Gadkari to contest LS polls from Nagpur
Former BJP chief Nitin Gadkari will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Nagpur parliamentary constituency. Sources disclosed, though the party leadership has taken a decision in this regard, a formal...
View ArticleLalu son RJD’s ‘youth icon’
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s younger son Tejashwi, known to many cricket-loving youth as a “non-playing player” in the IPL’s earlier editions, is set to reinvent himself as the party’s “youth icon” in...
View ArticleModi vs Rahul: Hashtag battle on Twitter
As Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi started speaking to the women wing of Ficci a war broke out on the micro-blogging website Twitter between pro-Modi and anti-Modi netizens. The most prominent...
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WikiLeaks claim baseless: Cong
pollQuestioning the credibility of WikiLeaks, the Congress on Monday rubbished its report which claimed that late Rajiv Gandhi, much before becoming the Prime Minister, may have been a middleman for a...
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Italian marines will not face death: India
New Delhi: The government has decided to honour the assurance given to Italy that the two marines will not face death penalty, even though the National Investigation Agency has slapped murder charges...
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UPA government on ‘borrowed time’: Modi
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today said the central government was engulfed by policy paralysis and it was on “borrowed time”.“It (UPA government) is not watching the calender, but the clock....
View ArticleAntony refused to support Sanjay: Wikileaks
A.K. Antony was “one of the only” leaders apart from Priyaranjan Dasmunsi who “flatly criticized” Sanjay Gandhi during 1976 AICC session in Guwahati during emergency when the latter’s political graph...
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Birth date to be incorporated in ‘Aadhaar’ cards
‘Aadhaar’ cards will henceforth bear date of birth of the holder, facilitating people to avail benefits of several government and non-governmental schemes which require age validation. Till now, only...
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Mamata faces ire of Left protesters in Delhi
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee today faced protests over death of an SFI member from Left activists who also heckled her finance minister Amit Mitra outside the Planning Commission office...
View ArticleFive Indian peacekeepers killed in South Sudan
Five Indian peacekeepers were killed on Tuesday in an ambush in South Sudan, the Indian foreign ministry said, a day after the head of the UN mission there warned about spiralling violence.“Five...
View ArticlePyarimohan converts forum into party
Expelled BJD leader Pyarimohan Mohapatra on Tuesday converted his Orissa Jana Morcha (OJM) forum into a political party, without changing its name. Making the announcement at a press conference at his...
View ArticleModi tours to build pressure on BJP
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s tour of different states is being seen in political circles as an attempt to mount pressure on the BJP high command to officially project him as the party’s prime...
View ArticleJD-U snubs Modi, says Bihar model best
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s assertion of the primacy of his state’s model of development and his suggestion that it could be gainfully transplanted in Bihar with some modifications on...
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Modi: UPA govt on ‘borrowed time’
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi during an interactive session with industrialists at a hotel in Kolkata on Tuesday. — AbhiParrying a question on his prime ministerial aspirations, Gujarat chief...
View ArticleMinor rape victim’s detention: SC takes suo motu cognisance
Taking suo motu cognizance of media reports about detention of a 10-year-old rape victim by police in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh when she approached them to lodge a complaint, the Supreme Court today...
View ArticleMamata cancels meeting with Chidambaram
An upset West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee today cancelled her scheduled meeting with finance minister P. Chidambaram and left for Kolkata, a day after she was gheraoed and her minister Amit...
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PM expresses regret to Mamata for Left protest
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed regret over the protest faced by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee from Left activists outside the Planning Commission’s office here. Mr Singh spoke...
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Delhi is not safe, I am going back to Kolkata, says Mamata
New Delhi/Kolkata: A day after she along with her state finance minister Amit Mitra heckled by Left student activists outside the Planning Commission office in New Delhi, West Bengal Chief Minister...
View ArticleDelhi not a safe place, Mamata says
“Delhi is not a safe place,” West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said today, as she abruptly cut short her three-day visit here cancelling her appointments with the Prime Minister and the...
View Article1984 riots: Court orders reopening of case against Tytler
In a big jolt to Jagdish Tytler, a Delhi court today ordered reopening of a 1984 anti-Sikhs riots case against him, setting aside a CBI closure report giving clean chit to the Congress leader. The CBI...
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