Ahmedabad: Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday faced increasing attack from dissidents and former state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders who were brought together by his predecessor Keshubhai Patel. The rebels went even said that Emergency was "better" than the Gujarat strongman's rule. Patel, a known rival of Modi, hosted the meeting of former chief minister Suresh Mehta, former Union minister Kanshiram Rana, former minister of state for home Gordhan...
09:28 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: The girl who questioned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is now a social media star. But interestingly, the debate has now shifted from Taniya Bhardwaj's stand on the conduct of senior state ministers and officials over crimes against women to her good looks. On May 19, Mamata called Presidency University student Taniya a CPI(M) cadre and a Maoist for asking a question during an open house session...
07:36 PM, May 21, 2012
Ahmedabad: District-level leaders from various parts of Gujarat on Friday urged former Gujarat chief minister Keshubhai Patel to take a lead in campaign against the incumbent chief minister Narendra Modi ahead of the state elections. Leaders, businessmen and important people from different districts kept pouring in at Keshubhai's residence in Gandhinagar on Friday, sources close to him said. "A meeting was held at the residence of Patel, in which, these...
11:12 PM, May 18, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: After holding office for a year, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy is patting himself on the back. But critics are not impressed. With the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government set to mark its first anniversary on Friday, Chandy seems to be riding an uncertain horse -- because of the nature of his coalition. Chandy led the UDF to a narrow victory last year, getting 72 seats, just edging...
01:28 PM, May 17, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee completes a year in office on May 20 saddled with a debt burden of over Rs 2 lakh crore, a not too happy relationship with ally Congress and criticism on handling of some issues. Speaking about her government's achievements, Mamata said: "We have been working with devotion, dedication, accountability and transparency. Whatever I do I take it as a challenge." Mamata, who coined...
11:34 AM, May 17, 2012
Chennai: A year after she stormed to power in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa still enjoys wide support in the state. But the number of critics is rising too. Reactions on one year of AIADMK rule varied as Jayalalithaa began her second year in office on Wednesday. It was on this day in 2011 that the actress-turned-politician took the oath of office -- for the third time since 1991....
03:58 PM, May 16, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Noted innovator, tech evangelist and policymaker Sam Pitroda has drawn up some 10 major projects for Kerala's resurgence that promise to change the face of the state, says Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. "We are confident that given Pitroda's acumen in projects that he will present, this is certainly going to change the face of the state in the near future," Chandy, currently in Mumbai to promote investments to the...
01:07 PM, May 15, 2012
Panaji: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who single-handedly scripted the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) victory in the recently held Goa polls, may soon be 'scripting' yet another success story. He is planning to pen down a memoir on his political life and the 56-year-old claims he has enough fodder to make it to the bestseller list. "I am now thinking of writing a book and I am sure it will be...
03:26 PM, May 14, 2012
CHENNAI: Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday indicated that the ball was in the Central governments court as far as the demand for setting up of a sub-committee of chief ministers to examine the provisions of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) is concerned.She was addressing the media with Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik after a 45-minute discussion with him after he called on her at her residence.When asked for...
09:11 AM, May 12, 2012
Hyderabad: Denied permission to address the media at the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) office, former Andhra Pradesh minister P Shankar Rao on Friday lodged a police complaint against Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy for violating provisions of the the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The senior legislator, who has been publicly attacking the chief minister, termed him anti-Dalit. Shankar Rao, who is the member of...
05:40 PM, May 11, 2012
Ranchi: The condition of Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda, his wife and four others, who suffered injuries when a helicopter carrying them crash-landed at the airport in Ranchi, is stable, doctors attending on them said on Thursday. "The condition of the CM and others is stable and improving. We will issue another medical bulletin later in the day," Apollo Hospital Superintendent PD Sinha said. "The doctors are following trauma protocol,"...
09:30 AM, May 10, 2012
Jaipur: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan on Wednesday met Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot over the issue of female foeticide, raised in the first episode of his television show 'Satyamev Jayate'. Addressing mediapersons after the meeting, Gehlot said that he had called an emergency meeting to discuss the issue after hearing about the episode. "Aamir's programme has created an environment against female foeticideI congratulate Aamir for finding time out of his...
06:32 PM, May 09, 2012
Chief Ministers of ten states, including that of West Bengal, will be meeting the Prime Minister on Saturday over the proposed counter-terrorism agency. ...
09:20 AM, May 05, 2012
New Delhi: The stage is set for a renewed Centre-state conflict over the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chairs a meeting on Saturday with chief ministers of ten states, including that of West Bengal, over the contentious issue in a bid to break the deadlock over it. Nearly three months after the Union Home Ministry notified setting up of the NCTC, its fate is...
07:27 AM, May 05, 2012
New Delhi: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said that it's unfortunate that some states harbour distrust with the central government on various issues. "We will resolve differences between some states and the central government. It's regrettable that after 5 such conferences, some states harbour distrust with the central government," he told reporters. "If the states are willing to accept more responsibility then we can step back. If the...
03:08 PM, Apr 17, 2012
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