Congress refuses comment on who decided on Anderson’s release
By IANS,
New Delhi: Insisting that former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi had not taken the decision to provide safe passage to then Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson, the Congress Monday refused to take questions about who had taken the decision to release the man who is an accused in the Bhopal gas leak case.
Responding to queries, party spokesman Manish Tewari said the Group of Ministers looking into the Bhopal gas tragedy was dealing with all issues relating to the case and had given a report to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
‘तेजस्वी यादव में सीएम बनने की क़ाबलियत’ : वित्तमंत्री अब्दुल बारी सिद्दिक़ी
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
पटना: बिहार के वित्तमंत्री अब्दुल बारी सिद्दीक़ी ने एक ख़ास बातचीत में लालूप्रसाद यादव के बेटे तेजस्वी यादव को...
Had no stakes in assembly elections: BJP leader
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday said it was "historically weak" in the states where elections were held after the party failed to reach double figures.
JDU manifesto promises to implement Sachar and Mishra reports
By Manzar Bilal TwoCircles.net,
Patna: Janta Dal United (JDU) in search of Muslim voters has promised implementation of recommendations of Sachar Committee and Ranganath Mishra Commission, in its election manifesto released here yesterday. The JD (U) tried to present itself as a true well-wisher of the minorities, SCs/ STs and backwards classes and promised to work for an inclusive growth.
In Punjab, the road to protests runs via Bathinda
By Jaideep Sarin, IANS,
Bathinda : A joke in Punjab about taking a circuitous route has been for protesters to go from Chandigarh to Delhi...
Kerala being neglected, say protesting Left MPs
By IANS,
New Delhi : Demanding that Kerala's food grain quota and share of electricity be restored, MPs of the Left parties Wednesday protested outside parliament and condemned the negligence of the central government towards the state.
Kerala's food grain quota has reportedly been cut by nearly 90 percent, from over 100,000 tonnes to 17,000 tonnes over the past year.
The MPs, who held the protest before the Lok Sabha session began, said the government “should not divide people in the name of above poverty line and below poverty line”.
Punjab Gau Raksha Dal chief arrested in UP
Chandigarh : The Punjab Police has arrested the chief of the state's Gau Raksha Dal -- a cow protection group -- on charges of...
Touched Vajpayee’s feet, feel honoured: Goa CM
Panaji : Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar's most cherished moment of his weekend visit to Delhi was meeting ailing former prime minister Atal Bihari...
Congress slams Modi for targetting Gandhis, PM
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Congress Monday lashed out at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for attacking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Gandhi family.
BJP mum on Sinha’s critical remarks on party leadership
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday declined to comment on its leader Yashwant Sinha's latest criticism of the party leadership.
"I don't want to react on this issue," BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told IANS in reply to a question about Sinha's remarks during an interview to news channel NDTV in which he expressed dissatisfaction with the party leadership for not seriously analysing the reasons for its defeat in the April-May Lok Sabha elections.
Muslim seminaries cautioned about Naik long before Dhaka attack
New Delhi : While controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik enjoys a huge fan following, the dangers emanating from what he was speaking was understood...
Crucial talks between Gujjar leaders and Rajasthan state govt begins
By NNN-PTI,
Jaipur : The crucial talks between Gujjars leaders and the Rajasthan state government, stalled following preconditions set by the agitators, started here today to find ways to resolve the 22-day-old stir.
A 28-member delegation of the Gurjar Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti, spearheading the agitation for Scheduled Tribe status, is being led by Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, an NCP MLA from Delhi, officials said.
Sanjay Dutt released after serving jail sentence
Pune (Maharashtra) : Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt finally walked out a free man after serving his jail-term from the Yerwada Central Jail (YCJ) here...
Congress slams BJP on Himachal cricket body row
Shimla : The Himachal Pradesh government Friday slammed the BJP for questioning the granting of permission by Governor Urmila Singh to prosecute former chief...
Mines bill to be sent to Rajya Sabha select committee
New Delhi : The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday decided to send a bill amending the mines act to a select committee after nearly six...
Hearing on Swamy petition against Baalu deferred to Thursday
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Wednesday deferred the hearing on a petition by former minister Subramanian Swamy alleging that Transport Minister T.R. Baalu is trying to hurry up the implementation of the Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project (SSCP) to further his family's business interests.
A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan deferred the hearing on the petition by the president of the now defunct Janata Party owing to confusion among various counsels over the date of hearing of the matter.
BJP dumping garbage in Delhi: Kejriwal
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday attacked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the ongoing protest by the workers...
Nagaland vote Monday, Congress take on regional combine
By IANS
Kohima : Nagaland goes to the polls Monday to elect a new 60-member assembly with the Congress party and the Nagaland People's Front (NPF)-led regional combine the main challengers for power.
A total of 1.3 million voters are eligible to decide the fate of 218 candidates. These include 60 from the Congress, 56 of NPF, 23 from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 25 from the Rashtriya Janata Dal and eight from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
The counting of votes will take place March 7.
Parties urged to include right to health in manifestos
New Delhi : The Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, a non-governmental organisation, Tuesday released a "People's Manifesto on Health" and appealed to all political parties to...
Chatterjee favours voters’ right to recall MPs
By IANS
New Delhi : After suggesting the 'no work no pay' principle for errant MPs, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee wants Indian voters to have the right to recall their parliamentary representatives if they do not rise to their expectations.
"I am in favour of introducing the principle of recall," Chatterjee told reporters ahead of the 53rd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, to be held here.
VHP demands dismissal of Kashmir government
New Delhi : The VHP, holding that the BJP's experiment to ally with PDP in Jammu and Kashmir has failed, on Monday sought dismissal...
People voted for Congress’ development agenda, saya Dikshit
By NNN-PTI,
New Delhi : With the Congress appearing set to make a hat-trick in the Delhi assembly elections, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said the people of the national capital voted for the party's development agenda.
"I congratulate the people of Delhi and many many thanks to them for their support and affection for the Congress," the 77-year-old leader said at her residence as jubilant party supporters danced to drumbeats and burst firecrackers.
Government rejects Congress allegations against Sushma Swaraj
New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday accused the Congress of "empty slogans" on the Lalit Modi issue and said the government...
MPs don’t have enough funds for Modi’s pet schemes
By Sreeparna Chakrabarty ,
New Delhi: Insistence on using MPLADS funds for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet schemes of Clean India and adopting a village...
Shekhawat was an elder statesman: Krishna
By IANS,
New Delhi : External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Saturday condoled the death of former vice president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, saying the country had lost an elder statesman.
"In him, we have lost an elder politician and leader who served his country and people in various senior positions with dedication and commitment," Krishna said in a statement.
VHP to convert minorities in Sonia’s constituency
Lucknow : The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Monday announced plans to convert 60 Muslim and Christian families to Hinduism in Rae Bareli, Congress president...
TDP, Mukherjee apologise after angry words
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha Wednesday saw both the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee apologise following angry exchanges over disruption of the house by TDP MPs over the disputed Babhali barrage on the Godavari river.
Earlier in the day, the house witnessed an unpleasant scene when it reassembled at 11.30 a.m. after an adjournment following protests by the TDP and the Shiv Sena over the Babhali barrage at the centre of a controversy between Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.
ABVP strike call shuts Himachal colleges
By IANS,
Shimla : Colleges across Himachal Pradesh were closed Monday following a one-day strike call by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) youth wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).
ABVP's national secretary Umesh Dutt said the education shutdown was being observed in over 150 private and government colleges across the state.
"The call for the shutdown was given following the failure of the government to take action against the deputy commissioner of Mandi," Dutt told IANS.
Election Commission reviews preparedness for general elections
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Gearing up for the Lok Sabha elections scheduled for early next year, the Election Commission of India Thursday concluded its three-day meet with chief electoral officers of six metropolitan cities and states Thursday.
“The Election Commission conducted three-day workshop to discus issues connected with conducting elections in metropolitan areas in the country,” an Election Commission official told IANS.
Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswamy and election commissioners Navin B. Chawla and S.Y. Quraishi reviewed the current status of preparedness.
Advani trying to shift blame on Kandahar: Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Congress Thursday kept alive its attack on Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani over the Kandahar issue saying he was trying to distance himself from the 1999 plane hijack episode when three terrorists were handed over in exchange for the passengers.
Addressing reporters, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi accused Advani, who was then union home minister, of shifting the blame.
Rajya Sabha polls: BJP may support Vijay Mallya
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday indicated that it may support independent candidate and liquor baron Vijay Mallya in the Rajya Sabha elections from Karnataka.
Senior party leader Ananth Kumar said that the party's aim was to defeat the Congress.
"No decision has been taken about Karnataka...Our aim is that Congress loses wherever it is," Kumar said here.
The BJP has fielded M. Venkaiah Naidu and Ayanur Manjunath as its two candidates from Karnataka.
Don’t call me prince please, says Rahul Gandhi
By Rakesh Mohan Chaturvedi, IANS,
Kanker (Chhattisgarh) : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Saturday said he found the word 'yuvraj' (prince) insulting and that it had no place in Indian democracy.
"I find the word 'yuvraj' insulting because India is a democracy. The word (yuvaraj) has no meaning here," said Gandhi at a press conference here.
"(Prime Minister) Manmohan Singh is a very capable leader. And I support my leader," he added.
Shazia takes on ex-army chief
Ghaziabad : AAP candidate Shazia Ilmi Monday took on the BJP for giving a Lok Sabha ticket to former army chief Gen. V.K. Singh,...
SC junks PIL seeking to debar candidates with more than 2 children from electoral...
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the Election Commission to mandate...
Wrong to malign Islam: Advani
By IANS,
New Delhi : Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani Saturday said that it is wrong to target and malign one particular religion for the wrongs of a few.
"Even if the Quran is quoted in threatening emails by terrorists, we should not malign a religion. It is the particular interpretation of the Al Qaida-type of groups," Advani said while addressing a seminar on 'War on Terrorism' organised by Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini, a BJP- sponsored think tank.
AIMIM emerges second largest party in Aurangabad civic polls
Aurangabad/Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) The Hyderabad-based All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) emerged as the second largest party in the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation elections and is poised to become the main opposition party, in the results declared here on Thursday.
AIMIM secured 26 seats in the 113-member civic body, pushing behind the Congress, which secured 11 seats, and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) with two seats, while other smaller parties and independents bagged 23 seats.
Andhra CM gives Rs.6 lakh to family of couple killed in Makkah
Hyderabad : The Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday paid Rs.6 lakh as compensation to the family of a couple killed in the crane...
Police ‘forced’ to open fire in Nandigram: Jyoti Basu
By IANS
Kolkata : West Bengal Police were "forced" to open fire on protesters on March 14 in Nandigram leading to several deaths and it could not be compared to last week's police firing on Left protesters in Khammam in Andhra Pradesh, where it was "unwarranted", Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) patriarch Jyoti Basu said Monday.
"Police were forced to fire that day (March 14)," Basu said, adding, "Nandigram till today is an area which seems to be a world outside West Bengal."
Kolkata : West Bengal Police were "forced" to open fire on protesters on March 14 in Nandigram leading to several deaths and it could not be compared to last week's police firing on Left protesters in Khammam in Andhra Pradesh, where it was "unwarranted", Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) patriarch Jyoti Basu said Monday.
"Police were forced to fire that day (March 14)," Basu said, adding, "Nandigram till today is an area which seems to be a world outside West Bengal."
Swaraj Abhiyan demands PM to break silence and act on Atali
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Swaraj Abhiyan has issued a statement on the Atali violence demanding from the Prime Minister to act.
...
Mohammed Rafi’s son sings a political tune
By Quaid Najmi,
Mumbai : "Tum Mujhe Yun Bhula Na Paaoge, Jab Kabhi Bhi Sunoge Geet Mere, Sang Sang Gun Gunaoge." This immortal number by...
No threat to India’s sovereignty: Paswan
By IANS
New Delhi : There is no threat to India's sovereignty and integrity from the US or any other country, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president and Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said Tuesday, allaying the Left parties' apprehension.
"However, our Left friends also have a point. They have a history of opposing the US and they have a case there," he told reporters, replying to queries on the India-US civil nuclear deal.
Interim bail to BSP MP in maid torture case
New Delhi: A court here Friday granted interim bail, till May 20, to BSP MP Dhananjay Singh, accused in the case of the torture...
Farooq Abdullah to file nomination for Srinagar seat
By IANS,
Srinagar : National Conference (NC) patron Farooq Abdullah Monday said that he would file his nomination to contest from the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat along with another party leader, Salman Sagar.
"I and Salman Sagar, the Srinagar Municipal Corporation chairman, shall file nominations for the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat," Farooq Abdullah said at a press conference here.
He said that party president and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah would decide who among them would finally contest the Srinagar seat. Salman Sagar is the son of senior party leader Ali Muhammad Sagar.
EC slaps Azam Khan with fresh notice over poll code
New Delhi: The Election Commission Wednesday issued fresh notice to Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan for "persistently" and "continuously" violating the model code of...
West Bengal, Bihar, Assam police coordinating for polls
By IANS,
Siliguri: April 23 (IANS) Police forces of West Bengal, Bihar and Assam are working in coordination to foil any militant strikes in the volatile region during the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.
While the six districts in northern West Bengal go to polls April 30, voting was underway in Assam and parts of Bihar Thursday. Bihar will have further rounds April 30 and May 7.
Left alleges post-poll attacks by Trinamool
By IANS,
Kolkata : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday alleged "widespread attacks" on the offices and houses of its supporters in West Bengal following its election rout.
Pacheco sent to two days judicial custody
By IANS,
Panaji: Former Goa tourism minister Mickky Pacheco was Saturday sent to two days judicial custody by a court in Margao after he surrendered in connection with the mysterious death of his alleged lover.
Pacheco, who was charged with culpable homicide following the suspicious death in Chennai of 28-year-old Nadia Torrado, was underground for nearly a month.
Margao district and sessions judge U.V. Bakre, who heard Pacheco's interim bail plea, reserved the order until Monday afternoon and sent the former minister to two days judicial custody.
Court orders 14-day judicial remand for Congress parliamentarian
By IANS
Kolkata : Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days by a West Bengal court Friday in connection with the murder of a panchayat chief in 2003.
The Katwa sub-divisional court in Burdwan district rejected Chowdhury's bail plea and ordered his judicial remand till Oct 4 for the murder of Ketugram panchayat chief Gobordhan Ghosh.
Arrest Raj Thackeray under NSA: Paswan
By IANS,
New Delhi : Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan Friday demanded that Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray should be arrested for planning attacks on north Indians.
“My first demand is that Raj Thackeray should be arrested under NSA (National Security Act),” the union steel minister told reporters.
He cited the case of MDMK chief Vaiko's arrest in Tamil Nadu for his statements in favour of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers. “Vaiko was arrested for his statements. Raj Thackeray should be similarly arrested.”
Former BSP heavyweights figure in BJP’s third list for UP
Lucknow, (IANS) : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday released its third list of 67 candidates for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. Like...
Manipur’s new governor takes charge
Imphal : Former Congress leader and author Syed Ahmed on Saturday took charge as the 16th governor of Manipur.
Manipur High Court Chief Justice Laxmikanta...
Clash in name of ‘Doubtful Citizen’ in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Guwahati: Josnara Khatun is too shocked to utter even a word now. The 14-year-old girl is yet to realize what...
Death of a Delta: Part 2
By A Mirsab and Afroz Alam for TwoCircles.net,
TwoCircles.net visited Nokha to investigate the story of Delta Meghwal. Within a couple of hours we...
Triple Talaq un-Islamic, inhuman and unconstitutional: Armed Forces Tribunal bench
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Lucknow (UP): In a significant decision, the Lucknow Bench of Armed Forces Tribunal has ruled that the declaration of oral...
Madhya Pradesh told to stop overdrawing power or face disconnection
By IANS,
Bhopal : In a dressing down to Madhya Pradesh - which complains that the central government is discriminating against it, the union power ministry has told the state to stop overdrawing and clear dues worth Rs.2.98 billion ($74.5 million) or face disconnection from the power grid.
Congress, BJP hit out at Pakistan
By IANS,
New Delhi: India's two main political parties Tuesday hit out at Pakistan, with the Congress asking Islamabad to explain the role of state actors in the Mumbai terror attack.
Rahul leads farmers’ sit-down protest in Jhansi
By IANS,
Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh) : Renewing his campaign against irregularities in the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi led a sit-in demonstration by farmers here Friday.
The protest action is believed to have caused another embarrassment to the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government headed by Mayawati, who was already peeved over Rahul's repeated forays into dalit pockets in an obvious bid to retrieve the Congress vote bank, transferred over the years to the BSP.
Two DU students beaten up
New Delhi : Two Delhi University students, belonging to the Left-affiliated AISA, said they were beaten up in their college on Tuesday when they...
BJP’s Karnataka change victory of corruption: Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Congress Sunday termed the change of leadership in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka as a "victory of corruption".
Ensure eco-friendly elections in Karnataka: poll panel
By IANS
Bangalore : The Election Commission Saturday appealed to political parties in Karnataka to ensure an eco-friendly campaign by not using plastic material and to minimise poll expenditure.
"During our meetings with political parties Friday, we have told them to desist from using plastic material in any form for electioneering. We hope they will abide by our advice," Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswamy said here Saturday.
Police observers for Bengal polls: Quraishi
By IANS,
Kolkata: Thirteen police officers will be deployed as observers in sensitive areas during the West Bengal polls, said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) S.Y. Quraishi Wednesday.
Telangana activists torch Renuka Chowdhry’s office
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) activists Wednesday set ablaze Congress party leader and former union minister Renuka Chowdhry's office in Khammam town, about 200 km from here.
The door and windows of the office were damaged when TRS workers torched the office after throwing petrol on it, police said. TRS wants to break away from Andhra Pradesh and form a separate Telangana state.
A group of TRS workers fled after setting the office on fire. Acting swiftly, security personnel brought the fire under control.
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...
Cabinet reshuffle a damp squib: BJP
By IANS,
New Delhi: The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday described as a "damp squib" the cabinet reshuffle that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh effected.
Bengal Left demands polls to twin civic bodies
Kolkata: Claiming that the West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress was "afraid", the Left Front on Friday demanded that the civic polls for the reconstituted...
Two killed, 10 injured in J&K clashes with security men
Srinagar: Two villagers, including a woman, were killed and 10 other people injured in clashes with security forces on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir's...
S Chandra Mohan: The poet of an enlightened Ambedkarite era
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat for Twocircles.net
S. Chandra Mohan’s poetry reflects the brilliance of his thought process and the rebel inside him. The sheer diversity...
Gorkhaland activists order closure of Darjeeling offices
By IANS,
Siliguri (West Bengal) : In a fresh diktat, the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) fighting for a separate Gorkhaland state Friday ordered the indefinite closure of offices in Darjeeling and said all development work should be stopped in the West Bengal hill resort from Saturday.
"All offices of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC) should be closed from Saturday. All other development programmes funded by the central government should also be stopped forthwith," GJM president Bimal Gurung said in Darjeeling.
Wrong to kill anyone for eating beef: Lalu
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Saturday said that it was wrong to kill anyone for eating beef and created a...
Congress will not project CM face in Chhattisgarh
By Sujeet Kumar
Raipur, (IANS): The Congress, which is striving hard to stage a comeback in Chhattisgarh since it lost power in 2003, will not...
Modi named The Straits Times ‘Asian of the Year’
Singapore : Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been named The Straits Times "Asian of the Year 2014" for being a "development-focused" leader who also...
11 MPs, 80 legislators from Telangana to resign in protest
By IANS,
New Delhi/Hyderabad : Eleven out of 12 Congress party MPs from the Telangana region and as many as 80 legislators - cutting across party lines - Thursday decided to resign to protest the central government's move to put on hold the process of forming a Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh.
Mayhem in Mumbai as Raj Thackeray arrested
By IANS,
Mumbai : Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray was arrested from Maharashtra's Ratnagiri town early Tuesday, prompting large parts of this city to shut down as his supporters went on the rampage torching public transport and telling office goers to return home.
CPI-M seeks poll panel’s intervention in Darjeeling
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday requested the Election Commission to create an appropriate atmosphere for holding free and fair elections in three hill sub-divisions of the Darjeeling parliamentary constituency in West Bengal.
The CPI-M submitted a memorandum to the poll panel in the wake of pro-Gorkhaland activists Monday greeting the CPI-M candidate Jibesh Sarkar with black flags and "Go Back" slogans when he went to file his nomination.
Tejashwi should be scared of going to jail: Paswan
New Delhi, (IANS): Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday said Bihar's former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav should be scared of going to jail...
Maharashtra legislative council chairman loses trust vote
Mumbai : Maharashtra legislative council chairman Shivajirao Deshmukh of the Congress lost a no-confidence motion brought against him on Monday.
The Nationalist Congress Party had...
Congress will spring a surprise in Odisha: Srikant Jena
By Jatindra Dash,
Bhubaneswar : The Congress, which has been out of power in Odisha since 2000, will deliver "surprising results" this time by improving...
AIADMK members in Tamil Nadu assembly suspended till Friday
By IANS,
Chennai : Barring Leader of the Opposition, J. Jayalalithaa, who was absent from the Tamil Nadu assembly, the AIADMK members were suspended till Friday for creating ruckus in the house Wednesday.
DMK member Anita Radhakrishnan made some comments against the AIADMK, reacting to which the opposition party's K.A. Sengottaiyan made some remarks that were expunged by Speaker R. Avudaiyappan.
Angered at this, AIADMK members G. Hari and Arulmozhithevan started shouting which led to the Speaker ordering their eviction.
Hyderabad maid dies in Saudi Arabia due to alleged torture, alleges family
Hyderabad : A woman from Hyderabad, who was working as maid in Saudi Arabia, has died due to alleged torture by her employer, her...
Video clips of 2011 speech of Paswan that can put him in embarrassing position
In the videos posted online recently, Minister in the Modi cabinet compares RSS with SIMI, sympathises with the plight of Kashmiri and Muslims who are easily labelled as ‘terrorists’.
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Old video clips of Consumer Affairs minister Ram Vilas Paswan have surfaced that can put him in embarrassing position. Three video clips of Paswan have been uploaded on a YouTube channel, where he is heard comparing the RSS and its off-shoots with SIMI and demanding ban on them.
US still cagey about Modi visa issue
Washington : Even as exit polls suggested that Narendra Modi may emerge as the next Indian prime minister, the US continued to act cagey...
Over one million vote in Himachal amid chill
By IANS
Shimla : Brisk polling was underway to pick a new assembly in Himachal Pradesh Wednesday, with over 1 million people having voted by 2 p.m. in the second and final phase of balloting.
Voting picked up around noon after a slow start on a cold and breezy morning, all across 65 seats. By 1 p.m., more than 35 percent of the 4.4 million voters had made it to the polling centres.
In a population of 6.3 million and a house of 68 legislators, the main battle is between the ruling Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Restrictions imposed in parts of Srinagar
Srinagar : Following plans of protest by Shia community against execution of a Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr Al Nimr in Saudi Arabia, authorities have...
Samajwadi Party leader shot dead
By IANS,
Agra : Shammi Kohli, a Samajwadi Party leader here, was shot dead overnight in a bus going to Lucknow by men who escaped into the dark, police said Tuesday.
JNU students Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya surrender
New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, who are facing sedition charges for allegedly raising "anti-India" slogans, have surrendered...
Congress can rule Tamil Nadu in five years, says Rahul Gandhi
By IANS,
Chennai : The Congress will come to power in Tamil Nadu in five years if its youth wing works hard unitedly, party general secretary Rahul Gandhi said here Wednesday.
"The Congress party is not in power (in Tamil Nadu) for the past 40 years. I am willing to visit Tamil Nadu any number of times in order to bring the Congress back in power in the state," he told party cadres.
Assuring that the party will be handed over to the youth, he urged the young cadres to work together so that it comes to power in five years.
Law and order deteriorating in Himachal: BJP MP
New Delhi : BJP MP Anurag Thakur has written to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh about the deteriorating law and order situation in...
Rahul Gandhi condemns Kabul guesthouse attack
New Delhi : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday condemned the suspected Taliban attack on a guesthouse in Afganistan's capital Kabul that killed...
Kashmir truck attack victim dies, violence rages
Srinagar: Violence raged in parts of the Kashmir Valley on Sunday after a 16-year-old injured in a bomb attack on a truck in Udhampur...
BJP, Congress hail quashing of Section 66A
New Delhi : The Congress on Tuesday said scrapping Section 66A of the IT Act was a "welcome decision", while the ruling BJP maintained...
Lok Sabha adjourned sine die after month-long winter session
New Delhi : The Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die Tuesday after a month-long winter session which saw a "record" number of bills being...
258 candidates with criminal records in round three of polls
By IANS,
New Delhi : The third phase of polls April 30 has a mixed bag of candidates with 258 nominees having criminal records and 223 millionaires, a study by an NGO said Monday.
According to an analysis by the National Election Watch (NEW), "of 1,567 candidates in the fray for the third phase, NEW analysed affidavits of 1,492 candidates. A total of 258 candidates were found to have criminal records."
Left sweeps Tripura tribal council polls
Agartala : Tripura's ruling Left Front led by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Wednesday retained the 30-seat tribal autonomous body for the...
Women, three daughters found dead in UP village
Lucknow : A woman and her three daughters, including an infant, were found dead at their house in Mauranva village in Unnao district of...
Somnath in Hyderabad for eye check-up
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee arrived here Wednesday night for an eye check-up at a city hospital.
Chatterjee, who arrived from Delhi, headed straight to the Raj Bhavan from the airport. He refused to speak to mediapersons.
After a night halt at the Raj Bhavan, the official residence of the state governor, the Lok Sabha speaker will visit the L.V. Prasad Eye Hospital Thursday for the check-up. He underwent an eye surgery at the hospital last month.
Andhra Pradesh assembly Speaker K.R. Suresh Reddy called on Chatterjee at the Raj Bhavan.
Jharkhand supports demands of Assam tribals
By IANS
Ranchi : Tribal leaders in Jharkhand have threatened to launch an economic blockade if the central government does not grant Scheduled Tribes (ST) status to Assam's tea garden tribals by December 17.
Various tribal groups active here have launched an agitation in support of tribals who moved to Assam 150 years ago. Some of the militant tribal groups active in Assam are also seeking support for their cause in Jharkhand.
Kerala won’t raise retirement age: Chandy
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Thursday said the government had no plans to raise the retirement age of government employees.
Nitish Kumar warns police officials over liquor ban
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday warned police officials that action would be initiated against them for failing to enforce the...
Buddhadeb meets Jyoti Basu
By IANS,
Kolkata : Amid speculation about his offering to resign, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Monday met Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) patriarch Jyoti Basu but refused to speak to the media.
The chief minister went to the state secretariat, Writers' Buildings in the morning and came out of it in the evening only, and left for Basu's house in the satellite Salt Lake township. He did not speak to media persons despite repeated questions.
Ranchi ex-mayor surrenders in cash-for-vote scam
By IANS,
Ranchi : Former mayor of Ranchi, Rama Khalkho surrendered in a court here Tuesday in Rs.22 lakh cash-for-vote scandal and was sent to 14 days in judicial custody.
MDMK at crossroads again in Tamil Nadu
By IANS,
Chennai : Vaiko's MDMK is feeling let down following AIADMK chief J. Jayalalitha's decision to field her candidate in a by-election in an assembly constituency the MDMK had held, party sources said.
The death of MDMK legislator Veera Elavarasan last month led to the by-election in Madurai district, scheduled in January. MDMK has been an ally of the AIADMK since 2006.
Jayalalitha announced Friday that her party would contest the by-election, a day after Vaiko met her.
A crestfallen MDMK leader told IANS that the party was again being sidelined.
State polls to impact Congress-Trinamool ties: West Bengal Congress chief
By Pradipta Tapadar, IANS,
AAP legislators meet President, demand fresh election in Delhi
New Delhi : Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal accompanied by AAP legislators Thursday met President Pranab Mukherjee to demand immediate dissolution of the...
Meghalaya minister gets extortion SMS from militants
By IANS,
Shillong: A Meghalaya minister has become the latest to receive an extortion demand from militant outfit, the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA).
In the extortion demand sent as mobile text messages, the GNLA threatened the minister and his family members with dire consequences if he failed to comply with their demand.
"I have received a number of text messages from the GNLA asking me to contribute to the organisation or face the consequences," the minister told IANS Thursday, demanding that he not be named.
Central government to challenge Mayawati move in court
By IANS
New Delhi : The central government is set to formally challenge in court Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's May 2007 decision to appoint her close bureaucratic aide Shashank Sekhar Singh as the state's cabinet secretary.
Ironically, the central government is to file the affidavit only after Mayawati Saturday announced in the state assembly that Singh had given up his charge.
Congress condemns army officer’s terror link, slams BJP
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Congress Friday condemned the alleged involvement of a serving army officer in the Malegaon terror blast and said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was trying to propagate its agenda of hate by using the country's secular institutions.
"We are proud of our army, but ashamed of individuals who under the influence of some political parties try to infiltrate the secular and democratic institution of our country," Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Congress spokesperson, said at a press conference here.
Mulayam, Amar Singh not allowed to meet protesting Gujjars
By Sahil Makkar, IANS,
Bharatpur (Rajasthan) : Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and party general secretary Amar Singh, who were scheduled to meet the agitating Gujjar community and their leader Kirori Singh Bainsla, were Monday turned back from Bharatpur by police officials.
The Samajwadi Party leaders were supposed to meet Bainsla at Pilupura village, where he has been camping with thousands of his people along the railway lines that connect Delhi-Mumbai for the past three days as part of his rail blockade to demand Scheduled Tribe status.
Omar not contesting from Ganderbal? Writing on the wall for NC
By Sheikh Qayoom,
Srinagar : Although it now needs only a formal announcement, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah appears to have decided against contesting from Ganderbal in the forthcoming assembly elections, thereby ending the 37-year-old political tryst of the Abdullahs with their once strongest bastion in Kashmir.
Congress-NCP combine ahead in Maharashtra
By IANS,
Mumbai : The Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) combine won from one constituency and was leading in another 25 in Maharashtra by early Saturday afternoon as the counting progressed.
The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiv Sena combine was leading in 10 and nine constituencies respectively. The state has 48 Lok Sabha seats.
The Congress-NCP was leading in all six seats in the country's commercial capital Mumbai, as per official figures at 1.30 p.m.
No flip-flop on Telangana: Chidambaram
By IANS,
New Delhi : Asserting that the government had done "no flip-flop" over separate statehood to Telangana, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday said the Jan 5 meeting of eight political parties from Andhra Pradesh had been called to devise a "mechanism" and "lay a road map" on resolving the controversial issue.
"There is no flip-flop on part of the government over Telangana," Chidambaram told reporters while presenting his ministry's monthly progress report.