Bharti-like interference by BJP?
While AAP minister Somnath Bharti has been at the receiving end of political rivals as well as media for trying to pressure the police and interfere in its work, a similar exercise of political...
View ArticleCong wants JD-U, RJD in alliance?
The Congress is suggesting that the Janata Dal (U) and the RJD come together to check BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Bihar. Congress officials are floating this idea ahead of the...
View ArticleClamour for caps as parties emulate AAP
Politics over the “Gandhi topi” is back. Be it the Congress, which generally claims to be the sole heir of the Gandhi cap, or the BJP with its saffron-coloured Gandhi caps, both are rushing to put on...
View Article‘Bad’ refinery decision set aside by SC
In a setback to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, the Supreme Court on Thursday described as “bad in law” and “arbitrary” and set aside the decision of the Gujarat...
View ArticleDon’t practise Gujarat model elsewhere: Cong
BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s promise to convert Uttar Pradesh into Gujarat drew a sharp reaction from the Congress on Thursday as it alluded to the 2002 post-Godhra riots, warning...
View ArticleSpeech skips Hindutva, UP riots
In Gorakhpur, the land of the famous Goraksh Peeth and the Geeta Press, BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi steered clear of Hindutva talk. Contrary to expectations, Mr Modi made no mention...
View ArticleAAP forces BJP to rework strategy
The growing popularity of Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its preference to contest from urban constituencies in the general polls — where the BJP has a strong support base — has forced...
View ArticleVishwas to contest against Rahul: AAP
Its official now. The Aam Aadmi Party, which has finalised its first list of candidates for the coming Lok Sabha elections, has pitted Kumar Vishwas against Congress icon, Rahul Gandhi from the Amethi...
View ArticleCong PECs want high command to pick candidates
The state Congress committees are refusing to take decisions on identifying the candidates for the Lok Sabha polls after smelling strong anti-incumbency against the Centre. Instead they want the party...
View ArticleBharti says DCW politically-driven
Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti condemned the Delhi Commission for Women issuing summons to him and described it as a politically-driven body. He claimed the DCW demand for the FIR against him was...
View ArticleWill Jairam contest LS polls?
Union minister Jairam Ramesh has been keen on working for the organisation but has not shown any interest in fighting the Lok Sabha elections so far. He is said to be wanting to quit the government to...
View ArticlePadmas for Paes, Yuvraj, Rawal
Noted scientist R.A. Mashelkar and world-renowned yoga guru B.K.S. Iyengar have been awarded the country’s second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, this year while cine star Kamal Haasan,...
View ArticleBharti says media on Modi’s payroll
Even before the storm over racism could die down, Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti lost his cool on Saturday, accusing the media of being on the payroll of BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra...
View ArticleCong may move out of ‘unlucky’ war room
The “Congress War Room” at 15, Rakab-ganj Road in New Delhi could be shifted to the residence of party vice-president Rahul Gandhi in Tughlak Lane ahead of the Lok Sabha polls because the current...
View ArticlePolitics & babus: Centre mulls cooling-off time
Close on the heels of the bitter war of words between former home secretary R.K. Singh and the UPA-II government, the Centre is planning to bar retired bureaucrats from joining political parties soon...
View ArticleBJP may nominate Advani and Joshi for RS
The departure of L.K. Advani, the old saffron warhorse, from active politics seems imminent, with the party considering him for the Rajya Sabha. Speculation is rife within the BJP that Mr Advani and...
View ArticlePranab warns populist anarchists
In a hard-hitting speech, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday hit out at governments and political outfits for corruption and “populist anarchy”. While the Congress-led UPA has been reeling under a...
View ArticleApp to find store, buy condoms discreetly
Want to buy condoms, but without inviting any attention? A new mobile application now available on Google Play and Apple store enables people shy of going to chemists to buy condoms by ordering them...
View ArticleN-E defies R-Day shutdown call
Even after the boycott call by six separatist outfits based in Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura, people in all the north-eastern states came out in large numbers to celebrate Republic Day. In...
View ArticleUnprovoked Pak firing, truce is violated again
The Army said on Sunday that Pakistani troops violated the November 2003 ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked small arms and RPG firing towards its positions in the Uri area along the Line of Control...
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