New Delhi: Left parties today attacked the UPA-II coalition for failing to resolve problems of the people, the “rapid succession” of scams during its four-year tenure and for remaining in power by “manufacturing majority”. The CPI(M) also accused the Congress-led [...]
New Delhi: BJP today sought to paint a dismal picture of UPA-II, holding it responsible for the economic gloom and failure to give the country leadership while accusing it of diminishing the role of the Prime Minister. On the fourth [...]
New Delhi: With less than a year left for the general elections, BJP top brass today deliberated upon its strategy in run up to the polls during which it intends to highlight the “failures” of the government as well as [...]
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi met senior BJP leader LK Advani and termed the meeting as “wonderful”. Modi, who is in New Delhi to attend the BJP Parliamentary Board meeting ahead of the party’s National Executive meeting [...]
RAJNANDGAON CHHATTISGARH: Narendra Modi Gujarat Chief Minister was the major attraction at a public meeting in Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh’s constituency on Sunday and he didn’t disappoint with his Congress bashing. With the temperature at a sweltering 45.3 degrees, the rally was scheduled at [...]
Chennai: Amid protests in support of Sri Lankan Tamils in Tamil Nadu, both ruling AIADMK and Karunanidhi-led DMK today mounted pressure on the Centre demanding that India boycott the CHOGM to be held in Colombo this November. “At the very [...]
Patna: Amidst reports of Ahmad Patel meeting Sharad Yadav during the day triggering speculation of the Congress reaching out to the second largest NDA partner, JD(U) leaders today dismissed it as a mere courtesy meet. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, himself [...]
New Delhi: Unfazed by the DMK’s withdrawal of support to the UPA, Government today asserted it was “absolutely stable” and not a “lame duck” and said it will move amendments to the resolution on Sri Lanka at UNHRC to send [...]
New Delhi: Blamed for a number of issues in the 2G scam, former Telecom Minister A Raja wants to appear before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) as a witness to tell his side of story. Raja’s request to Lok Sabha [...]
Washington: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has joined the international community in condemning the terrorist attack in Hyderabad that killed more than a dozen people and injuring scores of others. “The Secretary-General strongly condemns the indiscriminate attacks against civilians which [...]
New Delhi: The twin blasts in Hyderabad rocked both Houses of Parliament today with opposition members attacking the government for alleged lapses in matters of internal security. As soon as the Lok Sabha met, Speaker Meira Kumar made an obituary [...]
Hazaribagh (Jharkhand): Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha today criticised the Centre’s decision to bring in food security bill and failing to release 70 million tonne food grains to the market. Sinha alleged that the government was bringing in food security [...]
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi, who has been meeting Congress’ national and state leaders ever since he took over as its vice-president, today said there was “tremendous talent” in the organisation and he was “very excited” about the exercise. “I am [...]
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government today set up a two-member inquiry committee to probe the Noida violence, which broke out during the nationwide strike by trade unions, and submit its report in three days time. Principal Secretry (Home) R M Srivastava [...]
New Delhi: The Budget Session of Parliament beginning tomorrow looks set to be stormy with Opposition vowing to strongly raise issues like corruption and inflation even though government expressed readiness to discuss all issues and order any kind of probe [...]
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today urged the Election Commission to ban political parties calling shutdowns, while noting that people of Bengal have rejected the two-day strike called by Central trade unions. Referring to court verdicts against enforcing [...]
New Delhi: On the eve of Budget Session of Parliament, the government on Wednesday sought to buy peace with the Opposition saying it was ready for any kind of inquiry into the chopper scam on which there was a political [...]
New Delhi: The controversial VVIP chopper scam is set to turn the three-month-long Budget session of Parliament beginning tomorrow into a troubled affair for the government with the Opposition raring for an attack eyeing the Lok Sabha polls which are [...]
Jammu: In a major embarrassment for the ruling Congress in Jammu and Kashmir, one of the its sitting MLCs has filed nomination against the party’s official candidates for elections to the state legislative council. Though the candidature of dissident Mohammad [...]
New Delhi: Bracing to face opposition heat over chopper scam in Parliament, Defence Minister A K Antony today said government has “nothing to hide” and is prepared for a discussion even as he played down reports of his resignation. “I [...]
Bhopal: BJP MP Kailash Joshi has demanded that international flights should be started from the Raja Bhoj airport in the city for the convenience of passengers intending to travel abroad. “Starting of international flights from Bhopal would help those desirous [...]
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will present his second budget in the state Assembly tomorrow amid allegation of non-spending of funds sanctioned during the previous budget. The BSP, BJP and Congress are ready to corner the ruling party [...]
New Delhi: BJP on Monday asked Congress to come clean on reports alleging that close associates of a former Union minister and a Congress vice president were beneficiaries of the bribes paid in the VVIP chopper deal. “In a posting [...]
Chennai: Slamming the hike in fuel prices, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said the move amounted to betraying the middle and lower classes and made a fresh demand for changing the fuel pricing policy. “Even before the ink [...]
Agra: Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has won eight out of 12 seats in the student union elections of Dr B R Ambedkar University here, bagging the top two posts of president and vice-president. Navin Kumar and Tanya Paliwal of [...]
Patna: The CPI-ML(Liberation) will take out a protest march and burn the effigy of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar here tomorrow against the alleged gag on media in Bihar during the NDA rule. The alleged gag on local media in the [...]
Bhubaneswar: Apparently apprehending attack from opposition Congress and BJP in the Assembly, the ruling BJD on the very first day of the budget session today adopted an aggressive stand and hit out at both the national parties accusing them of [...]
New Delhi: Describing the Italian chopper deal as one having the “makings of a second Bofors scam”, BJP on Wednesday sought to know why the government has not taken any action on the matter till now and said it will [...]
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party today announced fielding of standup comedian and actor Raju Srivastava as party candidate from Kanpur in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The name was formally announced by SP national general secretary and spokesman Ram Gopal Yadav in [...]
New Delhi: In the run up to Lok Sabha polls possible earlier than scheduled, Congress today began the search for new allies and friends to help it retain power for a third consecutive time. Headed by Defence Minister A K [...]
Chennai: DMK members were today suspended from the Tamil Nadu assembly for the rest of the session as the House was rocked by noisy scenes with the Treasury benches sparring with them on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue. Agitated DMK [...]
New Delhi: Ignoring protests outside, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today used a college platform to project himself nationally saying his focus was on development politics and not that of vote-bank, which he said has “ruined” the nation. As protesters [...]
New Delhi: The well-propagated success story of Gujarat appealed to young college students here who heard Chief Minister Narendra Modi with rapt attention and applauded his oratorical skills today while choosing to overlook controversies surrounding him. Oblivious of the hundreds [...]
Chandauli (UP): The Samajwadi Party today continued with its attack on the previous BSP regime, with a state minister alleging that the extent of corruption during Mayawati’s tenure was such that hefty amounts ranging from Rs 50 lakh to 1 [...]
Kolkata: Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today claimed that the Gorkha Territorial Administration agreement in Darjeeling was a ‘mistake’ as it compromised on Gorkhaland. “It is not so easy that the issue will be solved in one day. [...]
Kolkata: The CPI(M) has been able to gradually regain ground it lost to the Trinamool Congress in last assembly elections in West Bengal, and the ensuing panchayat polls would be a pointer to this, party politburo member Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee claimed [...]
New Delhi: Alleging that Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde’s Hindu terror remarks were a ploy to deflect attention from the failures of the government, BJP today said Congress will have to “bear the consequences” of this “insult” inside and outside Parliament. [...]
Mumbai: BJP today said it will elect a new party president for Maharashtra in eight days. “The new party president will be decided in eight days,” senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde told reporters here. Munde said he is not in [...]
Chennai:BJP’s Central Parliamentary Board will take the call on putting up a Prime Ministerial candidate for next year’s Lok Sabha elections, party spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said today. “BJP will take a call on Prime Ministership and putting up a candidate [...]
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s opposition to the country-wide strike called by central trade unions exposed her stand on the interests of the working class, CPI-M Politburo member Sitaram Yechury said on Monday. “If she (Banerjee) is opposing [...]
New Delhi: Concerned over divisions within the NDA on the candidature of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for the post of prime minister, BJP President Rajnath Singh today made a “final appeal” to his party leaders not to speak on [...]
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi today signalled plans to carry out drastic and lasting changes in the working of the Congress to make it fighting fit ahead of a series of elections including the Lok Sabha polls. After giving a patient [...]
Aizawl: The ruling Congress today announced that Dr. H. Ngurdingliana would be the party’s official candidate for the coming by-election to the Chalfilh assembly seat scheduled to be held on February 23. Ngurdingliana, son of veteran Congress leader and former [...]
Mumbai: Actress Richa Chadda, who played the fiesty Nagma Khatoon in the ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ series, is likely to feature in Vishal Bharadwaj’s ‘Dedh Ishqiya’ alongside industry veterans Naseeruddin Shah and Madhuri Dixit. Bharadwaj’s next home production hit a roadblock [...]
New Delhi: Not satisfied with the sentencing of David Headley in the US for his involvement in 2008 Mumbai terror attack, India today said that the LeT terrorist could have been given ‘harsher punishment’ had he been tried here. In [...]
Vijayawada (AP): Telugu Desam would be solely responsible if the union government announced bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh into two states, to form Telangana, AP Congress MP said here today. Lagadapati Rajagopal alleged that TDP had changed its stand on the [...]
New Delhi: With Rahul Gandhi taking the centre stage, a major reshuffle in the AICC secretariat is on the cards, which could see fresh faces as the party braces up for the Lok Sabha elections just 15 months away. A [...]
Jaipur: Rahul Gandhi was on Saturday, formally elevated to the number two position in the Congress party after being appointed its Vice President, but his role in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls would be decided later. The anointment of the [...]
Rae Bareilly: Priyanka Gandhi today stopped her convoy after seeing students of a local institute waiting to approach her and heard their concerns over the rising incidents of harassment of women. Party sources said that the star Congress campaigner spoke [...]
New Delhi: BSP today slammed the Centre for diesel price hike but ruled out withdrawing outside support to the UPA government saying it would give the Congress-led alliance another chance to do “wonders” in its last months. BSP supremo Mayawati [...]
Mumbai: Amid outrage over the beheading of a soldier at LoC, Shiv Sena today stepped up the attack on the UPA government, saying “patriots have no value” under Congress rule and demanded snapping of sporting ties with Pakistan. “Sonia Gandhi [...]
Bhubaneswar: Opposing disinvestment of all profit making public sector undertakings (PSUs) including Nalco, CPI today said moves to offload 12.5 per cent share of the aluminium giant is nothing but a gradual process towards privatisation. “Disinvestment of 12.5 per cent [...]
Bhubaneswar: CPI today said it would attempt to form a Left-democratic government at the Centre in the 2014 general elections with the support of regional parties, excluding Trinamool Congress. “How can Left parties accept TMC in their proposed arrangement? TMC [...]
Ballia: The BJP today said it will not have a tie-up with any party in Uttar Pradesh for the next Lok Sabha elections. “BJP would not enter into an alliance with anyone for the Lok Sabha polls in UP…. We [...]
New Delhi: The Congress Core Group met today to discuss the vexed Cauvery dispute issue amid indications that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will take a final call on notifying the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal by month-end. [...]
New Delhi: BJP today said the last word has not yet been said on the FDI in multi-brand retail issue and the party would revisit the decision of the UPA government if it comes to power. Speaking at a programme [...]
Chennai: Key UPA ally DMK today virtually defended the recent rail fare hike, asking what else could be the solution to provide infrastructure. “The Tamil Nadu Government can hike bus fares, cannot the Centre revise rail fares?” party chief M. [...]
Thiruvananthapuram: Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Kerala today came out strongly against the Centre’s decision to hike railway fares and said the state would be the worst-affected on account of the measure. “There is no justification for casting such [...]
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today accepted the resignation of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh from the presidentship of Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC). Senior Party leader Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu has been nominated to officiate as HPCC president [...]
New Delhi: Congress today hit out at spiritual leader Asaram Bapu for his controversial remarks against the Delhi gangrape victim and then against the media saying they “reflect a very sick and unhealthy mind”. Party spokesperson P C Chacko rued [...]
New Delhi: Alleging that lack of adequate support and political will by the Congress-led Centre has led to escalation of Maoist violence, BJP today said the UPA government should extend massive support to Naxal-affected states and stop treating the menace [...]
Midnapore (WB): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today threatened to take her battle to New Delhi for a three year moratorium on interest payments to bail out the debt ridden state, but did not give a time-frame for it. [...]
New Delhi: BJP today slammed the Delhi Police for filing a case against a news channel which aired the interview of the 23-year-old gangrape victim’s friend, saying this is unacceptable and an attack on press freedom. Speaking at a party [...]
Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati today launched a scathing attack on the Samajwadi Party government over law and order in Uttar Pradesh, saying it would not be wrong to term the prevailing situation as “anarchic”. “The past ten months of the [...]
Gandhinagar: With the Supreme Court today upholding Governor Kamla Beniwal’s decision to appoint Justice (retd) R A Mehta as Gujarat Lokayukta, the Narendra Modi government said it would soon implement the apex court judgement. “We will soon implement the Supreme [...]
New Delhi: BJP today alleged the government had forced the people to bear the brunt of scams, price rise, corruption and a rising crime graph in the last year. “The country witnessed corruption, scams, increase in crime and price rise [...]
Ahmedabad: Narendra Modi, who led the BJP to an emphatic victory in the assembly elections, was today sworn in as Gujarat Chief Minister for the fourth time. He was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Kamla Beniwal [...]
Ahmedabad: Narendra Modi, who posted a resounding victory in the assembly elections, will be sworn in as Gujarat Chief Minister for the fourth time on December 26. Modi became Chief Minister for the first time on October 1, 2001 and [...]
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party today said that despite pressure from the government and the threat of CBI, it is firmly opposed to the reservation in promotion bill and will vote against it in Parliament. “We are fully opposed to the [...]
Ahmedabad: About 38 per cent average polling was recorded across 95 constituencies in Gujarat in the first five hours of the final phase of voting today, which will decide the fate of 820 candidates including Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Veteran [...]
Rae Bareli: Priyanka Gandhi has begun a two-day visit to her mother and Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s parliamentary constituency Rae Bareli. During the two-day visit, Priyanka, who reached here last night, would be holding meetings with party workers at [...]
New Delhi: In an apparent move to counter the push for quota in promotion for SC/ST in government jobs, Samajwadi Party in Rajya Sabha today demanded proportionate reservation for Muslims through a Constitutional amendment. The issue triggered an uproar in [...]
New Delhi: BJP today sought to corner the government over the controversial statement by Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik equating Babri Masjid demolition with Mumbai terror attacks, as it demanded to know in Rajya Sabha as to whyIndia did not [...]
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress unit today filed a complaint against Chief Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly violating the model code of conduct by ‘campaigning’ on the election day at the polling station where he cast his vote. “After coming out from [...]
Prantij (Gujarat): Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the PMO and Congress party of “keeping the country in dark” over Sir Creek issue and slammed UPA for “lacking the guts” to take on “authoritative” Pakistani interior minister Rehman [...]
Vadodara: Union minister Manish Tiwari on Saturday dismissed Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s remark on Sir Creek as a “ploy to mislead people” and criticised the latter for keeping mum on the issue when it was taken up by the [...]
Bhuj: In a veiled attack on Chief Minister Narendra Modi, AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi today accused him of practising “politics of anger” and said it was time people switch to the power of “love”, preached by the Mahatma, to [...]
Kalol/Anand: Sonia Gandhi and Narendra Modi locked horns on Friday after the Congress President charged that Central funds were misused by theGujarat government and the Chief Minister was “inciting” people by raising concerns over border security through the Sir Creek [...]
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha today witnessed high drama when two Samajwadi Party members were directed to leave the House for causing disruptions over a quota bill, leading to arguments and counter-arguments before all members of the party walked out. Trouble [...]
Rajkot/Ahmedabad: An average 38 per cent voting was recorded in the first five hours of polling across 87 seats in the first phase ofGujarat polls which will decide the fate of state political big-wigs like Keshubhai Patel, BJP’s R C [...]
Varanasi: Senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh has said the decision to allow FDI in retail will push the country towards economic slavery, and his party will start a nation- wide campaign against it once ongoing winter session of Parliament ends. [...]
New Delhi: On the eleventh anniversary of Parliament attack, BJP on Thursday said the government should announce the date for hanging convict Afzal Guru this day will pay “real tribute” to the martyrs of the strike. “Real tribute would [...]
New Delhi: Centre today hit out at theBihar government for not completing a single project under the UPA’s ambitious urban renewal scheme but at the same time praised Uttar Pradesh for carrying out reforms in the sector. “It is said [...]
New Delhi: Proceedings in Parliament touched a new low today with BSP chief Mayawati stunning the Rajya Sabha by her outbursts against Chairman Hamid Ansari over its frequent disruptions, because of which both Houses could not function for the third [...]
New Delhi: BJP today asked the government to take initiative for resolving the deadlock in Rajya Sabha over the bill for providing quota for SCs/STs in government job promotion and allow its smooth functioning. “We want the Rajya Sabha to [...]
New Delhi: BSP chief Mayawati shocked the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday by telling chairman Hamid Ansari that he is “not seen” in the House in the afternoon after which the House is not allowed to function. “I am not ready [...]
New Delhi: BSP today threatened to take a “tough stand” in case the government does not help bring order in the Rajya Sabha and get passed a bill providing for reservation to SCs/STs in promotion in government jobs. BSP [...]
Jammu: Alleging neglect of basic rights of refugees in theJammu and Kashmir by the Centre and state government, BJP today held a protest demonstration in front of the Raj Bhawan here. The party activists, led by its senior leader Avinash [...]
New Delhi: In signals that he could well be the next Prime Ministerial candidate, the Congress today declared that Rahul Gandhi will lead UPA’s campaign in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and take up an “important responsibility ” in the [...]
Siddhpur (Gujarat): Dubbing the Narendra Modi-led government as “anti-people”, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi today raised the poll pitch alleging the BJP-led dispensation inGujarat is indulging in “wrong-doings”. “According to news reports, wrong-doings (hera-pheri) are going on (inGujarat). We have known [...]
Vadodara: Congress is clear about the capability of Rahul Gandhi for the post of the Prime Minister but BJP is still undecided over its candidate, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde has said. “Congress is clear on the suitability and capability [...]
New Delhi: Accusing the government of manoeuvring in Parliament to defeat the Opposition-sponsored motion against FDI in multi-brand retail trade, Left parties on Friday said a “clear majority” of MPs in both Houses had opposed the move as was reflected [...]
New Delhi: Government today won the approval of Parliament to its controversial decision of allowing FDI in multi-brand retail with a motion against it being defeated convincingly in Rajya Sabha, as BSP voted in favour of UPA.
Mumbai: A week after a government white paper on irrigation gave Ajit Pawar a clean chit, the senior NCP leader was today sworn-in as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister. Pawar, the nephew of NCP president and Union Minister Sharad Pawar, was [...]
New Delhi: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal and scores of people were detained from outside Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s residence today during their protest against demolition of buildings in a southDelhi locality. Over 100 people had gathered outside Dikshit’s 3-Motilal Nehru [...]
New Delhi: BJP today accused the government of allowing disruption of the Rajya Sabha proceedings as it is “unsure of its figures” in the House. “Government is unsure of its figures in the Upper House. Both the government and its [...]
New Delhi: Ramvilas Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party today supported the government’s decision to introduce FDI in multi-brand retail but insisted that the interests of small traders from Dalit and backward community be protected at all levels. Observing that BJP’s [...]
Chennai: Giving a huge relief to the Centre, DMK today decided to back the UPA government in Parliament with “bitterness” when the discussion on FDI in multi-brand retail sector takes place. “One should not forget the situation of the UPA [...]
Jammu: Terming the insistence on a debate on FDI in retail without voting as “unreasonable”, BJP leader Arun Jaitley today said the government was not interested in allowing Parliament to function. “The argument of the government that there must be [...]
New Delhi: Amid opposition’s insistence on a discussion with voting on FDI in Parliament, government today said it was “not concerned” over it, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserting that UPA has the numbers. “Yes, we are confident of numbers,” [...]
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