Deshmukh distributes wedding cards while Maharashtra simmers
By IANS
New Delhi/Mumbai : Maharashtra is not Rome and Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh is not Nero. But while his state burnt and workers of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) trawled the streets as Raj Thackeray's arrest became imminent, the chief minister was in Latur busy preparing for his son's wedding, according to Congress party sources.
Congress should withdraw support to DMK: Jayalalitha
By IANS,
Chennai : The Congress party should withdraw its support to the DMK government in Tamil Nadu, opposition AIADMK chief J. Jayalalitha said here Thursday.
"The DMK is a sinking ship and is anti-national. The Congress should withdraw its support at the state level," the former chief minister said here, hinting that her party was open to an electoral alliance with the Congress.
Mamata ridicules Sarkar’s Modi invite, calls CPI-M, BJP brothers
Kolkata : Ridiculing Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, who leads the sole surviving Marxist regime in the country, for inviting Prime Minister Narendra Modi,...
Samajwadi dissidents blame Amar Singh for desertions
By Sharat Pradhan, IANS,
Lucknow : Notwithstanding his projection as "kingmaker", Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh must take the blame for the desertions from it, according to some of the disgruntled MPs.
Denying that they had switched loyalties to Uttar Pradesh's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) due to allurements, they alleged that they were driven to take the "extreme step" largely on account of what they said was the overbearing attitude of Amar Singh, the confidant of Samajwadi Party Mulyam Singh Yadav.
No party placed conditions at UPA meet: Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi : No allies of the victorious United Progressive Alliance (UPA) placed any conditions for cabinet berths at the coalition's meeting held here Wednesday, says the Congress.
"No condition was put by any party. No such discussion took place. There was no point of disagreement in the UPA meeting. This (decision on cabinet members) is the prerogative of the prime minister," Congress spokesperson Janardhan Dwivedi told reporters at the party headquarters.
PM’s Assam visit begins Monday amid high hopes
By IANS,
Guwahati : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives in Assam on a two-day visit Monday amid expectations that he will announce a financial package besides making concrete offers to solve the state's burning issues - insurgency and influx of Bangladeshi migrants.
"We are positive and hopeful that the prime minister will address the various problems facing the state," Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Sunday said here.
Thousands join Janeshwar Mishra’s last journey in Allahabad
By IANS,
Allahabad : Thousands of people came out on the streets of Allahabad to pay their homage to veteran socialist and Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Janeshwar Mishra, who died here Friday after a prolonged illness.
Mishra's last journey from his Beli Road residence to the cremation site on the banks of Sangam - the holy confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and the mythological Saraswati rivers - took hours as the funeral procession marched through the city's main thoroughfare and through the Allahabad University campus where Mishra had spent his student days.
लखनऊ में जोमैटो बॉय के साथ जातीय भेदभाव
आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश की राजधानी लखनऊ में एक शर्मसार कर देने वाला मामला सामने आया हैं। लखनऊ में एक आदमी ने जोमैटो से...
IIM-A autonomy demand put in cold storage: director
By IANS
Ahmedabad : The government has put the demand for more autonomy to the premier Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) in cold storage, its director Bakul Dholakia alleged Wednesday.
A paper underlining several recommendations of the institute was sent to the human resource development ministry two years back but it had not received any favourable reply, he said.
Modi is unpredictable, says advisor to Sharif
Islamabad : Unlike Atal Bihari Vajpayee, BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is unpredictable, says an advisor to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Sartaj Aziz,...
Trinamool MP threatens violence if Mamata is attacked
By IANS,
Kolkata: A Trinamool Congress MP has threatened violence if anyone dares to harm party leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, attracting criticism from the opposition.
Several prominent BJP men stay away from Bhopal meet
By Faraz Ahmad, IANS
New Delhi : Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is gearing up to contest the next general elections, apparently under the leadership of L.K. Advani, several prominent BJP men have stayed away from the three-day national executive underway in Bhopal.
Some like former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee have a genuine alibi. "His doctors have advised him against attending the meet," said BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday, two days before the meet began.
Amit Shah slams Rahul Gandhi over JNU incidents
Vrindavan : BJP national president Amit Shah on Saturday lashed out at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for supporting the anti-national slogans and happenings...
Vote for BJP to secure your future, Modi tells youths
Mumbai : BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Monday made an impassioned plea to the youth of the country to vote for the party...
Sushma Swaraj opposes BSR Congress’ merger with BJP
New Delhi: BJP leader Sushma Swaraj Thursday opposed any merger or tie up with BSR Congress, a party floated by an aide of the...
Bihar up in arms over Delhi making I-cards mandatory
By IANS
Patna : The Delhi government's decision to make identity cards mandatory for citizens from Jan 15 has generated howls of protest in Bihar.
State Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has opposed it, saying it would affect the livelihood of thousands of migrant labourers from Bihar working in the national caspital.
Nitish Kumar has sent a strongly worded letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, condemning the decision.
I have lost great well-wisher in Basu’s death: Pranab Mukherjee
By IANS,
New Delhi : Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee Sunday said he had lost a great well-wisher with the demise of Communist veteran Jyoti Basu.
"In his death, I lost a great well wisher, the country has lost an able administrator, an outstanding parliamentarian and a charismatic political leader," Mukherjee told reporters Sunday afternoon.
MPs to elect vice president in a triangular fight Friday
By IANS
New Delhi : A fortnight after choosing their first woman president, Indian parliamentarians will Friday vote for the country's 12th vice president in a three-cornered contest that brings to the fore new polarisations in national politics.
The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA)-Left combine's candidate former diplomat and academic Hamid Ansari is expected to win the election in which the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) Najma Heptulla and the eight party grouping United National Progressive Alliance's (UNPA) Rasheed Masood are also in the fray.
Vadra land deals: Haryana CM says no vendetta
Chandigarh : Just a day after two Haryana ministers said a judicial probe would be ordered into land deals during the previous Congress regime,...
Congressmen living in denial: Jaitley
New Delhi: Accusing the Congress of living in denial, BJP leader Arun Jaitley Thursday asked its vice president Rahul Gandhi to compare the...
Rajya Sabha unanimously passes SC-ST bill
New Delhi : The Rajya Sabha on Monday unanimously passed The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2014, which...
पंच-नामा : गुजकोक, बाबरी विध्वंस पर नोटिस, हाशिमपुरा पर कांग्रेस, तम्बाकू-कैंसर और कश्मीर के...
By TwoCircles.Net staff reporter,
गुजरात के एंटी-टेररिज़म बिल में ऐसा क्या है जो उसका पास होना एक बड़ी खबर बनता है, सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने की बाबरी मस्जिद मामले पर एक बड़ी चोट, हाशिमपुरा मामले में कांग्रेस का विरोध कितना सही, विज्ञान और सरकार में दूरी कैसे और क्या है घाटी की आज की कहानी....पांच खबरों की पड़ताल, आपके लिए.
Ahead of India-Pak cricket match, Kashmiris call back children studying outside in fear of...
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: As India and Pakistan brace for a high-voltage cricket match in the Asia Cup Trophy 2018, parents of some of...
Even prayers didn’t help Raje in Rajasthan
By IANS,
Jaipur : It seems this time even gods were not in a mood to smile on Vasundhara Raje, who failed to retain power in Rajasthan.
Raje, the outgoing chief minister, went for prayers early Monday to centuries-old Tripura Sundari Temple in Banswara, over 550 km from here.
It is the same temple of Hindu goddess Durga where Raje had gone before the start of the counting in the 2003 elections. However, this time it appears that the goddess did not answer her prayers.
"I always go there. There is nothing new in it," Raje told reporters here.
कोरोना संकट : मुफ्त में ऑक्सीजन बांट रहे हैं जफर और जाकिर
जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net
मुंबई शहर में रहने वाले जाकिर चौहान हो या इंदौर में रहने वाले जफर मंसूरी, इन लोगों ने कोरोना से लड़ने के...
Akhilesh Yadav sacks liquor prohibition council chief
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday sacked State Liquor Prohibition Council Chairman Kuldeep Ujjwal for allegedly abusing government officials over...
Kashmiri Pandits living in Valley struggles to live a normal life
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net,
Srinagar: Against the back drop of highly ambitious Composite Township project of central government to...
Maharashtra state CM Deshmukh offers to quit, Cong consults NCP on his successor
By NNN-PTI,
Mumbai/New Delhi : The list of political casualities in the aftermath of the audacious Mumbai terror attacks expanded on Monday with the resignation offer by Maharashtra state Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh while his deputy and Home Minister R R Patil quit the post.
Union Ministers Sushil Kumar Shinde and Prithviraj Chavan emerged as the front runner for the chief minister's post and the Congress party was in consultations with alliance partner NCP before it can decide on the new nominee for the top post in the state.
Constitution bench to decide if SC is exempted from RTI Act
New Delhi : A five-judge Constitution bench will decide whether the Supreme Court is exempted from disclosing information including file noting and correspondence on...
Mamata has discredited CM’s chair: CPI-M
Kolkata : Targeting the top Trinamool Congress leadership in the Saradha chit fund scam, the CPI-M Friday accused Mamata Banerjee of having "discredited" the...
Communalizing Census misses India’s real crisis: female feticide
By Masihuddin Sanjari for TwoCircles.net
Religion based census data has recently been released by the central government of India sparking a debate along communal lines1...
Soldiers’ families can’t expect government help: Gen V.K. Singh
Gurgaon : Minister of State for External Affairs and former army chief V.K. Singh said on Wednesday that soldiers must take care of the...
Rahul Gandhi on ‘Discover India’ trip to Orissa
By IANS
Bhubaneswar : Congress MP Rahul Gandhi Friday travelled to the interior of Orissa, interacted with poor tribespersons, ate with them and promised all help as he began the first day of his four-day trip to the state.
Hundreds of people, including women and children, milled around the Amethi MP Friday as he visited villages in Nuapada district and in the drought-prone district of Kalahandi, known for its starvation deaths.
In Balabhadrapur in Kalahandi, Gandhi met people of the Dangaria Kandh community, a primitive tribe, and attended a mass feast with them.
Mamata flays centre for raising poll campaign expenditure
Kolkata : Condemning the centre's decision to raise the expenditure limits for the Lok Sabha polls to a maximum of Rs.70 lakh and a...
“From feeling of insecurity to feeling of community,” 2 years of anti-CAA-NRC-NPR protests
The impact of the violence on this day, two years ago, was a catalyst that made a lot of young students, concerned citizens conscious...
Delhi HC to hear Kanhaiya’s plea against fine on Wednesday
By IANS:
New Delhi, July 17 :The Delhi High Court will hear on Wednesday former JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar's plea challenging a fine imposed on...
SC dismisses plea for beef ban case to be heard in Jammu
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking that the hearing on the beef ban in Jammu and Kashmir be heard...
Congress deceiving Muslims, says Modi
Aligarh : BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday accused the Congress of ignoring Muslims, saying the community has largely remained poor despite decades...
हमें तो अपनों ने लूटा, गैरों में कहां दम था
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
नई दिल्ली: प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी की मुश्किलें खत्म होती नहीं नज़र आ रही हैं. सरकार के गठन के बाद से मंत्रिमंडल के नेताओं, सांसदों और राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ के तीखे बोलों का जवाब देते भाजपा और प्रधानमंत्री से बन नहीं रहा. अपने कहे से सरकार की मुश्किलें बढ़ाने में अब एक और नाम जुडता नज़र आ रहा है, प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी के भाई प्रहलाद मोदी का.
Notice to Pappu Yadav on plea for cancellation of bail
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Friday sought a response from Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav on a plea by a Communist Party of India (CPI) worker seeking cancellation of his bail.
A bench of Justice S.B. Sinha and Justice Asok Ganguly issued notice to Yadav on the plea by CPI worker Ravindra Nath Singh, challenging a Patna High Court decision on Feb 18, 2009 granting the MP bail, pending its decision on his appeal against his conviction for the murder of CPI legislator Ajit Sarkar.
BJP win betrays communal virus: CPI-M
By IANS
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) resounding win in Gujarat is proof that "the impact of communal politics is deep", the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said Sunday.
The CPI-M added that only a "determined and uncompromising struggle against communal ideology of Hindutva" could defeat "communal forces".
"The results show that where the impact of communal politics is deep, electoral efforts alone are insufficient to defeat the communal forces," said a statement issued by the CPI-M politburo.
Mahabal Mishra springs surprise victory in West Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : Congress candidate Mahabal Mishra Saturday dashed the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) hope of winning at least one Lok Sabha seat in the national capital by defeating Jagdish Mukhi with a margin of around 100,000 votes.
Mishra got 479,856 votes, while BJP's Mukhi got 350,823. Except the Janakpuri assembly segment, Mishra pipped Mukhi in nine assembly - Rajouri Garden, Dwarka, Matiala, Uttam Nagar, Madipur, Hari Nagar, Tilak Nagar, Najafgarh and Vikas Puri.
BJD legislators ride bicycles to protest fuel price hike
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : At least 40 legislators of Orissa's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Monday took out a cycle rally here to protest the hike in fuel prices.
Carrying posters, banners and placards, legislators and party workers pedalled to the state assembly from the BJD office.
"The fuel price hike will affect the common man. It will force many to ride bicycles. We demand that the central government rollback its decision," a senior BJD leader told IANS.
Modi accepts invite to attend SAARC summit in Islamabad
Ufa (Russia): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday accepted an invitation from his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif to attend the 19th SAARC Summit in...
Balloting begins in Puducherry
Puducherry: Balloting for the lone Lok Sabha seat of Puducherry began Thursday, officials said.
As many as 30 candidates are in the fray in the...
Left Front demands Kerala finance minister’s arrest
Thiruvananthapuram:) The Left Front Friday demanded arrest of Kerala Finance Minister K.M. Mani after the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) filed a case against...
Nitish’s good work winner, Lalu success on alliance steam
By Anuradha Mukherjee,
New Delhi: The Bihar poll mandate is an endorsement of the stateÂ’s incumbent Chief Minister Nitish KumarÂ’s performance, even as it marks...
Public was already convinced of land scam in Haryana: BJP
New Delhi : The public was always convinced that there was a massive scam in land deals in Haryana, the BJP said on Thursday...
Tamil Nadu actors may come together in politics
By IANS
Chennai : Three leading film stars from Tamil Nadu may be getting together to try form a new political front.
Actor Sarath Kumar, a Nadar community leader and two-time MP, said: "A united front can rule Tamil Nadu much better than single parties."
The other actors he hopes to team up with are Vijayakanth, who has already formed a political party called DMDK, and Karthik.
Sarath Kumar was with the DMK for a decade and then switched loyalty to the AIADMK for a brief while before the May 2006 assembly elections.
Rahul Gandhi visits grave of grandfather
By Rajat Rai, IANS,
Allahabad : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who is in Allahabad to address a public meeting, Thursday paid a visit to the grave of his grandfather, Firoz Jehangir Gandhi, in the Mumfordganj locality.
Gandhi's visit to the only Parsi graveyard in the city was described as a personal programme and not disclosed to the media and other Congress partymen.
According to Brijlal, the 70-year-old caretaker of the graveyard, Rahul Gandhi's mother and Congress chairperson Sonia Gandhi visited the graveyard about eight years ago.
Lok Sabha passes black money bill
New Delhi : The Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets bill, providing for heavy penalties for stashing black money away in foreign accounts, was passed...
Congress suspends Gujarat legislator
By IANS
Ahmedabad : The Gujarat unit of the Congress party Monday suspended its legislator Shanker Varli for six years after he attended an official function chaired by Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
Gujarat Congress president Bharat Solanki announced the suspension but gave no reason for the decision.
Varli, the legislator from Vapi in south Gujarat, along with Manish Gilitwala, the Congress legislator from Surat, had last month attended a state government-organised convention on fisheries, where Modi was also present.
AAP broom has bristled to deceive in Goa
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar, IANS,
Panaji : The AAP may just have to switch from a broom, its party symbol, to a whip, if it wants...
Azad to seek re-election from Bhaderwah
By IANS,
Jammu : Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad will seek re-election from Bhaderwah constituency in the mountainous district of Doda.
Putting all speculation to rest, the Congress Friday decided to nominate Azad from his native town Bhaderwah, from where he won a by-election in April 2006. Voting in Bhaderwah takes place Dec 17.
"He is the best choice (from Bhaderwah)," state Congress chief Saif-ud-Din Soz said.
We will make Punjab farmers debt free by 2018: AAP
Baghapurana (Punjab) : Aiming to target a major vote bank in the state, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday promised to make farmers...
Goa BJP to campaign loud and clear on FM radio
By IANS,
Panaji : The radio is an effective social tool and the Goa Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to make good use of that. It has tied up with Big 92.7 FM channel to reach out to the state's one million voters for the Lok Sabha polls.
Former union minister Shripad Naik, the party candidate from North Goa, Saturday said the multi-lingual campaign would focus on the ills of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and was primarily aimed at conditioning the electorate to 'Think Change'.
North Goa and South Goa are the two parliamentary constituencies in Goa.
‘Conversion’ fuels parliament heat, Bajrang Dal upbeat
New Delhi/Agra : The alleged forcible conversion of about 300 Muslims in Agra generated political heat Wednesday but the Bajrang Dal insisted it had done no wrong.
Opposition leaders in and outside parliament demanded to know the central government's response to what they said was a breach of the constitutional provision of secularism.
Kejriwal questions Modi, Jung over minors’ rape in Delhi
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday expressed anguish over the horrific incidents of minors' rape here and questioned what steps Prime Minister...
Advani backed n-deal? No way, says BJP
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Tuesday that its prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani had never given his quiet backing to the India-US nuclear deal.
Commenting on a news report that quoted sources in the prime minister's office (PMO) as saying that Advani told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that he was unable to convince his colleagues to support the deal.
BJP spokesperson Ravishakar Prasad said: "The reports are baseless. If the PM has the guts, he should make his officials speak on the record on this issue."
Flop-show: BJP’s Yuva Udghosh rally in Varanasi fails to attract youth, less than 5,000...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The year 2018 is barely into the third week, but Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has already started preparing general elections to...
Gujarat riots probe panel to examine Tehelka tapes
By IANS
Ahmedabad : An inquiry commission probing the 2002 communal violence in Gujarat Monday said it would examine the footage of a sting operation conducted by the Tehelka newsmagazine.
The expose, telecast last week, purportedly shows the state's public prosecutor Arvind Pandya casting aspersions on the two-member commission.
Pandya is shown telling an undercover reporter that while Justice G.T. Nanavati was after money, Justice K.G. Shah was "our man".
FDI move will ruin Indian retail trade: CPI-M
By IANS,
New Delhi : The government's policy notification on FDI is "the single biggest step" that will destroy the livelihood of those engaged in India's retail trade, the CPI-M said Friday.
Congress fields Muslim candidates for UP assembly bypolls
Lucknow : The Congress party on Thursday announced its candidates for the upcoming by-elections from three assembly constituencies of Deoband, Muzaffarnagar and Bikapur.
The party...
Mayawati reverses move to ban information disclosure
By IANS,
Lucknow: In the face of protest threats, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Sunday partially reversed her move to deny certain disclosures under the Right to Information Act.
The reversal followed widespread criticism of the June 2 notification, which, among other things, had disallowed disclosing information relating to complaints against ministers or notings and endorsements on secretariat files.
While the notification denied information under 14 heads, nine of them stand removed now.
BJP not fielding Muslim candidates in Godhra for ‘political reasons’
By TCN Special Correspondent,
Parties should give more tickets to rich: Wealthiest candidate
By IANS,
New Delhi : He is unabashed about his new found fame as the wealthiest candidate in the Lok Sabha polls. Deepak Bhardwaj of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) says the rich can "serve the poor better" and should get more nominations in elections.
He also likens party chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati to "an army commander" who keeps factionalism at bay.
Bhardwaj, who is fighting from West Delhi, has declared assets worth over Rs.603 crores (Rs.6.03 billion), thus making him the richest candidate so far in these elections.
PM cancels election rally in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's election rally in the capital Thursday was cancelled following the terrorist attack in Mumbai that left least 101 people dead and over 250 injured.
Manmohan Singh was to address an election rally in Dakshinpuri in south Delhi at 2 p.m. Thursday
"The prime minister's election rally in the capital has been cancelled following the terrorist attack in Mumabi," Delhi Congress chief J.P. Agarwal told IANS.
The Congress had decided to end its campaign for Saturday's assembly election in Delhi with the prime minister's rally.
Women, three daughters found dead in UP village
Lucknow : A woman and her three daughters, including an infant, were found dead at their house in Mauranva village in Unnao district of...
I requested Deshmukh to accept Patil’s resignation: Pawar
By IANS,
Mumbai : Chief of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Sharad Pawar Monday said he requested Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh to accept his deputy R.R. Patil's resignation.
Patil, the deputy chief minister, in the morning submitted his resignation to Deshmukh to own up moral responsibility for the Mumbai terror siege that killed at least 183 people.
“Today he (Patil) communicated his resignation to the chief minister. I requested (Deshmukh) to accept the resignation,” Pawar, who is also a union minister, told reporters here.
Will teach Gadkari lesson in decency, says unforgiving Lalu
By IANS,
Patna : Unwilling to forgive Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari for his offensive remarks, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad said Thursday that he doesn't believe in apologies and would teach the opposition leader a lesson in decency.
"Gadkari needlessly used shameful words. Called us dogs who lick feet. Previous BJP chiefs, including L.K. Advani, would have never used such shameful words even as they severely criticised us. We are taking it seriously," an unforgiving Lalu Prasad told reporters here.
Modi wraps up three-nation visit, flies home
Vancouver : Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrapped up his three-nation visit on Thursday and flew back home from this Canadian city.
Modi began his nine-day...
BJP’s Gujarat debutants face stiff challenge
By IANS
Ahmedabad : Gujarat's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is to field 20 new faces in the first phase of the state assembly elections next month, but an analysis of the 2002 results shows that they have a tough task ahead.
The BJP central election committee cleared the first list of 74 candidates in New Delhi Sunday night.
In the first phase are nine constituencies that the BJP won with a margin ranging from 450 votes on the lower side to 7,340 on the higher side.
RJD leads in Araria, Jahanabad, BJP in Bhabhua
Patna (IANS): The RJD-led Grand Alliance in Bihar took a lead on Wednesday over the BJP in the Araria Lok Sabha and the Jahanabad...
Soren acquitted in Chirudih massacre case
By Nityanand Shukla, IANS
Ranchi : Former union coal minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren was Thursday acquitted in a 33-year-old massacre case by a fast track court, triggering celebrations among his supporters.
Arun Kumar, Additional District Judge (ADJ) of a fast tract court of Jamtara district, acquitted Soren and 13 others citing lack of evidence and gave them the benefit of the doubt.
In UP, ‘Love Jihad’ law cases fall flat in courts
Under this law, 86 people have been made accused in 16 FIRs registered so far. But in many cases, the police have to face...
Third Front a daydream of Left: Trinamool
Kolkata : Dismissing the newly-formed Third Front as a "daydream" of the communists, the Trinamool Congress Tuesday called it an attempt of these parties...
CPI-M party office attacked
By IANS,
Kolkata : A zonal office of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in West Bengal was attacked Tuesday, police said, with one activist claiming that many people had been injured.
‘Modi government will take neighbours along to path of prosperity’
Thimphu : The new Indian government's foreign policy focus on its South Asian neighbourhood and to work towards creating a peaceful, stable and economically...
Bihar election result is a victory for democratic tradition of India
By Mohammed Zubeer Ahmed,
The election results of Bihar are indeed unprecedented in the history of independent India. India has never witnessed such...
Jharkhand will get a developmental government: Gadkari
By IANS,
Mumbai : Notwithstanding some opposition in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to the decision to support the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) in Jharkhand, BJP president Nitin Gadkari Monday said the alliance would give a "development oriented" government to the state.
"The oath taking ceremony will take place Wednesday. Jharkhand will get a development oriented government," Gadkari told reporters here.
JMM chief Shibu Soren Monday reached Mumbai to meet Gadkari.
Sonia, Rahul’s absence will not hinder alliance: Mamata
By IANS,
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Sunday said the alliance with the Congress will not be jeopardised by Congress president Sonia Gandhi and its general secretary Rahul Gandhi's inability to jointly campaign with her before the third phase elections in West Bengal.
"Why they are not coming, I cannot say," she told a journalist during a meet-the-press at the Kolkata Press Club here.
Banerjee said she has addressed joint rallies with Sonia Gandhi in Murshidabad district and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Howrah.
Kerala Communists spar over food scheme
By IANS,
Kozhikode (Kerala) : The bickering between ruling allies - the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Communist Party of India (CPI) - in Kerala intensified Thursday with the senior leaders of both parties lashing out at one another over proposed food security scheme.
The scheme aims at increasing paddy and milk production in the state.
"The CPI is trying to sabotage the food security scheme. The party is taking steps that are detrimental to the scheme," said CPI-M state secretariat member E.P. Jayarajan at a meet to protest price-rise here.
Somnath Chatterjee favours right to recall MPs
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Sunday made out a strong case for the recall of wayward MPs by their constituents.
"Justifiably, there is a growing demand to introduce a system of recall to deal with elected representatives who ignore the interests of people and are guilty of malfeasance and improper conduct or indulge in corrupt or criminal activities," he pointed out.
Modi hopes for a fruitful monsoon session
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed hope that the monsoon session of parliament that began on Tuesday would be fruitful.
Addressing the media...
In once hostile India, Sonia Gandhi reigns supreme
By M.R. Narayan Swamy, IANS,
New Delhi : Just over a decade after she entered Indian politics amid charges that she was a foreigner, Congress president Sonia Gandhi is today arguably the country's tallest politician, with her critics going silent on her once controversial Italian origin.
Although it is her trusted colleague Manmohan Singh who is the prime minister, it is the 62-year-old Gandhi, chairperson of the ruling Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), who is widely considered the real power behind the throne.
AAP to pick Punjab Deputy CM from Dalit community, says Kejriwal
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday that the Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab will be from the Dalit community...
BJP, RSS trying to communalise doctor’s murder: Kejriwal
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS)...
UP cop transferred after minister booked in dacoity case
Lucknow : A senior police officer in Uttar Pradesh was transferred after a cabinet minister was booked in a dacoity and arson case.
Sambhal Superintendent...
Who will be Mamata’s private secretary?
By IANS,
New Delhi: Four months into her tenure as railway minister, Mamata Banerjee is still scouting for a private secretary after withdrawing her request for N. Manju Prasad, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer who switched cadres from West Bengal to Karnataka.
BJP leader’s son stabbed to death, 3 youths held
By IANS,
Shimla : The 20-year-old son of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was stabbed to death by three youths following an argument over road racing that the two sides had got into a day before, police said Monday. The accused have been arrested.
"Shubham Chauhan was stabbed to death by three youths last (Sunday) evening near Kanlog cemetery in the town," Superintendent of Police R.M. Sharma told IANS.
Shubham was the son of Sher Singh Chauhan, BJP Shimla district president and chairman of the Agriculture Rural Development Bank.
Law and order last on UPA’s agenda: Badal
By IANS,
Amritsar: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal slammed the central government Saturday, saying law and order was last on the agenda of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
UPA-Left meet on n-deal inconclusive
By IANS,
New Delhi : The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government assured its Left allies it will furnish clarifications on points they had raised Tuesday at a two-hour meeting on the safeguards agreement that India plans to finalise with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
"The government will furnish the clarifications sought by the Left parties on the safeguards agreement in the next few days," said External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee who heads the 15-member UPA-Left committee on the India-US nuclear deal.
Jagan accuses Congress of political vendetta
By IANS,
Hyderabad : YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy Wednesday indirectly accused the Congress party of pursuing politics of vendetta.
Three ministers, 18 new candidates in West Bengal’s Left Front list
By IANS,
Kolkata : Three ministers and 18 new faces figure in the list of candidates announced Tuesday by West Bengal's ruling Left Front for the 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state, with Front chairman Biman Bose conceding that the alliance which has been ruling the state for 32 years faces a tough battle.
PDP to hold first major public meet in Jammu
By IANS,
Jammu : In what is seen as a major development, the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is all set to hold Sunday its first major public meeting in Jammu in four years.
Ashok Bhatt is new speaker of Gujarat assembly
By IANS
Gandhinagar : Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ashok Bhatt was Friday elected speaker of the 12th Gujarat assembly and was given a talking to by the opposition Congress on the need for neutrality and impartiality in the house.
Bhatt, former health minister, was the only nominee for the post. Minister of State for Home Amit Shah proposed his name and Leader of Opposition Shaktisinh Gohil seconded him.
Bengal polls a tale of development vs graft
By Anurag Dey & Sirshendu Panth
Kolkata : The two-month-long bitter, no-holds-barred campaign for the West Bengal assembly elections turned into a slugfest between development...
Buddhadeb skips CPI-M central committee meet
By IANS,
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee skipped the crucial two-day meeting of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) central committee which began here Wednesday, party sources said.
The meeting is intended to finalise the draft document for the extended central committee meeting to be held in Vijayawada Aug 7-10.
"He is not attending the meeting. He is in West Bengal," a CPI-M source said here.
JMM’s rider for support: Soren as chief minister
By IANS,
Ranchi : The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) - leading in 19 of 81 constituencies of the state assembly - was Wednesday jockeying for power and said it would support the political combine that would prop its head Shibu Soren as chief minister.
Jharkhand was Wednesday headed towards a hung assembly with indications that no political group or combine was likely to get a majority in the house.
"We will support only those who will favour Shibu Soren as the new chief minister," JMM general secretary Supriyo Bhattacharya told IANS.
AAP leader served another notice in liquor seizure probe
New Delhi : Naresh Balyan, the AAP candidate for Saturday's Delhi assembly polls, has been served another notice to join the probe in connection...
Who has died from your family, Mulayam asks media
Lucknow : Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Thursday tried to play down the death of patients as a result of the doctors' strike,...
Despite ‘good work’ Congress MP might face drubbing in Bareilly
By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
Bareilly: In one of the streets of Bareilly, young men, who appear to be the workers of different political parties – are sitting side by side, with flags of their respective affiliations – Samajwadi Party and the Congress – and enjoying some light moments. To an outsider, this would appear to pointing to some ‘fixed match’ between the Congress and the SP. The fixed match, no doubt, was there, except that the winner here was the BJP.
International Human Rights Day: Khurram Parvez’s arrest casts shadow over human rights work in...
The arrest of prominent human rights defender Khurram Parvez under UAPA has brought to halt the human rights work in Kashmir.
Auqib Javeed |...
Third Front not to project anyone as PM candidate: Naidu
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Telugu Desam Party president N. Chandrababu Naidu Sunday said the Third Front would not project any leader as Prime Minister candidate.
Expressing confidence that the Third Front would form the next government at the centre, Naidu, a key leader of the grouping, said the new prime minister would be announced after elections through consensus among all the constituents.
Narendra Modi is the bad guy of politics: Shekhar Suman
By IANS,
Patna : Television star Shekhar Suman, who was earlier named as the Congress candidate from Patna Sahib seat in Bihar, Monday formally joined the party here and launched an attack on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi calling him a "bad guy of politics".
Shekhar refused to comment on Modi's remarks that Congress is a gudia (doll) party, saying, "I react to only good people's comments, please."
Shekhar joined the party in the presence of Iqbal Singh, party-in-charge of Bihar, and hundreds of slogan shouting and cheering supporters.
Revive peace process for final resolution of Kashmir issue, Mufti tells PM
By TCN News
New Delhi: People’s Democratic Party Patron Mufti Mohammed Sayeed has urged the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, to initiate concrete and visible steps to revive the peace process for final resolution of the Kashmir issue. In a meeting between the two leaders in New Delhi today, they discussed the prevailing political situation in the state during which Mufti called for addressing the external and internal dimensions of the problem for an early resolution.
Can Modi really take on the Hindu hawks?
By Amulya Ganguli ,
The sudden cancellation by the saffron hotheads of the religious reconversion programmes to welcome the minorities into the Hindu fold suggests...
Modi will always lead J&K on developmental path: Minister
Srinagar : Prime Minister Narendra Modi would always want to take Jammu and Kashmir on the developmental path, union minister Jitender Singh said...
Neighbourhood in focus while marking out red lines
(100 days of Modi government)
By Ranjana Narayan,
New Delhi : The foreign policy inbox of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has Indeed been full...
NCP will ‘definitely’ join Maharashtra ministry: Praful Patel
By IANS,
New Delhi : Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel Tuesday said his party will "definitely" be part of the next government in Maharashtra and said all power sharing issues with the Congress would be solved "in a day or two".
"We will definitely be joining the government (in Maharashtra)," Patel, who is the union civil aviation minister, told reporters here.
Opposition slogans drown out Sushma’s statement on Pakistan
New Delhi : A statement in the Rajya Sabha by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on her Pakistan visit was drowned out in an...
Tens of thousands vote in Kerala by-election
Thiruvananthapuram: Tens of thousands voted on Saturday in the by-election to the Kerala assembly in Aruvikara in a triangular contest involving the Congress, the...
Government deliberately delaying OROP: Congress
New Delhi : Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to assure former servicemen on the one rank-one pension (OROP) issue, the Congress on...
How many people at Third Front rally – 100,000 or 400,000?
By IANS,
Tumkur (Karnataka) : Thousands of people - estimates range from 100,000 to 400,000 - Thursday took in their stride the heat and dust and the lack of drinking water, to witness the launch of the Third Front by Left and regional parties ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.
The Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S), which organised the rally, said nearly 400,000 people had gathered at Dobbaspet near here, around 60 km from Bangalore. But the police estimated the crowd at over 100,000.
Himachal forest minister’s resignation accepted
By IANS,
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Governor Urmila Singh Wednesday accepted the resignation of state Forest Minister J.P. Nadda, an official statement said.
Nadda, who has been appointed national general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), resigned as cabinet minister March 18 to take up his new party assignment.
The portfolios of forest, science and technology, parliamentary affairs, elections, and law, which were held by Nadda would now be looked after by Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal.
Dikshit praised by BJP leader
By IANS,
New Delhi : A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Thursday surprised everyone when he heaped praise on Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit at a function here, saying he was her ardent admirer.
"I have highest regards for Sheila Dikshitji. I am an admirer of her. Her stand on issues, even if it is wrong, impresses me. She has a loving and smiling face," former minister and Delhi BJP chief Harsh Vardhan said at a book release function, a comment which led Dikshit burst into peels of laughter.
NCW team to probe police torture of Bengal woman: BJP
Kolkata : A National Commission for Women (NCW) team will visit West Bengal to probe the alleged torture of a woman by police, state...
Congress has admitted 1984 riots guilt: Akali Dal
By IANS,
Chandigarh : The Congress move to drop Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar as its Lok Sabha poll candidates over their alleged involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots Thursday drew sharp reactions from leaders in Punjab, the only Sikh majority state in India.
Ruling Akali Dal president and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said the "much belated cancellation of tickets of butchers of thousands of Sikhs was direct acceptance of guilt by (the) Congress of their active role in organising the riots".
Former Jharkhand MP arrested while filing nomination papers
By IANS,
Ranchi : Hemlal Murmu, a former Lok Sabha MP of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) was arrested Thursday in connection with a 15-year-old case when he went to file his nomination for the coming state assembly polls.
Murmu, who was Lok Sabha MP from Rajmahal seat, was later sent to 14 days judicial custody.
He had gone to file his nomination paper Thursday for the Barheit assembly constituency in Sahebganj district, around 500 km from Ranchi.
A non-bailable arrest warrant was pending against him for the last three years and he had been evading arrest.
Biman Bose apologises
By IANS,
Kolkata : West Bengal Left Front chairman Biman Bose Wednesday apologised for his remarks earlier in the day on the future of the Trinamool Congress-Congress alliance.
Don’t hide information from journalists, Rajnath tells spokespersons
By IANS,
New Delhi : With elections looming ahead, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday gave its spokespersons tips on the tricky business of how to manage the media with party president Rajnath Singh recommending that no information should be hidden from journalists.
Addressing over 60 spokespersons from various state units of the party at a daylong workshop, Rajnath Singh said that managing the media was more difficult than managing the masses.
Smriti Irani: TV’s popular ‘bahu’ to play a crucial role in educating India
By Mohammad Mudassir Alam,
Monday, May 26, 2014 was a red letter day in democratic history of India as Narendra Damodaran Das Modi was sworn in as the 15th Prime Minister of the country. Modi’s swearing in ceremony was stud with many highlights such as the presence of heads of SAARC countries, politicians, entrepreneurs, Bollywood stars, sports persons, etc. Besides these, the countrymen and analysts appreciated the cabinet of Modi, which is quite smaller in comparison to previous government and featuring considerable number of youth parliamentarians.
Babri case is about title: Owaisi
Hyderabad, (IANS): Virtually ruling out an out-of-court settlement of the Ayodhya dispute as suggested by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, MP Asaduddin Owaisi said...
UPA govt liberally funded J&K: Soz
By News Agency of Kashmir,
Srinagar :Union Minister and JKPCC President Professor Saif-ud-Din Soz has thanked the UPA chairperson Mrs. Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh for funding liberally to the Jammu and Kashmir State for building infra-structure in the three regions of the state.