New Delhi: The court hearing of the SIT report on the Gulbarg society case in the 2002 riots will not just have legal, but political implications as well. It will make clear whether Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi can move out of the state to national politics. Lion of Gujarat, Chote Sardaar, the Chief Minister of Gujarat goes by many names to his friends. For his rivals, he is a...
09:27 AM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: 24 hours after the Election Commission complained about Law Minister Salman Khursid to the President, he maintains, his sub-quota promise was part of the Congress manifesto. Pulled up by his party on one hand, Khurshid was defended by Congress leader Digvijaya Singh while the Opposition demands his resignation. The Prime Minister is likely to call a meeting on the crisis on Monday. The sources told CNN-IBN that Khurshid...
09:33 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Azamgarh: With less than 24 hours to go before Uttar Pradesh votes in the first phase, all eyes are on the state's large 18 per cent Muslim vote. How crucial will it be this time around? Young Muslims of Uttar Pradesh are debating quota for the Muslims announced by the Congress and the Samajwadi Party. A Muslim voter in Uttar Pradesh Madiur Rehman believes that caste is a reality in...
06:21 AM, Feb 07, 2012
On this episode we bring you a glimpse of the Muslims not as voters but as ordinary people. ...
11:56 PM, Feb 04, 2012
New Delhi: Former attorney general Soli Sorabjee on Saturday supported the 2G trial court order rejecting Janata party President Subramanian Swamy's plea against Home Minister P Chidambaram. He said that special CBI Judge OP Saini was an efficient judge and his order mean that there may not have been a strong case against Chidambaram. "Judge Saini has a good reputation, he's supposed to be a good and an honest judge....
02:55 PM, Feb 04, 2012
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government is moving quickly to comply with the ruling of the Election Commission that all elephants in public parks be covered up. All the statues of Mayawati and supposed BSP symbol, elephant, have to be covered by 5 pm on Wednesday and the task is now becoming expensive and difficult. The state government is spending as much as over Rs 1 crore on draping the statues....
08:15 PM, Jan 10, 2012
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) will issue a show-cause notice to Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid for election code violation on Wednesday. Khurshid on Monday had said that the government will increase quota for minorities from 4.5 per cent to 9 per cent if the Congress is voted to power. The EC has taken cognizance of the BJP's complaint against Khurshid's statement which the BJP has termed as unconstitutional....
03:21 PM, Jan 10, 2012
New Delhi: RJD MP Rajniti Prasad tore some papers, threw it in the well of the House and shouted slogans protesting against the Lokpal Bill. His party colleague Ramkripal Yadav also protested against the Bill. "It was a spontaneous act not planned. It will benefit everyone. I tore the bill because I felt it was not a good bill. I wasn't helping the government, if it was so I wouldnt...
06:29 AM, Dec 30, 2011
New Delhi: The government on Friday faced stiff opposition from the Left and the Right for its decision to give quotas for Muslim OBCs ahead of Uttar Pradesh elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dismissed the move as unconstitutional and the Left alleged that it was a pre-poll gimmick by the Congress. Though the dates for the assembly elections are yet to be announced, the battle-lines have already been drawn....
10:08 PM, Dec 23, 2011
New Delhi: The Lokpal Bill to tackle corruption almost got hijacked on Thursday over the issue of reservation for minorities. Pressure from RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh forced the government to bring back the minority quota in the nine member Lokpal. But now the BJP is upset over the issue. Experts too say it could be deemed unconstitutional. That's because the draft that was...
07:10 AM, Dec 23, 2011
New Delhi: The clamour for inclusion of quota in the Lokpal Bill is becoming louder as the Government agrees to introduce the Bill in Parliament in the winter session itself. Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh and Lok Janshakti Party president Ram Vilas Paswan have reiterated their demand for reservation in Lokpal - while the BJP has called it a political stunt. Team Anna meanwhile has been silent on the issue...
09:48 PM, Dec 19, 2011
New Delhi: Under fire from the BJP for his alleged role of asking for dilution of cases against hotelier SP Gupta, Home Minister P Chidambaram is getting into damage control mode himself, giving a clear idea of the entire sequence of events. Chidambaram claimed that the first representation from SP Gupta came in July 2004. Home Secretary then sought advice from the Law Ministry. Chidambaram said that in his note...
07:16 PM, Dec 16, 2011
A video journalist, who was present at the location during the Parliament attack, relives the horror. ...
10:12 AM, Dec 13, 2011
New Delhi: At the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance discussing the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Bill, there was a scuffle between Congress Spokesperson Rashid Alvi and BJP leader SS Ahluwalia as Alvi accused Ahluwalia of having leaked the draft to the media. For proof, Alvi reportedly said he got a phone call from a journalist who mistakenly assumed he was speaking to Ahluwalia. "He (Alvi) said I had...
11:52 PM, Dec 08, 2011
We have already said that we will continue to boycott Chidambaram for his role in the 2G scam, BJP leader Smriti Irani said. ...
01:55 PM, Dec 08, 2011
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