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RSS backs Modi, JD-U attacks agian, BJP flays Nitish’s remarks,
Politics around the NDA's 2014 prime ministerial candidate hottened on Wednesday, in fresh trouble for the BJP, the Janata Dal 4 Lok Sabha elections4 elections, JD996 itself that they cannot form a government in the country on the basis of their hardcore Hindutva agenda and, hence, NDA was formed after it agreed to drop the three contentious [...]
TMC accuses Pranab Mukherjee of trying to split the party
UPA's Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee began his underground operation TMC as he called up the sulking Mamata MP Kabir Suman seeking his support Suman immediately promised his support for Mukherjee becoming the first TMC MP to come out in open in support of Mukherjee’s candidature TMC reacted sharply as spokesman Derek O’Brien tweeted: [...]
Association backs Paes for Olympics, slams Bhupathi, Bopanna
The All India Tennis Association AITA has backed Leander Paes and said it is meaningless to send the veteran player to the London Olympics with a junior player after both Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna refused to play with him Responding to the Union sports ministry's queries on the controversy after Bhupathi and his current partner Rohan [...]
Pakistan supreme court disqualifies Yousuf Raza Gilani as PM
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has been disqualified by Pakistan's Supreme Court, which has also ordered the president to select a new prime minister2 for defying court orders to reopen money laundering cases against the president Despite the guilty verdict, the premier refused to resign, prompting the opposition to resort to the Supreme [...]
Ready to take back sacked Air India pilots if strike called off: Ajit Singh
As the strike by a section of the Air India pilots entered the 45th day, Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Monday reiterated his readiness to take back the sacked pilots provided they called off their agitation unconditionally and returned to work01 pilots have already been terminated The pilots, under the banner of IPG, are agitating over the [...]
Deeply honoured, I accept the offer with humility: Pranab
Finance minister and the government's most reliable troubleshooter, Pranab Mukherjee today said he's deeply honoured by his nomination for the President's post, and requested all political parties for support "I am deeply honoured by the nomination as candidate for the Presidential poll, I accept it with all humility," said Pranab Mukherjee [...]
Presidential poll: Advani meets Jayalalithaa
BJP senior leader LK Advani on Thursday met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to discuss fresh developments in the run-up to Presidential election and they agreed to “coordinate” with each other on their strategy "I have never seen a government handling an important election like the President election so shabbily The Congress party and [...]
Nityananda surrenders in Ramanagaram district court, sent to one-day judicial custody
Self-styled godman Swami Nithyananda was on Wednesday sent on a one-day judicial custody after he surrendered in a court in Ramanagaram, near Bangalore The controversial spiritual guru would now spend the night in Ramanagaram sub-divisional jail Nithyananda's move surprised the district administration and the police as after remaining missing [...]
Pranab for President? Mamata to meet Sonia to finalise candidate
The Election Commission is likely to announce the schedule for presidential polls later on Tuesday456 If the Congress fails to announce the name by then, it would have to wait till June 24 when the Prime Minister returns Among other UPA allies, the Samajwadi Party, whose support would be crucial for election of the next President, has so far [...]
Nithyananda moves Karnataka HC to quash FIR against him
Self-styled godman Swami Nithyananda moved Karnataka High Court on Tuesday seeking quashing of an FIR against him The FIR was filed by a Kannada TV channel reporter recently Nithyananda moved the high court as noose tightened around him after an arrest warrant was issued against him on charge of attack on media persons A police team raided [...]
Mulayam supports Baba Ramdev fight against black money
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav met yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Tuesday as the latter continues drumming up political support for his anti-black money campaign "Government through its agencies is conspiring to malign me," claimed Ramdev Ramdev claimed that his campaign is being targeted by various government departments such as the [...]
Jagan says govt humiliating him; CBI wants to conduct narco test; Govt cancels Bayyaram mines lease
The CBI has sought the special CBI court's permission to conduct narco analysis test on jailed YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy in a case involving illegal assets lakh acres The CBI, in its three charge sheets filed against Jagan and others, said he and his late father had hatched a conspiracy to defraud the government with Jagan [...]
Nithyananda’s arrest imminent over rape and sexual abuse cases
There is more trouble for controversial godman Nithyananda0 after some local TV channels telecast purported videos of the self-styled godman in a compromising position with an actress Meanwhile, protests against Nithyananda were held in several places across the state The agitators, who burnt an effigy of Nithyananda, also demanded a thorough [...]
Nitish Kumar hits back at Narendra Modi’s caste comments
A day after Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi had observed that the 'casteist' leaders pushed Bihar to economic backwardness, his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar on Monday asked the former to look at his situation instead of making comments on others "One should think about one's own situation Bihar par tippani karne walon ko apne halaat ke [...]
Sanjay Joshi quits BJP; Narendra Modi forced me out: Joshi
Sanjay Joshi, the former general secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party BJP who was asked to step down from the party’s National Executive, resigned on Friday Joshi, however, has retained the primary membership of the party In Rajkot, posters and banners sprang up on major roads and markets criticising Modi for removal of Joshi, who had to [...]
Akhilesh’s wife Dimple Yadav to be elected unopposed from Kannuj
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's wife, Dimple Yadav is all set to get elected unopposed from the Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, as two candidates withdraw from the fray After mainstream political parties, including Congress and BSP did not field any candidate against Dimple Yadav, two independent candidates have also withdrawn [...]
Appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner
The President has appointed the senior-most Election Commissioner, Shri VS Sampath as the Chief Election Commissioner in the Election Commission of India1th June, 2012 consequent upon demitting the Office of the Chief Election Commissioner by Dr0th June, 2012 [subscribe2]
After Cong, BSP withdraws from Kannauj by-poll ; BJP to contest opposite Dimple Yadav
The BJP has decided to contest against Samajwadi Party's Dimple Yadav in the Kannauj by-poll The party on Wednesday named Jagdev Singh Yadav as its candidate Earlier, A day after the Congress decided not to contest by-election for Kannauj, BSP on Wednesday resolved not to field the party candidate against SP nominee Dimple Yadav The move is [...]
Court allows Raja to visit Tamil Nadu
Former telecom minister A Raja has been permitted by a Delhi court to visit his home state of Tamil Nadu this week Mr Raja, who was released from jail last month, plans to arrive in Chennai on Friday; he has permission to stay in Tamil Nadu till the 30th Mr Raja's constituency is Nilgiris Mr Raja is from the DMK, which was voted out of power [...]
Party has enough strength to rule Bengal alone says TMC after civic polls win
Trinamool Congress, on Tuesday, boasted that the poll results have demonstrated that the party has enough strength to rule the state alone2 seats while the Left Front bagged 5 seat1 seats, while the Left Front won 4 and the BJP 1 seat1 seats seat each5 seats1 seats1 seats while the TMC managed to win 1 seat29 seats In 2007, the Left Front had [...]
