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
New Delhi: The Congress has not projected any chief minister in the hotly contested Uttar Pradesh elections that began on Wednesday and "youth icon" Rahul Gandhi is not a candidate, says a senior leader. "Our focus is on the campaign now. When it comes to selecting a legislature party leader, we will cross the bridge when we come to it," Mohan Prakash, chief of the state's election screening committee, told...
05:16 PM, Feb 08, 2012
Lucknow: Throwing his weight behind Samajwadi party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid Maulana Ahmad Bukhari on Saturday appealed to Muslims to vote for SP candidates in upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. But the Imam's appeal has significantly not gone down well within the SP itself when the party's Muslim face Azam Khan seemed to question the cleric's political loyalties. "Imam has plunged into political discussion...
07:47 PM, Jan 28, 2012
Anand (Gujarat): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar had a close door meeting at the latter's ashram in Anklavdi village on Saturday. According to officials of the Chief Minister's office, the meeting, which lasted over 40 minutes, was held to discuss programmes to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. Ashram spokesperson Mehul Sharma told reporters that Modi had come to Anklavdi for...
03:52 PM, Oct 29, 2011
New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh now targetted Spiritual Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and alleged that the RSS was using Team Anna. The spiritual guru though refused to be drawn into an exchange with the Congress. It's seems like the drama of the absurd. Even as Anna Hazare continues to maintain his maun vrat (vow of silence), Digvijaya Singh continues to level allegations against Team Anna. Singh on Thursday...
08:37 PM, Oct 27, 2011
New Delhi: Notwithstanding criticism from the ruling party, Team Anna on Tuesday looked 'united' in countering the allegations faced by its members and called for a core committee meeting on October 29 to reach a consensus on all the issues. Hazare and Kejriwal on Tuesday came out in full support of Kiran Bedi, saying they are ready to face punishment if proved to be wrong. They also said that government...
08:19 PM, Oct 25, 2011
Lucknow: Terming the Jan Chetna yatra of senior BJP leader LK Advani as a drama, AICC general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Sunday said there is no response to it. "BJP's credibility has decreased and people understand that Jan Chetna Yatra of LK Advani is nothing more than a drama," he told reporters. "Advani thought that there was a huge crowd in Anna Hazare's campaign and he should use it, but...
11:12 PM, Oct 16, 2011
New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday said that the party had released the audio recordings of Lokpal Bill Joint Drafting Committee meeting following the principle of transparency. He further said that the fact that total proceedings of the meetings were recorded showed the intent of the government for transparency. The Congress leader also pointed that 26-28 suggestions of Team Anna were incorporated in the draft bill, adding that...
08:56 PM, Oct 10, 2011
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh has accused Anna Hazare, saying he is a mask of all anti-Congress parties and is being backed by the BJP. Speaking in Agra, Singh said, "The BJP intends to put up Hazare as the presidential candidate of all anti-Congress parties. Anna Hazare is a mask of all anti-Congress parties." Singh, who has in the past alleged openly about Anna Hazare and RSS link,...
08:26 AM, Oct 10, 2011
New Delhi: Congress on Friday saw nothing wrong over the debate for a relook at the Right To Information Act amid growing complaints that it was affecting government functioning and allegation that the law was being misused. "I think there is an invigorating and vigorous debate on RTI. There is no denying on that the RTI has been an instrument of empowering people. Now whether that empowerment is affecting efficiency...
08:54 PM, Oct 07, 2011
New Delhi: Twenty-two people who used websites to allegedly post "highly offensive" content against Congress leader Digvijaya Singh will face a criminal case following a complaint filed by him. The Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police's Crime Branch registered a case under Section 66 of IT Act, which deals with punishment for sending offensive messages through communication services, on September 29. The registration of the case came after 44-days of...
01:18 PM, Oct 01, 2011
Jabalpur: Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Sunday demanded a CBI probe into the UTI scam in which the financial body had lost Rs 25,000 crore during former union minister Yashwant Sinha's stint in the NDA rule. Digvijay Singh said, "CBI should probe the role of the then Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha into the UTI scam, as its capital was reduced to Rs 50,000 crore from Rs 75,000 crore during...
11:32 PM, Sep 25, 2011
Indore: Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Monday said that BJP president Nitin Gadkari should explain the growth in his assets/income over the years. "Nitin Gadkari should disclose his present assets, and what was his income fifteen years ago," Singh said here. He alleged that Gadkari had spent crores of rupees during his son's wedding in Nagpur, where "two lakh people had been invited". "Let him answer (on the wedding...
05:03 PM, Sep 19, 2011
The Congress General Secretary said that Modi should at least have expressed remorse for the Gujarat riot deaths. ...
11:44 PM, Sep 12, 2011
Guna: Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Friday expressed sympathy for the beleaguered former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh who was arrested in the cash-for-vote scam case two days ago. "I have full sympathy for Amar Singh and I believe that he will be proved innocent," Digvijay Singh told reporters at Raghogarh. He also strongly condemned Wednesday's blast outside the Delhi High Court and asked people not to politicise the...
08:02 AM, Sep 09, 2011
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