All-party meet on Kashmir report in November
By IANS,
Jammu : The home ministry is likely to convene an all-party meet next month to discuss the interlocutors' report over the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, informed sources said Wednesday.
Venue for PM’s Sep 30 Shimla rally dug up
By IANS
Shimla : The Ridge is the one place in this Himachal Pradesh capital large enough for public rallies, and it has held many famous ones in the past. But with ten days to go for a rally by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh scheduled here, there is still construction work going on at the Ridge, and there is uncertainty on whether the rally can be held at the traditional venue.
बाबरी मस्जिद के लिए धरना, मायावती ने कहा मस्जिद ही था विवादित ढांचा
By अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली: बाबरी मस्जिद विध्वंस की घटना को 23 वर्ष बीत गए हैं लेकिन दिल्ली में आज भी यह दिन...
Kejriwal inaugrates 28th Garden Tourism Festival in Delhi
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday inaugurated the 28th Garden Tourism Festival here and said that his government will soon make...
AAP leader served another notice in liquor seizure probe
New Delhi : Naresh Balyan, the AAP candidate for Saturday's Delhi assembly polls, has been served another notice to join the probe in connection...
Jinnah, a bugbear for the Bharatiya Janata Party?
By IANS,
New Delhi : For the second time in five years, Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah has come to haunt the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the party which espouses the cause of Hindus. Invoking of his name first nearly claimed the job of party president L.K. Advani and now has scalped Jaswant Singh, senior party leader.
In 2005, then BJP chief Advani got into trouble when, during a six-day visit to Pakistan, he spoke of Jinnah's "forceful espousal of a secular state in which every citizen would be free to practice his own religion".
Naveen Patnaik hits out at Modi, Rahul
Bhubaneswar : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday lashed out at Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi, saying the leaders visited Uttarakhand after the floods...
Modi wave creation of corporate houses: Buddhadeb
Kolkata: CPI-M leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Friday claimed the "wave" surrounding BJP's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi was a creation of corporate houses, and accused...
TMC trounces Left-Congress alliance, 59 Muslims to enter West Bengal Assembly
By TCN News
Kolkata: Countering any possible sign of anti-incumbency, Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress bagged 211 seats out of the 294 seats in the...
Several young ministers, Rahul confidantes lose poll
New Delhi : Several young ministers in the United Progressive Alliance government and Congress leaders who have worked closely with party vice president Rahul...
Don’t eulogise Prabhakaran: Congress legislator
By IANS,
Chennai : A section of the Tamil Nadu unit of the Congress Tuesday slammed the alleged eulogising of Tamil Tigers chief V. Prabhakaran by a few regional parties.
"Attempts by a section of the Tamil film industry to hail the LTTE leader Prabhakaran, who murdered (former prime minister) Rajiv Gandhi in cold blood is reprehensible. We strongly condemn these moves that seem to be actively supported by a few regional parties," Congress legislator C. Gnanasekharan told reporters.
Opposition has resorted to dirty politics: Mayawati
By IANS,
Lucknow : Facing flak after her party's legislator was arrested for an engineer's murder, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Thursday accused all opposition parties of mounting a slander campaign against her.
"The allegations of different political parties about arrested MLA Shekhar Tiwari indulging in extortion for my birthday celebrations are absolutely baseless and false," Mayawati told a hurriedly convened press conference here.
Supporting Madhu Koda was a blunder, says Shibu Soren
By IANS,
Ranchi : Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren Monday said that supporting Madhu Koda as chief minister was a blunder and in future his party would not support any Independent member for the position.
"Supporting Madhu Koda government was a blunder. In future, we will not support any Independent candidate. Independents should not fight the elections," Shibu Soren told reporters in Bokaro Monday.
"Independents have plundered the state," he added.
UP put on high security alert for vote counting
Lucknow: A state of high security alert was sounded in Uttar Pradesh ahead of counting of votes for 80 Lok Sabha seats Friday, an...
Dalit intellectual Teltumbde arrested in Mumbai
Mumbai, Feb 2 (IANS) The Pune police arrested prominent Dalit intellectual and academic Professor Anand Teltumbde from the Mumbai airport early on Saturday, official...
Six options on the Telangana tangle
By IANS,
New Delhi : The following are the six options given by the Justice Srikrishna Committee on the vexed issue of separate statehood for Telangana to be carved out of Andhra Pradesh:
Parrikar likens Advani to ageing pickle, BJP quiet
Panaji/New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manohar Parrikar has likened party veteran L.K. Advani to ageing pickle and said his political innings were "more or less over". Most party leaders preferred to remain silent to the remarks.
Advani had only a couple of more years left in active politics, the former Goa chief minister told a local news channel Monday.
Delhi beats Pappu factor, over 50 percent cast votes
By IANS,
New Delhi: Delhi voters beat the 'Pappu' factor and came out to vote, recording a decent turnout of over 50 percent Thursday - higher than in the previous two parliamentary elections.
The voter turnout for the capital's seven Lok Sabha seats could go up to 53 percent, a poll official said Thursday. The percentage in the 1999 Lok Sabha elections was 43.54, while in 2004 it was 47.09, according to records.
"We are expecting the voting percentage to be between 50-53 percent," Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer Satbir Silas Bedi told reporters here.
Rizwanur fire singes Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
By Sujoy Dhar
Kolkata,(IANS) A frail mother's voice pleading for justice from a rundown house in Kolkata's Muslim ghetto Park Circus is singeing West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and has plunged the ruling communists into a crisis.
He has braved the protests of Singur and weathered the uprising and police atrocities in Nandigram, but Bhattacharya is finding it hard to cope with the controversy and public fury generated in the Rizwanur Rehman case.
‘No transparency in anti-encroachment drive:’ Kashmir traders’ body as govt intensifies ‘state land’ retrieval...
Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCC&I) held an urgent press conference today and urged the government to bring a formal order in...
PM speaks to Pawar, condemns attack
By IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday spoke to union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar after he was attacked by a Sikh youth and condemned the assault.
Nadda elected to Rajya Sabha from Himachal
By IANS,
Shimla : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary J.P. Nadda was Thursday declared elected to the Rajya Sabha unopposed from Himachal Pradesh.
Children do not vote, hence ignored by parties
By Sreeparna Chakrabarty,
New Delhi : Children cannot vote, they cannot make political demands and therefore do not have any say in electoral outcomes. Is...
Soren’ son ignores Congress request, firm on contesting
By IANS,
Ranchi : Ignoring the Congress' request, Durga Soren, the eldest son of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren, has refused to withdraw his nomination from the Godda Lok Sabha constituency in Jharkhand.
Wednesday was the last day for withdrawal of nomination for the second phase of elections, scheduled April 23.
But the Congress' efforts to persuade Durga Soren to back out have failed.
Under the Congress-JMM seat-sharing agreement in the state, Godda was allotted to the Congress, which has a sitting MP there.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A giant in Indian politics
New Delhi : In the six decades he was in electoral politics, the now ailing Atal Bihari Vajpayee, presented the Bharat Ratna on Friday,...
Suspended BJP MLA joins JD-U in Bihar
Patna : Suspended BJP legislator Avanish Kumar Singh Thursday joined Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United, and said he will contest the Lok Sabha polls as...
BJP senses chance in Haryana, puts in its might
By Prashant Sood,
New Delhi : Sensing its best chance to come to power in Haryana on its own strength, the Bharatiya Janata Party has...
Gadkari slams Pawar for rising prices
By IANS,
New Delhi : At his first show of strength in the capital after he became president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Nitin Gadkari Wednesday hit out at Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Minister Sharad Pawar, saying the minister "worries more about IPL" than rising food prices.
"I don't know if he (Pawar) is minister of consumer affairs or he is a cricket minister," Gadkari said while addressing a rally here to protest the rise in food prices.
Budget after elections: Pranab
By IANS,
New Delhi : The budget for 2012-13 will be presented after the assembly elections in five states but the dates are yet to be decided, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Monday.
Fallout of Yeddyurappa arrest : Advani avoiding direct media contact
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
मुस्लिमों के आईने से बिहार चुनाव
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
पटना:बिहार का यह चुनाव मुस्लिम मतदाताओं के लिए एक ‘लिटमस टेस्ट’ की तरह था. नतीजों ने यह साबित कर दिया है...
Haryana Congress issues notice to Kiran Choudhry
By IANS,
Chandigarh: The ruling Congress in Haryana has issued show cause notice to former tourism minister Kiran Choudhry and some other party leaders following complaints that they had sabotaged the chances of party candidates during the assembly elections, a Congress leader said Monday.
"So far, we have received 26 complaints, and acting on them we have sent notices to around 50 leaders. We have not received any complaint against a sitting MLA," said Phool Chand Mullana, president of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC), here.
Medha Patkar dismisses Swamy’s remark calling her ‘Maoist’
Mumbai: Social activist and Mumbai Lok Sabha candidate Medha Patkar Wednesday dismissed BJP leader Subramanian Swamy's recent remark, terming her a Maoist.
"It is shocking...
As political clashes break out, Trinamool seeks central hand
By IANS,
Kolkata : Claiming collapse of law and order in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress Monday sought visit by a central home ministry team to the troubled areas of the state after violent political clashes broke out in several areas of Hooghly district.
Two policemen and at least eight activists of ruling Left Front major Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and main opposition Trinamool Congress were injured in fierce clashes in several villages under Khanakul police station.
Orissa legislator faces rape charge
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : Congress legislator in the Orissa assembly Subal Sahu is facing charges of raping a woman repeatedly in 2006.
The woman from Barpali town in Bargarh district, about 340 km from here, has complained to the police that Sahu had repeatedly raped her when she visited him at Bhubaneswar's MLA hostel in December 2006.
The woman said he had promised her a government job, according to police officials, who said they had registered a case and had started investigations.
No possibility of advancing Bengal polls: Qureshi
By IANS,
Kolkata: The Election Commission Wednesday ruled out holding assembly elections in West Bengal before schedule, saying any such speculation was "ill-informed".
"There is no possibility of advancing polls. Any such comment is totally ill-informed," Election Commissioner S.Y. Qureshi told mediapersons here.
Assembly elections in West Bengal are due next summer.
"No such proposal (to advance polls) has reached the Election Commission from political parties. Neither do we have it in mind. We come into the picture six months before the elections," Qureshi said.
‘Modi scored a sixer in SAARC invite, but this is not IPL’
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with his invite to the SAARC leaders, has shown that he is capable of "thinking out of...
Modi, Obama renew resolve to meet terrorism, climate change challenges
New York: Meeting for their third summit in a year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama on Monday renewed their resolve to...
Congress planning changes in two state units
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Desperate to end its streak of electoral losses, the Congress party is proposing changes in the leadership in at least two state units. But leaders say they have to tread cautiously because the changes could intensify internal feuds.
Speculation is rife that Maharashtra Governor S.M. Krishna, who is desperate to return to active politics, may go to poll-bound Karnataka. Informed sources say that Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is also likely to return to Maharashtra to replace Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh.
Keshubhai’s party cost us nine seats in Gujarat: Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Congress lost nine seats in the Gujarat assembly polls December due to Keshubhai Patel's Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP), the party said Wednesday.
Real estate bill to go to Rajya Sabha’s select committee
New Delhi : Following pressure from opposition parties, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government is set to send the real estate bill to a...
Congress tells Mamata to leave NDA
By IANS
Kolkata : The Congress party Monday urged Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee to sever her ties with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and join it to form an anti-Left alliance in West Bengal.
JD-S promises free cooking gas to poor in Karnataka
By IANS,
Bangalore : The Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) Monday promised to distribute free cooking stove and supply free cooking gas to the poor in poll-bound Karnataka, a waiver of home loans for lower income groups, job reservation to Kannadigas in IT and BT sectors and pension to retired Muslim clerics.
"The party will strive for reserving 30 percent of jobs in the IT and biotechnology sectors to locals," the party said in its manifesto for the three-phase Karnataka assembly polls beginning May 10.
‘Congress yet to finalise seat or state for Azhar’
Kolkata : The Congress was yet to finalise the state from where former Indian cricket skipper Mohammad Azharuddin would contest the coming Lok Sabha...
Dalit group members try to damage Rajkot stadium pitch
Ahmedabad : At least four members of the Rashtriya Dalit Mahasangh on Friday tried to damage Khanderi Cricket Stadium pitch in Rajkot to protest...
Notification for LS polls’ first phase in UP Saturday
Lucknow: The battle for the first phase of Lok Sabha polls begins in Uttar Pradesh Saturday with the issuing of notification around noon.
In the...
SP legislator among three killed in UP accident
Lucknow: A Samajwadi Party legislator, Mohammad Irfan, was killed on Thursday along with his driver and a party leader when their car met with...
Poll panel reviews vote count arrangements
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Election Commission Friday took stock of the arrangements for counting of votes Saturday across the country.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Navin Chawla and Election Commissioners S.Y. Quraishi and V.S. Sampath spoke to the chief electoral officers (CEOs) of states through video-conferencing.
"The CEC and ECs have taken stock of counting arrangements in all states and union territories through video-conferencing with all CEOs here today," the commission said in a statement.
PM sure of winning trust vote, opposition also confident
By IANS,
New Delhi : Facing the biggest political crisis in over four years, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserted Monday that he was confident of winning the trust vote as the ruling coalition and opposition clashed in parliament at the start of a two-day debate on the India-US nuclear deal.
Haryana deputy chief minister targets party chief
By IANS
Chandigarh : Haryana's Deputy Chief Minister Chander Mohan Thursday filed a defamation suit against his own Congress party's state working president Ram Prakash for accusing him of cross-voting in the presidential poll.
In his plea before the district and session court here, Chander Mohan, who is the elder son of former chief minister and Congress leader Bhajan Lal, has charged Ram Prakash and a local newspaper of trying to defame him.
Chandigarh : Haryana's Deputy Chief Minister Chander Mohan Thursday filed a defamation suit against his own Congress party's state working president Ram Prakash for accusing him of cross-voting in the presidential poll.
In his plea before the district and session court here, Chander Mohan, who is the elder son of former chief minister and Congress leader Bhajan Lal, has charged Ram Prakash and a local newspaper of trying to defame him.
Congress headed for poor show in Karnataka bypolls
By IANS,
Bangalore : The Congress suffered a huge blow in Karnataka Friday with union Labour and Employment Minister Mallikarjun Kharge's son Priyank losing to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) candidate in the assembly by-polls held Aug 18.
Priyank, contesting an election for the first time, lost to BJP's Valmiki Nayak by 1,606 votes in Chittapur (Scheduled Caste) constituency in Gulbarga, north Karnataka, the state election authorities announced Friday.
Chittapur was among the five constituencies where bypolls were held Tuesday.
Rajya Sabha seeks list of PSU guesthouses for MPs
By IANS
New Delhi : Concerned about where its MPs and their guests would stay when they visit state capitals and key towns, a Rajya Sabha committee has asked for a list of guesthouses owned by central public sector undertakings (CPSUs).
A letter from the department of heavy enterprises directs various CPSUs to provide lists of their guesthouses in state capitals as well as in places of tourist and religious interest.
Haryana hits a new high with voter turnout
By Jaideep Sarin,
Chandigarh : The heavy voter turnout in Haryana's assembly elections Wednesday has taken the state to a new high with a record...
Who Said What During the Waqf Bill Debate in Lok Sabha
TCN News Desk
New Delhi: The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 was approved by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, securing 288 votes in favor and 232...
Mayawati offers Rs.5 crore to Indian hockey team
By IANS,
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Thursday offered Rs.5 crore to the Indian hockey team, along with a sponsorship for the next two years, a day after the crisis between the players and Hockey India ended.
The players had marched out of the preparatory camp in Pune for this year's World Cup over non payment of dues.
"Besides giving a sum of Rs.5 crore to the Indian hockey team, we are also ready to take care of the sponsorship of the team for the next two years," Mayawati said here.
Virbhadra resigns as Congress’ Himachal chief
By IANS,
Shimla : Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has resigned as president of the Congress's state unit, a party leader said Tuesday.
13 in fray in Sankarankoil by-poll
By IANS,
Chennai : Thirteen candidates, including six independents, are in the fray in the Sankarankoil by-poll to be held March 18, the Election Commission said Saturday.
Rajya Sabha adjourned sine die
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Rajya Sabha was adjourned sine die Friday at the end of the budget session of parliament that started on February 22.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari adjourned the house sine die after the members, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Leader of Opposition Arun Jaitley and Deputy Chairman K. Rahman Khan recalled contribution of 51 members who will retire over the next three months.
Don’t elect ‘a big liar’ as PM, says Sonia
Ranchi : In one of her strongest attacks on BJP star Narendra Modi, Congress president Sonia Gandhi Friday asked people not to elect "a...
Mayawati ready for any action if proved to have money abroad
By IANS,
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati Monday said she is ready to face any action if her political rivals, particularly Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, prove that she has any money stashed in foreign banks.
34 years of Left rule: What Do West Bengal Muslim organizations say?
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Appointment of SRP Kalluri in Chattisgarh a betrayal of democracy, say activists
TCN News
SRP Kalluri has been given two prominent offices that of Inspector General, Anti Corruption Bureau and Economic Offences Wing – of Chhattisgarh state...
Sanjiv Bhatt is the witness of the ‘gory’ tale of Gujarat, not an accused!
Bhatt seeks beefed-up security cover as he feels heightened threats to his life
By Sayema Sahar,
Partymen’s ire against Bachchan ‘legitimate’: Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Congress Thursday termed as "legitimate" its party workers' anger at Amitabh Bachchan's presence at the Bandra-Worli Sea Link extension's inauguration since the Bollywood actor was "standing and identifying himself" with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
"There is resentment among Congress workers. It is not a resentment against a person or film star. Since he (Amitabh) is standing with the Gujarat chief minister and identifying himself with Modi.... the anger is legitimate," Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi told reporters here.
Congress rejects Samajwadi Party charge on poaching
By IANS,
Bhopal : The Congress Wednesday said the allegation of poaching four Samajwadi Party legislators in Madhya Pradesh was "baseless".
"If Samajwadi Party MLAs (lawmakers) wanted to come over to the Congress, what could we have done?" All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary and incharge Uttar Pradesh Digvijay Singh told a reporters here.
"It is good that the MLAs decided to cross over to the Congress. Had it not been so and had they decided to go to the Bahujan Samaj Party or the Bharatiya Janata Party, it would have been more harmful".
UPA-Left panel meet on n-deal inconclusive
By IANS
New Delhi : The United Progressive Alliance (UPA)-Left committee on the nuclear deal Monday discussed the outcome of the negotiations between India and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on a safeguards agreement, ended without any conclusion and decided to meet again in April.
The panel did not take any decision on whether the government will proceed further on the India-Us nuclear deal or not.
The 15-member panel headed by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee met at 5.00 p.m. The meeting went on till 6.20 p.m.
Late minister’s son announces return to Akali fold
By IANS,
Chandigarh : After blowing hot and cold for five days, Jasjit Singh Bunny, son of former minister and senior Akali Dal leader Kanwalijit Singh who died last week, Wednesday evening announced that he was re-joining the ruling Akali Dal in Punjab.
Bunny, 38, had resigned from the Akali Dal and his post as chairman of the state's cooperative bank just five days after the death of his father in a car accident.
Pranab attacks Trinamool for failure of seat-sharing talks
By IANS,
Kolkata: Attacking Trinamool Congress for the collapse of the seat adjustment talks with the Congress for the coming civic polls in West Bengal, Finance Minister and state Congress chief Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday said nobody should expect his party to wind up in the state for the sake of an alliance.
Rajya Sabha adjourned thrice over funds diversion
By IANS,
New Delhi : After being adjourned thrice over demands for a discussion on the diversion of funds meant for Dalits to Commonwealth Games projects, the Rajya Sabha Tuesday debated the issue, with angry opposition MPs flaying the government for denying the poor of their due.
BJP demands white paper on price rise
By IANS,
Shimla : Lashing out at the ruling Congress on the rising prices in the country, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday asked the government to come up with a detailed explanation on how the problem is being tackled.
"The rising prices of food and other essential commodities have hit everyone hard. The ruling Congress needs to explain its position by releasing a white paper on the issue," said BJP president Rajnath Singh.
Singh was speaking at a public rally in Solan town, 48 km from here.
Mustafabad sits on the fence, voters split between Cong and AAP
This was one of the eight seats retained by Cong in 2013.
By Nivedita Bhardwaj, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Mustafabad in northeast Delhi is a constituency with a sizable number of Muslims, who are able to swing results either way thanks to mass voting habits. When in 2013 assembly elections, entire Delhi saw a clean sweep of Congress’ seats, Mustafabad – and neighbouring two seats, Seelampur and Gandhinagar – was among the eight seats that Congress retained.
Mayawati finally relents after Supreme Court rap
By IANS,
Lucknow : Rapped by the Supreme Court for violating its explicit order to stop all construction activity at various memorial sites here, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Friday finally bowed down to abide the court directive.
The six-hour deadline the apex court set earlier in the day was eventually adhered to, and various agencies involved in building gigantic memorials devoted to the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) icons, ensured that all work was brought to a halt well in advance.
BJP galvanising support for Raman Singh
By IANS
Raipur : Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has begun efforts to garner support among party legislators and contain dissension against Chief Minister Raman Singh with an eye to the assembly polls due next year.
The party had asked all legislators to report at the party headquarters here Sunday in batches to meet Dharmendra Pradhan, national secretary in charge of Chhattisgarh, to express their opinion about the government and give suggestions on the party strategy for next year's polls.
‘Disillusioned’ Bengal AAP members to float separate outfit?
Kolkata : Disillusioned over the party's indecisiveness about finalising candidates for the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal, a section of the AAP in...
GHMC admits that 3.25 acres of land affected due to beautification work of Malkam...
By TCN News:
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has admitted in its counter affidavit before the Chief Justice, High Court, Hyderabad on 5th...
Bengal government, opposition on warpath over strike
Kolkata : Even as the West Bengal government and the ruling Trinamool Congress seemed to be going all out to foil the strike and...
UP elections: BJP allies with two parties, SP making efforts for Grand Alliance
BSP to remain aloof, to contest on its own
By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net
Lucknow: In backdrop of Samajwadi Party’s silver jubilee celebrations...
Anti-CAA protests: In a first, UP tribunal fines 86 persons for damaging property
This is the first order passed under the controversial Uttar Pradesh Recovery of Damages to Public and Private Property Act, 2020.
Sana Ejaz |...
Shiv Sena men target Bombay Stock Exchange
By IANS,
Mumbai : Continuing their campaign against the use of former name of this metropolis, Shiv Sena workers Tuesday demonstrated outside the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) here even as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R.R. Patil urged the party to refrain from their agitation.
The police arrested five Shiv Sainiks when they raised slogans against the persistent use of 'Bombay' in the title of the country's oldest stock exchange. Bharatiya Vidyarthi Sena chief Abhijit Panse led the protesters.
Eight-year-old Dalit boy’s hand chopped off for refusing to work
By TCN News,
In another gruesome case of caste atrocity, a Dalit boy, aged 8, lost his left hand after he was pushed towards a...
Congress’ Yashki springs surprise win as stalwarts lose
By Mohammed Shafeeq, IANS,
Hyderabad : The simultaneous elections to the Andhra Pradesh assembly and Lok Sabha threw many surprises and the notable among them is the victory of Madhu Yashki Goud of the Congress party in Nizamabad constituency despite the defeat of party stalwarts in the assembly segments.
All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary retained the Lok Sabha seat though Congress candidates in six out of seven assembly segments that come under his constituency bit the dust.
Special courts for tribal land rights to continue in Jharkhand
Ranchi : The Tribes Advisory Council (TAC) of Jharkhand decided here on Thursday that Scheduled Area Regulation (SAR) courts will continue to exist, but...
BJP names Rajya Sabha candidate for Gujarat seat
By IANS,
Gandhinagar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has named Pravin Naik, former Surat unit president, as its candidate for a Rajya Sabha seat from Gujarat. He will file his nomination papers here Monday.
The seat fell vacant following the death of Suryakant Acharya in December.
Naik, a 72-year-old engineer by education, is an old Jan Sangh hand with a long record of service to the party. If elected, he will hold office till August 2011.
कांग्रेसी विधायक अजय राय से इलाहाबाद हाईकोर्ट ने रासुका हटाया, सपा सरकार सकते में
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
वाराणसी/इलाहाबाद: पिंडरा से विधायक और लोकसभा चुनाव में कांग्रेस के टिकट से नरेंद्र मोदी के खिलाफ खड़े प्रत्याशी पर से इलाहाबाद...
Chhattisgarh chief minister has a battle on hand
By Sujeet Kumar, IANS,
Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) : Though Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh is proving to be a crowd-puller in the run-up to the state assembly polls, he and his family are having to make all efforts to get each and every vote for the Rajnandgaon seat he is fighting for.
The ayurvedic doctor-turned-politician, Raman Singh, who was sworn in on Dec 7, 2003, to head the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state, has changed his constituency for the third time in a row.
Sanjay Dutt caused his father great agony: Sanjay Nirupam
By IANS,
Mumbai : Senior Maharashtra Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam Thursday hit back at Bollywood actor and newly-appointed Samajwadi Party general secretary Sanjay Dutt for criticizing him and holding him 'responsible' for his father Sunil Dutt's death.
Responding to the allegations made by Dutt at his first press conference after taking over as general secretary of Samajwadi Party, Nirupam, the Congress candidate from Mumbai North, said that the late Sunil Dutt was deeply aggrieved by his only son's wayward behaviour and his addiction to drugs.
Konkan Congress strongman joins NCP
By IANS,
Mumbai : In yet another jolt to the Congress in two days, a top Konkan politician and four-time legislator Shankar Kambli walked over to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) here Monday.
Lawyers march to seek action over court violence
New Delhi : More than 200 lawyers marched silently here on Wednesday to demand "strict action" against fellow lawyers who attacked journalists, lawyers and...
BJP wants PM to explain price rise
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday demanded a statement from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the government's inability to control inflation.
Poll panel orders action against fake voters
New Delhi : The poll panel Thursday directed all its district election officers here to initiate action against the citizens who have filed wrong...
Sporadic clashes mar West Bengal civic polls
By IANS,
Kolkata : Over 70 percent of voters exercised their franchise in West Bengal Sunday as polling for 81 civic agencies overall proceeded peacefully marred only by sporadic violence in the last trial of strength for parties ahead of next year's assembly election.
The polling was held in the shadow of Friday's Gyaneshwari Express rail disaster that claimed 145 lives in West Midnapore district, overshadowing all other issues over the last two days.
In Kolkata, 65-70 percent of the voters participated in the polling process to elect their representatives in 141 wards.
Gadkari ‘very happy’ to be BJP chief
By IANS,
New Delhi: Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Nitin Gadkari Saturday said he was "very happy" to take charge of the main opposition party nationally.
"I am very happy the party is giving me the highest responsibility," Gadkari, 52, told reporters as he reached the BJP national headquarters on Ashoka Road here to attend the BJP Parliamentary Board meeting.
"I have come here to accept the responsibility. I will act for the politics of development," he said.
Outgoing party president Rajnath Singh is expected to formally hand over charge to Gadkari Saturday.
UP politics remain fluid, Akhilesh-Shivpal face-off continues
Lucknow : The rift within the ruling SP in Uttar Pradesh continued on Wednesday as Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav met close aides and confidants,...
PM confident of trust vote, upbeat about n-deal
By IANS,
New Delhi : As the clock ticks away for the trust vote set for July 22, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday expressed confidence about winning it and said the nuclear deal would “in no way impinge” on India's strategic programme nor compromise the country's foreign policy.
"People of India understand the significance of the nuclear deal. The nuclear deal will in no way impinge on India's strategic programme," Manmohan Singh told senior editors from the electronic media at a breakfast meeting at his 7 Race Course residence.
BJP, SP pursuing divisive politics: Mayawati
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Friday accused the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre and the Samajwadi Party (SP) government in...
Bangladesh bans Zakir Naik’s ‘Peace’ mobile phones
Dhaka : Bangladesh authorities have banned controversial Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's Peace mobile phone, days after banning his Peace TV from airwaves and...
Taslima Nasrin vs MF Hussein’s case
By Syed Ali Mujtaba
The current episode of Taslima Nasreen once again has brought out the hypocritical attitude of many Indians. I am amused about the hullabaloos made by the BJP the Sangh Privar and some others for this Bangladeshi writer.
The current episode of Taslima Nasreen once again has brought out the hypocritical attitude of many Indians. I am amused about the hullabaloos made by the BJP the Sangh Privar and some others for this Bangladeshi writer.
36 former MPs still occupying government bungalows
By IANS,
New Delhi : What is common between Jagdish Tytler, Vinod Khanna, Renuka Chowdhury, Ram Vilas Paswan and Shakeel Ahmed ? All of them are among 36 former MPs who are unauthorised occupants of government accommodation in Delhi's Lutyen's zone, a Right to Information (RTI) application has found out.
The RTI application was filed by Delhi-based activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal, who had asked for the list of unauthorised occupants in government accommodation, including those parliamentarians who had lost in the 2009 elections.
Achuthanandan attacks Tharoor for late arrival
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram: Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor came in for some criticism from Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Tuesday for being a "habitual latecomer" at functions.
Speaking at an event here on the inauguration of the third phase of giving title deeds to the landless, Achuthanandan lashed out at the Thiruvananthapuram MP.
Want debate on political parties’ rights: Congress
Thiruvananthapuram : V.M. Sudheeran, the head of the Congress' Kerala unit, on Tuesday called for a debate on the rights and responsibilities of political...
Himachal legislators’ ‘mock session’ for online training
Shimla : Ahead of next month's monsoon session of the Himachal Pradesh assembly, legislators will undergo a three-day "mock session" for online training, Speaker...
Intellectuals not allowed to go to Nandigram
By IANS,
Kolkata : A team of city-based intellectuals under the banner of NGO Swajan, who Saturday afternoon set out for Nandigram in East Midnapore district to monitor Sunday's panchayat polls, was forced by the police to return to Kolkata.
"Our convoy was stopped at Uluberia near Howrah by a large police force. Uluberia Sub-Divisional Officer Sanjay Basu asked us not to go to Nandigram since they won't be able to give us enough police protection," Swajan member and noted film-maker Aparna Sen told IANS.
Over 50 percent polling in Assam, policeman killed
Guwahati : A mob attacked a polling station in Assam's Kokrajhar district killing a policeman even as over 50 percent balloting was recorded in...
Haryana assembly polls: AAP to expose tainted candidates
Gurgaon : Though Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will not contest the Haryana assembly elections scheduled for Oct 15, it will expose tainted poll candidates,...
CPI-M legislators quiz Buddha on post-poll violence
By IANS,
Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Monday faced the ire of his Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) legislators, as also of those from other ruling Left Front (LF) partners, who accused the administration of failing to prevent the attacks on them by opposition party workers since the Lok Sabha polls.
"We are being attacked though we are in the government. The administration does not seem to exist," chief whip Mohammed Masiha told reporters after the meetings of the LF legislature party and the combine's floor coordination.
Student shot dead by legislator’s son in Gaya
Patna : A JD-U party legislator's son allegedly shot dead a class 12 student in Bihar's Gaya town for overtaking his car, police said...
PM not on silent mode: PMO
By IANS,
Hyderabad : Opposition parties might charge Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with maintaining silence on key issues but he addresses gatherings every third day, his office said Tuesday.
India has surpassed China’s GDP under Modi: Parrikar
Panaji : Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has overtaken China in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for the first time, Defence...
Model polling stations make it memorable for voters
Chennai : Voters in the five model polling stations here were in for a pleasant surprise Thursday for they were accorded a red carpet...
Has Rahul Gandhi shot himself in the foot?
By Amulya Ganguli,
Unlike the Biblical tale of a prodigal son, the return of a foot-loose family member may not be a cause of great joy to his relatives. In Rahul Gandhi's case, it can be a source of embarrassment and misgivings.
The embarrassment is likely to be caused by speculation about where the not-so-young prince was for nearly two months, what he learnt during the days away from the madding crowd, and whether his ruminations - he is supposed to have taken a course in meditations (vipasana) - have eased the tensions caused by the setbacks suffered by his party from 2013.
Who took my seat? Lalu Prasad looks for space
By Darshan Desai, IANS,
New Delhi : Vanquished in the electoral arena of his home state Bihar, Lalu Prasad is jostling for space in the corridors of power here, while other leaders of his Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) regret having snapped ties with the Congress during the elections.
With the number of RJD MPs crashing from 24 in the 2004 elections to just four now, the former railway minister has lost his berth in the front benches of the Lok Sabha and has been forced to plead to the speaker to allot him a front-row seat.
Jogi, Pilot in Congress list; no ticket for Kalmadi
New Delhi : The Congress Tuesday declared its third list of party candidates fielding former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi from Mahasamund and giving...
Dhumal sworn in as Himachal chief minister
By IANS
Shimla : Prem Kumar Dhumal took oath as the chief minister of Himachal Pradesh for the second time here Sunday in the presence of top leaders of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Dhumal was administered the oath of office and secrecy by state Governor V.S. Kokje at the sprawling Ridge ground in the heart of Shimla.
Those present included former deputy prime minister L.K.Advani, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Bhuwan Chand Khanduri and Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.
Goa disabled promised better fare while voting
By IANS
Panaji : Senior citizens and handicapped electors in Goa will be cared for during the June 2 assembly elections. And for the blind, there will be Braille-enabled electronic voting machines.