Rahul Gandhi on a day's visit to Kolkata
9/6/2010 1:14:00 PM |
| Kolkata, Sep 6 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi arrived in Kolkata Monday on a day's visit to launch the membership drive of the Youth Congress in West Bengal. |
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Punjab not to acquire land without owners' consent
9/6/2010 12:34:00 PM |
| Chandigarh, Sep 6 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has said that no land in the state will be acquired from farmers without obtaining their prior consent, a state government spokesman said here Monday. |
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Joint appeal to Maoists helped free cops: Nitish Kumar
9/6/2010 12:01:00 PM |
| Patna, Sep 6 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday said a joint appeal by political parties as well as public pressure helped secure the release of the three policemen who were abducted by Maoists over a week ago. |
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UPA, Left taking advantage of Maoist problem: Katiyar
9/5/2010 10:55:00 PM |
| Kolkata, Sep 5 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice president Vinay Katiyar Sunday accused the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre and West Bengal's Left Front government of using the Maoist problem for political gains. |
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BJP again takes Ayodhya issue to high pitch
9/5/2010 9:17:00 PM |
| Lucknow, Sep 5 (IANS) The Ayodhya temple issue that helped the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) come to power in the past appears to be taking a dominant position once again with a meeting of the party's Uttar Pradesh executive concluding Sunday by taking it to a high pitch. |
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Delhi BJP gets new office-bearers
9/5/2010 8:34:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) 'Youthful faces' have been included in the Bharatiya Janata Party's Delhi unit that has been reconstituted over four months after the new president's appointment. |
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RSS seeks consensus on Ramjanmabhoomi issue
9/5/2010 7:56:00 PM |
| Kolkata, Sep 5 (IANS) The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sunday pitched for a national consensus on the controversial Ram Janmabhomi issue and said parliament should discuss the matter after a court delivers its judgment later this month. |
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Haryana governor clarifies 'signing machine' comments
9/5/2010 7:55:00 PM |
| Chandigarh, Sep 5 (IANS) A day after he created a controversy here by saying that he was only a 'signing machine', Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia Sunday said that he had been misquoted by the media and that the remarks referred to his 1989-90 tenure as Bihar governor. |
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Suspense over release of abducted Bihar cops
9/5/2010 7:17:00 PM |
| Patna, Sep 5 (IANS) The suspense over the release of three Bihar policemen abducted by Maoists deepened Sunday evening with police saying that there was information that they had not been freed. Local media earlier claimed that the hostage crisis had ended. |
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Silent march to unite warring Thackeray cousins
9/5/2010 5:11:00 PM |
| Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) A group of Shiv Sena supporters here Sunday marched from the residences of the warring Thackeray cousins, Uddhav and Raj, in an attempt to unite them even as the party dismissed the effort as an attempt to confuse the people. |
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I have become a 'signing machine': Haryana governor
9/4/2010 10:09:00 PM |
| Chandigarh, Sep 4 (IANS) Expressing discontent over his lack of power and authority, Haryana governor Jagannath Pahadia Saturday called himself a 'signing machine' and said that he had no say in the crucial government affairs. |
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Trinamool Congress does not support shutdown politics: Mamata
9/4/2010 9:47:00 PM |
| Kolkata, Sep 4 (IANS) Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Saturday termed the Sep 7 general strike spear-headed by the trade unions of the Left parties and other outfits as 'one imposed on the people' and said her party did not support the 'shutdown politics'. |
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Letter exposes differences in Uttar Pradesh BJP
9/4/2010 9:47:00 PM |
| Lucknow, Sep 4 (IANS) Differences within the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Uttar Pradesh unit came to the fore here Saturday when copies of a letter containing names of allegedly corrupt party leaders were circulated during a meeting here. |
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Attack on woman cop exposes Uttar Pradesh's law, order: Joshi
9/4/2010 8:46:00 PM |
| Lucknow, Sep 4 (IANS) Referring to the assault on a woman police officer earlier this week in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Murli Manohar Joshi said here Saturday that the state government has failed in maintaining law and order. |
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Rahul Gandhi attacks Nitish Kumar
9/4/2010 8:27:00 PM |
| Patna, Sep 4 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday while kicking off the party's election campaign in Saharsa and Samastipur districts in the poll-bound state. |
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Bihar government to initiate dialogue with Maoists
9/4/2010 7:26:00 PM |
| Patna, Sep 4 (IANS) The Bihar government will hold talks with the Maoists on their demand for release of their eight jailed commanders in exchange for the three abducted policemen, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced after an all-party meeting here Saturday. |
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Trinamool leaders meet police chief on CPI-M 'terror camps'
9/4/2010 7:26:00 PM |
| Kolkata, Sep 4 (IANS) A team of Trinamool Congress leaders Saturday met the West Bengal police chief Naparajit Mukherjee to apprise him of the 'terror camps' being run by the Communist party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activists in West Bengal's Maoist-affected areas. |
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Telangana ministers demand postponement of state exam
9/4/2010 6:54:00 PM |
| Hyderabad, Sep 4 (IANS) A group of ministers from Telangana region Saturday urged Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah to postpone the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) selection test as a showdown looks inevitable with students from the region intensifying their protest and calling for a shutdown Sunday. |
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ABVP sweeps DUSU elections
9/4/2010 4:33:00 PM |
New Delhi, Sep 4 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) student's wing, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), swept Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) elections on Saturday, giving a jolt to Congress party backed National Students Union of India (NSUI), wining three out of the four top posts, including that of the President. |
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Shiv Sena mouthpiece raises Sonia's foreign origin issue again
9/4/2010 3:20:00 PM |
| Mumbai, Sep. 4 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Saturday raised the issue of Sonia Gandhi's foreign origins once again and wondered if there was a 'man' in the Congress party, a day after Gandhi was re-elected party chief for a record fourth successive term. |
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