Adm. Dhowan: Navy future depends on self-reliance
The appointment of Naval chief Admiral R.K. Dhowan was announced 50 days after Admiral D.K. Joshi resigned as naval chief, owning moral responsibility for the spate of accidents and incidents involving...
View ArticleAll parties need to be probed: MHA
In a move that can have serious ramifications on the entire electoral funding process in the country, the Union home ministry has written to the Election Commission that funding to all political...
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Baru return blocked by officials in PMO
Contrary to the perception that the Congress leadership had blocked the then media adviser to the Prime Minister Sanjaya Baru’s return to the PMO in 2009, sources in Prime Minister’s Office revealed...
View Article‘Mulayam’ to vote for BSP, ‘Kalyan’ for SP
Mulayam Singh is determined to vote for the BSP while Kalyan Singh, who is all set to cast his first vote in these elections, is rooting for the Samajwadi Party. Manmohan Singh has been campaigning for...
View ArticleIn Gujarat, BJP eyes rebel Cong leaders
The BJP’s PM candidate Narendra Modi, who is determined to make a “Congress-mukta Bharat (A Congress-free India)”, appears to be relying on Congress rebels in the crucial electoral battle in his own...
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Hema banking on Modi magic
Thanks to the Narendra Modi impact, yesteryears’ dream girl Hema Malini, despite her starry tantrums, appears to have an edge over sitting RLD MP Jayant Chaudhury in Mathura Lok Sabha constituency....
View ArticleAAP candidate debate still on
Before the LS elections are over, a major debate is raging in the Aam Aadmi Party over fielding of candidates. Sensing “poor performance” in the elections, the party is now debating whether it should...
View ArticleCong sharpens Modi attack
The Congress’ second rung has become active in sharpening its attack on BJP PM candidate Narendra Modi. If Mrs Sonia Gandhi and Mr Rahul Gandhi are focusing on Mr Modi’s “communal politics”, P....
View ArticleIn the home of Lord Ram, BJP gasps for breath
Strong winds, threatening to turn into a storm, are blowing across Faizabad but there are no signs of the wave — the Modi wave that is sweeping across the country. In the land of Lord Ram, religion no...
View ArticleGeelani: Modi sent emissaries
Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has claimed that BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi had recently sent him two emissaries to plead for holding direct or indirect talks with him on...
View ArticleEC wants details on Ajit Pawar
The Election Commission will review the video footage of NCP leader and Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s alleged threatening speech.“The commission is, prima facie, of the opinion that by making the...
View ArticleModi reaches out to Mamata
BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has expressed the hope that if he comes to power at the centre, he would get cooperation of the Mamata Banerjee government in creating a conducive...
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Democracy unsafe in just one hand: Sonia
In a veiled warning that BJP prime ministerial aspirant Narendra Modi posed a threat to democracy, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday said, “No democracy can be safe in the hands of one man.”“I...
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No vacancy for Priyanka: Tharoor
Ruling out a larger role for Priyanka Gandhi in the organisation at this juncture, Congress spokesperson Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said that right now the party president, Sonia Gandhi and...
View ArticleWill regional parties be gamechangers?
Regional satraps in a host of states, including West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh, could turn bargainers after May 16 if the 16th Lok Sabha turns a hung House. This is because no national party...
View ArticleModi slams Gandhi family ‘RSVP model’
Hitting out hard at the Congress over the rise in wealth of party chief Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra in recent years, BJP’s PM nominee Narendra Modi on Saturday said at an election campaign...
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Modi to file nomination on April 24
BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will file his nomination papers from Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency on April 24. Amit Shah, a senior BJP leader and a close aide of Mr Modi, announced...
View ArticleST status to 6 tribes if voted to power: Modi
In what may have wider impact over the electorates in Assam, BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi here on Saturday committed to grant Schedule Tribe status to Koch Rajbongshi and five other...
View ArticleBollywood, other artistes pledge support for Modi
A group of celebrities, artistes, professionals and academicians endorsed Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s candidature for Prime Minister in an event held by BJP on Saturday in Bandra. The event,...
View ArticleModi dares Rahul for a ‘faceoff’
BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi here on Saturday dared Congress V-P Rahul Gandhi for “a faceoff” as they were both addressing rallies in Assam. Addressing a huge public rally in Western...
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