Islamabad: Pakistani opposition lawmakers and members of the treasury benches on Friday engaged in fisticuffs as Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh presented the government's new budget in Parliament amidst uproar. Members of the main opposition PML-N, who were protesting against power cuts and corruption during Shaikh's speech, scuffled with lawmakers of the ruling Pakistan People's Party in the National Assembly or lower house of parliament. Several lawmakers were seen raining...
11:04 AM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Friday refused to comment on the feud in the top leadership of the party. Modi, who was in New Delhi for a meeting with the Planning Commission to finalise the state's annual plan outlay, ignored queries from reporters on the leadership tussle in the party since its national executive meeting in Mumbai last week. He was asked questions on an editorial in...
11:18 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Is L K Advani's repeated public criticism of the BJP proof of deep divisions at the top of the party? ...
10:59 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday announced it would hold a fortnight-long agitation across the country from June 7 which would culminate in a court arrest programme on June 22 to protest steep hike in petrol prices, alleged attack on the country's federal structure by the Centre and price rise. In a statement, BJP general secretary Ananth Kumar said the decision to launch a 'Jan Sangharsh Abhiyan'...
10:00 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi met former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New Delhi on Friday amidst reports of growing rift within the top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership. The meeting assumes significance given the unease in the party and a growing distance between Modi and senior leaders LK Advani and Sushma Swaraj. Modi, who had come to attend a Planning Commission meet in Delhi, is keen...
08:02 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi met former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New Delhi on Friday amidst reports of growing rift within the top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership. The meeting assumes significance given the unease in the party and a growing distance between Modi and senior leaders LK Advani and Sushma Swaraj. Modi, who has come to attend a Planning Commission meet in Delhi, is keen...
06:26 PM, Jun 01, 2012
As the Mollywood screens are bombarded with new generation flicks, which has also started mincing money, it seems that director Amal Neerad cannot wait with his usual styles. He will be back into the fray with a different movie titled 'Bachelor Party' which will get into theatres on the eighth of this June. Basically a road movie telling the plot of five friends, the movie has an impressive cast starring...
03:22 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh said he agreed with senior leader LK Advani's remarks on party president Nitin Gadkari and the mood within the party. "Advaniji is the seniormost leader of the BJP and I accept whatever he says with all regards to him," Rajnath Singh said. Advani criticised party president Gadkari over the crucial decisions taken during UP elections and also the handling of...
02:33 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Lucknow: Amidst uproar and walkout by the BSP, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday presented his maiden state Budget for 2012-13 with no new tax and a provision of Rs 500 crore for waving farm loans. It also provides for unemployment allowance and laptops to school students. For the first time, the state's Budget size has crossed Rs 2 lakh crore. It has projected a deficit of Rs...
01:26 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: Amidst reports of a rift within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Delhi to attend a Planning Commission meet. Just a day after senior party leader LK Advani's blog criticised Nitin Gadkari, the party's mouthpiece Kamal Sandesh has slammed Narendra Modi. An editorial article calls the Gujarat Chief Minister a man in a hurry, who is damaging the fabric of...
11:30 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Ever since Balakrishna, a member of the Telugu Desam Party, openly announced that his campaign in the run-up to the June 12 by-polls would be through his film, it was anticipated that 'Adhinayakudu' will sooner or later land in trouble. The date has been advanced, however, by a complaint registered by a YSR Congress Party member with the Election Commission. The member of the said party took exception to a...
10:16 AM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will present his first budget in the state Assembly on Friday and some fireworks can be expected. The Chief Minister also handles the state's finance portfolio. The budget session of Uttar Pradesh started on a chaotic note last week with clashes between SP and BSP MLAs during the governor's speech. ...
08:24 AM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be split wide open. A day after senior leader LK Advani attacked party president Nitin Gadkari in his blog, BJP mouthpiece Kamal Sandesh has slammed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, calling him a man in a hurry, who is damaging the fabric of the party. Kamal Sandesh in its editorial on the just concluded BJP National Executive has lamented the lacuna...
07:37 AM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) takes on the government on a host of issues, the party is fighting an open battle at the top. Senior leader L K Advani on Thursday posted a blog expressing his discontent with party president Nitin Gadkarai. Advani even blamed Gadkari of undermining the campaign against corruption. But what sparked his criticism of the BJP president and praise for Sushma Swaraj and...
09:22 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Left Front hit out at the UPA government over falling the GDP. BJP leader Arun Jaitley said, "It's high time for the government to take concrete steps. The government has run out of ideas." Talking about policy paralysis, Jaitley said, "The government needs to build up consensus on policies within the party, alliance and the Opposition and come up with a proper...
04:08 PM, May 31, 2012
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