ये हैं आज़ाद समाज पार्टी के मुस्लिम चेहरे, उठने लगे सवाल!
आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर। भीम आर्मी का राजनीतिक दल सामने आ चुका है। चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद को इसका राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष चुना गया है। आज़ाद समाज पार्टी...
More churches, homes burnt as trouble spreads in Orissa
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : Communal violence spread in Orissa Thursday with fresh incidents of mobs burning churches and homes, adding to the tensions in the state that has seen at least 11 people being killed in revenge for the murder of a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader last week.
The situation was so volatile that Minister of State for Home Sri Prakash Jaiswal and other Congress leaders, who arrived here to visit riot hit areas, were told by the state government that they could not do so and returned to New Delhi.
Congress corporator shot dead in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow : A Congress corporator has been shot dead in Uttar Pradesh, police said Tuesday.
The shooting took place late Monday in Deoria when Mihirkant...
Kejriwal lodged in Tihar Jail
New Delhi : Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was sent to the Tihar Jail after a Delhi court Wednesday sent him to two-day...
Hunt for lynchers of Himachal cattle smuggler
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Police on Saturday intensified its operation to arrest villagers who lynched an alleged cattle smuggler in a fit of rage in...
Will seek fresh mandate from people: JD-U
New Delhi: The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) will again seek people's mandate in Bihar, a party official said Saturday after Nitish Kumar resigned as the...
Tytler seeks CBI probe into shoe attack on Chidambaram
By IANS,
New Delhi : Former central government minister Jagdish Tytler Monday sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the shoe attack by a journalist on Home Minister P. Chidambaram, which had brought Tytler's role in the 1984 Sikh riots back into limelight.
On April 7, Jarnail Singh, a journalist of the Dainik Jagran newspaper, had tossed a shoe at the home minister during a press conference at the Congress headquarters here, dissatisfied by the minister's reply on the clean chit by the CBI to Tytler.
Power politics behind controversy over gurdwara control
By Jaideep Sarin, IANS,
Chandigarh: Power politics seems to be at the heart of the Haryana government's move to set up a separate body to administer gurdwaras in the state and the Punjab-based Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee's (SGPC) opposition to it.
While there is a Congress government in Haryana as also at the centre, the Akali Dal is the dominant ruling party in Punjab.
गांव का हुलेसवा बना डॉ. हुलेश मांझी
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
पटना: डॉ. हुलेश मांझी बिहार के महादलितों के लिए एक ऐसा नाम बन चुके हैं, जो ज़िन्दगी में ऊंचाईयां छूने का...
As Kashmir Gears Up for Assembly Elections, What It Means for the Region and...
Aqib Ahmad, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Mohammad Rizwan, 38, expressed his excitement upon learning that the Election Commission of India (ECI) had finally announced assembly elections for Jammu...
Andhra assembly condemns Peshawar carnage
Hyderabad : The Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly Thursday unanimously passed a resolution condemning the massacre of school students in Pakistan's Peshawar town.
On the first...
Working Saturday this week for Himachal assembly
By IANS,
Dharamsala : As part of the state government's austerity drive, the Himachal Pradesh state assembly will work on Saturday instead of taking a holiday, a minister said Thursday.
"The winter session has been rescheduled bearing the austerity drive in mind. However, the sittings of the house will remain as per the original schedule (six sittings)," Parliamentary Affairs Minister J.P. Nadda told IANS.
Don’t reject poll pleas on technical grounds: Court
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has held that a petition challenging the election of a candidate on the grounds of corrupt practices cannot be dismissed on "technical grounds" or because of being drafted "clumsily".
"If a pleading on a reasonable construction could sustain the action, the court should accept that construction and be slow in dismissing an election petition lest it frustrates an action only on technical grounds," an apex court bench of Justice D.K. Jain and Justice T.S. Thakur said in a judgment delivered Tuesday.
Sena meets Governor on trust vote, lodges protest
Mumbai : The Shiv Sena Thursday submitted a memorandum to Maharashtra Governor C.V. Rao highlighting alleged irregularities and violation of norms by the BJP...
Not fielding Muslims in UP a mistake: Uma Bharti
New Delhi, (IANS): Union minister Uma Bharti on Monday said the BJP made "a huge mistake" by not fielding any Muslim candidate in the...
Supreme Court rejects Jagan’s bail plea
By IANS,
New Delhi/Hyderabad : In a major setback to YSR Congress Party leader Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, the Supreme court Friday declined to grant him bail in the disproportionate assets case
Definition of patriotism needs to be changed: Yogendra Yadav at AMU
Former AAP leader also that India showed the world that unlike the European nation states, the Indian nation can function with democratic values with...
BJP asks Akhilesh to rein in minister Azam Khan
Lucknow : The state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday sought action against Urban Development Minister Mohd. Azam Khan and warned Chief...
Kejriwal meets rape survivor at AIIMS
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday met the 13-year-old mentally challenged rape survivor at AIIMS and raised the issue of...
Pranab meets Karat to push n-deal
By IANS,
New Delhi : In a last ditch effort to push forward the India-US civil nuclear deal, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee met CPI-M leader Prakash Karat Monday evening and sought the Left's support for an India specific safeguards agreement with the IAEA.
RJD leader shot dead, boy killed in revenge
Patna, Jan 2 (IANS) A local Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader in Bihar was shot dead near his village by unidentified men, police said...
Kashmiri women contesting poll to usher in change
By F. Ahmed,IANS,
Srinagar : Five women among the 71 candidates in five assembly constituencies in north Kashmir's Kupwara district, which go to the polls on Nov 30, say they are contesting to usher in change.
Shabnum Gani Lone, a senior lawyer and daughter of slain separatist leader Abdul Gani Lone, is challenging candidates of the regional National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), besides independents, in the Kupwara assembly constituency.The Nov 30 polling will be in the third of the seven-phase elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
Let not fear guide us, Rahul tells MPs
By IANS,
New Delhi : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday urged the members of parliament not to allow fear to lead them as he said energy security was vital in eradicating poverty from India.
Participating in the debate over the trust motion moved by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi said nuclear energy was essential to make a country a leading world power.
Where Reds and Saffron keep fighting – and killing
By Jeevan Mathew Kurian, IANS
Kannur (Kerala) : In 'god's own country', there is one place known as hell. Here, close to 200 people have been killed in violence involving the Marxists and Hindutva activists over 40 years. And no respite is in sight.
No one seems to want the wave of brutal violence that has enveloped Kannur district, specifically the Thalassery area, a known bastion of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).
Amar Singh gets poetic about meeting with Sonia
By IANS,
New Delhi : Political crises can also inspire poetry. Ask Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh, who used the words of an old Hindi film song to describe his meeting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
“Na tum bewafa the, na hum bewafa the, magar kya kare hamari kismat juda thi. (Neither were you unfaithful, nor were we. But what can we do, it was just our fate that we parted),” Amar Singh said when asked about his "interaction" with Gandhi last week.
Supreme Court no to stopping Mayawati from statue spree
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Friday refused to restrain the Uttar Pradesh government from installing statues of its Chief Minister Mayawati, her political mentor late Kanshi Ram and the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) election symbol - the elephant.
A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice P. Sathasivam said it would not intervene in the matter.
Divisions among Khap leaders, another meeting called May 23
By IANS,
Kurukshetra (Haryana): Within hours of one section of leaders of the "Khap mahapanchayat" (grand caste council) of Haryana Tuesday announcing that they would defend the six people convicted of honour killing of a young couple, divisions within the ranks of khap leaders have emerged.
Another section of the leaders, not convinced about the decision at Tuesday's meeting, later announced that another Khap mahapanchayat would be called in Jind town, 220 km from Chandigarh, May 23 to decide further action.
Food For Thought
Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam,
Over the last several days I was so deeply pre-occupied with other concerns that I could not find time to write...
Gorkha body extends shutdown relaxation till Aug 7
By IANS,
Siliguri : The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), fighting for a separate Gorkhaland state in northern West Bengal, Saturday extended the relaxation period for its indefinite shutdown in the Darjeeling hills till August 7, but threatened to close down all government offices from Monday.
GJM president Bimal Gurung wrote a letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee urging him to prevail upon the central government to call an immediate tripartite meeting on the issue.
BJP keen on Modi addressing over 30 rallies in Maharashtra, Haryana
New Delhi: The BJP appears to be banking heavily on campaigning by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to shore up its performance in assembly polls...
भीम आर्मी के भारत बंद का व्यापक असर, दिल्ली मे भिड़े दो गुट, अलीगढ़...
आसमोहम्मद. कैफ़, Twocircles.net
दिल्ली। दलित के हितों के लिए सँघर्ष करने का दावा करने वाले संगठन भीम आर्मी एकता मिशन के आह्वान पर सर्वोच्च अदालत...
Sonia to kickstart Lok Sabha campaign in Kerala
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : Congress president Sonia Gandhi will kickstart the election campaign of the Congress-led UDF in Kochi Saturday.
Addressing his first press conference after...
Mizoram opposition to form united front to challenge Congress
By IANS,
Aizawl : The opposition in Mizoram is attempting to forge a combined front to challenge the ruling Congress in next month's parliamentary elections and the by-poll for one assembly seat.
"The opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) has decided to form a united front with other regional parties to fight the Congress candidate," said MNF general secretary Lalhmingliana, who is also the Rajya Sabha member from Mizoram.
NCP minister says he invited Amitabh to event
By IANS,
Mumbai : The controversy over Amitabh Bachchan's presence at the Bandra-Worli Sea Link extension's inauguration has refused to die down, with a minister from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Thursday saying he had invited the Bollywood megastar to the event.
Though an embarrassed Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, who was surprised to see Amitabh at the event, tried to steer clear of the controversy by insisting he was "not aware" of the invite, PWD (Undertakings) Minister Jaidatta Kshirsagar said he had invited Big B for the function.
Azam says Amar is threat to his life
By IANS,
Lucknow : The war of words between two general secretaries of the Samajwadi Party went up a notch as Azam Khan Friday alleged that Amar Singh was a threat to his life while party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav threatened disciplinary action against Khan.
"What can you expect from a cheap man who has gone mad due to his money power? I pray to god to show him the right path. He poses a threat to my and my family's life," Khan said in Rampur at a press conference.
He was reacting to Amar Singh's allegedly derogatory comments against him during a rally in the same town Thursday.
Interim budget is well-balanced: PM
By IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday praised the interim budget for 2014-15, saying Finance Minister P. Chidambaram had "aptly summarised" the...
NC-Congress combine sweeps Kashmir polls
By IANS,
Srinagar : The National Conference (NC)-Congress combine won five of the six Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha constituencies while an independent was leading in Ladakh.
NC president Farooq Abdullah was declared winner from Srinagar constituency after he defeated his closest rival Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), by a margin of nearly 32,000 votes.
NC's Mirza Mehboob Beg defeated PDP's Peer Mohammed Hussain from south Kashmir Anantnag constituency by over 5,000 votes.
Rahul to address three rallies in Delhi, Haryana
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will address three rallies in Delhi and Haryana on Sunday, a statement said Saturday.
Party workers are pulling...
Vacate houses early, Naidu urges former ministers
New Delhi : Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu Thursday urged former ministers of the UPA government to vacate government houses allotted to them early...
Only Congress can provide stable government, strong PM: Sonia
By IANS,
Patna : Ridiculing the launch of various alliances ahead of the general elections, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said Saturday only her party was capable of providing a stable and efficient government and termed Manmohan Singh a strong prime minister.
Gandhi targeted senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani for terming Manmohan Singh a weak prime minister.
Karunanidhi may raise Sri Lankan Tamil’s issue with PM, Sonia
By IANS,
New Delhi: DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi is likely to discuss the Sri Lankan Tamils' political settlement issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi when he arrives here Sunday, DMK sources said.
The chief minister is arriving here Sunday to attend a Planning Commission meeting slated for Monday.
"Kalaignar is coming here to attend the Planning Commission meeting on Tamil Nadu's plan allocation. Whenever he comes Delhi, he meets the Congress president and the prime minister," said T.K.S. Elangovan, a party MP.
Snooping by US unacceptable, Sushma Swaraj tells Kerry
New Delhi : Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Thursday said she raised the issue of US agencies allegedly snooping the BJP with visiting...
Tripura assembly session to begin Friday
Agartala : The monsoon session of the Tripura assembly will begin Friday and the opposition Congress is expected to raise a host of issues,...
Treat controversy on Ramesh remarks closed: Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Congress Thursday said that the controversy over Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh's remarks in Beijing should be treated as closed after he met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.
"The minister has given his explanation to the prime minister and the Congress president. They will take a final decision. There is no need to stoke the issue. It should be treated as closed," party spokesman Shakeel Ahmed told IANS.
Advani, Merchant win twice as World Snooker Championship begins
By Anand Philar, IANS,
Modi is India’s ray of hope: Tamil Nadu governor
Chennai : Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah Wednesday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the nation's pride and ray of hope.
Greeting Modi on his...
The fading left: Once-mighty red bastion crumbles in West Bengal
By Anurag Dey,
Kolkata : From being virtually invincible to being rendered an also ran, the year 2014 has been a tale of the withering...
Raman, Jogi couple record easy victory
By IANS,
Raipur : Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh as well as Congress MP Ajit Jogi and his wife Renu Jogi won their seats comfortably in the Chhattisgarh assembly elections results for which were announced Monday.
Singh won the Rajnandgaon seat by over 32,000 votes defeating Congress nominee and sitting lawmaker Udai Mudliar.
Ajit Jogi, the state's first chief minister, retained his Marwahi seat in Bilaspur district defeating BJP candidate Dhyan Singh Porte by about 40,000 votes.
उमराह पर जाने वाले हजरात मुंबई एयरपोर्ट पर हुए परेशान, बेहद असुविधाजनक है माहौल
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net
मुम्बई इंटरनेशनल एयरपोर्ट पर उमराह के आजमीनों के साथ बेहद खराब सुलूक किए जाने का मामला सामने आया है। इस संबंध में...
Telangana groups, government heading for confrontation over march
By IANS,
Hyderabad : With barely two days left for the Telangana march, pro-Telangana groups and the Andhra Pradesh government are heading for a confrontation.
A former Marxist fights on BJP ticket
By Priyanka,
New Delhi: He used to be a Marxist who later took to Dalit activism before quitting his Indian Revenue Service job where he...
Lok Sabha takes up Bangladesh land accord bill
New Delhi : The Lok Sabha on Thursday took up discussion on the bill concerning the land boundary agreement with Bangladesh, as External Affairs...
Muslim group to take out rath yatra against BSP during UP election
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
BJP first party in 30 years to win parliamentary majority on its own
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was Friday set to create an electoral record by becoming the first party in 30 years to...
3,000 more Kashmiri Pandits to get jobs
Srinagar: Another 3,000 Kashmiri Pandits will be provided jobs to facilitate their early return to the Valley, where nearly 2,000 such migrant youth are...
Mayawati gives conditional nod for Bundelkhand
By IANS
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Friday agreed to the creation of a seprate state of Bundelkhand, provided the central government initiated the process.
While addressing the state assembly here, the chief minister said: "Creation of a state is a central subject, so once the central government moots the proposal, we will be the first ones to ratify it."
She observed: "Our party has always been in favour of smaller states because we feel that these are better administered."
Lapang flies again to Delhi amid political crisis
By IANS,
Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister D.D. Lapang Tuesday dashed off to New Delhi - the second time in three weeks - to consult Congress leaders amid growing demand for a leadership change in the state.
"I am going to meet Congress leaders and tell them about the political situation in the state," Lapang told IANS.
Amid growing demands for his ouster, Lapang met Ahmed Patel, the political secretary to Congress president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi March 17.
With Vajpayee retiring, others see hope in Lucknow seat
By Rakesh Mohan Chaturvedi, IANS,
Lucknow : With former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee unlikely to contest the coming Lok Sabha elections from Lucknow, others see a new opportunity to win from this prestigious constituency.
Vajpayee's failing health and the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) announcement in December that L.K. Advani would be its prime ministerial candidate have been widely read as Vajpayee's retirement from active politics.
Nehru’s legacy more significant today: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi : In a veiled attack on the Modi government, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said efforts were on to erase Jawaharlal...
Rahul Gandhi on another ‘secret’ trip to Uttar Pradesh
By IANS,
Lucknow: Undaunted by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's repeated complaints to his "unannounced" visits to the state, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi was once again undertaking yet another "secret" trip to the state's most backward Bundelkhand region Monday, party sources said.
Top state officials as well as senior party leaders at the Congress state headquarters here were clueless about the visit.
However, party sources in Jhansi Sunday confirmed Rahul's plans to visit a village in the neighbourhood of Bundelkhand's biggest city.
Trust vote over, India goes on NSG charm offensive
By IANS,
New Delhi : With the trust vote behind it, the Manmohan Singh government is going all out to win the support of the IAEA board and the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) countries, which are expected to decide soon on giving India a passport to global trade in nuclear fuel and technologies.
The government is planning to deploy three of its ministers and top-ranking envoys with decades of experience in international diplomacy on the 'charm NSG' mission, an official source said.
Jaswant Singh’s condition grave
New Delhi : Former union minister and expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh continued to be in coma Wednesday, with doctors describing his condition as...
Rubaiya Sayeed’s 1989 kidnapping back in focus amid crackdown on Kashmiri separatists
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar:- On December 8, 1989, Rubaiya Sayeed, the 23-year-old daughter of the then Union Home Minister Mufti Sayeed Mufti Mohammad Sayeed...
Government not serious about tackling inflation: BJP
By IANS
New Delhi : The UPA government has failed to check price rise and is trying to "pass on the buck" by drawing the conclusion that inflation in India is part of a global phenomenon, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Monday as it began a week-long country-wide agitation against rising prices.
"The BJP is of the view that the government was never serious about the problems being faced by the aam admi (common man). It never took up the issue of inflation seriously. It was hardly monitored throughout these years since it came to power," said party spokesperson Prakash Javadekar.
Senior TDP leader Ramachandraiah quits party
By IANS,
Hyderabad : In yet another blow to the main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh, senior party leader and Rajya Sabha member C. Ramachandraiah Friday resigned from the party.
He made the announcement after a meeting with his followers in Kadpa district, bringing the curtains down on the speculation doing rounds for the last two weeks.
Sentencing in Gulberg case put off to June 9
Ahmedabad : A special sessions court, which was to pronounce the quantum of sentence for those convicted of the massacre of 69 people...
Former Haryana MP Chiranji Lal dead
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Four-time former Congres MP Chiranji Lal Sharma Monday morning passed away in a private hospital in Gurgaon. He was 88.
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.
Thackerays give a bad name to Maharashtra and Marathis
By Amulya Ganguli, IANS,
Raj Thackeray may have convinced himself that he is serving the cause of the Marathi 'manoos', but in actual fact he is doing a great disservice to Maharashtra and the sons of its soil.
In the years before the Thackeray family became a force to reckon with, the state was known to the rest of the country via a veritable galaxy of leaders who were revered all over India - Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, M.G. Ranade, Jyotiba Phule, Pandita Ramabai et al.
NHRC notice to defence ministry over ammunition stockpile
New Delhi : The NHRC has issued notice to the defence ministry over the safety risk posed to the general public due to army...
Court stays privileges move against Jayalalitha
By IANS
Chennai : The Madras High Court Friday stayed the proceedings of the Tamil Nadu assembly's privileges committee, which had asked opposition AIADMK party leader J. Jayalalitha to appear before it on a complaint by state minister M.K. Stalin.
The AIADMK chief Thursday moved the Madras High Court against the privileges committee's summons.
Will Rahul Gandhi return, asks BJP
Bengaluru : The BJP on Thursday took a jibe at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, wondering if he was really set to return and...
Modi world’s most popular leader, says Amit Shah
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the world's most popular leader, BJP president Amit Shah said here on Wednesday, adding that nationalism...
Goa NCP-Congress bury differences after midnight meeting
By IANS,
Panaji : After holding the Congress-led Goa government to ransom for several weeks, alliance partner Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has decided to bury the hatchet and said it would support the finance bill in the budget session beginning Monday.
The decision to support the Digambar Kamat-led government was taken around midnight at a coordination meeting held in Mumbai attended by senior leaders from the NCP, which has three legislators, and the Congress along with the rebels to sort out differences.
No simple majority for Congress, says party veteran
By IANS,
Panaji : Veteran Congress leader Eduardo Faleiro has ruled out the possibility of the party winning a simple majority in the forthcoming general elections and says coalitions are an inevitability.
The former minister of state for external affairs, who has represented Goa six times in parliament, said a hung parliament would be the inevitable outcome of the 15th Lok Sabha polls due from mid April.
Yeddyurappa must quit, Pilot says
By IANS,
Shimla: Minister of State for Communication and IT Sachin Pilot Monday asked Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to quit.
NSUI releases a special manifesto for northeast students, more hostels promised
New Delhi : The Congress-affiliated National Students Union of India (NSUI) has released a sub-manifesto to address the problems being faced by students from...
Centre to release religion-based census data at ‘appropriate time’
New Delhi : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday said religion-based census data will be released at an "appropriate time".
"The religion-based census data will...
Government discriminates against our states: BJP
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday accused the Congress-led central government of discriminating against BJP-ruled states.
Mulayam-Amar reunion: Will he make a comeback?
By Mohit Dubey,
Lucknow : Is Amar Singh returning to Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party? If the rumour mills are anything to go by, it...
Bad weather may hit Himachal polling: poll panel
Shimla, Dec 13 (IANS) A spell of snowfall, rain and extreme cold conditions witnessed in Himachal Pradesh could mar polling in the second phase of the assembly elections Dec 19, Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswamy said here Thursday.
"Polling may be affected in at least 576 polling stations spread over six districts of the state if it snows on Dec 19," he said.
"These polling stations are spread in the districts of Shimla (245 polling stations), Sirmaur (89), Chamba (83), Kullu (28), Mandi (123) and Kangra (8)," he said.
‘Save Nano’ activists attack Trinamool leaders in West Bengal
By IANS,
Kolkata : Hundreds of Nano Bachao Committee (Save Nano Committee) members Sunday went on a rampage on the Durgapur Expressway and damaged vehicles carrying Trinamool Congress supporters to Mamata Banerjee's rally near the abandoned Tata car project site in West Bengal's Singur, a party official said.
The activists damaged the red beacon car of Opposition Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chattopadhyay and also stopped the vehicle of other senior party leaders, including Mukul Roy and Madan Mitra, near Ratanpur area on the way tio the rally site.
Barbs galore as countdown to Election 2009 begins
By IANS,
New Delhi : Election week got off to a high decibel start Monday with top leaders of the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and L.K. Advani -- at the vanguard of the escalating rhetoric three days before polls begin.
Ahead of polls, Raman Singh wants to ensure food for poor
by IANS
Raipur : With an eye to next year's state assembly elections, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Tuesday asked the state's district collectors to tone up the public distribution system (PDS).
Presiding over a collectors' conference here Tuesday, Singh instructed 16 collectors to take measures to strengthen the PDS system in all the 146 blocks to help below-poverty-line families (BPL) get timely food grains at cheaper rates.
Aiyar, Javed Akhtar nominated to Rajya Sabha
By IANS,
New Delhi : Former union minister Mani Shankar Aiyar and lyricist Javed Akhtar were among five people nominated to the Rajya Sabha Friday by President Pratibha Patil.
The three others nominated to the upper house of parliament are Ram Dayal Munda, Bhalchandra Mungekar and B. Jayashree, according to an official statement.
The nomination has been made against the vacancies caused by the retirement of nominated members, the release added.
AUDF workers were shocked by final result of Karimganj LS seat in Assam
By TwoCircles.net News Desk,
New Delhi: The Maulana Badruddin Ajmal led Assam United Democratic Front candidate in Karimganj Lok Sabha seat in Assam was leading since the first round of the counting to the end, they say. But the final result was announced in favor of Congress candidate from the seat.
AUDF candidate Rajesh Malla was leading Congress candidate Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya since the beginning.
Trinamool attacks Jaitley, vows to oppose insurance reform
New Delhi: Affirming its opposition to insurance sector reforms, the Trinamool Congress Saturday hit out at union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley who has charged...
BJP writes to Medvedev against Gita ban
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday sent a letter to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev condemning the likely ban on Bhagavad Gita by a Siberian city court.
Pawar watches from afar as BJD-NCP-Left launch joint front
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : Sharad Pawar did not attend in person but his Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), a key constituent of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), joined the joint poll campaign launched here Friday by Orissa's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Left parties.
A day after the Congress said that it would be better if Pawar did not share a platform with those opposed to it, the NCP chief chose to address the rally over the phone.
UPA was committed to poor people: Rahul Gandhi
By IANS,
Raipur : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was committed to poor people and worked for their welfare, unlike the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance government.
Addressing an election rally in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon town, some 75 km from capital Raipur, the young Congress leader said: "It's (the UPA) the government of poor people and common masses unlike the NDA government that overlooked them".
After two phases of polling, Assam celebrates Rongali Bihu
Guwahati : After two phases of hectic campaigning and balloting for the Lok Sabha polls in Assam, the state Monday got into a exuberant...
Ask CBI to probe into Swedish model’s allegations, demands BJP
By IANS,
Panaji: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into allegations made by a Swedish model and former girlfriend of a notorious Israeli drug dealer that a politician's son was involved in narcotics mafia in Goa.
Speaking to reporters in Panaji Tuesday, Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar said only a CBI probe would be able to expose the disturbing and unholy nexus between the narcotics mafia, police and politicians.
Uttar Pradesh BJP wooing Narendra Modi?
By Mohit Dubey, IANS,
Lucknow : Will Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi be the Santa Claus for the Uttar Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)?
Chhattisgarh assembly session to be stormy
By IANS,
Raipur : The final session of the present Chhattisgarh state assembly beginning Monday will be stormy with the opposition Congress set to grill the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for alleged corruption and collapse of the law and order machinery.
Congress sources say party MLAs will seize the opportunity to expose BJP on its alleged corruption in various infrastructure development projects and "a total breakdown" of law and order in the state since the saffron party came to power in December 2003.
Nankiram Kanwar is Chhattisgarh’s new home minister
By IANS,
Raipur : Senior tribal leader of Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Nankiram Kanwar, has been appointed the home and jails minister of the Maoist insurgency-hit state Monday.
Chief Minister Raman Singh allocated the portfolios Monday evening among the 11 ministers included five tribals, who were sworn in earlier in the day at a jampacked Police Parade Ground here.
The home department was held by Ramvichar Netam in the previous BJP regime.
Hyderabad varsity issue not Dalit versus non-Dalit: Irani
New Delhi: The suicide case of Rohith Vemula, research scholar at University of Hyderabad, was not a "Dalit versus non-Dalit issue", and there was...
Congress again demands CBI probe into attack on Joshi’s house
By IANS,
Lucknow : The Congress Tuesday reiterated its demand for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the attack on the house of Uttar Pradesh party chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi, who was arrested July 15 for making derogatory remarks against Chief Minister Mayawati.
"If the probe is not ordered we will launch a statewide protest. We want to expose the Mayawati government on the issue of the state sponsored act of violence, corruption and misgovernance," Akhilesh Pratap Singh, Congress spokesperson, told IANS.
Modi to visit Jammu and Kashmir amid row over Article 370
By Sheikh Qayoom,
Srinagar : Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jammu and Kashmir Friday is seen as a tough political call as it comes in the wake of a raging row over a demand for revoking Article 370 of the constitution that gives special status to the state.
Drought has hit 207 districts in nine states: Minister
New Delhi : The government on Friday told parliament that 207 districts in nine states have been affected by drought, and that all farmers...
Rahul Gandhi: From diffident MP to PM candidate
By Monobina Gupta, IANS,
Rahul Gandhi has retreated to the pavilion, at least for the time being. But the prince of the Gandhi-Nehru family stays at the stumps, waiting to play his innings - perhaps at an appropriate time in the not too distant future.
His mother Sonia Gandhi Tuesday snubbed over-zealous dynasty votaries, who struck up a chant for Rahul's prime ministership after the 2009 general elections. Manmohan Singh was doing a fine job, said the party spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan.
But by the time the reprimand came, the clamour for Rahul had done its magic.
Youth Congress membership set to touch half million in Kerala
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : The membership of the Youth Congress is all set to touch the half million-mark in Kerala, a Congress legislator said Sunday.
Congress legislator P.C. Vishnunadh, who will contest for the post of Youth Congress president in the elections to be held in August, told IANS that initial indications are that the total number of Youth Congress members in the state will touch half a million.
"We can't make a comparison to the past because such a membership drive has never taken place," Vishnunadh said.
Who will Muslims in Delhi vote for?
Little more than 2-year-old party has emerged as a popular choice replacing the grand old party, a traditional favourite
By Nivedita Bhardwaj, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The then infant Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had made the traditional equation of ‘Congress-versus-BJP’ in the national capital into a tripartite fight in 2013 Delhi assembly election and by 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the AAP had turned the fight bilateral again, this time as ‘BJP-versus-AAP’, rendering the Congress irrelevant.
Chandy condemns BJP leaders’ silence over MLA ‘s statement” shoot illegal imigrants “
TCN News based on IANS report:
Former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy who is currently the AICC general secretary in charge of Andhra...
Many BJP leaders’ wealth has multiplied: Mamata nephew
Siliguri : With the opposition stepping up the heat on Trinamool Congress over the Saradha scam, party parliamentarian Abhishek Banerjee Wednesday hit out at...
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Congress strengthens base in northeast
By IANS,
Guwahati : The Congress has strengthened its base in the northeast, winning 13 of the 24 seats in the seven states, an improvement of two seats compared to the 2004 general elections.
The Congress won seven seats in Assam, while its alliance partner the Bodoland People's Front (BPF) bagged one.
The opposition combine of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) won five seats - the BJP in four seats and the AGP in one. The Asom United Democratic Front (AUDF) bagged one seat.
Congress attacks Modi over drug pricing
Kolkata : West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Sunday attacked the Narendra Modi-led central government over its drug pricing policy and accused the...
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...
Gujarat challenges SIT power to summon Modi
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Gujarat government Friday contended that neither can the Supreme Court halt trials of various post-Godhra riot cases and nor can the special probe panel appointed by it summon Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others accused in the murder of ex-Congress MP Ehasan Jafri.
The state government's contentions came in an affidavit filed in the apex court's registry late Friday evening in response to probe report of the Special Investigation Team, headed by former CBI director R.K. Raghavan.
Shutdown called by BJP hits normal life in Jharkhand
By IANS,
Ranchi : The statewide shutdown called by the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) to protest police baton charge on party leaders, including former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha, badly affected normal life Jharkhand Friday.
BJP workers took out protest rallies in many parts of the state. In the capital, over 300 party workers, including Ranchi legislator C.P. Singh, were arrested when they were trying to enforce the shutdown.
Police said the arrested BJP workers will be set free in the evening.
TMMK workers attacked by DMK cadres during poll in Chennai
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Chennai: At least six people attached to the Manithaneya Makkal Katchi (MKK), the political front of Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK), got injured, three of them seriously, when the cadres of the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) attacked them during poll in Central Chennai Lok Sabha constituency yesterday.
BJP leaders meet in Chhattisgarh
By IANS,
Raipur: A two-day brainstorming session of the Chhattisgarh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) began here Thursday to decide a strategy for next year's assembly elections.
Bhagana Dalits get open death threats from Haryana Khap Panchayats for converting to Islam
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi : Death threats have started pouring in for protesting Bhagana Dalits by the Khap Panchayats...