Bharatiya Janata Party chief Rajnath Singh on Saturday gave a call to his party cadre to put up a united fight in the next general elections to oust the "corrupt, ineffective" United Progressive Alliance as he took on the Congress-led government over its alleged failure on internal security, economy and foreign policy fronts. ...
11:42 PM, Mar 02, 2013
The BJP core group will meet on Friday at 5.30 pm to decide on the National Council meeting which will ratify Rajnath Singh's election as party chief. This will be the first core group meet after Rajnath's election as party president. ...
09:16 AM, Feb 01, 2013
Surajkund: Don't touch any colleague's feet in order to go up the party ladder, Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. Concerned over a culture of patronage, Gadkari declared at the party's National Council meeting here: "There will be no protocol in the party... I am ordering it." Citing his own example, Gadkari said if an ordinary worker like him could become the party president, others too had...
05:03 PM, Sep 27, 2012
New Delhi: Top BJP leaders including state chief ministers will be gathering in Surajkund in Haryana on Wednesday for a three-day conclave. This comprises an executive meet that will be followed by a two-day national council meet. The main opposition party is expected to propose strategies to project itself as an alternative to the UPA. The party is expected to adopt three resolutions including one on the current political situation...
07:14 AM, Sep 26, 2012
New Delhi: Concerned over the state of skill development, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday asked the ministries to prepare plans for the next year with special focus on skilling needs of minorities, SC, ST and backwards. Chairing a meeting of the National Council on Skill Development, he asked his Cabinet colleagues to focus on sectors like infrastructure, real estate, auto and auto components, textile, healthcare, retail and logistics. Singh...
09:56 PM, Jan 19, 2012
Hyderabad: The CPI's National Council on Friday resolved to build people's struggles on issues of land, jobs and food by joining hands with all democratic forces. "The main issues we have identified are land, unemployment, food and democratic rights. The main thrust of the resolution is that we should build these struggles." "In order to do so, our party has called for the broadest democratic unity of all sections of...
10:50 PM, Jan 06, 2012
Tripoli: Battle-hardened Libyan combatants joined the fight to capture a desert town from well-armed loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi on Sunday after the head of Libya's interim council warned that the ousted leader still posed a threat. Gaddafi troops firing rockets and mortars held up local fighters trying to push into the northern outskirts of Bani Walid, which lies 150 km southeast of Tripoli. Scores of uniformed soldiers and experienced fighters...
05:45 PM, Sep 11, 2011
Melbourne: A Gurdwara in the Australian state of Victoria has been vandalised in what is believed to be a "racial" attack, sparking fears among the minority community which has appealed for greater security for the Sikhs. Sikhs in Shepparton in northern Victoria have appealed to those who vandalised their Gurdwara to leave them alone. "Why they're doing it we don't know and we think there's a bit of racism -...
07:54 PM, Jun 02, 2011
London: England batting star Kevin Pietersen, who is returning from an injury, has warned critics not to write him off, saying he is still hungry for runs. Pietersen, 30, flew home from the 2011 World Cup even though medical reports suggested he could have completed the tournament. The South African-born batsmen, who has been out because of hernia, was under fire after he had made an appearance at a London...
08:12 PM, Jan 29, 2008
Cardiff: England captain Andrew Strauss insisted there were no cracks in his relationship with Kevin Pietersen after he suggested the batsman wanted "desperately to be liked but does not know the best way go about it". Strauss made the comments in the recently published 'Andrew Strauss: Winning the Ashes Down Under', his account of England's 3-1 series victory in Australia which concluded in January. South Africa born and raised Pietersen...
07:56 PM, Jan 29, 2008
Mumbai: Shahid Afridi had approached Wasim Akram for advise before being sacked as skipper in the wake of his outburst against coach Waqar Younis, the Pakistani fast bowling great has revealed. However, the damage, by his comments, had been done as the PCB chose Misbah-ul-haq to lead the side in the ODI series against Ireland. "Afridi called me to tell that he had spoken against Waqar and asked me what...
01:16 AM, Jan 29, 2008
London: Ravi Bopara's decision to stay way from the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to work well for his international career as the batsman is tipped to replace Paul Collingwood in the Test squad for the upcoming series against Sri Lanka starting May 26. Bopara, who turned down the offer from Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians, faces tough competition from Eion Morgan and James Hildreth but remains favourite...
10:38 AM, Jan 27, 2008
BJP takes a resolution titled 'Betrayal of the Common Man' saying Congress was letting down the commoner. ...
07:37 PM, Dec 24, 2006
The BJP has hasn’t forgotten the Ayodhya temple or Hindutva, party chief Rajnath Singh insists. ...
05:37 PM, Dec 23, 2006
Ratification of newly elected President by the National Council is mandatory according to party's constitution. ...
04:23 PM, Dec 23, 2006
Rajnath tells BJP’s National Council on Saturday that he is the ‘bridegroom’ who would take UP. ...
03:19 PM, Dec 23, 2006
