BJP raises pitch, wants government to sack Khurshid

BJP raises pitch, wants government to sack Khurshid

The Election Commission on Saturday sought the 'immediate and decisive' intervention of President after it charged Congress minister Salman Khurshid with 'improper and unlawful' defiance of its orders under which he was censured for promising sub-quota for minorities. ...
10:01 AM, Feb 12, 2012
UP campaign trail with Uma Bharti

UP campaign trail with Uma Bharti

Uma Bharti is the star campaigner of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh as she leads the election campaign in the state. ...
12:12 AM, Feb 11, 2012

Emaar-MGF chargesheet spells trouble for Jagan?

Emaar-MGF chargesheet spells trouble for Jagan? New Delhi: The CBI chargesheet in the Emaar - MGF scam in Andhra Pradesh could spell more trouble for Jagan Mohan Reddy. The chargesheet accessed by CNN-IBN says Emaar-MGF had misappropriated funds in excess of Rs 100 crore in the deal. A close aide of Jagan Reddy, Sunil Reddy, has already been arrested in the scam. The CBI chargesheet says that investigations are still on to find out who was...
06:23 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Uma Bharti leads BJP's poll campaign in UP

Uma Bharti leads BJP's poll campaign in UP

Uma Bharti is the star campaigner of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh as she leads the election campaign in the state. ...
08:18 AM, Feb 09, 2012
Centre's quota move will have no impact: Akhilesh Yadav

Centre's quota move will have no impact: Akhilesh Yadav

CNN-IBN's national bureau chief Bhupendra Chaubey met young Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav during the UP campaign trail. ...
12:28 AM, Feb 04, 2012

No SP-Cong alliance for now: Akhilesh Yadav

No SP-Cong alliance for now: Akhilesh Yadav Lucknow: As Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi slug it out to win votes, there's another star in the making, Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav. As he takes over the reins from his father Mulayam Singh Yadav, the young leader is confident that his party will do well, but remains non committal as far as an alliance with the Congress is concerned. He also said that...
09:10 AM, Feb 03, 2012
SC order not a reprieve for Chidambaram: Swamy

SC order not a reprieve for Chidambaram: Swamy

The Supreme Court on Thursday referred the P Chidambaram's matter in the 2G case to the trial court. ...
12:21 PM, Feb 02, 2012

Lucknow: Play 'lampooning' Mayawati stopped

Lucknow: Play 'lampooning' Mayawati stopped New Delhi: The Lucknow administration has stopped the enactment of a play named 'My Sandal'. The administration clamped down on the play, says it was an attempt to lampoon Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati. The play apparently had a character named Maya and had references to 'Maya's Sandal' and 'Maya's elephant'. ...
12:14 PM, Jan 25, 2012

Kalmadi should step down as IOA chief: Maken

Kalmadi should step down as IOA chief: Maken New Delhi: The controversy within the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) refuses to die out. A day after CNN-IBN aired an exclusive report, which has been given by Justice UC Banerjee, who still claims to be the Chairman of the Ethics Commission of the IOA, an all out war has now broken out on whether the order is valid or not. The Chairman of the disbanded Ethics Commission of IOA had...
06:51 PM, Jan 24, 2012

Kalmadi to challenge IOA's suspension order

Kalmadi to challenge IOA's suspension order New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has suspended and served a show cause notice to former Commonwealth Games (CWG) OC Chairman Suresh Kalmadi. CNN-IBN accessed a copy of an interim suspension order passed by the Ethics Commission against Suresh Kalmadi, Former Secretary-General of CWG OC Lalit Bhanot and and former Director-General VK Verma. However, sources told CNN-IBN that Kalmadi will challenge the order. The order is dated December 6,...
05:53 PM, Jan 22, 2012

Suspension order against Kalmadi, Bhanot: Sources

Suspension order against Kalmadi, Bhanot: Sources New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has suspended and served a show cause notice to former Commonwealth Games (CWG) OC Chairman Suresh Kalmadi. CNN-IBN accessed a copy of an interim suspension order passed by the Ethics Commission against Suresh Kalmadi, Former Secretary-General of CWG OC Lalit Bhanot and and former Director-General VK Verma. The order is dated December 6, 2011 but is being served against them now as all...
01:16 PM, Jan 22, 2012

Sorry state of affairs in PSUs exposed

Sorry state of affairs in PSUs exposed New Delhi: The sorry state of the recruitment process for PSU bosses is out in the open as CNN-IBN has accessed a copy of a secret Finance Ministry note that shows that a possible contender for the post of National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) chairman is being probed in a corruption case. NMDC, one of the richest public sector undertaking units of the country, has now become the subject of...
09:59 AM, Jan 19, 2012

Congress, BJP find the going tough in UP polls

Congress, BJP find the going tough in UP polls New Delhi: The Congress appears to have realised that the going is set to be tougher for the party in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections and, therefore, it has backtracked on its promise to provide 9 per cent quota to the Muslims under the OBC category. An internal survey by the Congress has shown that Muslims are not supporting them to the degree the party assumed they would. Probably, it...
08:26 PM, Jan 13, 2012
CNN-IBN predicted the disruption strategy

CNN-IBN predicted the disruption strategy

The UPA government ensured that there was no voting on the Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha. ...
01:01 AM, Dec 30, 2011

No Constitutional status to Lokpal a big loss for Cong?

No Constitutional status to Lokpal a big loss for Cong? New Delhi: The UPA Government suffered a major embarrassment on Tuesday when the legislation to give Lokpal a Constitutional status was defeated on the floor of the lower House for want of requisite two-third majority, even as the anti-corruption bill was passed after a marathon 11-hour session. The Constitution Amendment Bill, an idea of Rahul Gandhi to give Constitutional status to Lokpal and Lokayukta, should have more than 50 per...
07:24 AM, Dec 28, 2011