Patna: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad on Sunday opposed the Bihar government's proposal to take legal action against those holding demonstrations against the state and said the ruling JD(U) was moving towards dictatorship. "The Nitish Kumar government is moving towards dictatorship and it will soon collapse," he said. Accusing the chief minister of trying to gag people's voice, Prasad said, "Kumar is trying to enact a black law to prevent people...
01:20 AM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Vice President Hamid Ansari are clearly leading the race for the President's post. But at the moment, it's Ansari who has nose ahead in this neck and neck battle. The main point working in his favour is that a large section of the Congress is unwilling to let Pranab, a key trouble shooter for the government, go. Congress Spokeperson Renuka Chaudhary said, "Pranab...
08:57 PM, May 03, 2012
New Delhi: For the first time in the recent weeks, an official word has come from the Congress on party troubleshooter Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's nomination in the presidential race. Senior party leader Renuka Chowdhury on Thursday said that Pranab remains indispensable to the government. Chowdhary said, "He's such an active mind. We need him. I want to see him in many posts. Cannot imagine this government without Pranab." CPI(M)...
02:23 PM, May 03, 2012
New Delhi: Alleging "policy paralysis" in the Government, Opposition JD(U) on Monday urged the Centre to adopt a more coherent and stable approach to attract investment and accelerate the country's growth. Raising the issue in the Rajya Sabha through a Special Mention, NK Singh said the investment requirement in the country is huge with the power sector alone requiring $ 400 billion while infrastructure need has been pegged at $...
04:48 PM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon on Friday after the Opposition uproar over demand for dismissal of Home Minister P Chidambaram in the wake of allegations against his son Karti's investments in a telecom company. As soon as the Lok Sabha met, BJP members demanded Chidambaram's dismissal. "Chidambaram has indulged in massive corruption. He should be dismissed as Home Minister immediately," BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said. The...
12:30 PM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: Four regional parties, RLD, NCP, JD(U) and Samajwadi Party, have made their mark in Delhi municipal polls by opening their accounts though BSP suffered a setback as its tally went down. The list of successful independent candidates was big as 24 of them won as against 2007's figure of 16. The independents, who have won 14 seats in South Corporation, will play an important role as BJP needs...
08:55 PM, Apr 17, 2012
Lok Sabha on Tuesday unanimously censured Team Anna over its attacks on MPs. ...
10:21 PM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: It seems round two of Team Anna versus the political class has begun. Team Anna's scathing criticism of politicians has not gone down well with Parliamentarians across party lines. The NDA is set to demand the suspension of the Question Hour after Team Anna 'mocked' many politicians including JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav. The JD(U) chief along with Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj are expected to...
07:37 AM, Mar 27, 2012
Lucknow: JD(U) national president and NDA convenor Sharad Yadav on Saturday said he was of the opinion that there were no possibilities of mid-term Lok Sabha polls in the immediate future. "It is not right for me to comment on whatever he (SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav) has said... This only he can tell in detail... but from my view mid-term elections are nowhere visible as of now," Yadav told...
04:58 PM, Mar 24, 2012
Patna: Contest appears to be on the cards during Rajya Sabha elections for six seats in Bihar with an independent candidate claiming support of RJD-LJP and Congress MLAs entering the fray along with four JD(U) leaders and two from the BJP. State JD(U) president Bashishtha Narayan Singh, its senior leaders Ali Anwar Ansari, Mahendra Prasad and Anil Kumar Sahni, besides BJP general secretaries Dharmendra Pradhan and Ravi Shankar Prasad submitted...
05:23 PM, Mar 19, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP Parliamentary Party and NDA floor leaders in both Houses of Parliament will hold separate meetings on Sunday to discuss the strategy to take on the UPA government in the coming Budget Session on issues like price rise, corruption and Indian children in Norway. The main opposition's parliamentary party leaders will meet on Sunday at 11 am under the leadership of their chief LK Advani to discuss...
08:49 AM, Mar 11, 2012
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday asked the BJP and the Congress to respect the regional parties because of their dominance in states. Kumar said the coalition era will continue and big parties like Congress and BJP should respect the regional parties for their dominance in the states. Kumar, JD(U) leader, is heading a coalition government in the state with the BJP as its junior partner. "Congress should...
08:04 AM, Mar 11, 2012
Imphal: Eleven non-Congress parties have formed People's Democratic Alliance in Manipur, sources in the parties said on Sunday. Sources said the parties which formed PDA included NCP, Manipur People's Party, CPI, CPM and others. CPI secretary of Manipur unit M Nara, a former minister contesting from Wangjing Tengtha seat of Thoubal district, said they were just waiting for the election results. "We are just waiting for the results," Nara said,...
06:29 PM, Mar 04, 2012
Patna: The RJD on Sunday said it will bring privilege notice against Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal during the budget session of Parliament beginning next month for his "unsavoury remarks" against MPs. "Kejriwal has not only insulted Parliamentarians, but Parliament and the electorate as well by referring to the MPs as rapists, murderers and looters at an election rally at Ghaziabad yesterday," RJD general secretary Ram Kripal Yadav said. "Kejriwal...
08:44 PM, Feb 26, 2012
Greater Noida: Jailed farmer leader Manvir Singh Tewatia, who is out on parole, filed his nomination papers as JD(U) candidate for Jewar assembly seat on Wednesday. On court's directives, Tewatia came out on parole on Tuesday but was unable to complete the work prior to filing his papers. He had led the farmer agitation in Bhatta Parsaul villages demanding higher compensation and amendment in Land Acquisition Act. He was arrested...
01:39 AM, Feb 09, 2012
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