
Raipur : Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani will launch the party's poll campaign in Chhattisgarh Thursday.
Advani will address a public rally in Bilaspur town, 110 km from here, in the afternoon and will preside over a meeting of state leaders in the state capital Raipur.
The BJP-ruled state goes to polls in two phases - Nov 14 and 20 - to elect a new 90 member state assembly.
Thirty nine seats will be contested in the first phase and 51 in the second phase.
BJP backed candidate wins Ranchi mayoral polls
Ranchi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) backed candidate Asha Lakra was Friday declared winner in the Ranchi mayoral election, more than a year...
Third Front to persuade Kalam to bid for second tenure
By IANS
Chennai : The battle for India's top constitutional post intensified Monday with the newly formed eight-party regional group announcing its support to President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam for a second term.
Is BJP, PDP alliance likely before Feb 7?
Jammu : There was intense speculation Tuesday about an imminent alliance between the BJP and the PDP before Feb 7 when elections for four...
Regional parties gaining online visibility: Google
Bangalore : Regional political parties such as the Bahujan Samaj Party and the DMK are gaining visibility online, if one goes by their popularity...
50 injured in police, protestors clash in Patna
Patna : At least 50 people, including 12 police officers, were injured here on Friday afternoon when police in a bid to disperse...
Bollywood indifferent to Raj Thackeray’s union
By IANS
Mumbai : Members of the Bollywood film fraternity say they do not know much about the new cine workers' association to be launched by Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), with some stressing that they did not want political parties interfering in the movie industry.
The MNS has proposed to start a Maharashtra Navnirman Cine Workers' Association.
Madhya Pradesh wants centre to enforce tribal rights law
By IANS
Bhopal : Calling upon the central government to enforce a legislation for tribal rights, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has also urged it to provide greater resources for agriculture and infrastructure.
The cruel irony of Human Rights Day
By Abdullah Khan
10 December is internationally celebrated as the International Human Rights Day. In 1950, the United Nations declared 10 December as the International...
Bihar LS candidate arrested by Meghalaya Police
Shillong : Chandra Mohan Jha, an independent candidate contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Bihar's Jhanjarpur constituency and wanted by Meghalaya Police for fraud...
What was Gandhi’s evaluation of RSS?
By Ram Puniyani,
With the new ruling dispensation, Modi Sarkar, attempts are being made to present Gandhi in a light which is favorable to the RSS combine. First, the Swachata Abhiyan (Cleanliness drive) was inaugurated on Gandhi Jayanti (October 2), then it was claimed that RSS had nothing to do with Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse.
Now, Shiv Sena targets judiciary
Mumbai: Apparently peeved by a recent Supreme Court ruling restricting the use of pictures of politicians in government advertisements, the Shiv Sena trained guns...
Poll panel unveils mascot to lure first-time voters in Bengal
Kolkata : In a bid to woo as many as 20 lakh first-time voters in West Bengal, the Election Commission Thursday here unveiled its...
Polling underway in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
By IANS,
Chennai : Polling was underway Wednesday in all 39 parliamentary constituencies of Tamil Nadu and the lone seat of union territory Puducherry in the fifth and the final phase of the general elections.
Most voting stations opened at 7 a.m. However, poll officials said voting was delayed in around 40 booths in Chennai and a few others across the state owing to malfunctioning electronic voting machines (EVMs).
In all, 41.6 million people are eligible to decide the fate of 823 candidates, including 41 women, in Tamil Nadu.
Foreign visits work related: Kerala ministers
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : Two ministers in the Kerala's Congress-led government Wednesday said their recent foreign trips were work related and not pleasure trips.
Muslim likely to be Opposition Leader in 4 Gujarat Municipal corporations
By TCN Special Correspondent,
BJP wants probe into execution of Games projects
By IANS,
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Vijay Goel Friday demanded a judicial probe into the alleged corruption in execution of Commonwealth Games projects.
Referring to reports of the Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) putting under the scanner some Games related projects for alleged irregularities, Goel alleged that "substandard materials had been used in the construction all over".
JD-U eyes RJD’s support in Rajya Sabha by-election in Bihar
Patna : The ruling JD-U in Bihar is now hoping to get support from the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) of Lalu Prasad to...
Ashok Chavan front runner for Maharashtra chief minister
By IANS,
Mumbai : Maharashtra Industries Minister Ashok Chavan emerged as front runner for chief minister as the Congress party central observers Pranab Mukherjee and A.K. Antony finalised their shortlist after interviewing party legislators here Thursday night. However, the final choice has been left to party chief Sonia Gandhi.
Both the central ministers finished the interviews at the Vidhan Bhavan and have communicated their decision to Gandhi, who is in New Delhi. Her choice will be formally announced by the two senior ministers here, the sources said.
Explained: Why is resentment growing in Ladakh three years after UT status?
Leaders from two regions of Ladakh - Kargil and Leh, have put forth four agenda points for the Centre to fulfill.
TCN Staff Correspondent
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The going gets tough for Achuthanandan
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : Going by the tone and tenor of the discussions at the 81-member state committee of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), it seems that the going just got tougher for Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan.
The CPI-M in Kerala is divided between Achuthanandan and party state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan and over the years those siding with the hardliner chief minister have been decreasing.
BJP-led MCD warns against beef in Games menu
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Thursday warned that if the Delhi government served or imported beef for foreign visitors during the Commonwealth Games, the civic agency would take legal action against officials and the hotel management concerned.
"As per a resolution passed by the MCD House in January last year, foreign visitors during the Commonwealth Games should not be served cow meat. This is in tune with the Delhi government's Delhi Agricultural Animal Protection Act, 1994," Subhash Arya, leader of the house, told reporters.
Sonia to tak nuclear deal to the people
By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad : A combative UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi today made her intentions of taking the issue of Indo US Nuclear deal to Aam Admi by saying that the deal was aimed at bringing light in to the dark homes of the poor families but the opposition was coming in the way of meeting the energy requirements of the nation.
Alva revealed cash for ticket scam: BJP
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday said the revelations by Congress party leader Margaret Alva that money had changed hands during distribution of party tickets in May 2008 Karnataka assembly elections has thrown up a new “cash for ticket” scam.
“The general secretary of the Congress party, Margaret Alva has made a stunning revelation. This is revelation of another scam today - cash for tickets,” BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said.
Ram Sene activists thrash Anna supporters
By IANS,
New Delhi : Activists of the right-wing group Sri Ram Sene assaulted supporters of Anna Hazare outside the Patiala House court complex here Thursday, police said.
Three Seemandhra legislators quit Congress
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Three Congress party legislators from Seemandhra announced their resignations here Thursday, minutes before union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde rose to table...
Prosecution evidence closed in 2G money laundering case
New Delhi : A special court Thursday concluded recording statements of prosecution witnesses in the money laundering case related to 2G spectrum allocation case...
Khanduri challenges BJP over his forced exit
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) faced fresh problems Wednesday after B.C. Khanduri challenged its decision to force him to quit as Uttarakhand chief minister over the Lok Sabha poll rout.
Alleging that he was made a scapegoat and sacked in haste, Khanduri also expressed his anguish for not being invited to the BJP's three-day meeting in Shimla last week.
14 Pune collegians drown in Arabian Sea near Mumbai; navy, coast guard join rescue...
Raigad (Maharashtra): At least 14 college students - part of a group of 130 on a picnic - drowned in the Arabian Sea at...
Trinamool slams union budget, calls assistance to Bengal a ‘bluff’
New Delhi/Kolkata : West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress Saturday slammed the union budget, saying it was "not for the people". The party also termed...
No tie-up with Raj Thackeray, asserts Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Congress Tuesday ruled out the possibility of any kind of tie-up with Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) as Maharashtra voted to elect its new state legislative assembly.
"We don't have any kind of tie-up with Raj Thackeray at present, we didn't have any in the past and won't have any in future as well," Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said.
The Congress will form the government in alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), he added.
Intolerance has not penetrated the larger section of Indian masses: Sadatullah Husaini of JIH
A number of incidents of growing intolerance in India have sparked a new debate. People from various strata of the society have raised...
Manmohan Singh talks growth, Sonia Gandhi assures inclusion
By Arvind Padmanabhan,IANS,
New Delhi : In politically coordinated speeches by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, the ruling dispensation Friday sought to send the message that it will go into the election with the mantra of economic growth with social inclusion.
Mukherjee promises steps to lift economy
By IANS,
New Delhi : Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee Saturday promised every effort to lift the Indian economy out of the current slowdown and said the regular budget will be presented in due course.
"The Indian economy remains resilient," the veteran Congress leader told reporters at his residence, soon after a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique named him finance minister.
"All economic issues will be addressed. My priority is to put the economy back on track. Various efforts will be made to insulate the Indian economy from the adverse impact of the financial meltdown," he said.
RJD, JD-U announce alliance for Bihar polls
New Delhi: The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) will contest the coming Bihar assembly elections together, it was announced on...
Rebel Congress legislators press for Lapang’s removal
By IANS,
Shillong : Rebel Congress legislators in Meghalaya Thursday kept their pressure on the party leadership to remove D.D. Lapang from the chief minister's post.
"We sent a fax letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, reiterating our demand to change the leadership," a rebel Congress legislator told IANS on condition of anonymity.
At least 16 rebels out of the party's 28 legislators in the 60-member state assembly demanded Lapang's removal, saying that the state has not made any progress under his leadership.
Separatists ask people to resume normal activities from Wednesday
Srinagar (IANS): The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), headed by separatist leaders Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, appealed to people...
A year after Lok Sabha battle, churning in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Just over a year after the BJP wiped out everyone else in the Lok Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh, the panchayat polls have...
NDA doesn’t understand the poor, their needs: Rahul
By IANS,
Wardha (Maharashtra) : Young Congress MP Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said his party always works for the common man unlike the opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which "does not see the world from the eyes of the poor".
"We see India from the common man's eyes. Our programmes are for the poor of India. Our thinking is to take forward the poor of the country... Our opposition does not see the world from the eyes of the poor," Gandhi said, addressing a rally here ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
To target Modi ahead of polls is a convention: Jaitley
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday termed the apex court order to probe the role of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots as a "convention" that cropped up ahead of elections and said it would not be able to find anything against the BJP leader.
"It has become a convention during the last 10 years to raise the issue of Gujarat riots in and outside the court," BJP general secretary Arun Jaitley told reporters here.
‘Jammu and Kashmir minister removed after threatening calls’
By IANS
Jammu : Former minister of Jammu and Kashmir Peerzada Mohammed Sayeed was asked to quit after his driver made a threatening call to the mother of an independent legislator who had levelled corruption charges against Sayeed, Health Minister Mangat Ram Sharma said in the state assembly Monday.
Sharma's remarks came in response to the opposition National Conference legislators when they cited Sayeed's sacking to press their demand for the removal of Forest Minister Qazi Mohammad Afzal and his predecessor Tariq Hameed Karra, who now holds the finance portfolio.
Mamata to lead rally in Delhi against Nandigram violence
By IANS
Kolkata : Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Monday said she would take out a rally in New Delhi Dec 5 in protest against the recent violence in Nandigram.
Earlier in the day, Mamata visited the trouble-torn district for the first time since the "recapture" of Nandigram by CPI-M supporters last month.
Her visit came a day after West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi toured the worst affected areas Sunday.
In Tamil Nadu politics, wheel has turned full circle over Sri Lanka
By M.R. Narayan Swamy, IANS,
New Delhi : Tamil Nadu's political circus over the Sri Lankan conflict is a virtual copy of the 1980s but for a key difference: the Tamil Tigers were poised to grow then; now they face a deathly crisis.
Once anti-Tamil riots engulfed Colombo in July 1983, the same DMK and AIADMK - the latter ruled Tamil Nadu then - took on one another to show who supported Sri Lanka's Tamils more.
DMK chief M. Karunanidhi was the opposition leader at that time and M.G. Ramachandran or MGR was the AIADMK chief minister.
Punjab gets powerful in cabinet rejig
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Though the Congress is not the ruling party in Punjab, the state earned powerful representation in the latest reshuffle in the union cabinet Sunday.
Congress-Trinamool pact is unholy nexus, says Left Front
By IANS,
Kolkata : West Bengal's ruling Left Front Thursday termed the Congress-Trinamool Congress alliance for the Lok Sabha elections as an unholy nexus and asked them to clarify the basis of their understanding.
"People of West Bengal don't know on what basis the Congress and Trinamool joined hands in the Lok Sabha elections," Left Front chair Biman Bose said.
Congress flays ‘Modi as PM’ remarks, BJP plays it down
By IANS,
New Delhi : The ruling Congress criticised as "highly insensitive" remarks by two corporate heads projecting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as prime minister material, while an uncomfortable Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) tried to play down the praise for their party leader.
"It is utter insensitivity of these people (the corporate bigwigs). How can you endorse someone whom even the Supreme Court did not believe to have conducted a fair election and investigations (into the 2002 Godhara riots)?," questioned Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari here Thursday.
AAP protests Khemka’s transfer
Gurgaon : AAP volunteers here on Sunday protested senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka's abrupt transfer by the Haryana government and burnt an effigy of...
39 Muslim candidates among 228 of Trinamool Congress
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,