New Delhi: The war between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) party president Nitin Gadkari and L K Advani is now out in the open. Hours after the veteran leader slammed Gadkari for poor leadership, reports suggested that the party president was upset with the frontal attack on him. According to reports, a meeting has been called by Gadkari at his residence to discuss the impact of the bandh, where Advani and...
06:25 PM, May 31, 2012
Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh said the BJP was involved in illegal mining in the state. ...
03:04 PM, Mar 09, 2012
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday ordered a judicial enquiry into the alleged killing of Narendra Kumar, a 30-year-old IPS officer, in Morena. He was allegedly mowed down by a tractor-trolley on Thursday, when he tried to stop the vehicle carrying illegally mined stone. The announcement by the Chief Minister came after the IPS officer was cremated in Bhopal on Friday afternoon. Meanwhile, hitting out at...
01:31 PM, Mar 09, 2012
New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday took a dig at Mayawati for her contention that his party was responsible for the defeat of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. "We are grateful to Mayawatiji for giving Congress party the credit of defeating BSP," Singh told reporters in New Delhi. Singh was speaking at AICC headquarters after Congress president Sonia Gandhi held a meeting...
05:35 PM, Mar 07, 2012
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh has said that the loss in the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election needs introspection, adding that the party failed to convince the voter that they were in a position to defeat the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Digvijaya also took the responsibility for the poor performance of the party in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. He said, "I am a loyalist of the Congress...
06:26 PM, Mar 06, 2012
Lucknow: Congress would prefer to sit in the opposition in case it fell short of numbers in the election to the Uttar Pradesh assembly than supporting any other party, senior leader Digvijaya Singh has said. He also raised questions over the possibility of Congress ally RLD heading the government in case the combine gets majority. "We would not extend support to any other party and prefer sitting in the opposition...
05:08 PM, Feb 24, 2012
Lucknow: The BJP on Monday accused Congress leader Digvijaya Singh of hatching a conspiracy to get the nomination paper of its senior party leader Uma Bharti rejected. Terming it to be a desperate act, BJP spokesman Rajiv Pratap Rudy said Congress has conceded defeat and was therefore adopting indirect methods to dent BJP. He alleged that an application was moved through an independent candidate Rampal for cancellation of Bharti's nomination...
10:35 PM, Feb 06, 2012
Bahraich: Calling the Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid a "communal person", Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday said that Muslims of Uttar Pradesh will not be misled by his appeal, in which has urged them to vote for Samajwadi Party candidates. "Bukhari was a communal person, who at one time supported Osama Bin Laden and in 2004 issued fatwa in favour of BJP," Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh said....
07:44 AM, Jan 29, 2012
New Delhi: Anna Hazare's comments that a person has no option but to slap the corrupt when he runs out of tolerance and patience has stoked a fresh controversy. Hazare's comments have come in for sharp criticism from the political class with several leaders condemning it. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party and the Congress came out against Hazare's comment, saying that there are better ways to fight corruption...
12:31 PM, Jan 25, 2012
New Delhi: Anna Hazare's comments that a person has no option but to slap the corrupt when he runs out of tolerance and patience has stoked a fresh controversy. Hazare's comments have come in for sharp criticism from the political class with several leaders condemning it. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party and the Congress came out against Hazare's comment, saying that there are better ways to fight corruption...
12:31 PM, Jan 25, 2012
Lucknow: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday sought to dispel apprehension of members of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board on issues related to inclusion of their educational institutions under the Right To Education, saying minority institutions would be kept out of RTE purview. "The government has in principle agreed to keep minority institutions out of the purview of RTE while discussions were on regarding other issue related to...
10:47 AM, Jan 24, 2012
Bareilly: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Thursday said that with BJP leader Uma Bharti jumping into the electoral fray in Uttar Pradesh, infighting will increase among the chief ministerial aspirants in her party. He said Uma's entry from Charkari in Bundelkhand region would not affect Congress and BJP leaders who are eyeing chief minister's post should be worried about the development. "Uma's presence in UP will increase infighting within BJP....
12:59 AM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday sounded confident of his party occupying either the first or the second spot in Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Singh said that he would hold himself responsible if the Congress did not do very well in the elections and failed to secure the top or the second position after the votes are counted on March 6....
08:01 PM, Jan 18, 2012
New Delhi: A press meet called by yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Saturday witnessed high drama when a man, allegedly upset over the Batla House encounter, threw black ink at his face. Ramdev was addressing mediapersons on the issues of black money and corruption at the Constitutional Club in New Delhi on Saturday afternoon when the incident took place. The man, identified as Kamran Yunus Siddiqui, threw black ink on...
09:28 PM, Jan 14, 2012
New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday alleged there was a "well orchestrated conspiracy" by RSS behind the ink attack on yoga guru Ramdev and the NGO activist who did it was "anti Congress" and has links with BJP. "I have seen the visuals of the person who threw ink at Baba Ramdev and it seems there is politics behind it. It seems to be a well orchestrated conspiracy....
07:39 PM, Jan 14, 2012
displayed with permission. Use of the CNN name and/or logo on or as part of CNN-IBN does not derogate from the intellectual property rights of Cable News Network in respect of them.
Disclaimer: Network18 Media & Investments Limited is proposing, subject to market conditions and other considerations, an offer of its equity shares on rights basis and has filed a Draft Letter of Offer with the Securities and Exchange Board of India. The Draft Letter of Offer is available on the website of SEBI at www.sebi.gov.in and the websites of the Lead Managers at www.icicisecurities.com and www.rbs.in Investors should note that investment in equity shares involves a high degree of risk and are requested to refer to "Risk Factors" in the Draft Letter of Offer. The Equity Shares have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act"), or any state securities laws in the United States and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, "U.S. persons" (as defined in Regulation S under the US Securities Act) except in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the US Securities Act and in accordance with any applicable U.S. state securities laws.
Disclaimer: TV18 Broadcast Limited is proposing, subject to market conditions and other considerations, an offer of its equity shares on rights basis and has filed a Draft Letter of Offer with the Securities and Exchange Board of India. The Draft Letter of Offer is available on the website of SEBI at www.sebi.gov.in and the websites of the Lead Managers at www.icicisecurities.com and www.rbs.in Investors should note that investment in equity shares involves a high degree of risk and are requested to refer to "Risk Factors" in the Draft Letter of Offer. The Equity Shares have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act"), or any state securities laws in the United States and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, "U.S. persons" (as defined in Regulation S under the US Securities Act) except in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the US Securities Act and in accordance with any applicable U.S. state securities laws.
