Absence of members halts discussion in Lok Sabha
By IANS,
New Delhi : The discussion on the Finance Bill, 2008 in the Lok Sabha Monday came to a grinding halt for want of quorum which mandates the presence of at least 10 percent of the existing strength of the house to conduct legislative business.
Brajesh Pathak of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Dharmendra Pradhan of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) raised the issue at around 12.50 p.m. when Nikhil Kumar of the Congress was deliberating on the finance bill.
Left approaches BSP, Rahul to meet Amar Singh
By IANS,
New Delhi/Kolkata : The realignment of political forces over the India-US nuclear deal continued Sunday with Marxist leader Prakash Karat calling for "cooperation" with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) after meeting its chief Mayawati as Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi prepared to meet his Samajwadi Party counterpart Amar Singh to cement ties between the two parties.
40 percent Delhi women faced sexual harassment in past year: Study
New Delhi : Despite tougher laws enacted after the gruesome Nirbhaya gang-rape some three years ago, women in Delhi hardly feel safe, says a...
Congress takes huge early lead in Rajasthan
By IANS,
Jaipur : The Congress party took early leads in 20 seats out of 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in Rajasthan Saturday, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading in the other five.
The Congress that had won only four seats in the 2004 Lok Sabha polls while the BJP had bagged 21.
The prominent Congress candidates who were leading included Sachin Pilot over his nearest rival Kiran Maheshwari by over 69,000 votes in Ajmer; and Girja Vyas leading in Chittorgarh over her nearest rival - sitting MP Srichand Kriplani of the BJP - by over 24,600 votes.
Aadhaar not must for Ayushman Bharat: Health Ministry
By IANS:
New Delhi, July 12: The government clarified on Thursday that Aadhaar card was not mandatory for taking benefits under Ayushman Bharat - National...
India has surpassed China’s GDP under Modi: Parrikar
Panaji : Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has overtaken China in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for the first time, Defence...
Kashmiri youth protesting against militants’ killing hoist Pakistan flag over CM’s ancestral house
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: In an incident that is likely to leave Kashmir’s ruling party People’s Democratic Party and...
BJP, Left slams government’s cash transfer scheme
By IANS,
New Delhi : The BJP and the CPI-M Thursday slammed the UPA government for launching the new cash transfer scheme from Congress headquarters, calling it a election stunt.
Probe will show if blast is terror strike: Shinde
By IANS,
Kolkata : Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Wednesday said a probe would reveal whether the blast near the BJP office in Bangalore was a terror act.
Slipper thrown at former NSA Narayanan
Chennai,: Former West Bengal governor and national security advisor (NSA) M.K. Narayanan was assaulted by a member of a fringe organisation with a slipper...
Uttar Pradesh state officials hand over CD to Varun Gandhi
By NNN-PTI,
New Delhi : Officials from Uttar Pradesh state today visited the residence of BJP Lok Sabha (Lower House) candidate Varun Gandhi and handed over a copy of the CD containing his hate speech in Pilibhit.
The officials, who were accompanied by a team from Delhi Police, handed over the CD at the residence of his mother and former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi here, where 29-year-old Varun stays.
The UP officials told reporters that they were on poll duty, but declined to give any details.
The Delhi Police team, however, did not enter the residential premises.
Rampur stuns Jaya Prada
By IANS,
Lucknow : Cine star-turned-politician Jaya Prada faced a humiliation in Rampur, her candidate losing badly to old foe and Samajwadi Party veteran Mohammed Azam Khan.
BJP to charge up ‘foot soldiers’ in Jaipur
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will organise a mega meet to "charge up foot soldiers" in Jaipur Thursday.
"There are 48,571 polling booths in Rajasthan and we would invite at least six to seven workers from each of them - this should make about 300,000 workers adding up to a Maha Kumbh," party spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told reporters here Wednesday.
The agenda for the rally would be to "charge up the foot soldiers", while most of the other rallies usually deal with higher-level cadres, Javadekar added.
Former Odisha chief minister J.B. Patnaik dead
Bhubaneswar : Three-time Odisha chief minister and former Assam governor Janaki Ballabh Patnaik died at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday, a family member...
BJP slams CPI-M over Nandigram, government plays safe
By IANS
New Delhi : Launching a blistering attack on the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) for violence in West Bengal's Nandigram, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday called for imposition of the president's rule in the state if the situation did not improve, but the central government did a fine balancing act.
Shivraj should resign, demands Congress
Bhopal: The Congress on Thursday demanded the resignation of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, citing that the Supreme Court has handed over...
Andhra Governor N.D. Tiwari quits over ‘sex scandal’
By IANS,
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Governor N.D. Tiwari resigned Saturday citing "health grounds" after allegations of his involvement in a sex scandal.
The 86-year-old Tiwari submitted his resignation to the president, official sources said.
The state government had also sent a report on the alleged scandal to the union home ministry.
ABN channel owned by Telugu daily Andhra Jyothi Friday showed explicit clippings purported to be of Tiwari involved in a sex romp. It claimed that the pictures were taken in the Raj Bhavan.
Malhotra arrested, Sonia ticks off Dikshit detractors
By IANS
New Delhi : City-based contractor Ashok Malhotra, the main suspect in a multimillion rupee land scam, was arrested Monday while Congress president Sonia Gandhi met detractors of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and asked them to explain allegations that they were involved in a conspiracy to topple the city government in collusion with Malhotra.
No inquiry into Netaji snooping controversy: Government
New Delhi : The government has no proposal to probe revelations about snooping of family members of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose by the Intelligence...
Andhra assembly adjourned again
By IANS,
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh assembly once again adjourned without doing any business Saturday as the opposition stalled proceedings over the Babli project and Telangana issue.
Over 11 percent polling in Kashmir
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir recorded an average voter turnout of 11.28 percent during the first couple of hours in the state assembly elections...
Arvind Kejriwal holds Janata Darbar in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad : About 1,000 people met Delhi's new Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at his Kaushambi office here Wednesday to apprise him about their problems.
While...
BJP bats for Gorkhaland
Siliguri : BJP vice president S.S. Ahluwalia Wednesday asserted that his party was in favour of creating smaller states, and said the demand for...
AAP, Congress slam Delhi government for hiking circle rates
New Delhi : The AAP and the Congress Tuesday slammed the Delhi government's decision to increase property circle rates by 20 percent and demanded...
Punia files papers as Congress candidate for RS polls
Lucknow : Congress leader and chairman of the Scheduled Castes Commission P.L. Punia Friday filed his nomination papers for the Nov 20 Rajya Sabha...
BJP’s Sinha continues to wait for Deve Gowda
By IANS
Bangalore : Ahead of their proposed power transfer in Karnataka Wednesday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice-president Yashwant Sinha Sunday continued to wait for a meeting with Janata Dal-Secular chief H.D. Deve Gowda, even as the JD-S was set to emerge the biggest gainer in the just-over municipal polls.
Sinha waited for an appointment with Deve Gowda as results from the polls to the 209 civic bodies in the state, held Friday, showed the battle for supremacy was between JD-S and the Congress with the BJP taking the beating And the third place.
Yes, I met Rahul Gandhi, Haryana CM: Yogendra Yadav
Gurgaon: Senior AAP leader and Lok Sabha candidate from Gurgaon Yogendra Yadav said Friday there was nothing secret in his meeting Congress vice president...
Israeli cabinet to summon 40,000 reservists for Gaza conflict
Jerusalem : Israel's security cabinet decided Tuesday to draft 40,000 reserve soldiers for a major military operation Israel launched on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip...
PM, Sonia fail to garner votes for Goa Congress
By IANS,
Panaji : Assembly constituencies in Goa where Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Congress president Sonia Gandhi campaigned have resulted in dismal returns for the Congress.
UPA believed in work rather than empty talk: Manmohan Singh
Guwahati : Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said his UPA government had always believed in work rather than empty talk and the...
NSUI gears up campaigning for Congress’s Lok Sabha election candidate, reaching out to the...
By TCN News,
Jammu: The state president of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), Neeraj Kundan held a meeting in Govt. Maulana Azad Memorial Post Graduate (MAM) College, Jammu, in support of Congress-NC candidate Madan Lal Sharma, on 2nd April, Wednesday.
Lalu demands probe into alleged Bihar power scam
By IANS,
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Tuesday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into an alleged Rs.4,000-crore scam in the Bihar State Electricity Board.
"It is a serious issue, there should be a CBI probe into the Rs.4,000-crore scam in the BSEB (Bihar Electricity State Board) in the full knowledge of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar," Lalu Prasad said at a press conference here at the official residence of his wife and former chief minister Rabri Devi.
CPI says no to supporting Congress, BJP governments
By IANS,
Kolkata : Dismissing signals from the Congress that it was open to an alliance with the Communists after the Lok Sabha polls, the Communist Party of India (CPI) Monday said the Left parties were against both the Congress or the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led governments.
"Often they (Congress) say doors are open for us, as if we are waiting to troop in. I would like to make it clear that we do not propose to support either a Congress or BJP-led governments," CPI general secretary A.B. Barshan told reporters here.
Jayalalitha ‘not in hurry’ to ally with BJP
By IANS
Chennai : Tamil Nadu's Leader of Opposition and AIADMK chief J. Jayalalitha Thursday said she was "not in a hurry" to join hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
"It is true that we see eye to eye with the BJP in some matters. However, I have to make it clear that I do not belong to the Sangh Parivar. Our party has a long history of struggle and success. We are certainly not in a hurry to work out an alliance with any political party at this point in time," Jayalalitha told Times Now in an interview.
No hidden deal, we could have backed earlier: Amar Singh
By Manish Chand, IANS,
New Delhi : If the prime minister had approached the Samajwadi Party (SP), it could have backed the nuclear deal much earlier, party leader Amar Singh said here while denying any “hidden deal” with the government in return for its support.
“There was no need for the prime minister to go to parliament on the issue of the nuclear deal. If he could have approached us and other political parties and briefed us on the nuclear deal, we could have supported it much before,” Amar Singh told IANS when asked what made the SP change its mind.
Delhi government to revamp anti-corruption helpline
New Delhi: The AAP government in Delhi on Tuesday decided to revamp its anti-corruption helpline, which was launched during its earlier 49-day stint.
Deputy Chief...
Was Telangana bill introduced, asks Sushma Swaraj
By IANS,
New Delhi : Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj Thursday questioned if the Telangana statehood bill was formally introduced in...
Vemula’s friends, academicians back Jadavpur University against ABVP
Kolkata : Friends of Rohith Vemula, the Dalit scholar who committed suicide in Hyderabad, as also some academicians on Sunday backed the Jadavpur University...
KCR seeks special funds for Hyderabad’s development
Hyderabad : Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday urged the central government to provide special funds for development of Hyderabad.
Stating that Rs.100...
AIMPLB must stop fooling people over Triple Talaq
By Sheikh Khurshid Alam for Twocircles.net
“Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense,...
Rajya Sabha adjourned over civil nuclear bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Rajya Sabha Thursday saw regular disruptions after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) members alleged a deal between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the civil nuclear liability bill.
As the house met after lunch break 2, LJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan and RJD leaders Ram Kripal Yadav and Rajneeti Prasad were on their feet alleging that the Congress and BJP had struck a deal.
The LJP and RJD members walked noisily towards the speaker after which the house was adjourned till 3 p.m.
Congress workers oppose alliance with NC in Kashmir
Jammu : Congress workers Saturday told the party top brass that they must not fight the forthcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir in...
Goa drug peddler in jail may be innocent: BJP
By IANS,
Panaji : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Nitin Gadkari Thursday said an alleged Goan drug peddler currently lodged in a Mumbai prison for suspected links to an Israeli drug dealer may be innocent.
Speaking to reporters here, Gadkari also tried to justify BJP legislator Dayanand Mandrekar's recent plea to Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik to "help" alleged drug peddler Savlo Salgaonkar, arrested by Mumbai Police for possessing drugs.
Lalthanhawla elected Mizoram Congress legislature party leader
By IANS,
Aizawl : Congress party state president Lalthanhawla was Wednesday unanimously elected as leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in Mizoram.
"Lalthanhawla was elected CLP leader by the newly elected Congress legislators," said K.K. Thanga, state Congress spokesman.
The main opposition Congress voted out the Mizo National Front (MNF) government headed by chief minister Zoramthanga in the Dec 2 assembly elections, result of which were declared Monday.
Kejriwal does yoga during naturopathy treatment
Bengaluru : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, undergoing naturopathy treatment at a private institute here, is also practising yogic kriya and pranayama as part...
Will not seek a second term, says Gadkari
By IANS,
New Delhi : BJP president Nitin Gadkari Sunday announced he will not seek a second term as the party chief and accused the UPA government of spreading disinformation about him.
National Conference non-committal on support to UPA
By IANS,
New Delhi : The National Conference Sunday kept the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government guessing on whether it would support it during Tuesday's crucial floor test.
National Conference President Omar Abdullah Sunday said the party has made up its mind about whom to support but refused to make it public.
The National Conference, main opposition party in Jammu and Kashmir, had earlier this week authorised Omar Abdullah to take the final decision on whether or not to vote in favour of the UPA.
Let charges against me be ‘thoroughly investigated’: Tharoor
By IANS,
New Delhi : Two days after quitting as minister over alleged links to the Kochi IPL franchise, a "deeply wounded" Shashi Tharoor said Tuesday that his conscience was clear and that he had asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to "thoroughly" probe the charges against him.
"I am deeply wounded by fanciful and malicious charges that have been made against me and I have requested the prime minister to have these charges against me thoroughly investigated," an emotional Tharoor said in the Lok Sabha amid loud thumping from his colleagues in the Congress.
Modi to campaign for BJP in Orissa
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will campaign extensively in Orissa for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is preparing to contest all seats in the state after ending its decade-long alliance with Biju Janata Dal (BJD).
"Although most of our prominent leaders will address public meetings and campaign for our party, Modi will devote more time in Orissa and campaign extensively," state BJP president Suresh Pujari told IANS.
Peace Party declares Dileep Singh Bafila as CM candidate in Uttrakhand
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
Parliament may debate N-deal after all
By IANS
New Delhi : Parliament may be closer to debating the India-US civil nuclear deal, with most parties that had been opposing a discussion now appearing amenable to it.
A free and frank exchange of views could take place in the upcoming winter session of parliament.
In the last budget session, the Left parties sought a debate on the issue. But the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalled the proceedings, insisting on a Lok Sabha debate under Rule 184, which requires voting at the end of the discussion.
No listening device in my house, says Gadkari
New Delhi : Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari Sunday denied media reports that a "listening device" was found inside...
Now, radical Punjab party wants migrants out
By Parminder Singh Barian, IANS,
Hoshiarpur (Punjab) : At a time when Maharashtra is in the middle of a controversy over the migrants issue, a radical Sikh organisation in Punjab Saturday launched a campaign against migrants coming into the state.
Describing migrants as a "population bomb", hundreds of Dal Khalsa activists launched their campaign against migrants by undertaking a walk from this Punjab town to Jalandhar city, 35 km away.
Dal Khalsa is a radical Sikh organisation which aims to get a separate Sikh homeland, Khalistan.
Ruckus in Rajya Sabha over lowering poverty line
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday led other opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha to protest the Planning Commission's move to lower the poverty line.
Who took my seat? Lalu Prasad looks for space
By Darshan Desai, IANS,
New Delhi : Vanquished in the electoral arena of his home state Bihar, Lalu Prasad is jostling for space in the corridors of power here, while other leaders of his Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) regret having snapped ties with the Congress during the elections.
With the number of RJD MPs crashing from 24 in the 2004 elections to just four now, the former railway minister has lost his berth in the front benches of the Lok Sabha and has been forced to plead to the speaker to allot him a front-row seat.
India’s loss in monsoon session not Congress’ gain: Government
New Delhi: Alleging that the Congress leadership was still not able to digest its defeat in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the government on...
Sheila apologises over controversial remarks
By IANS
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Thursday apologised over her remarks that people from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh were migrating to the national capital and making life difficult.
Riot affected victims of Malegaon await justice from 18 years
TCN News
Today 26th October 2018 completes 18 years of injustice for the riot affected victims of Malegaon.
18 years back on 26th October 2001 it...
Mukherjee has miraculous escape, again
By IANS,
Guwahati : External Affairs Minister and senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee had a proverbial miraculous escape after his helicopter hit an air pocket when he was going from here to Silchar for an election rally Tuesday evening.
His chopper had an abrupt altitude fall probably due to the downward air current, but the pilot guided it to safety and flew back to Guwahati, Congress leaders here said.
"It was a close shave. Mukherjee visited the Kamakhya temple to offer prayers after returning here," Assam Congress president Bhubaneswar Kalita told IANS.
Journalist who wrote the AYUSH ministry RTI story questioned by Delhi Police, claims The...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: A Delhi-based Journalist, Pushp Sharma, whose RTI story regarding reply from Union AYUSH Ministry had hogged...
Modi shifting debate from black money to cashless economy: AAP
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi is shifting the debate from black economy to cashless economy following demonetisation, Delhi's ruling AAP said on...
Highlights of special court order rejecting Sadhvi’s bail despite NIA clean chit
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
The much anticipated bail application of Sadhvi Pragya Thakur in Malegaon 2008 blasts case came to be rejected on Tuesday by...
Mufti pays tribute at martyrs’ graveyard, appeals for calm
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday morning paid tributes to the martyrs of 1931 struggle against Dogra autocratic rule,...
Sadandanda Gowda: A veteran parliamentarian (Profile)
Bangalore : Devaragunda Venkappa Sadananda Gowda, the 61-year-old ever-smiling veteran parliamentarian from Karnataka, who took oath as a union cabinet minister Monday, was elected...
Vice-chancellor who turned down Rahul quits
By IANS,
Lucknow : Chandrashekhar Azad Agriculture University vice-chancellor V.K. Suri, who last month shut his campus doors on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, tendered his resignation Tuesday.
"Vice-chancellor Suri's resignation has been accepted by the governor in his capacity as chancellor," a Raj Bhawan official confirmed.
एनआरसी से सरकार की खुली पोल: आदिवासी मुख्यधारा से ग़ायब, मुसलमान कर रहे हैं...
एनआरसी की अंतिम लिस्ट से बाहर कर दिए गए 19 लाख 6 हज़ार 657 लोग खुद को भारतीय साबित करने की क़वायद में जहां...
गठबंधन की परेशानियां – शराब, नीतिश, मुलायम और अखिलेश
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
वाराणसी: बिहार के बाद एकतरफ जहां यूपी विधानसभा चुनावों के मद्देनज़र 'महागठबंधन' तैयार होता दिख रहा है, वहीँ पिछली बार की तरह...
Vidarbha, Telengana ‘states’ welcome motorists at border
By IANS,
Nagpur: Hundreds of motorists entering or leaving Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh were surprised to find new colourful hoardings welcoming them to new "states" of Vidarbha and Telangana Saturday.
A group of slogan-shouting pro-Vidarbha and pro-Telangana activists erected the hoardings at the Kanyakumari-Varanasi National Highway 7, on the Maharashtra-Andhra Pradesh borders, around 180 km from here.
Shahabuddin convicted in yet another case
By IANS
Patna : A Bihar court Thursday convicted Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Mohammed Shahabuddin for a murderous attack on then Siwan superintendent of police (SP) in 1996.
This is the third time Shahabuddin has been convicted this year. He will be sentenced in the case Friday.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Gyaneshwar Prasad Srivastava of a special court inside Siwan jail, 150 km from here, found him guilty. Two of his bodyguards were also convicted.
BSP legislator extends support to Congress in Haryana
By IANS,
Chandigarh : The lone Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator in the Haryana assembly, Akram Khan, Sunday extended his support to the Congress government in the state, far from the political battlefield of Uttar Pradesh, where BSP and the Congress do not see eye to eye.
Akram Khan said that he had been directed by BSP president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati to do so to keep the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and others out of power in Haryana.
"I have extended support to the Congress government," Akram Khan told IANS.
Political leaders wish for PM’s speedy recovery
By IANS,
New Delhi : As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh undergoes bypass surgery at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Saturday, political leaders wished for his good health and speedy recovery.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K Advani said: "We have been worried for him and I wish for his speedy recovery."
Wishing him good health, Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee said: "I am sure he will soon be able to resume the normal activities and continue to lead the nation to its full glory".
Delhi MLAs’ funds for Kashmir relief okayed – but not before LG hiccup
New Delhi : Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung Friday finally acceded to an AAP request for releasing MLALAD funds for providing relief to flood-hit...
Modi not to address US Congress
By Arun Kumar,
Washington : Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not be addressing the US Congress when he comes calling September end for a...
Worshipping Gods in the times of Elections
By Ram Puniyani,
Arun Shourie, who was part of NDA, a fellow traveler and an ideologue of BJP wrote several books, many of them against minorities and dalits in particular. One of these which was strongly protested against by large sections of people, dalits in particular, was his “Worshipping False Gods”. In this book he expressed the mind set of RSS-BJP politics towards Ambedkar. In this long bulky volume he was heavily critical of Ambedkar’s ideology, his agitations for democratic values and his struggles for social justice. Now a decade and half later on one side many a dalit leaders, Ramvilas Paswan, Udit Raj, Ramdas Athwaley are vying to sit in the lap of the politics of BJP for apparently their own personal gains on one side and on the other the BJP’s Prime Ministerial Candidate Narendra Modi is going miles to woo the sections of dalits. It is another matter that while doing this in his usual trade mark style he has no qualms about misrepresenting the events, speaking lies and putting the blame of all that has not taken place to his political adversaries.
CPI-ML booklet outlines western UP’s communal scene
Lucknow : The Communist Party of India-ML Saturday released an exhaustive report as a 32-page booklet on the communal situation in western Uttar Pradesh.
The...
BJP MPs’ aides to attend workshop on model village scheme
New Delhi : A three-day workshop for the personal assistants and personal secretaries to BJP parliamentarians has been organised to train them for better...
Andhra Congress leader’s son sent to jail in murder case
By IANS
Hyderabad : A city court Wednesday remanded Venkat Rao, son of senior Andhra Pradesh Congress leader K. Keshava Rao, in judicial custody for two weeks in connection with the murder of Venkat's business partner.
Venkat, who was arrested by police from a hospital Monday, was produced before a magistrate at the Nampally Criminal Court, which sent him to judicial custody till Sep 26.
BJP-Shiv Sena alliance intact in Maharashtra
By IANS,
Mumbai : Setting speculation at rest, the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday announced an alliance for the forthcoming parliamentary polls following an agreement between them on sharing seats in Maharashtra.
"While the Sena will contest 22 Lok Sabha seats, the BJP will contest the remaining 26 in the state," Shiv Sena's spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut told journalists.
The two parties will also shortly finalise and launch a joint election campaign all over the state, he added.
Final round of crucial Gujarat polls Sunday
By IANS
Ahmedabad : With the curtains down on the high-decibel campaign, it is over to the people of north and central Gujarat who will Sunday vote in the second and final round of the assembly election that will be decisive for Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Nitish to campaign for Chautala’s party in Haryana polls
Patna : Former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar will campaign for Om Prakash Chautala's Indian National Lok Dal in the Haryana assembly elections, a...
Akali Dal to honour seven MPs who voted against UPA
By IANS,
Chandigarh : The ruling Akali Dal in Punjab Thursday announced that it will honour seven of the eight members of parliament (MPs) of the party who voted along the party line against the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in the confidence motion in the Lok Sabha.
"The Shiromani Akali Dal will honour those MPs, who in spite of the offer of huge consideration, have voted against the confidence motion in parliament honouring the decision of the party," state Information and Public Relations Minister Bikram Singh Majithia said Thursday.
Jharkhand headed towards hung assembly
By IANS,
Ranchi : Jharkhand was Wednesday headed towards a hung assembly with indications that no political group or combine was likely to get a majority in the 81-member house.
In trends available for the 81 seats, for which counting was on, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was ahead in 24 seats Wednesday while the Congress was leading in 23 of the 81 constituencies in the state.
Why police were lax in Assam, asks CPI-M
New Delhi : The CPI-M on Friday demanded to know why police were lax in Assam's Kokrajhar district - where terrorists killed 13 people...
Bangaloreans ask Hegde not to quit
By IANS,
Bangalore : Bangaloreans are mounting pressure on Karnataka Lokayukta N. Santosh Hegde not to quit the Lokpal Bill draft panel over Congress leader Digvijay Singh's attack on him.
President’s Rule to be revoked in Jharkhand
By IANS,
Ranchi : Jharkhand Governor K. Sankaranarayanan has urged President Pratibha Patil to revoke President's rule in the state to allow a new government to be formed, Raj Bhawan sources said Sunday.
The governor sent a report to the president on the political situation in Jharkhand after the Nov 25-Dec 18 assembly elections, a source in the governor's house told IANS.
On Saturday, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren staked claim to form the government with a list of 45 supporting legislators in a house of 81.
Delhi Police detains four Jamia students over screening of BBC documentary
The Jamia Millia Islamia administration has prohibited any screening of the film in the campus without permission.
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Rajya Sabha pays homage to Chhattisgarh martyrs, adjourned again
By IANS,
New Delhi : Rajya Sabha MPs stood in silence for two minutes to pay homage to the 76 security men killed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh before being adjourned for the second time till 2 p.m. Thursday over demands for a debate on the attack.
After paying tribute to the martyrs, the opposition parties laid by Bharatiya Janata Party leader M. Venkaiah Naidu demanded a debate on the massacre.
Minister of State for Science and Technology informed the house that Home Minister P. Chidambaram will make a statement at 2 p.m in the Rajya Sabha.
Ram Jethmalani attacks Rahul Gandhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi was amongst those who had black money abroad, veteran lawyer and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ram Jethmalani said Tuesday.
Jayalalithaa first CM to face disqualification
New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Saturday became the third leading politician and the first sitting chief minister to face disqualification as...
Congress concedes defeat in Gujarat
By IANS
New Delhi : The Congress party Sunday conceded defeat in Gujarat, describing the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) thumping victory in assembly elections as "deeply disappointing".
"We are deeply disappointed with the Gujarat results," Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal said here.
Sibal said the Congress would do a thorough analysis of the results to know what went wrong.
Sibal's comments came as officials counting the millions of votes cast in the assembly election said the BJP would end up with nearly 120 seats in the 182-member legislature.
BJP didn’t explore Modi-Jaya meeting
By IANS,
Chennai : The BJP didn't explore the possibility of a meeting between its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister...
BJP demands national committee to study statehood issues
By IANS,
Ranchi: Main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday called for the setting up of a national commission to look into the demands for carving out new states following the central government giving its consent to the formation of a separate Telangana state.
Amnesty Report on Kashmir is an attempt to uncover a narrative of denied justice
By Neha Dabhade for Twocircles.net
(Secular Perspective September 1-15, 2016)
An FIR was recently registered against Amnesty International India (AII) on charges of sedition and other...
UNPA holds massive farmer’s rally in Andhra Pradesh
By IANS
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) : Demanding remunerative prices for agricultural produce, the United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) Saturday held a massive show of strength of farmers here.
The daylong conclave and rally - called 'Rythu Grajna' (roar of farmers) - was attended by thousands of farmers from different parts of Andhra Pradesh, where the issue of minimum support price (MSP) for paddy has snowballed into a major problem for the Congress government.
Someday we’ll know the truth about his death: Lal Bahadur Shastri’s son
Mumbai, Aug 14 (IANS) As a new web series titled "Lal Bahadur Shastri's Death - An Unfinished Story" is set to release on Independence...
‘Hang Raj Thackeray’ slogans in Lok Sabha
By IANS,
New Delhi : Lok Sabha member Suraj Bhan, convicted in a murder case, was among MPs from Bihar who Wednesday frequently trooped into the well of the lower house to demand capital punishment for Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray for allegedly fomenting violence against non Maharashtrians in Mumbai.
"Hang Raj Thackeray" was the slogan Bhan and his fellow members from Bihar raised in the house while rushing to the well, the most sanctified area from where key staffers of the house assist the chair in conducting the proceedings.
SC notices to Mulayam, Amar Singh on contempt plea
By IANS
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday issued notices to Uttar Pradesh's former chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and the state's former development council chairman Amar Singh on a plea to initiate contempt of court proceedings against them.
The notices were issued by a bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan on the petition by advocate K.T.S Tulsi and Prashant Bhushan alleging that the two Samajwadi Party leaders had tried to influence an Allahabad High Court judge in their favour.
Qazi stays away from cabinet meeting; Qarra stages walkout
By News Agency of Kashmir
Srinagar : Former Forest Minister and Minister for Housing and Urban Development( under suspended animation) Qazi Muhammad Afzal today stayed away from the cabinet meeting, which also witnessed some heated arguments between Finance Minister Tariq Hameed Qarra and Health Minister Mangat Ram Sharma, forcing the former to leave the meeting midway.
CPI-M terms Tapasi verdict a ‘conspiracy’
By IANS,
Kolkata : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), which leads West Bengal's ruling Left Front, Wednesday termed as a "conspiracy" the life sentence awarded to its Hooghly district leader Suhrid Dutta in the Tapasi Malik murder case.
Alleging that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing the death of the 18-year-old Tapasi in 2006, had been "used" in the "conspiracy" against Dutta and the party, the CPI-M state committee appealed to its cadres to sensitise the people about the "canards" being spread by the "enemies" of the Left Front government.
Plot to kill MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi busted
Hyderabad : Bangalore police have busted a plot to assassinate MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi with the arrest of four gangsters, sources said.
Two of the...
Rupee rises to 10-month high of 58.61 against dollar
Mumbai : The Indian rupee strengthened to 58.61 against a dollar Friday, the strongest position in over 10 months, on huge foreign capital inflow...
Shatrughan Sinha flays critics
New Delhi: BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha on Sunday said he supported RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's call for a review of job quotas, and also...
Azam Khan’s comment on Taj Mahal draws flak
Agra : Uttar Pradesh Minister Mohammed Azam Khan's comment that Taj Mahal should be declared Wakf property has invited flak from heritage lovers and...
BJP backtracking on Delhi statehood promise: AAP
New Delhi : The AAP Saturday accused the BJP of backtracking on its promise of granting statehood to Delhi.
"The BJP has been demanding statehood...
Modi chairs meet on Nehru birth anniversary celebrations
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said the 125th birth anniversary of late Jawaharlal Nehru should be celebrated in a manner so...
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समाजवादी पार्टी के कद्दावर नेता आज़म खान जेल से ही विधानसभा चुनाव लड़ेंगे। उनके पूर्व विधायक बेटे अब्दुल्ला आज़म भी चुनाव लड़ने जा रहे...
Vrindavan widows should stay in respective states: Hema Malini
Mathura : Bharatiya Janata Party's Lok Sabha member from Mathura-Vrindavan, cine star Hema Malini has questioned the presence of widows from Bihar and West...
BJP to launch campaign against BSP
By IANS,
Lucknow : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday said it will launch a statewide campaign against the Uttar Pradesh government from June 3 over acute shortages of power and drinking water.
"Our agitation will continue till June 9 in all 403 assembly segments," state BJP president Surya Pratap Shahi told reporters here.
Rahul pitches for energy security in emotive speech
By IANS,
New Delhi : His speech was rudely cut short by the opposition but Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday still managed to make his pitch for energy security through the stories of two poverty-stricken women he had met in Vidarbha.
Kashmir needs government of regional parties: CPI-M’s Mohammed Tarigami
By Shamshad Ali
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir needs a coalition of regional parties to keep out the BJP, the CPI-M's lone legislator...
Zardari came to India with open mind: Bansal
By IANS,
New Delhi : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari came to India with an open mind and expressed his opposition to terrorism in any form, union minister P.K. Bansal said Monday.
Telangana CM-designate calls for shutdown Thursday
Hyderabad : Telangana's chief minister-designate K. Chandrasekhara Rao called for a shutdown Thursday to protest a central ordinance to transfer over 200 villages of...
Soren may find it tough winning trust vote
By IANS,
Ranchi : Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren might find it difficult to win the trust vote his government faces May 31 as the major political parties in the state are set to vote against him.
"BJP has a clear stand to vote against the Soren government. We will go to the people of the state and apprise them about the prevailing political situation," state BJP president Raghubar Das told IANS.
He also blamed the Congress for playing dirty politics.
"Congress is trying to grab power by threatening imposition of President's Rule in the state," Das said.
BJP, JD-S confident of forming government in Karnataka
By IANS
Bangalore : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) Monday said they had received a positive response from Governor Rameshwar Thakur to their claim to form the government in Karnataka, and that they were expecting to be invited soon.
"The governor told us he will immediately apprise the central government of the developments and take all constitutional steps for installing a popular government," state BJP chief D.V. Sadananda Gowda told reporters as his JD-S counterpart Merajuddin Patel stood by.
Book us for sedition: VHP leader challenges Modi
By IANS,
Ahmedabad : The war of words between Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and the state unit of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad is escalating with the arrest of a senior VHP leader on the charge of sedition.
Ahmedabad VHP general secretary Ashwin Patel allegedly circulated derogatory and defamatory SMSs against Modi and the state government after the July 26 serial bombings here, in which 56 people were killed.
Left Front-led strike inhuman, unethical: Mamata Banerjee
By IANS,
Kolkata: Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Tuesday criticised the ruling Left Front for using "strong-arm methods" to enforce the strike against rising prices in West Bengal. The Front, however, said people had responded spontaneously to the shutdown.
"What they have done is inhuman. They committed atrocities on train passengers. They forcefully stopped trains. At the Kolkata airport, they locked the toilets to prevent passengers from using them," Banerjee told reporters.