Anna had made a solid dent in Rahul's image. New York Times wrote on 28 August 2011, 'For Mr Gandhi, the crisis interrupted what was widely assumed to be his own coming out as the new leader of the Congress . . . Instead, Mr Hazare upended the political landscape and Mr Gandhi disappeared for days before his speech in Parliament.' There can't be a bigger setback for Rahul Gandhi...
12:01 AM, Mar 12, 2012
Rajiv Gandhi was still alive. The RSS mobilization on the Ayodhya issue was peaking. I was in JNU, studying international politics. The campus was untouched by religious polarization because student politics was dominated by the students' wings of left parties. The Students' Federation of India (SFI) was the leading force. JNU was a very open and liberal campus. Gender equality was a big thing and violence was anathema. The National...
12:06 AM, Mar 05, 2012
Lalitpur (Jhansi): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi is on a rallying spree across Uttar Pradesh, the state where he has much at stake in the forthcoming elections. However, on the first day of his five-day tour of the Bundelkhand region, the Congress leader was in for a disappointment because of the dismal turn-out at his rally at Lalitpur. Empty chairs greeted the few who had braved the cold to listen...
02:39 PM, Jan 18, 2012
Ayodhya: A transgender, claiming to be a true disciple of Lord Rama, is giving sleepless nights to other candidates in the temple town of Ayodhya. While it's difficult to say how many votes Gulshan alias Bindu would be able to garner in the coming elections, 'she' has undoubtedly made the poll scene in the constituency exciting. Gulshan has roped in some of the most high-profile transgenders from across the country...
01:55 PM, Jan 18, 2012
Jhansi: The poll frenzy in UP has made some leaders oblivious of the traffic rules. Two senior Congress leaders - Union Minister Pradeep Jain Aditya and Congress MP Raj Babbar - were seen in Jhansi, driving a scooter, without their helmets. The leaders were on a trip across the city on Monday to monitor the preparations for Rahul Gandhi's rally. The question, however, that many of the onlookers were asking...
04:55 PM, Jan 17, 2012
Lucknow: Muslims in Uttar Pradesh will play a deciding role in at least 113 seats in the forthcoming Assembly elections. No wonder, all parties except the BJP is putting their best foot forward in order to woo the community. Congress so far seems to be a clear favourite, especially after the party's recent promise of giving 4.5 per cent out of the 27 per cent reserved for the OBCs in...
01:07 PM, Jan 17, 2012
Chandigarh: Problems for senior Akali Dal leader Sukhir Singh Badal ahead of the Assembly elections. An IAS officer has alleged that Badal tried to frame him in a corruption case in 2009 for not paying him Rs 1 crore as bribe. IAS officer V K Janjua says he has also filed a case against Badal and others in a Chandigarh court in this connection. Addressing a press conference in Chandigarh...
04:38 PM, Jan 16, 2012
Lucknow: Although there is no dearth of tainted politicians and criminals in the UP Assembly polls, there are at least six candidates in the fray who are running the show from behind the bars. The Poorvanchal region of the state has the highest number of such candidates. The voters in the region are caught in a bind here and are having a tough time deciding who to vote for. In...
04:04 PM, Jan 14, 2012
Lucknow: The weather is proving to be the biggest adversary of the political parties in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh. The plans of the various parties to cover as many areas as possible in a day's campaign are being spoiled by the chilly winter and fog. Most of the elections in UP have been during the summers. That makes it easier for senior party leaders to campaign in most of the constituencies...
04:00 PM, Jan 14, 2012
Shivpuri: Uttar Pradesh police has rescued a woman from the captivity of her mother and brothers in the Shivpuri district of the state. Police said the 22-year-old Rashmi Pawar called Police Commissioner R P Singh on Monday. She alleged that her mother Usha Pawar and brothers Bhanu and Sonu frequently asked for money from her. When she refused, they would beat her up and lock her in a room. When...
04:48 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Koshambi: A man was hacked to death by one of his sons after the father killed another son in the Koshambi district of Uttar Pradesh on Monday night. After an argument turned ugly between one Mainkulal Raidas and his son Anesh in the Saini locality of Kamalpur village in Koshambi, Raidas attacked Anesh with an axe gravely injuring him, police sources told IBN7 on Monday. Anesh later succumbed to his...
02:37 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Rajya Sabha MP Mohan Singh has been dropped as party spokesperson of SP. ...
11:32 PM, Jan 05, 2012
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav said that his party will continue to support the Congress in order to defeat communal forces. In an interview to IBN7, he said there is no point in withdrawing support now as Union elections are coming in 2014. "We support Congress to stop communal forces. What's the use now to withdraw support? Now the elections are coming after two years. we won't...
06:19 PM, Jan 05, 2012
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid has defended the way the Government aggressively pushed for its own version of the Lokpal Bill after Congress President Sonia Gandhi gave a war call. Speaking exclusively to IBN7, Khurshid likened Sonia Gandhi to a General, calling the party foot soldiers. Prabhu Chawla: Why has the government's language changed after Sonia Gandhi said the Congress would fight for the Lokpal Bill? Salman Khurshid:...
10:09 AM, Dec 24, 2011
These attacks made us realize that terrorism is the greatest threat to democratic nations, BJP leader LK Advani said. ...
07:46 AM, Dec 13, 2011
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