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Smriti Irani nominated by BJP for Rajya Sabha seat from Gujarat
Television-actor turned politician Smriti Irani was today chosen by the BJP as its candidate from Gujarat for the Rajya Sabha biennial elections Irani, who shot to fame with her role in a family soap opera, was chosen by the BJP Central Election Committee here today She is the chairperson of the party's women's wing, Bhartiya Mahila [...]
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy hospitalised
Kerala Chief Minister, Oommen Chandy, was admitted to the Medical College Hospital on Friday morning with chest infection and fever1 p0 am again in the VIP room in the medical pay wards at MCH He has been advised complete rest for the next three to four days, doctors said Visitors are not being allowed access to him An official release here [...]
Telangana Issue: Jaipal Reddy meets PM, presses for creation of separate state
Petroleum Minister and senior Congress leader from Andhra Pradesh S Jaipal Reddy today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and is understood to have pressed for the creation of separate state of Telangana00 MLAs and 15 MPs, cutting across party lines, submitted their resignations to respective presiding officers They have also ruled out taking [...]
Karnataka: HD Kumaraswamy to begin fast-unto-death from tomorrow
Former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday begins a fast-unto-death for a probe to determine if his family's Rs,500 crore assets were legally acquired or not953 as Congress party member,500 crore by illegal means"30 km from here, that the state government officials were already probing how the assets were acquired and hence CBI was [...]
Mumbai Heavy rains: Train, air traffic disrupted
Heavy rains continued to lash several parts of the metropolis for the second consecutive day today, disrupting rail and air traffic, causing inconvenience to a lot of commuters6216 mm of rainfall from 85 minutes, while traffic on Western line is late by five-ten minutes, officials said000 to 1017 hours But now its all normal," a Mumbai [...]
West Bengal to rename as ‘Bengal’
A day after the Trinamool Congress led government said it was contemplating a name change for the state, Left Front chairman Biman Bose on Thursday told media persons they would support the plan977-2011, which had initiated such a move996-2001 The discussions continued in the sixth Left Front government Papers were prepared, but there were [...]
Rahul Gandhi fires at Mayawati govt again, says Uttar Pradesh is run by dalals
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said ''dalals'' were running Uttar Pradesh as people of the state are ''divided'' "You are not together Uttar Pradesh is divided and that is why dalals touts are running the state," Gandhi said, addressing people in this village on the third day of his padayatra to Aligarh "You may not like it But this is [...]
After 2-day bandh, Telangana now braces for two-day rail blockade
After a two-day bandh, Telangana is now bracing for a two-day rail blockade which threatens to cut off rail links between south and north India0 districts including Hyderabad, may come to a halt,000 km railway line in the region50 buses between Hyderabad and Vijayawada5 01 MLAs have quit their posts on the issue2 Ministers of Andhra Pradesh [...]
Delhi court convicts Sukhdev Pehelwan in Nitish Katara murder case
A court in Delhi on Wednesday convicted Sukhdev Pehelwan for the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Nitish Katara Nitish, a business executive, was killed on the orders of his girlfriend Bharti's brothers Vikas and Vishal Yadav His body was found in a burnt state Vikas and Vishal did not approve of Nitish's relationship with Bharti The trial [...]
Nanavati directs Gujarat police to explain ‘destroyed’ riot records
The Nanavati Commission, probing 2002 Gujarat riots, on Wednesday directed Additional Director General of Police 0 days, after which it would pass orders on the JSM's application, 2002 were destroyed JSM also wants to inspect log books movement registers of the vehicles of former DGP Chakraborty, ex-ADGP G C Raigar, ex-Police Commissioner P C [...]
144 Section imposed as Rahul Gandhi continues day 2 of padyatra
Ahead of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's entry to Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, where a Kisan Mahapanchayat is scheduled later in the week, the district administration on Wednesday imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC44 has been imposed in Tappal so the district administration "will see what to be done" if Gandhi entered [...]
Maria Susairaj Issue: RGV lodges complains against Bjp yuva morcha president
Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has decided to lodge a complaint against BJP's youth wing after the latter threatened filmmakers and television channels against casting Kannada actress Maria Monica Susairaj, who was convicted for the murder of a television executive "Am on my way to oshiwara police station to lodge a complaint against Bjp yuva [...]
KCR, Vijay Shanti resign from Lok Sabha; All TRS MLAs quit for Telangana
The Telangana movement today gathered further steam with TRS President K Chandrasekhar Rao and party MP Vijay Shanthi resigning from their Lok Sabha membership in support of the demand for a separate state21 MLAs of Telangana Rashtra Samiti 00 MLAs," Rajender said MLAs and 10 MPs from Telangana quit their posts yesterday in support of the separate [...]
Rahul throws Maya a challenge, visits Bhatta Parsaul again
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi visited Bhatta Parsaul village and adjoining areas in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida, hit by the recent stir over land acquisition early on Tuesday Gandhi took the Gautam Budh Nagar district administration by surprise as he reached the village around 530 am He has been touring the area on foot and [...]
Supreme Court rejects plea against Sanjay Dutt’s bail
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Bollywood film producer Shakeel Noorani’s plea seeking cancellation of actor Sanjay Dutt’s bail in the 1993 Mumbai serial blast case Mr Noorani, who is involved in a financial dispute with the actor, had approached the Supreme Court alleging that he is being threatened by underworld on Dutt’s [...]
Shiv Sena, MNS warn action if Maria Susairaj given work
The cine-wings of Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 0 years and 3 years in the Neeraj Grover murder case However, on Saturday, Maria walked free out of jail, as she has already spent the term behind the bars
Chidambaram didn’t act to stop CWG scam: Mani Shankar Aiyar
Former sports minister Mani Shankar Aiyar has blamed former finance minister P Chidambaram for not taking cognizance of his letters that warned about alleged embezzlement of funds earmarked for the Commonwealth Games Aiyar said that he wrote several letters to Chidambaram, who is now the home minister, but never got any acknowledgement “I [...]
Telangana Congress Minsiters, MPs, MLAs firm on resignations
Hectic efforts are on to try and stop Congress MPs, MLAs, state ministers and MLCs from Telangana from going ahead with their threat to quit unless the UPA government initiates steps for the formation of a separate Telangana state, on the lines of the December 9, 2009 announcement made by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram Andhra Pradesh [...]
Puttaparthi: More gold found in Sathya Sai Baba’s Yajur Mandir
More gold has been found at Yajur Mandir in Puttaparthi, the personal chambers of late Shri Sathya Sai Baba7, a massive 12 crores in cash, 98 kg of gold and 300 kg of silver were found from the ashram The millions were found by Trust members when they opened Sai Baba's chambers after his death The Trust enjoys several exemptions from the [...]
Kerala’s Padmanabha temple treasure worth over Rs 1 lakh crore
The value of the treasure found in the four vaults of Sri Padmanabha temple in Kerala has so far crossed an estimated value of Rs 1 lakh crore0 times higher than the current market price lakh crore' will soon have a security ring of army or paramilitary forces A high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Sunday, during [...]
