Mumbai: Targeting AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi, Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray said the Congress leader has no prospects of becoming Prime Minister of the country. "Never. Its not possible," Thackeray said in the second part of his interview to his party mouthpiece 'Saamna', when he was asked whether the Congress scion will become the PM. Thackeray said, he does not see leadership qualities in today's Congress leaders. "The era...
02:04 AM, Jan 10, 2012
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh's lawyer Ram Jethmalani on Monday alleged that the money in the cash-for-votes scam belonged to the Congress party. Jethmalani, who had on September 12 claimed that the bribe money came from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since LK Advani had said that his party had conducted a sting operation, made a U-turn and blamed Congress leader Ahmed Patel...
02:32 PM, Sep 19, 2011
New Delhi: The Congress party's main troubleshooters Pranab Mukherjee, P Chidambaram and Ahmed Patel met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his residence on Monday to discuss the Anna Hazare protest fast over the Lokpal issue. Sources told CNN-IBN that the government is thinking of placing the Jan Lokpal bill as a corrigendum in Parliament. They also said that there is no plan to withdraw the government version of the Lokpal...
11:29 PM, Aug 22, 2011
New Delhi: The illness of Sonia Gandhi, India's most powerful political leader, may have set off a risky succession that could propel her inexperienced son Rahul to government just as the Congress party battles corruption scandals and high inflation. The appointment of the 41-year-old Rahul to a quartet that will administer political affairs for Congress as she is being treated for an illness abroad came as a surprise to many,...
12:59 PM, Aug 06, 2011
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday underwent successful surgery in a New York hospital for an undisclosed ailment while her son and party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi was entrusted with overseeing Congress affairs. Sonia, 64, is likely to be out of the country for three weeks. The party kept the news of the surgery of its President a secret even as Sonia, accompanied by Rahul, had left earlier...
08:31 PM, Aug 04, 2011
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker Suhail Hindustani was arrested by the Delhi Police on Wednesday in connection with 2008 cash-for-vote scam. He has been arrested for facilitating the cash-for-vote deal under the Prevention of Corruption Act. Sources say he was the main person who acted as the broker between the two groups. Hindustani, who was also questioned questioned by Delhi Police's Crime Branch, has alleged that former Samajwadi...
06:17 PM, Jul 20, 2011
New Delhi: An alleged middleman in the cash-for-votes controversy related to the 2008 trust vote on Wednesday said Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh was the "main" man behind the scandal and also accused Ahmed Patel and other Congress leaders of involvement. "I have nothing to hide, Amar Singh has the main role in this," Suhail Hindustani told reporters Wednesday after being questioned by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police. "Amar...
02:41 PM, Jul 20, 2011
The panel was looking into allegations that bribes were paid to three BJP MPs. ...
02:02 AM, Dec 16, 2008
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