क़बूलिये इस्लाम …कि हो जाये सारे काम!
By Bhanwar Meghwanshi
आपका अगर कोई भी काम नही हो पा रहा हो… सरकार मुख्य सचिव नहीं बना रही हो... या प्रमोशन में देरी...
Congress demands Mamata’s resignation over Saradha scam
Kolkata : The Congress Thursday demanded the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the Saradha scam, referring to allegations that the...
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...
Left asks PM to blacklist Zionist arms firms
By IRNA
New Delhi : Making the most of the recent momentum provided by the CBI raids in the Barak missiles case, the Left has raised the issue to a political level and asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take `strong action' against Israeli arms entities, including possible blacklisting.
Karat meets Pawar over n-deal
By IANS,
New Delhi : Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary Prakash Karat met Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to discuss ways of breaking the impasse over the India-US nuclear deal.
Left parties, however, stuck to their stand against the deal, reiterating that any move by the government to go to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to discuss the India-specific safeguards - the first step towards operationalising the nuclear deal - will cost the Congress its government.
Trinamool Congress demands CBI probe into R-Day arms seizure
By IANS,
Kolkata : West Bengal's main opposition party Trinamool Congress has sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the seizure of a huge cache of arms and ammunition here on the eve of the Jan 26 Republic Day celebrations.
Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said her party has written to the Election Commission (EC) and the home ministry seeking the central agency's intervention in the case.
The arms and ammunition seized include around 7,000 cartridges, 12 weapons and a bullet-proof jacket.
List of ministers sworn in on Sunday
By IANS,
Cabinet ministers:
* K. Rahman Khan
* Dinsha J. Patel
* Ajay Maken
* M.M. Pallam Raju
* Ashwini Kumar
* Harish Rawat
* Chandresh Kumari Katoch
Maharasthra CM’s portfolios most ‘complaint-prone’: RTI reply
Mumbai : The portfolios handled by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis have received the maximum number of public complaints in the past two years,...
Amit Shah in UP to attend RSS conclave
Lucknow : BJP national president Amit Shah will Thursday arrive in Uttar Pradesh on a two-day visit to attend a RSS conclave, party officials...
Dissolve Karnataka assembly, hold polls, demands Congress
By IANS
New Delhi : The Congress party Monday asked the central government to dissolve the Karnataka assembly and hold fresh elections to prevent "horse trading" and avoid "the huge and irreversible prejudicial impact" of the "unholy" alliance upon the state.
"The Congress calls upon the central government and the governor to dissolve the assembly forthwith and allow the state to proceed to election to prevent imminent horse trading," the party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said here.
Kejriwal begins road show
Ghaziabad: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal kicked off his road show Saturday from the party's office here and is slated to reach...
Slow voting in Jharkhand polls as mercury dips
By IANS,
Ranchi : With temperatures dipping to six degrees Celsius in some parts, voting in the first phase of Jharkhand's assembly election got off to a slow start.
In the first three hours of polling that began at 7 a.m., 13 to 14 percent of the electorate had voted, officials said.
The highest turnout was in the Jamatara constituency that saw a turnout of 16 percent by 10 a.m.
Left stops supporting Karunanidhi government, Congress elated
By T.S.V. Hari, IANS,
Chennai : The two major Left parties, CPI-M and CPI, announced Saturday that they will no longer support the minority DMK government in Tamil Nadu - leaving the Congress, a major supporter of the ruling party, jubilant.
"There will be no alliances with any party that has an alliance with the Congress from now on," said W.R. Varadarajan, Tamil Nadu secretary of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) after a three-hour meeting attended by senior leaders of the two left parties that have a sizeable representation in the state legislature.
New bungalows for Delhi ministers
By IANS,
New Delhi: Delhi government ministers will soon get spacious bungalows near the Delhi assembly and secretariat, Delhi Finance Minister A.K. Walia said Tuesday.
Delhi cabinet sanctioned an amount of Rs. 10.17 crore for construction of six bungalows - four at Raj Niwas Marg and two Attaur Rehman Lane.
Announcing the decision, Walia said: "The ministers have been finding it difficult to function from their existing residence offices which are either situated in their private houses or in old type accommodation provided by the government."
Now AK-47s can be ‘rented’ in western UP
By S.P. Singh
Ghaziabad : Police investigation into the attempted assassination of a BJP leader has revealed that AK-47 assault rifles -- or...
Essar may open Jharkhand mine next year
New Delhi : Indian conglomerate Essar Group's power arm, Essar Power, on Wednesday said that it may open its Jharkhand coal mine for production...
“We are worst victims of cross-border shelling,” LOC residents express mixed feelings on latest...
On February 25, the two nuclear armed rivals India and Pakistan agreed for a ceasefire along the highly volatile Line of Control (LOC), that...
Vizhinjam port: Adani calls on Kerala politicians ahead of MoU
Thiruvananthapuram: Adani Ports chief Gautam Adani on Monday morning called on top political leaders of Kerala, ahead of the signing of an agreement with...
Congress hails budget; Left, opposition term it populist
By IANS
New Delhi : As Congress leaders brought truckloads of farmers to party president Sonia Gandhi's home Friday to thank her for the loan waiver in this year's budget, politicians reacted along predictable lines - the Congress and coalition partners hailed it, while its Left allies and the opposition termed it populist and election-oriented.
The ruling Congress and other constituents of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government were all praise for the budget and some even hailed it as "one of the best budgets in independent India".
Violence in Gujarat town: Curfew imposed, internet services cut
Ahmedabad, April 17 (IANS) Curfew was imposed and the Border Security Force (BSF) was deployed in Mehsana town in Gujarat on Sunday after pro-reservation...
Modi meets party workers, thanks them
New Delhi: Narendra Modi Sunday met BJP workers for the first time after becoming the prime minister and thanked them for their efforts in...
Modi wave or media hype ? Media must not lose credibility
By Kavita Bajeli-Datt,
Is there a wave for the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi? Certainly yes, if you watch television channels that day-after-day and...
Government should withdraw vague order on porn sites: ISPs
New Delhi : Even as the government has said Internet Service Providers were free not to block any of the 857 websites suspected...
Nitish Kumar refuses to withdraw resignation
Patna : Nitish Kumar Monday refused to withdraw his resignation, following which the JD-U legislature party authorised him to elect a new leader. He...
Manmohan, Sonia, Rahul pay tribute to Nehru
New Delhi : Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi Friday paid floral tributes to India's first...
Lok Sabha adjourned over political clashes in West Bengal
By IANS,
New Delhi : Lok Sabha was adjourned Thursday following an uproar in the house by Trinamool Congress and Left parties over violent clashes in West Bengal's Hooghly district that left one man dead and five injured.
When Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay tried to raise the matter in the house during zero hour, the Left parties led by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) opposed vehemently.
Speaker Meira Kumar said she would allow the Trinamool Congress leader to raise the matter later in the evening.
India: 50 MNS activists held in Pune
By NNN-PTI
Pune, India : Fifty MNS activists have been arrested in connection with sporadic incidents of stone pelting in the city, which damaged about forty buses, police said Wednesday.
The activists were apprehended late last night after they damaged the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal buses, reacting to the reports of an anticipated arrest of their leader Raj Thackeray, they said.
The workers took to streets yesterday and pelted stones at buses and shops yesterday, disrupting normal life.
Government’s Lokpal bill very dangerous: Kejriwal
By IANS,
Ghaziabad : The government's Lokpal bill is very dangerous as it will make the ombudsman a puppet in the hands of the government, Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal said here Thursday.
Nitish Kumar to raise special status issue for Bihar with Modi
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was on Friday all set to remind Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the central government has failed...
Telangana Congress leaders to hold talks with Azad
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Congress leaders from Telangana seeking a separate state Monday left for New Delhi for talks with party general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Jayalalithaa, Karunanidhi woo Srirangam voters
Chennai : Arch rivals - AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa and DMK president M.Karunanidhi - Wednesday indulged in a war of words through their...
Karunakaran’s condition improves
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : The condition of former Kerala chief minister K. Karunakaran, hospitalised since last week, improved Thursday morning, a medical bulletin said.
Journalist Mukesh Chandrakar: A Voice of Bijapur, Silenced Too Soon
Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net
Mukesh Chandrakar was not just a name; it was the very identity of Bijapur (Chhattisgarh). For journalists, whether from India or abroad,...
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.
Five Christians in BJP’s first list of Goa poll candidates
By IANS,
Panaji : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced its first list of 22 candidates for the March 3 assembly polls in Goa. The list includes five Christian candidates.
Owaisi’s party to contest Bihar elections?
Patna: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) of Asaduddin Owaisi may be planning to contest the Bihar assembly election.
To begin with, he will address...
365 file nominations for Feb 23 Tripura election
By IANS
Agartala : Altogether 365 candidates representing 13 political parties and independents have filed nominations for the Feb 23 election to the 60-member Tripura assembly, officials said here Thursday.
Of the 365 aspirants, 18 are women and 81 independents.
"Scrutiny of the candidatures was done Thursday and the last date of withdrawal of nominations is Saturday," said Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) G.S.G. Ayyangar.
VHP threatens nationwide stir
By IANS,
New Delhi : Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Praveen Togadia Sunday threatened to launch nationwide stir if the killers of a Hindu leader and his four associates shot dead in Orissa Aug 23 were not arrested immediately.
The VHP international general secretary demanded that a special bench be set up for hearing the case of murders of Swami Laxmananand Saraswati and his four disciples whose killings sparked off widespread communal violence in Orissa.
Modi’s secular pitch can give BJP a new face
By Amulya Ganguli,
The saffron brotherhood is apparently coming to terms with India's pluralism - and the constitution.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi's observation that his...
TDP leader among nine killed in Andhra Pradesh
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Political violence once again raised its ugly head in Andhra Pradesh claiming nine lives Saturday.
A leader of the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and his nephew were among the nine killed when unidentified people attacked them with bombs in Kurnool district.
TDP leader Kapatralla Venkatappa Naidu, his brother Shivshankar Naidu's son and 10 others were travelling in a Tata Sumo when a truck hit their vehicle in Bodannuru village, about 60 km from Kurnool town and 300 km from here.
Tikait ready to surrender in court
By IANS
Sisauli (Uttar Pradesh) : Bharatiya Kisan Union's (BKU) president Mahendra Singh Tikait, accused of hurling caste-laced insults at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, has announced his willingness to surrender in court.
As about 10,000 men in uniform stood guard around Sisauli village in Muzaffarnagar district, Tikait called a panchayat early Wednesday to discuss the issue.
Chhattisgarh assembly’s new speaker, legislators take oath
By IANS,
Raipur : Dharamlal Kaushik, a legislator of Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was elected speaker of the state assembly Monday. The goverenor also administered oath of office to all newly elected legislators during the maiden sitting of the third assembly.
Kaushik, an influential leader of the Other Backward Classes (OBCs), won the Bilha assembly seat in Bilaspur district in the November assembly polls. He was elected speaker unopposed amid desk-thumping and cheers by legislators of even the opposition Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
People from weaker sections treat me as goddess: Mayawati
New Delhi : Amid protest over Uttar Pradesh BJP leader Daya Shankar Sigh's abusive remark, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said on Thursday that...
DMK, Congress poll pact talks inconclusive
By IANS,
Chennai: The ruling DMK and its ally Congress Sunday held inclusive seat-sharing discussions ahead of the ensuing assembly elections and decided to meet again at a later date.
Congress leading in Manipur
By IANS,
Imphal : With a lead in 19 seats, Manipur's ruling Congress was far ahead of its rivals in trends available for 28 of the 60 assembly constituencies.
Lok Sabha to amend question hour rules
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Lok Sabha Rules Committee has decided to amend rules on question hour to ensure it proceeds without interruption even if the member who asked the question is absent.
The decision was taken Thursday at the first meeting of the committee, presided over by Speaker Meira Kumar, sources said Friday. Deputy Speaker Karia Munda and seven members of the committee were also present at the meeting - the first since the 15th Lok Sabha was constituted last year.
Bengal land of jehadis under Mamata: BJP
Kolkata : The BJP Friday alleged that West Bengal has become a "land of jehadis" under the Mamata Banerjee government.
“The rule of law in...
उत्तराखंड में राष्ट्रपति शासन हटाने का आदेश देने वाले चीफ जस्टिस का तबादला
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
नई दिल्ली: उत्तराखंड में व्याप्त राजनीतिक संकट के बीच केंद्र सरकार द्वारा राष्ट्रपति शासन लगाए जाने के आदेश को रोकने वाले उत्तराखंड हाईकोर्ट के चीस जस्टिस केएम जोसेफ़ का तबादला आंध्र प्रदेश कर दिया गया है.
केजरीवाल : क्यों कर रखा है सबको बेहाल ?
By ज़जम for TwoCircles.net,
जब हमारा देश दुसरे गियर से पांचवे गियर में जाने की तैयारी कर रहा है तब 5 फ़ीट 5 इंच का आदमी देश की राजधानी को सर पर उठा रखा है।
जब लोग भारत को सोने की चिड़िया और सुपर पावर बनने का सपना देख रहें हैं तब इस आदमी ने सड़क -बिजली-पानी की बात कर मज़ा ही किरकिरा कर दिया.
Violence-hit Chhattisgarh records 50 percent polling
By IANS,
Raipur : An estimated 50 percent voters of Chhattisgarh's 15.4 million electorate exercised their franchise Thursday in the state's 11 Lok Sabha seats amid widespread violence by Maoist guerrillas that left five polling staff and two policemen dead.
Officials here estimate that 45-50 percent voters voted at 20,967 polling booths by 4 p.m. when polling ended in nine constituencies. Voting in two Maoist-affected constituencies - Bastar and Kanker - ended at 3 p.m.
Kashmir relief: AAP MLAs to donate Rs.20 lakh each
New Delhi : All the AAP legislators will donate Rs.20 lakh each from their MLA funds for relief work in Jammu and Kashmir following...
SDF victory testimony to our hard work: Chamling
By IANS,
Gangtok : Chief Minister Pawan Chamling, whose Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) secured a landslide victory in the assembly polls Saturday, said his party's election for a fourth consecutive term was "true testimony" to his government's hard work.
"The people understand the programmes and policies of the SDF. They have seen our work for the past 15 years which makes them believe that it is the SDF that can do the best for them," a jubilant Chamling told IANS.
The SDF wrested all 32 assembly constituencies as well as the lone Lok Sabha seat from the state.
Some monkey business at Modi’s swearing-in
New Delhi : A curious monkey perched atop a fountain on the roof of Rashtrapati Bhavan caught the eye of the gathering, as it...
No evidence against me in coal block allocation: Koda
New Delhi : Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda on Tuesday told a special court hearing the coal block allocation case that evidence produced...
CPI-M deplores police action against Christian protest
New Delhi: The CPI-M Friday deplored the police action against a demonstration organised here to protest attacks on churches in the capital.
"The peaceful protest...
Gogoi denies reported comments on Bangladeshis in Assam
By IANS,
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has denied media reports quoting him as saying there were no Bangladeshi nationals illegally staying in the state.
The chief minister is said to have made the statement on the sidelines of the National Integration Council (NIC) meeting in New Delhi Monday.
In a statement clarifying the chief minister's position, his office said in a statement issued here Tuesday that there were no foreign nationals involved in this month's ethnic violence in Udalguri and Darrang districts.
A million people to court arrest against price rise: CPI
BY IANS,
Bangalore: A million people would court arrest in March, coinciding with parliament's budget session, as part of the agitation against rising prices, Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Gurudas Dasgupta claimed Saturday.
A 'Bharat Bandh' or nation-wide shutdown is also planned for February or March, Dasgupta told a rally here.
Rs.10 meal counters AAP’s Rs.10,000 gala dinner
Nagpur (Maharashtra) : Two social activists Thursday put up a stall to sell meals costing Rs.10 as a counter to the Aam Aadmi Party's...
Contesting polls is change in strategy, not ideology: Sajjad Lone
By Murali Krishnan, IANS,
New Delhi : Having plunged headlong into an electoral campaign as the first separatist in Kashmir to contest the polls since a revolt broke out in Kashmir in 1989, People's Conference chairman Sajjad Gani Lone says he has changed his strategy but not his ideology.
"I have decided to contest polls with a promise to use this platform to represent the voice of the Kashmiri people and to take the strength and merits of our aspirations to the central stage of India where it cannot be ignored or censored out," Lone told IANS on phone from Srinagar.
With UP in mind, Muslims to float common front to take on ‘communal forces’
By Sheikh Manzoor
New Delhi : Many Muslim leaders, worried about electoral marginalisation of the community, especially after the split in Muslim votes in Assam,...
मेरठ में संविधान का अपमान , 26 जनवरी को बताया काला दिवस
तन्वी सुमन। Twocircles.net
भारतीय संविधान के धर्म निरपेक्ष स्वरूप को निरस्त करने को लेकर हिंदू महासभा की एक वीडियो सामने आई है जिसमें हिंदू महासभा...
Congress seeks abetment to suicide case against Punjab minister
Chandigarh: With a senior education department officer in Punjab allegedly committing suicide, the opposition Congress Thursday demanded that a case of abetment to suicide...
Modi first PM to strongly raise border issue with China: Rajnath
Kolkata : Asserting the government's commitment to cordial relations with neighbours, union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said India has taken strong stand...
Free Khalistani prisoners, Badal tells Rajnath
New Delhi : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Thursday urged Home Minister Rajnath Singh to release some Khalistani prisoners who he said were...
Wet weather dampens election spirit in Himachal Pradesh
By IANS
Shimla : The election campaign has hit a frosty note in Himachal Pradesh as wet weather along with icy winds continued to frustrate political parties for the third consecutive day.
None of the national leaders came for campaigning in the state Wednesday, a day after Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh were unable to address election rallies as their helicopters could not land.
Congress leaders to get lessons in media relations
By IANS
New Delhi : Unhappy over its failure to use the media to its advantage, the Congress is organising a two-day workshop for party spokespersons during which they will get lessons on fine-tuning their public relation tactics.
More than 100 party spokespersons from various states will attend the media workshop, to be held Feb 23-24 in the newly-constructed Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) office on Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg here.
CBI questions Kerala CPI-M leader in RSS man’s murder
Thiruvananthapuram: Senior CPI-M leader P. Jayarajan was on Tuesday questioned by the CBI for over four hours in connection with an RSS activist's murder...
Zakir Naik seeks support through Twitter against ‘media trials’
New Delhi : Facing investigation over his speeches that are believed to have "inspired" two of the Bangladeshi cafe attackers, controversial Islamic preacher Zakir...
Former PM Chandra Shekhar dead; had appointed Manmohan as adviser
By IANS
New Delhi : Chandra Shekhar, India's 8th (Eds: correct) prime minister who headed a shaky minority government for just seven months in 1990-91 but remained one of the country's most respected politicians, died here Sunday morning after a long battle against bone cancer. He died a week after his 80th birthday.
IUML MP raises issue of NRI voting in Parliament; wants amendment bill in monsoon...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: P V Abdul Wahab, Rajya Sabha MP from Kerala raised the issue of voting rights for NRIs in the upper house of the Parliament on Wednesday demanding that the long pending issue be addressed immediately.
Representation of Peoples Act 1951 did not prescribe voting rights to a person who is a way from his constituency for more than six months. Because of this provision, the NRIs who had migrated for the purpose of employment, work education etc. to foreign countries and were not available in their home constituencies for more than six months at a stretch could not be nominated as a voter in the voters list.
West Bengal opted for change: Sitaram Yechury
By IANS,
New Delhi : Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury said Friday the defeat of the Left Front in West Bengal was because the "people opted for a change".
Congress getting closer to Kanthapuram to check IUML’s supremacy
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Azharuddin pitches in Moradabad for a different game and ‘long innings’
By Khalid Akhter, IANS,
Moradabad : After playing for 16 years on the cricket fields, former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin is ready to play a completely different game, promising the people of Moradabad that he was was here for a "long innings" in politics.
Azharuddin looked cool in blue jeans, matching blue T-Shirt and dark glasses, preferring this casual outfit to the trademake kurta-pyjama of a typical politician. Many in the crowd, specially the young, copied his jaunty style and raised collar.
Mayawati government cheated people: Akhilesh
By IANS,
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Thursday accused the previous Mayawati government of corruption and alleged that it had "cheated" people.
Take strict action against Bhushans, Yadav: AAP legislators
New Delhi : A group of AAP legislators have written to party convenor Arvind Kejriwal asking him to set an example by taking strict...
Poll campaigns in Maharashtra a family affair
By Quaid Najmi,
Mumbai : India's national election has not been only about parties and their candidates. Spouses, children, parents, relatives and friends are also...
Why India’s construction slowdown threatens to increase poverty
Abhirup Bhunia
The construction sector in India, which employed more than 44 million people at the end of 2010 (the last date for which official...
Jaswant’s expulsion right, no compromise on ideology: BJP
By IANS,
Shimla : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said that the decision to expel senior party leader Jaswant Singh was right and there cannot be any compromise on party's ideology.
"We do not subscribe to the views expressed by Jaswant Singh on Jinnah and Sardar Patel. The decision to expel Singh was right and there will no compromise on party's ideology," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told reporters here.
Primary Education Spending Declines, So Does Quality
By Chaitanya Mallapur
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) -- a national programme for universal elementary education -- has seen Rs.1,15,625 crore ($17.7 billion) spent on it...
Thomas declines to head Lokpal search panel
Kottayam/New Delhi : Retired apex court judge K.T. Thomas, who was named the head of the Lokpal search committee, Monday said he has declined...
Digvijay defends Salman Khurshid
By IANS,
New Delhi : Activist turned politician Arvind Kejriwal was left with no issues to take up against Law Minister Salman Khurshid, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said Monday.
Udhav Thackeray also demands railway jobs for Maharashtrians
By IANS,
Mumbai : Shiv Sena leader Udhav Thackeray Monday joined his cousin Raj Thackeray's demand for reservation for Maharashtrians during railway recruitment in the state even as Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) activists were detained over Sunday's attacks on north Indians appearing for an exam to join the railways.
In a statement in the Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna, party executive president Udhav Thackeray said that by recruiting people belonging to the states where vacancies arise, the railways could ensure that injustice is not done to unemployed youth in different states.
Naveen Jindal’s chopper makes emergency landing
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Leading industrialist and Congress MP Naveen Jindal's private helicopter made an emergency landing at the Chandigarh airport Monday evening following a technical snag.
To prevent BJP from coming to power MIM will support UPA
By Mohammed Siddique,
Hyderabad,July 20, Giving a glimmer of hope to the beleaguered ruling UPA at the canter, the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen leader and member of Lok Sabha Asaduddin Owaisi announced his support to the Manmohan Singh government in Monday's trust vote.
AIADMK expels Rajya Sabha member Sasikala Pushpa
Chennai/New Delhi : AIADMK General Secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Monday dismissed the party's Rajya Sabha member L. Sasikala Pushpa...
‘We Built This City; We Were Treated Like Strangers’: How Delhi’s Working Poor Were...
Mohsina Malik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: On the early morning of June 1, 2025, the peaceful rhythm of South Delhi’s Jangpura was shattered by the thunderous...
Bal Thackeray blames people for pushing state into ‘hell’
By IANS,
Mumbai : Stunned by his party's third consecutive defeat at the hustings, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Friday blamed the people of Maharashtra for "pushing the state back into hell" by re-electing the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) combine.
In an editorial in the Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna, which expressed the party's shock and anguish over its rout in the 2009 assembly polls, the Sena chief and the newspaper's editor wondered what were the great achievements of the Democratic Front government in the past 10 years that made people to vote for it.
BJP’s Vision Document for Assam targets illegal migrants
Guwahati : Blaming Congress-led Assam government for infiltration from Bangladesh, the BJP on Friday assured people it would end the problem of infiltration and...
Amid din and UPA hopes, Rahul makes an impact
By IANS,
New Delhi : India's ruling coalition was Tuesday brimming with confidence ahead of a trust vote on the nuclear deal with the US as Congress MP Rahul Gandhi made an impassioned pitch for energy security while battling repeated interruptions from opposition benches.
Speaking mainly in English, Gandhi narrated tales of his meetings with poor women in villages to draw a link between their lives and the contentious India-US nuclear deal, which led to the Left's withdrawal of support to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government, causing a political crisis.
Not fair to expect PM to respond to fringe elements: Rathore
New Delhi : Union minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Friday described controversial remarks by fringe elements within the Sangh Parivar as "not the majority opinion"...
Polling extended in some booths in Poonch
By IANS,
Jammu : Polling was extended in some booths in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir Monday, the first of the seven-phase poll in the state, partly because many voters were still inside some booths at closing time, and partly because some electronic voting machines had malfunctioned.
Election Commission officials said polling had by and large been peaceful and over 60 percent of the voters in Poonch has exercised their franchise.
The polling was scheduled to end at 4 p.m.
CPI-M to review results of assembly polls on Sunday
Agartala : The politburo of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) will meet on Sunday to review the outcome of the assembly elections in...
After BJP, JD-U withdraws support to Soren
By IANS,
Ranchi : The Janata Dal-United Wednesday pulled out of the Shibu Soren-led government in Jharkhand, two days after the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) withdrew support.
Sudha Chaudhary, a minister in Soren's government and the JD-U legislature party leader, faxed a letter to the Raj Bhawan informing Governor M.O.H. Farook of the party's decision to withdraw support to the government led by the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief.
According to a Raj Bhawan spokesperson, Sudha Chaudhary also resigned from the post of minister.
Muslim outfits demand resignation of Manipur Deputy CM
Imphal, (IANS): Muslim organisations in Manipur have demanded the resignation of Deputy Chief Minister Yumnam Joykumar on moral grounds after his son posted a message...
West Bengal votes amid clashes, malfunctioning EVMs
By IANS,
Kolkata : Amid clashes that killed one man and delayed polling in some areas because of malfunctioning electronic voting machines (EVMs), the final phase of parliamentary elections in West Bengal Wednesday got off to a brisk start with a turnout of 19-20 percent by 10 a.m.
"On an average, 19-20 percent polling was reported till 10 a.m. in the 11 constituencies," an official at the Election Commission control room here told IANS.
Maharashtra Chief Minister insists he was elected, not appointed
By IANS,
Mumbai : Maharashtra's new Chief Minister Ashok Chavan insists he was 'elected' to the post, not appointed by the Congress leadership.
"I was not 'appointed' (as chief minister) but 'elected' by a majority of the Congress party legislators in the presence of central observers," Chavan Sunday emphasised in an interview to Marathi TV channel IBN-Lokmat, when asked how he felt after the appointment.
Need to resolve people’s grievances quickly: Modi
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said the PMO needed to resolve people's grievances on a "fast-track basis" with the use of...
BJP to protest Maharashtra government’s failure on all fronts
By IANS
Nagpur : The Maharashtra unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has resolved to launch a 'chale jao' (quit power) agitation against the state government for its 'dismal failure on all fronts' in its eight-year rule.
Opposition raps Jharkhand for dropping case against BJP MLA
Ranchi: The Congress on Sunday slammed the Jharkhand government for withdrawing criminal cases against ruling Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Dullu Mahto.
The state government has...
PDP backs out on delimitation bill in Kashmir
By IANS
Jammu : Hours after the Jammu and Kashmir government assured the people that it would table a bill to constitute a delimitation commission to raise by 25 percent the assembly seats from the existing 87, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) backed out of its commitment.
The PDP - a partner in the ruling coalition - has communicated to the Congress leaders, including Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, late Thursday evening that the party is not ready to support the delimitation commission bill at this point of time.
Himachal Pradesh to issue show-cause notice to Brakel
By IANS,
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh government Thursday decided to invite fresh bids for a multi-million-dollar hydropower project and decided to issue a show-cause notice to Dutch firm Brakel Corp for causing financial loss to the state, a senior official said.
"The state cabinet Thursday decided to invite fresh bids for the 960 MW Thopan-Powari-Jangi hydropower project in Kinnaur district," Chief Secretary Asha Swaroop told reporters here.
Heavy firing on LoC between India and Pakistan in Jammu
Jammu: The Pakistan Army on Wednesday resorted to unprovoked shelling and firing at Indian positions at two places on the line of control (LoC)...
International Human Rights Day: “Taking away citizenship is worst human rights abuse,” say Assam’s...
For several thousand citizens of north-eastern Indian state of Assam, who were declared foreigners by the government, citizenship battle is at the core of...
Modi shadow on second round of Kashmir ballot
By Sheikh Qayoom,
Jammu/Srinagar : After over 70 percent polling in the first round, 18 constituencies in the Jammu region and the Kashmir Valley will vote Tuesday in the second leg of the five-phase polls in Jammu and Kashmir.
Agra is venue for disabled congress
By IANS,
Agra : The first international congress for the rehabilitation of the disabled will be held in Agra from Nov 26 to 28, according to District Magistrate Ajay Chauhan.
Jharkhand Congress legislator’s son arrested on abduction charges
By IANS,
Ranchi : The son of a Congress legislator in Jharkhand has been arrested on charges of abducting a businessmen, police said Friday.
Vishal Tirkey, son of Congress legislator Niel Tirkey, was arrested Thursday evening along with his associate Mehfhooz Aalam.
They were travelling in a Scorpio car when Harpal Singh, the man they had allegedly abducted, raised an alarm. A police patrol team heard him and nabbed Vishal and Aalam.
Advani launches autobiography, BJP launches his campaign
By IANS
New Delhi : L.K. Advani, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate for the next general elections, Wednesday launched his autobiography - "My Country My Life" - at a star-studded function, where his party and its allies tacitly launched his bid for India's leadership.
"Advani's life should be an inspiration for any swayamsevak (volunteer)," said Mohan Bhagwat, general secretary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
‘Loyalty’ vs new aspirations split Muslim voters in Delhi; BJP may be the ultimate...
By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Muslims voters in Delhi appeared spilt between old loyalties with the Congress party and the new aspirations of youth, voiced by the Aam Aadmi Party.
Kanhaiya’s health worsens, hospitalised
New Delhi : JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who has been on hunger strike for a week at the campus, was hospitalised here on...
Lok Sabha adjourned again
By IANS
New Delhi : The Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament, was adjourned for half an hour for the second time Wednesday after members from Orissa insisted that the draft of the national mineral policy be discussed with concerned chief ministers.
As the parliamentarians stormed the well of the house and created chaos for almost half an hour despite a clarification from Home Minister Shivraj Patil over the issue, Varkkala Radhakrishnan, who was in the Chair, adjourned the proceedings till 2.30 p.m.
Bengaluru civic polls by August 28
Bengaluru: The elections to the Bengaluru civic corporation will be completed by August 28, a month later than scheduled, after the Supreme Court on...
Uttar Pradesh legislator, minor sons charged with kidnapping
By IANS,
Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator Manju Singh and her two minor sons were charged with manhandling and kidnapping after her henchmen intervened in a scuffle between school children in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district, the police said Friday.
The brawl between the legislator's sons, Sonu and Monu, and a nine-year-old class four student in a school bus turned ugly when Singh's henchmen intervened in the fight.
Been offered Pakistan visa, now don’t have dates: Anupam Kher
Mumbai: A day after Anupam Kher claimed he was denied a visa to visit Pakistan for the Karachi Literature Festival, he said on Thursday...