JD-U gives BJP uneasy relief
Bihar’s ruling BJP leaders found partial relief in the vocal assertions made by ally JD(U) at its national summit in Delhi on Saturday and remained anxious about the regional party’s unbending position...
View ArticleBJP not to reveal PM nominee yet
Amid growing unease in the JD(U) over projection of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as BJP’s prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP has conveyed to its ally that it will...
View ArticleJD-U set to take stock of j&k today
The national executive meeting of the JD(U) on Sunday will deliberate on the political situation in the country, along with the present condition of Jammu and Kashmir. The party in its resolution on...
View ArticleIndian named among Pope’s reform advisers
Vatican City, April 13: Pope Francis on Saturday set up a group of cardinals to advise him on church governance and study reforms, marking his first step toward reforming the Catholic Church’s opaque...
View ArticlePak witness identifies 26/11 accused
A witness on Saturday identified one of seven Pakistani men charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks as the person who had bought inflatable boats used by the terrorists involved in the...
View ArticleCBI arrests suspect for dsp murder
The CBI on Saturday arrested Babloo Yadav, son of the slain village pradhan Nanhe Yadav, and claimed to have cracked the murder of deputy superintendent of police Zia-ul-Haq. According to CBI sources,...
View ArticlePawar urges Cong to be poll-ready
NCP supremo Sharad Pawar’s talk of the possibility of early Lok Sabha elections ahead of Parliament reconvening on April 22, after the recess, has added momentum to pre-poll activities in political...
View ArticleJD-U: Nitish not our man for PM
The JD(U), which was reportedly arm-twisting the BJP to name its prime ministerial candidate, declared that Bihar chief minister and senior leader Nitish Kumar was “not in the race” for the top post....
View ArticleGold fall is steepest in history
Crash-like conditions developed on the bullion market on Saturday as the price of gold recorded its biggest ever fall, of `1,250 per 10 grams, to hit a one-year low on frantic selling by stockists amid...
View ArticleU.P. CM sacks minister for sexist remark
UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday night dismissed state Cabinet minister Rajaram Pandey, who held the khadi and village industries portfolio, from his council of ministers for making...
View ArticleAjit Pawar on fast to atone for ‘urine’ remarks
Facing a storm of protest over his “urine” remarks on drought situation in Maharashtra, deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar sat on a day-long ‘aatma-klesh’ (penance) fast at Karad in the district this...
View ArticleRajnath non-committal on Modi’s PM candidature
Amid speculation about Narendra Modi’s projection as BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, party president Rajnath Singh today remained non-committal on the issue but hailed the Gujarat chief minister as...
View Article12 killed, nine injured in road accident in Gujarat
12 people, including three women and as many children, were killed when a luxury bus was hit by a truck coming from the opposite direction near Kosamba in Surat district, the police said. The truck...
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Prime Ministerial candidate: JD(U) sets terms to NDA, Nitish Kumar takes a...
New Delhi: Issuing a veiled threat to BJP over Narendra Modi's much-speculated projection as its Prime Ministerial candidate, JD(U) today said attempts to bring 'genetic modification' will bring about...
View ArticleWill teach a lesson to SP ‘goons’, fumes Mayawati
Angry over removal of hoardings installed by her party on B.R. Ambedkar’s birth anniversary, BSP chief Mayawati today accused the Samajwadi Party government in UP of indulging in political vendetta and...
View ArticleNitish issues veiled threat to BJP on Modi focus
Issuing a veiled threat to the BJP over Narendra Modi’s much-speculated projection as its prime ministerial candidate, JD(U) today said attempts to bring ‘genetic modification’ will bring about...
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Nitish says he is not in PM race
Ruling himself out from the race for prime ministership, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar today said he does not nurse such “illusions” with the little strength his party has. Addressing an open...
View ArticleDutt asks SC for half a year to finish films
Filmstar Sanjay Dutt, recently ordered by the Supreme Court to serve a sentence of three and a half years in jail over the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, on Monday moved the court seeking another six...
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High art of tea
High art of teaNobel laureate and Burma Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi serves tea she made to Genshitsu Sen, the former grand tea master of the Urasenke, one of the main schools of the Japanese tea...
View ArticleZakia files plea against SIT
Zakia Jafri on Monday demanded filing of a chargesheet against Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and 58 others for their complicity in the 2002 riots and sought rejection of the Special...
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