Allahabad: Terming Congress leader Salman Khurshid's remarks on minorities sub-quota as an 'election stunt', BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Sunday demanded his 'expulsion' from the Union Cabinet. "The Law Minister's talk of greater sub-quota for Muslims is just an election stunt. But the disregard he has shown to the Election Commission's warnings is a cause for concern and requires strong action," Gadkari told an election rally in Phulpur, 40 kms...
08:48 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Rae Bareli: Taking on Sonia Gandhi in her constituency, BJP leader Uma Bharti on Sunday blamed the Congress for backwardness and poverty in Rae Bareli. She also asked the Congress chief to give a clarification on the Batla House encounter issue following "contradictory statements" from her party leaders. Bharti also demanded that Election Commission should take stern action against Salman Khurshid for his recent statements on the minorities' sub quota....
07:31 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Mumbai: Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray on Sunday doesn't rule out accepting estranged nephew Raj Thackeray back in the party but says Raj will need to take the first step. Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN, Thackeray also touched upon many issues. Thackeray also admitted that Raj's exit has resulted in a split in the Marathi vote bank. He also added that a split in the Marathi vote bank is bound to...
06:58 PM, Feb 12, 2012
The EC's letter has been forwarded by President Pratibha Patil to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. ...
05:33 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Sultanpur: Attacking both SP and BSP for supporting Congress-led UPA government at the Centre, senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh on Sunday charged both parties with supporting it for "saving" their leaders from CBI probe. "The SP and BSP have supported Congress-led UPA government at the Centre to save their leaders from the probe by CBI, which is under direct control of the Centre," Singh said while addressing an election meeting....
04:39 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Ambaji: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is observing his final 'Sadbhavna Mission' fast at Ambaji in north Gujarat on Sunday. Modi, who has so far held 32 fasts under Sadbhavna Mission, has chosen the temple town of Ambaji to end the series of his day-long fasts. This fast is taking place just a day before a trial court takes up the SIT report which reportedly found no evidence to prosecute...
03:46 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Cyrus Broacha also talks about BJP ministers caught watching porn in Karnataka Assembly, Lalit Modi, Cricket and much more. ...
03:17 PM, Feb 12, 2012
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gets set to ask Law Minister Salman Khurshid to explain his stand on his standoff with the Election Commission, CNN-IBN asks some hitherto unanswered questions. Did Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid make the Muslim sub-quota remark because the Congress desperation for Muslim vote has grown in UP? Was it because Khurshid's wife is facing a tough fight in Farroukhabad? Why has the Government stayed silent ...
02:01 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Ghaziabad: Irrespective of the fact whether Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has shed tears on the Batla house issue or not, her party will weep after the declarations of UP poll results, the BJP on Sunday said. "Digvijay Singh says that Sonia Gandhi did not shed tears on the Batla house issue, while other party members say that she wept over it, but it is sure that Congress will weep after...
01:47 PM, Feb 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress has reportedly pulled up Law Minister Salman Khurshid for taking on the Election Commission saying it expected its leaders to respect and work within parameters of the Constitution and institutions. Sources told CNN-IBN that the government or the Law Minister was expected to issue a clarification saying that he never meant to show any disrespect to the EC, that he valued the Commission as an institution...
12:30 PM, Feb 12, 2012
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
Hyderabad: Alleging that Congress has been "deceiving" people on separate Telangana issue, BJP on Saturday said the UPA government should move a Bill on the formation of the state in the coming budget session of the Parliament. Addressing a public meeting organised at the Nizam College Grounds on the conclusion of 24-day 'Telangana Poru Yatra' (struggle for Telangana), former BJP President M Venkaiah Naidu said the Congress party should have...
12:30 AM, Feb 12, 2012
Ghaziabad: Irrespective of the fact whether Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has shed tears on the Batla house issue or not, her party will weep after the declarations of UP poll results, BJP on Saturday said. "Digvijay Singh says that Sonia Gandhi did not shed tears on the Batla house issue, while other party members say that she wept over it, but it is sure that the Congress will weep after...
12:18 AM, Feb 12, 2012
New Delhi: With Election Commission seeking President Pratibha Patil's intervention on Law Minister Salman Khurshid's defiance of poll body's censure of his sub-quota remarks, BJP on Saturday sought his immediate dismissal from the cabinet. "We demand his immediate sacking from the Union Cabinet and ask the Prime Minister to clarify the stand of the government," said BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi who had earlier complained to the EC against...
10:55 PM, Feb 11, 2012
Ghaziabad: Irrespective of the fact whether Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has shed tears on the Batla house issue or not, her party will weep after the declarations of UP poll results, BJP said on Saturday. "Digvijay Singh says that Sonia Gandhi did not shed tears on the Batla house issue, while other party members say that she wept over it, but it is sure that Congress will weep after the...
09:49 PM, Feb 11, 2012
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