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President’s rule revoked in Jharkhand
By IANS,
New Delhi : The union cabinet Tuesday recommended lifting of President's rule in Jharkhand, a day ahead of a new elected government under Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Shibu Soren taking over in the state.
The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting here chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, an official said.
Jharkhand came under President's Rule Jan 19 after no alliance came forward to form the government following Shibu Soren's resignation as chief minister. Soren quit after losing the Tamar assembly byelection.
Non-bailable warrant against Pankaj Bhujbal
Mumbai : A Special Court on Wednesday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against NCP legislator Pankaj Bhujbal and some others in connection with a...
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.
Congress has made Haryana bankrupt: Chautala
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Om Prakash Chautala Tuesday accused Haryana's Congress government of leading the state to bankruptcy.
The former chief minister told reporters here that the four-year-old Bhupinder Singh Hooda government had put Haryana under immense debt due to faulty policies.
"When our (INLD) government came to power in 1999, Haryana was under a debt of Rs.200 crore (Rs.2 billion) but when we left office in 2005, there was a surplus revenue of Rs.1,750 crore (Rs.17.5 billion)," he said.
No gloating over BJP’s infighting: Manmohan
By Manish Chand, IANS,
On Board Air India One : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday reacted cautiously to bitter infighting in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying he did not want to gloat over difficulties of other political parties.
"I am not in favour of gloating over difficulties of other political parties," Manmohan Singh told reporters while returning from the Russian city of Yekaterinburg when asked to comment on the infighting and disarray in India's main opposition party after its humiliating defeat in the parliamentary elections last month.
Dr. Syed Hasan: The educator of Seemanchal
By Manzar Imam for TwoCircles.net,
Despite belief in the inevitability of death, sometimes one struggles in shock and awe to believe in its eventuality. The...
जमीअत ने भी किया कन्हैया का समर्थन, कहा –जबरन आरएसएस की सोच थोपी नहीं...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
नई दिल्ली : ‘देश को ‘हिंदू राष्ट्र’ बनाने की किसी भी साज़िश को कामयाब नहीं होने दिया जाएगा. विभिन्न धर्मों के मानने...
Security up along Tamil Nadu coast
By IANS,
Chennai : Security has been beefed up along Tamil Nadu's 650-km coastline stretching from here to Rameshwaram following intelligence inputs that LTTE chief V. Prabhakaran may attempt to cross over from Sri Lanka, police said Sunday.
The intelligence inputs indicated possibilities of the beleaguered Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Prabhakaran crossing over to Tamil Nadu amid a smokescreen of alleged assaults on local fishermen by Indian naval personnel in Rameshwaram, 600 km south of here.
BJP, AAP claim victory as Delhi votes with enthusiasm
New Delhi: Hundreds of thousands voted with enthusiasm Saturday in a fiercely contested assembly election in Delhi in which both the BJP and AAP...
Rahul Gandhi is back
New Delhi : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, who remained out of the public view for 56 days, returned to the national capital on...
Congress accuses Odisha woman minister of abduction
Bhubaneswar : The opposition Congress in Odisha Monday accused a woman minister in the BJD government of abducting a person during the cooperative societies...
Rich and poor vote in third phase of Indian elections
By IANS,
New Delhi : The stars trooped out and so did villagers Thursday as millions of poor and the affluent voted in the third leg of India's general elections that even veteran politicians admitted was destined to give the country another coalition government.
Voters queued up outside some 165,000 polling centres in 107 Lok Sabha seats spread across nine states and two union territories in a 10-hour exercise, during which both the ruling Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed they would finish on top of a fractured house.
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.
Haryana Waqf Board takes control of 800 years old dargah amidst opposition from Ulema...
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Panipat (Haryana): The move by Haryana Waqf Board to take under its direct control the properties of Hazrat Hafiz Shamsuddin Panipati...
Government hiking duty to fill budget deficit: Congress
New Delhi : The Congress Tuesday said the government was trying to fill the budget deficit by hiking excise duty on fuel instead of...
Rajasthani, Bhojpuri not to be official languages yet’
By IANS,
New Delhi : Rajasthani and Bhojpuri languages have more to wait before their inclusion in the Eighth Schedule of the constitution, the Lok Sabha was informed Tuesday.
"The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has to conduct examinations in all the languages included in the Eighth Schedule of the constitution. Since UPSC is not yet ready to conduct the exams in Rajasthani and Bhojpuri, the decision to give them official language (status) has been deferred," said Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal.
AMU व JMI पर मोदी सरकार के ‘वार’ पर लालू यादव का ‘पलटवार’
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पटना : अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम यूनिवर्सिटी (एएमयू) और जामिया मिल्लिया इस्लामिया के अल्पसंख्यक दर्जा के मसले पर दिल्ली के मुख्यमंत्री अरविन्द केजरीवाल, उत्तरप्रदेश...
Ahead of BJP National Council meet, Kozhikode awash in saffron hue
By Brajendra Nath Singh
Kozhikode : The 500-year-old port city of Kozhikode in Kerala is awash in saffron hue ahead of the BJP's three-day National...
Advani rues communication gap with Sonia
By IANS
New Delhi : Admitting lack of communication with Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Thursday said this was hurting his equations with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
"It is unfortunate that I have no communication with Sonia Gandhi. Poor relations with her affect my equations with the prime minister," Advani told TV news channel Times Now, hoping his ties with her would improve.
Hyderabad students’ bail plea not opposed
Hyderabad : A court on Monday was set to pronounce orders on bail petitions of 25 students and two faculty members of University of...
Rajnath visits Bangladesh border, talks to enclave dwellers
Siliguri : A day after the NIA claimed that the terrorists involved in the Burdwan blast had conspired to overthrow the government in Bangladesh,...
Sushma Swaraj meets Xi
New Delhi : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Thursday met Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is on a three-day visit to the country.
"Ge xia,...
Global disaster reduction meet in Delhi
By IANS
New Delhi : At least 48 countries will participate in a two-day conference on disaster risk reduction starting here Wednesday.
"The second Asian Ministerial Conference on disaster risk reduction will begin in the capital from Nov 7. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the two-day conference, while Congress president Sonia Gandhi will deliver the keynote address," said U.N. Panjiar, secretary for border management in the home ministry.
Modi may keep Varanasi seat, hints Rajnath
Varanasi : BJP president Rajnath Singh Saturday indicated that the party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi would keep the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat if...
Karunanidhi’s effigy to be burnt with Ravana’s on Dussehra
By IANS
Lucknow : An effigy of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi is to go up in flames, along with that of mythological demon king Ravana to mark the Hindu festival of Dussehra in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, Oct 22.
A decision for this was taken by a few Dussehra committees in Allahabad, the city known for the 12-yearly Kumbh Mela, about 200 km from here.
29 Muslims to enter Assam State Assembly in 2016
By Afroz Alam Sahil, Twocircles.net
The Assam 2016 elections will see 29 Muslim MLAs this year, compared to 28 in 2011, with 15 from Congress,...
VHP needs to launch movement for Hindu values: Singhal
New Delhi : The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) needs to launch a national movement on the lines of Ram Janambhoomi issue to rekindle the...
Journalists hold protest march in Delhi, want action against attackers
New Delhi : In a show of solidarity with media persons attacked by lawyers in the Patiala House courts complex here, hundreds of journalists...
Negotiating with Undeclared Emergency
Pushkar Raj for TwoCircles.net,
Last month, Hyderabad police registered a case against Prof. Kancha Ilaiah for writing an article in a Telugu daily, entitled ‘Is...
Another Samajwadi Party leader may quit
By IANS,
Lucknow : Within hours of former Samajwadi Party (SP) minister Naresh Agarwal quitting the party Saturday, a close confidante of former chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav gave indications that he would follow suit.
Dhaniram Verma, SP legislator from Vidhuna constituency in Auraiyya district, told IANS that he had serious differences with Mulayam Singh Yadav, who is the party chief, over the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat.
"I wish my son contests from the seat, but Netaji (Yadav) is not ready," he said.
Only Modi, Bhagwat leading India: Rahul
New Delhi : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday launched a scathing attack at the Narendra Modi government, saying the country was being...
Pappu Yadav invites PM to contest from Bihar
By IANS,
Patna : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been invited to contest the Lok Sabha election from Bihar by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Pappu Yadav.
"I invite Manmohan Singh, the world's most honest politician, to contest from any seat of Kosi and Purnia region. Millions will vote for him. Winning will be no issue," Yadav told IANS over telephone from Madhepura.
Telangana drowns in wild celebrations
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Telangana erupted in joy Friday, hours after the Rajya Sabha approved a bill for separate statehood to the region.
Political parties and...
Goa politicians involved in mining operations: Rights group
By IANS,
Panaji : The active involvement of politicians in Goa's multi-crore mining business has come to the fore in a report released by an international rights watchdog.
Samajwadi Party candidates file nominations for LC polls
Lucknow : Eight candidates of the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) Monday filed their nomination papers for the Jan 23 legislative council polls for 12...
Congress core committee meets on Telangana, price rise
BY IANS,
New Delhi: The Congress core committee met here Friday to discuss price rise and the Telangana statehood issues.
Congress sources said the meeting discussed the prevailing situation in Andhra Pradesh and the spurt in agitation for a separate state of Telangana.
The meeting, which took place at the residence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, was attended by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Defence Minister A.K. Antony.
Yeddyurappa meets PM over fertilizer shortage
By IANS,
New Delhi : Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here Wednesday evening to seek an immediate supply of fertilizers for his state, which is grappling with farmers' agitations over fertilizer shortage.
"I met the prime minister for the second time after assuming office on May 30 and drew his attention to the severe shortage of fertilizers in Karnataka," Yeddyurappa told reporters.
Shhh! There’s nobody in the Parliament House library
By Sarwar Kashani, IANS,
New Delhi : Amid the noisy scenes, which are almost a routine in the two legislative houses, there is one place in Parliament House where you can hear a pin drop - it is the library that is barely used by a dozen of the 790 MPs.
The silence at the 55,000-sq. m. Parliament Library provides a solace from the din. At 1.30 p.m. during the session days, any noise in the library cannot disturb the readers --- because there is not a single visitor to the architectural milestone created by Raj Rawal.
In J&K, two cabinet ministers break law, smoke cigarette in Public
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: In a major embarrassment for ruling People Democratic Part in Jammu and Kashmir, two of...
BJP to announce 30 UP candidates soon
By IANS,
Lucknow : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has "almost finalised" names of 30 candidates for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, a senior party...
Modi wishes Sonia Gandhi speedy recovery
By IANS,
New Delhi : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Thursday wished speedy recovery to Congress president Sonia Gandhi who underwent surgery abroad.
Expedite probe in Odisha chit fund scam: BJP urges CBI
Bhubaneswar : The BJP on Tuesday staged a demonstration here, urging the CBI to speed up its ongoing investigation into the multi-crore-rupee chit fund...
Trinamool to raise diesel deregulation issue in parliament
Kolkata : Coming down heavily on the BJP-led central government for deregulating diesel prices, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said Trinamool Congress...
Big BJP boss steps in to save proteges
By IANS,
New Delhi : The shock outburst by a clutch of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs over the women's reservation bill left some party satraps red-faced after they put up a spirited defence in the Rajya Sabha. But when there's a crisis, there's big boss L.K. Advani.
Opposition to the bill by controversial Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur and Hukumdev Naryan Yadav from Madhubani was seen as a clear challenge to the leaders of opposition in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha - Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley.
Munde a charismatic leader: Maharashtra governor
Mumbai : Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan Tuesday described Munde, who died following an accident in Delhi, as "one of the most charismatic leaders who...
Jayalalithaa flays move to re-hire retired employees
By IANS,
Chennai : AIADMK general secretary and Leader of the Opposition J. Jayalalithaa Friday charged that the Tamil Nadu government's decision to hire retired government employees on contract will benefit the ruling DMK party cadres and enable it to rig the 2011 assembly polls.
"At a time when there are around five million people registered with employment exchanges the government instead of appointing youth has decided to reappoint retired government officials on contract basis," Jayalalithaa said in a statement issued here Friday.
CPI-M not to contest Himachal by-polls
By IANS,
Shimla: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) will not contest the Himachal Pradesh by-elections to two assembly seats next month, a party leader said Saturday.
"We have decided not to contest the by-elections in Himachal Pradesh this time, but we will support non-Congress and non-BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) candidates," CPI-M central committee member and state secretary Rakesh Singha told IANS.
A total of 11 candidates are in the fray for the by-polls from Rohru and Jawali constituencies Nov 7.
UP Police personnel to get offs every 10 days
Lucknow : Policemen in Uttar Pradesh will now get an off every 10 days, an officer said. The initiative was approved by Chief...
Kashmiri youth patriotic, IS flag waving by misguided elements: Javadekar
New Delhi: With sighting of some people waving the flag of the brutal jihadist Islamic State group in Srinagar Friday, Information and Broadcasting Minister...
Dimapur lynching: Gauhati HC directs CBI probe
Guwahati: Six months after the gruesome lynching of a rape accused in Nagaland's commercial town Dimapur, the Gauhati High Court on Monday directed the...
Work on chemical hub in West Bengal to begin before polls
By IANS,
Kolkata : Construction work at the Nayachar Island chemical hub project in West Bengal is likely to begin before the coming Lok Sabha polls this year, state Industry Minister Nirupam Sen said Friday.
"We've already sent a request to the central government seeking permission to start the project before the Lok Sabha elections. Now we are waiting for the final approval," Sen told reporters here.
He said the proposal was at the final stage and likely to be passed in the cabinet meeting very shortly.
MPs asked most questions in 2007 about finance ministry
By IANS,
New Delhi : The most questions members asked during Question Hour in the three parliament sessions in 2007 were about the finance ministry, while the least number of queries were on panchayati raj, according to a report.
According to the 'Citizens' Report on Governance and Development 2008-2009', around 7.61 percent of the total 14,379 questions asked in the three sessions of the Lok Sabha (the lower house) were related to the finance ministry. The figures for 2008 were not yet compiled, it said.
Home ministry official denies tutoring witness in Ishrat probe
New Delhi : Home Ministry official B.K. Prasad on Thursday dismissed the charge that he tutored a witness in the probe relating to missing...
Criminal cases against 12 union, 44 state ministers
New Delhi : A total of 12 union ministers and 44 state ministers, elected in the past two years, have self declared criminal cases...
Surjewala gets charge of Congress communications department
New Delhi : Congress president Sonia Gandhi has appointed Randeep Surjewala head of the communications department in place of Ajay Maken, who has been...
JMM set to withdraw suppport to Koda
By IANS,
Ranchi : The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) was Sunday set to withdraw support to the Madhu Koda government as it pressed its demand to make its head Shibu Soren chief minister of Jharkhand.
At a party meeting here, its 17 party legislators signed a memorandum withdrawing their support to the Koda government, JMM sources said.
A JMM central committee meeting Sunday evening was to take a final decision on the matter before meeting Governor Syed Sibte Razi at 7 p.m., they said.
Keep FRBM Act aloof from Finance Bill 2015: Sinha
Kolkata : Senior BJP leader and former union finance minister Yashwant Sinha said here on Tuesday that the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act,...
BJP trying to impose ‘Hindu rashtra’, says Owaisi
Hyderabad : MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday charged the BJP with trying to impose a 'Hindu rashtra' on the country in the name...
Parties asked to submit videos of public meetings within six hours
By IANS,
Kolkata : In the wake of a series of hate speeches by political leaders in various states, the Election Commission has instructed parties...
Karunakaran hospitalised
By IANS
Thiruvananthapuram : Former Kerala chief minister K. Karunakaran was admitted to the intensive care unit of a private hospital here Sunday after he complained of breathing problems.
The four-time chief minister, Karunakaran, 89, arrived at the hospital for a routine check-up. However, the doctors advised him to be kept under medical observation for respiratory problems and cough.
The veteran leader has been out of active politics after merging his party - launched after quitting the Congress - with the Nationalist Congress Party.
Pandemonium in Madhya Pradesh assembly over Indore riots
By IANS,
Bhopal : The Madhya Pradesh assembly here witnessed unruly scenes Monday, with the opposition accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of allowing communal riots in Indore and promoting lawlessness in the state.
Condemning the government for not preventing communal riots and stopping former chief minister Digvijay Singh and other Congress leaders from attending the session by arresting them in Indore, the opposition declared that they would not allow the house to function in protest.
NIA to probe Bengal local train blast
Kolkata: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), probing the Burdwan blast, has been directed to investigate the explosion in a suburban train in West Bengal's...
Both Kerala fronts confident of victory in bypoll
Thiruvananthapuram : With just a day left for the election campaign to end at for the Aruvikara by-election in the capital district, both of...
Left favours grand alliance against DMK
By IANS,
Chennai : The Left in Tamil Nadu favours a grand alliance against the ruling DMK for the Lok Sabha elections by bringing together the AIADMK and actor-politician Vijaykanth, party sources said Saturday.
"Both (AIADMK chief J.) Jayalalitha and Vijaykanth are politicians who understand the state's needs, have a secular disposition and are not part of the Congress or BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) bandwagons," a Communist Party of India (CPI) leader said.
"If they are part of the same front, the DMK and the Congress will be routed," the leader added.
शुरू हुई यूपी में चुनावी हलचल ,ओवेशी का ऐलान 100 सीटों पर लड़ेंगे
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BJP national executive meet begins
By IANS,
Patna : Posters, banners and saffron flags of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dotted many roads of the Bihar capital with the party's two-day national executive meet set to begin Saturday, where it would deliberate on a strategy for the coming state assembly polls.
BJP president Nitin Gadkari, party veteran L.K. Advani, senior leaders Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Murli Manohar Joshi, Venkaiah Naidu, Rajnath Singh, Ananth Kumar and Shahnawaz Hussain arrived here Friday evening.
I will not ask for a re-instatement: Maran
By IANS
Chennai : Communications and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran, who resigned from the cabinet, said Monday he would not become a minister again, even if he was offered, but insisted he would always remain a "DMK man".
BJP doesn’t believe in democracy: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday said the monsoon session of parliament, which ended on Thursday, showed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) does...
Caste lines blurred in Varanasi poll?
Varanasi : As Varanasi votes Monday, traditional caste lines seem to have blurred and loyalties changed.
With nearly 17 lakh voters as per figures of...
Mayawati expels Shahid Siddiqui from BSP
By IANS,
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Monday expelled her Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) general secretary Shahid Siddiqui from the party.
Siddiqui's exit came within hours of the publication of his interview in a national English daily where he sought to brand Mayawati as a despot.
Kejriwal to join safai karamcharis near PM’s house
New Delhi : AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal will join the conservancy staff in cleanliness drive Thursday at a slum - a stone's throw from...
Yadav trinity asks PM for all-party meeting on women’s bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : Samajwadi Party's Mulayam Singh Yadav, Janata Dal-United's Sharad Yadav and Rashtriya Janata Dal's Lalu Prasad Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the women's reservation bill and asked for an all-party meeting to evolve consensus on the contentious legislation.
"We asked him to call for an all party meeting," Lalu Prasad told reporters after the meeting at the prime minister's residence.
CPI-M seeks Modi’s views on Mother Teresa issue
Thiruvananthapuram : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Wednesday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's views on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat's comments...
This minister never answers my questions: Maneka Gandhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh, Maneka Gandhi Wednesday complained that Minister of State for Environment and Forests Namo Narain Meena never answered her questions in the Lok Sabha.
"I would much rather have the prime minister answer my question. This minister never answers the question (put to him)," Gandhi told Speaker Somnath Chatterjee. She had a query on the government plans for hybrid vehicles meant to control pollution.
Meena was aghast at the statement but gathered his wits.
YSR’s brother arrested for sitting on fast
By IANS,
Hyderabad: Congress legislator Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy, brother of late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, was Tuesday arrested as he began an indefinite hunger strike here to protest the proposed division of the state.
Vivekananda Reddy began the fast at the statue of Potti Sriramulu -- who died in 1952 after a 58-day hunger strike demanding a separate state for Telugu speaking people of then Madras State -- near the state secretariat.
Rajnath attributes victory to development plank
By IANS
New Delhi : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Sunday attributed his party's victory in Gujarat to the development policies of the BJP government even as many of his colleagues credited it to Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
"I want to thank the people of Gujarat first and congratulate every party worker in Gujarat," Singh told reporters at the party headquarters here.
According to the latest trends, the BJP was slated to win around 120 seats in the 182-member assembly, leaving less than 60 to the Congress, which was hoping to oust Modi.
सीमांचल में क्यों ध्वस्त हुआ भाजपा का सपना
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
सीमांचल में भाजपा का शो बुरी तरह फ्लॉप रहा. ओवैसी, पप्पू यादव, सपा या एनसीपी के मैदान में उतरने से बड़े...
Rajasthan amends RTE act to scrap no detention policy
Jaipur : The Rajasthan assembly on Thursday passed a bill amending the Right to Education act, to do away with the "no detention policy"...
Anupam Kher meets president, likely to meet PM over ‘intolerance’
New Delhi: Veteran actor Anupam Kher met President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday and said he had a "great meeting" where he raised concerns about...
Modi, Nitish make Holi material fly off shelves in Bihar
By Imran Khan
It is a colourful time in Bihar, but politics is not too far from the celebration of colours. Prime Minister Narendra...
Public money funded dinner at 2013 BJP meet: AAP
Panaji : A private dinner for BJP leaders during a 2013 national executive meet here where Narendra Modi was anointed the party's face...
Congress will campaign jointly with Trinamool Congress: Pranab Mukherjee
By IANS,
Kolkata : In a show of electoral harmony, senior Congress leader and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Saturday said his party would campaign jointly with the Trinamool Congress at every level to defeat the communists in the Lok Sabha elections.
"We will send directions to our workers at every level in the state to make the alliance a success by holding joint campaigns and working for the alliance partner to defeat the communists," Mukherjee said Saturday night in a joint press conference with Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee.
Court dismisses plea for contempt case against Sibal
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a petition seeking initiation of contempt of court proceedings against Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal for criticising judicial functioning in a message to a souvenir in 1995.
An apex court bench of Justices J.M. Panchal and A.K. Patnaik said Sibal's message in a souvenir had been quoted out of context.
The court said the message examines the evils prevailing in the judicial system. It noted that Sibal had also suggested corrective measures.
Left launches phase two of land agitation in Andhra
By IANS
Hyderabad : Stepping up pressure on the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh, the Left parties Wednesday launched the second phase of their agitation seeking distribution of land among landless poor.
Workers of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) as well as large groups of people encroached upon open land in different parts of the state to press their demand.
With 30-member ministry, BJP starts rule in south India
By IANS,
Bangalore : A 30-member ministry headed by B.S. Yeddyurappa Friday took office in Karnataka, marking a historic moment for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as it gets its first government in southern India.
Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yeddyurappa, 65, took oath of office in Kannada in the name of god, watched by a galaxy of BJP leaders, chief ministers of National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-ruled states as well as tens of thousands of cheering supporters.
The pain of Dardpora: Kashmiri half-widows living in a state of limbo
By Muhammad Zulqarnain Zulfi
Dardpora (Jammu and Kashmir): Lying near thick deodar forests, terraced cornfields, apple orchards and jagged mountains, the hamlet of Dardpora looks...
Deploy armed forces in Orissa, demand Christian leaders
By IANS,
New Delhi : Upset with the Orissa government's failure to protect Christians against violence by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), community leaders Tuesday said New Delhi should deploy armed forces to bring normalcy in the state.
Identify children with Bhopal disaster defects: Group
Bhopal : There is an urgent need to identify and treat children with congenital malformations born to parents exposed to the 1984 Bhopal gas...
An adamant Chatterjee questions leadership decision
By IANS,
New Delhi : Despite the pressure mounted on him by the CPI-M leadership to resign his post immediately, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee remains defiant as he questioned their very decision to go along with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Buddhadeb’s criticism of shutdowns ‘wrong’: Achuthanandan
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan does not agree with his West Bengal couterpart and fellow Communist Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's criticism of shutdowns.
"Bhattacharjee would not have said so. If he did, he is wrong," Achuthanandan said here Wednesday.
He was responding to reporters' query seeking his reaction to the fellow Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader's comments.
"Bandhs (shutdowns) do not help the country," Bhattacharjee told a business gathering in Kolkata, saying he found siege and shutdowns "immoral".
Modi holds retreat with chief ministers, discusses innovations
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday held a "retreat" with chief ministers where they shared innovations which had a visible impact in...
By elections outcome: Wake-up call for secular forces to re-work their strategy
By Dr. Mohammad Manzoor Alam,
Results of the by elections for 36 seats across 10 states have exploded the myth of the BJP riding high on the promise of development and good governance by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. BJP lost 13 of the 23 seats it held in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
Congress seeks Meghwal’s resignation over rape allegation
New Delhi : All India Mahila Congress president Shobha Oza Friday demanded the resignation of union minister Nihalchand Meghwal for being allegedly involved in...
Religious intolerance on rise in South Asia: Report
By IANS
New Delhi: Religious intolerance is on the rise in South Asia, including in India, leading to discrimination and violent attacks against minorities, says a new report by Minority Rights Group International.
The report titled "State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2010", which was released Thursday, says that while religious nationalism was on the rise, the abuse of counter-terrorism laws too have led to a growing pattern of persecution against religious minorities globally.
Achuthanandan comes under fire at CPI-M state conference
Kottayam, Feb 13 (IANS) In a veiled warning, Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan was Wednesday told by majority of his Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) members to change his style of functioning or face ouster.
The divisions in Kerala's ruling CPI-M have grown shaper and at a state conference, many of the some 500 delegates backed secretary Pinarayi Vijayan against Achuthanandan asking the chief minister to mend fences with the faction led by the latter.
JD-U rules out alliance after RJD extends support
Patna : Bihar's ruling JD-U Thursday welcomed the support extended by Lalu Prasad's RJD to the new state government led by Jitan Ram Manjhi,...
Congress, Punjab speaker on collision course
By Jaideep Sarin, IANS,
Chandigarh: The opposition Congress and Punjab Assembly Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal seem to be on a collision course, politically speaking.
450 government schemes named after three people: Advani
By IANS,
New Delhi : What is in a name, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani asked Wednesday, taking objection to government schemes and institutions being named after members of the Nehru-Gandhi family.
Government schemes and institutions should be kept away from party politics, Advani said while speaking in the Lok Sabha on the motion of thanks to President Pratibha Patil's address to the joint session of parliament.
Violence will be dealt with strongly: Kerala minister
Thiruvananthapuram: Violence unleashed by any political party would be strongly dealt with, Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said on Monday.
He made the comment after...
Will win many more seats than predicted: Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi : Two days ahead of the poll results, the Congress party Thursday was upbeat about emerging the single largest party and dismissed exit polls carried out by media organisations.
Party spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi said the Congress would prove the exit polls wrong by winning many more seats than predicted. Exit polls have said the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance will be ahead, but only just.
Many flood victims eager to meet Modi disappointed
Srinagar : Dozens of flood affected people who came to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his day-long Diwali visit Thursday returned disappointed as...
Azam Khan targets Amar Singh
By IANS,
Rampur : Samajwadi Party leader Mohammed Azam Khan Friday flayed general secretary Amar Singh, but without naming him, on charges of hurting Muslims by teaming up with former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kalyan Singh.
Khan, the estranged national general secretary of the party, alleged in a statement that "some people who obtained Rajya Sabha membership with our support are busy tarnishing my image and harming the party organisation".
Amar Singh is a Rajya Sabha member.
Muslim party seems destined to sit in opposition
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Malegaon : As the time for elections to the posts of mayor, deputy mayor, etc. slated for Friday is coming nigh, the Indian Muslim Congress Party, a new party floated by Ulama and Muslim community leaders in the communally sensitive town of Malegaon in Maharashtra - which emerged as the single largest party winning 26 seats in the 72-member Malegaon Municipal Corporation - now finds it difficult to democratically capture the civic body. And the only option left with the IMCP now seems to be sitting in the opposition.
All-party meet on Amarnath land fails to reach solution
By IANS,
New Delhi : An all-party delegation meeting here to resolve the ongoing Amarnath land row failed to reach any solution Monday. The leaders will meet again Tuesday.
Home Minister Shivraj Patil, who is keeping a close tab on the developments in Jammu and Kashmir, told reporters, "The talks were inconclusive. We will meet tomorrow."
The delegation returned after a two-day tour of Jammu and Kashmir. The delegation leaders met the Shri Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti (SASS), which is spearheading the agitation, in Jammu and also held a meeting with leaders from Kashmir.
BJP leader shot dead in Kanpur
By IANS,
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh): A local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was shot dead by unidentified assailants here Saturday night, police said.
Congress seeks apology from Modi over black money issue
New Delhi: The Congress Friday sought apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the government told the Supreme Court that it could not disclose...
‘UPA government should take court ruling seriously’
By IANS,
Bhopal : Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Madhya Pradesh election incharge Venkaiah Naidu Friday urged the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to consider seriously the observations of the Supreme Court with regard to the Ram Setu.
He also demanded resignation of Union Health Minister A. Ramadoss in the light of the Apex Court's ruling re-instating P. Venugopal as AIIMS director.