SP leader says riot victims are ‘beggars’
Even as the Samajwadi Party and the Akhilesh government claim that they have offered maximum relief to the Muzaffarnagar riots victims, the leaders in the party never cease to rub salt into t he wounds...
View ArticleMulayam: SP will play vital role in next Central govt
Buoyed by the support for an alternative political front from Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav said on Saturday that his party would play a big role in...
View ArticleRSS to give in to Advani on Soni?
Sulking BJP pariarch L.K. Advani just might get his way. RSS joint-general secretary Suresh Soni is expected to be relieved of his duty of liasoning between the Sangh and the BJP. Mr Advani had been...
View ArticleRahul’s LS poll initiatives remain a non-starter
Even when campaign for Lok Sabha elections has set in on a high decibel note, various initiatives of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi appear to be non-starter. The Congress leaders rue that the...
View ArticleBJP trying to bring more star power to LS campaign
After “disco king” Bappi Lahiri, the BJP is also trying to rope in action heroes of Bollywood to lure the electorates ahead of the coming general polls. The saffron party is trying to rope in Akshay...
View Article8 airports in UP to be upgraded
In a major development just weeks ahead of elections, the UPA government at the Centre and the UP state government (of the Samajwadi Party) have decided to give the green signal to the development of...
View ArticlePawar slams debate on ’02 riots
With an aim to mount pressure on its ally Congress, NCP chief Sharad Pawar indirectly defended Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on 2002 communal riots by supporting the statement recently made by...
View ArticleWomen not safe in UP, says Modi
Gujarat CM and BJP Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh had deteriorated in the past decade and women were not safe even in their own homes. “Women are scared...
View ArticleKejriwal in fix: 3 MLAs give him 48-hr deadline
The AAP government seems headed for big trouble, with rebel MLA Vinod Kumar Binny, JD(U) legislator Shoaib Iqbal and Independent MLA Rambir Shokeen warning they will withdraw outside support if chief...
View ArticleYouth slaps Hooda in public, held
A youth slapped Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who was riding an open jeep, in full public view in Panipat this evening and was taken into custody immediately. As Mr Hooda’s jeep was...
View ArticleModi hits back, says Congress ‘bigger poison’
“If power is poison, the Congress is the most venomous party because it has been in power for the longest period. Poison is being spewed by the Congress. Zeher ki kheti hum nahin, Congress kar rahi...
View ArticleWill Jaya be 3rd front’s PM choice?
AIADMK chief and Tamil Nadu CM J. Jayalalithaa on Sunday announced an electoral alliance with the CPI and revealed that her Lok Sabha poll slogan will be “Peace, Prosperity, Progress”. CPI leader A.B....
View ArticleRahul’s word final for all LS nominations, Sonia’s for RS
With Rahul Gandhi’s elevation as vice-president last year, the Congress has for some time seemed divided between two power centres — he and mother Sonia, the party president. But to quell confusion in...
View ArticleJan Lokpal gets nod, stadium vote Feb. 16
The Delhi government on Monday approved the highly-anticipated anti-corruption measure Delhi Jan Lokpal Bill, which will have the chief minister, his Cabinet colleagues and all city administration...
View ArticleJaya’s signals on 3rd front worrying BJP
With AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa signalling the formation of a third front and the possibility of her emerging as its PM candidate, after meetings with top Left leaders in the past two days, the BJP...
View ArticleINS tells MRUC to withdraw its survey
The Indian Newspapers Society (INS) has given a deadline of 24 hours to the Media Research Users Council (MRUC) to withdraw its IRS 2013 findings that were released last week. The INS has warned that...
View ArticleMLA: BJP offered `20cr to topple AAP’s govt
In a tight corner after rebels threatened to topple its government in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party on Monday accused top BJP leaders, including Narendra Modi and Arun Jaitley, of trying to lure its MLAs...
View ArticleSecurity up for modi’s bengal rally
A team of the Gujarat police has arrived in the city to coordinate with West Bengal police, Kolkata police and NSG for the security arrangements for BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s...
View ArticleRaise tech spending: PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday that India is joining the Cern, a premiere European organisation for nuclear research, as an associate member and will also be partner with international...
View ArticleMachael encounter: army begins court martials
The Army has started court martial proceedings against half-a-dozen of its officers and jawans involved in the April 2010 staged encounter in which three Kashmiri youth were shot dead in cold blood in...
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