Roll back petrol price hike immediately: Naqvi

Roll back petrol price hike immediately: Naqvi

BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi courted arrest on Thursday as a part of the Bharat bandh. ...
03:43 PM, May 31, 2012

Bharat bandh: Protestors block traffic in Delhi

Bharat bandh: Protestors block traffic in Delhi New Delhi: The bandh called by NDA and Left parties to protest the hike in petrol prices did not evoke much response in the national capital though party supporters blocked traffic in some places. Small shops were seen open in many areas in the morning while commuters complained that there were less autos on roads as number of auto and taxi unions have joined the protest. BJP activists led by...
11:04 AM, May 31, 2012

Bharat bandh: Naqvi courts arrest in Delhi

Bharat bandh: Naqvi courts arrest in Delhi New Delhi: BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi courted arrest in Delhi during the Bharat bandh protesting against the petrol price hike. Naqvi tweeted, "I am arrested, While taking part in protest program against Petrol price rise, @ akshardham." (sic). Before courting arrest, Naqvi told CNN-IBN, "Reports suggest that the bandh is a success. These protests are a show that the common man won't tolerate price hikes. I appeal to all...
10:44 AM, May 31, 2012

Bharat bandh: Sharad Yadav detained in Bihar

Bharat bandh: Sharad Yadav detained in Bihar New Delhi: JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav was detained on Thursday in Bihar while he tried to enforce the Bharat bandh. JD(U)'s women's wing also stalled traffic on rail route in Patna. BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi also courted arrest in Delhi. He tweeted, "I am arrested, While taking part in protest program against Petrol price rise, @ akshardham." (sic). In Allahabad, Samajwadi Party workers, too, jammed the Delhi-Howrah rail route...
10:30 AM, May 31, 2012

UPA government may not last full term: Naqvi

UPA government may not last full term: Naqvi Ahmedabad: The UPA government is likely to fall in 2013 and the country will have to face the mid term polls, BJP national vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi claimed on Wednesday. "There is every possibility that allies of Congress that are present in UPA today will desert the government due to large-scale corruption, price rise and policy and decision paralysis that has plagued this government," he said. "This government is likely...
03:30 AM, May 31, 2012
There is a rift between PM, Sonia Gandhi: BJP

There is a rift between PM, Sonia Gandhi: BJP

Commenting on the UPA, BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that it "seems like this will be the last term of Parliament under this government". ...
03:15 PM, Apr 25, 2012
We don't need any certificate from Rushdie: BJP

We don't need any certificate from Rushdie: BJP

BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said has criticised Salman Rushdie for making comments on the Indian political situation. ...
11:10 AM, Mar 18, 2012

UP Polls: BJP confident of forming its own govt

UP Polls: BJP confident of forming its own govt Rampur: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has ruled out any post-poll alliance with Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). BJP MP Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said, "There is no question of a post-poll alliance with BSP." He also said that the BJP was confident of forming a government in Uttar Pradesh. "We are confident of forming a government on our own. We won't go for a post-poll alliance with the BSP or...
11:19 AM, Mar 03, 2012
Kejriwal's comment is an insult: Congress, BJP

Kejriwal's comment is an insult: Congress, BJP

The Congress and the BJP unite in slamming Team Anna Member Arvind Kejriwal for his statement against Parliamentarians. ...
03:26 PM, Feb 26, 2012

NRHM scam: Six booked in accountant's murder

NRHM scam: Six booked in accountant's murder Lakhimpur Kheri: Mayawati faced the heat on the multi-crore NRHM scam on Friday even as six health officials including the chief medical officer were booked on charges of criminal conspiracy and murder of an accountant in connection with the corruption case. An FIR under sections 302 (murder) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) was lodged with the city police against six health officials, Additional Superintendent of Police Rajiv Malhotra said. They are...
07:01 PM, Feb 17, 2012

Cong will weep after UP assembly poll results: BJP

Cong will weep after UP assembly poll results: BJP 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

Cong will weep after UP poll results: BJP

Cong will weep after UP poll results: BJP 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

Narendra Modi to campaign in Uttar Pradesh

Narendra Modi to campaign in Uttar Pradesh New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who has skipped the BJP's poll campaign in Punjab and Uttarakhand, will drum up support for the party in Uttar Pradesh elections. "Yes, he will participate in election campaign of BJP in Uttar Pradesh.. The dates are being finalised," BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told reporters on Friday in reply to a question. Modi has stayed away from the party's poll campaign...
06:00 PM, Feb 10, 2012

BJP asks PM to break silence on Batla encounter

BJP asks PM to break silence on Batla encounter New Delhi: Taking exception to Law Minister Salman Khurshid raking up the Batla House encounter in UP poll campaign, the BJP on Friday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to "break his silence" and clear the clouds over the "sensitive" issue. "The Prime Minister would have to break his silence...The Prime Minister should make it clear today itself if his Home Minister is speaking the truth or his Law Minister," said...
05:27 PM, Feb 10, 2012

Modi to campaign in poll-bound UP from Jan 31

Modi to campaign in poll-bound UP from Jan 31 New Delhi: Armed with catchy slogans and a hi-tech campaign, BJP will unleash all its senior leaders including Narendra Modi in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh from January 31. The party's campaign plans give a clear indication that it will make a major issue of the Centre's decision to provide reservation to backward minorities in a bid to consolidate its OBC base. The party will also seek to highlight "misrule" of the...
03:02 AM, Jan 20, 2012
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