New Delhi: An aggressive BJP has said that it will not disrupt the passing of four important Finance Bills, but emphasised that the UPA government can hereafter cease to expect any support from the main opposition party.
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said this in Parliament. A few kilometres away the Supreme [...]
Bangalore: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday challenged Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on why one person cannot set everything right and offered to show how it can be done.
“I will show him (Rahul) how one man (guy) can set everything right, in response to a sermon he gave recently,” Mr Modi said at a [...]
New Delhi: Indian on Friday reiterated that talks were on with China to resolve the latest incursion issue.
“Negotiations are on at various levels to find a peaceful solution to the Chinese incursion issue,” Defence Minister AK Antony.
Antony had earlier said that the Indian “government will take every step to protect the national integrity and security”.
The [...]
Shikaripura: Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa seems to be sitting pretty in his bastion here, as he seeks a new political destiny and wants to play the twin role of a demolition man for the ruling BJP and a “king-maker” in the May 5 Assembly polls.
A political heavyweight that he is, the mission in [...]
New Delhi: There was a need to strengthen the Panchayati Raj system to ensure inclusive development, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here on Wednesday.
“We must try that Panchayati Raj does not become just a slogan, it becomes a reality in our lifetime,” Manmohan Singh said while addressing a conference to commemorate National Panchayat Day.
“We must [...]
Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh unit of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday denied any decision to enter into poll alliance with NCP and Peoples Party of Arunachal (PPA) for the ensuing Panchayat and Municipal elections slated for May 16 next.
“We are not going to field any candidates in the ensuing polls and the question of [...]
New Delhi: Shocked and anguished at the rape of a five-year-old girl in Delhi, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday called for urgent introspection to identify causes behind repeated failure of society to ensure security of women and children.
He also sought urgent steps for bringing perpetrators to immediate justice.
“I am shocked and deeply anguished at the [...]
New Delhi: As a worried BJP chief Rajnath Singh assesses today whether the cracks in his party’s partnership with the Janata Dal (United) can be filled, the ruling Congress will look at adding the considerable weight of a Rs. 12,000-crore financial package to ensure those fissures deepen.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs will this evening [...]
Ahmedabad: In an unexpected turn of events, the Gujarat Government has decided to seek death penalty for Maya Kodnani, a former minister in Narendra Modi government, Bajrang Dal leader Babu Patel alias Bajrangi and eight others in connection with the 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case.
The Gujarat government is soon expected to file an appeal in [...]
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New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s unfettered criticism of BJP leader Narendra Modi has provoked an equal reaction today. The BJP in Bihar has sought a meeting with party president Rajnath Singh to discuss the attack on its leader, marking an escalation in hostilities for two allies who partner in Bihar and at the [...]
Lucknow: Pushed on the backfoot after “strong political reactions” from New Delhi, the Uttar Pradesh government on Friday restored 24×7 power supply to Rae Bareli and Amethi – Parliamentary constituencies of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.
While the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) had confirmed on Thursday that power cuts had been effected in the [...]
New Delhi: BSP leader Deepak Bhardwaj might have funded his own murder. The police allege that his younger son Nitesh paid Rs. 50 lakh to have him killed, money that belonged to the tycoon, who would often park cash from real estate deals with members of his family.
This was money that the family could not [...]
Chennai: Two passengers were killed and fifty others injured when a train derailed at Sitheri near Arakkonam Wednesday morning.
According to railway sources, eleven coaches of the Muzaffarpur-Yesvantpur Express bound for Yesvantpur derailed at about 0550 hours.
Two passengers were killed in the mishap, while the injured were admitted to the hospitals by the rescue teams of [...]
New Delhi: Alleging that West Bengal was being deprived, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Tuesday meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the national capital to seek justice and to protest an ‘economic blockade’ by the Centre.
Addressing reporters in Kolkata yesterday, Mamata said, “I am going to Delhi to seek justice. We are not going [...]