Hyderabad: Seeking to boost the BJP's chances in the bye-election to Parkal Assembly seat in Telangana region, party MP and official spokesperson Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said separate Telangana was possible only with the BJP. Javadekar, who campaigned in support of the saffron party's nominee at Parkal in Warangal district, said separate statehood is neither possible with a sub-regional party like TRS, which has only two MPs nor with Congress....
03:10 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Kolkata: Several party workers of the Trinamool Congress and the CPI(M) clashed on Sunday as five municipalities across the state went to polls. The police had to resort to a mild lathicharge to control the situation. The Trinamool Congress and the Congress are contesting separately in these polls. The civic polls are a testing ground for both parties for the larger panchayat elections next year. The virtual split in the...
01:35 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Kolkata: Six municipalities across West Bengal are going to polls on Sunday. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Congress are contesting separately in these polls. The civic polls are a testing ground for both parties for the larger panchayat elections next year. The virtual split in the alliance was attributed to bitter relations between Congress and Trinamool Congress which jointly fought the 2011 Assembly polls. Congress alleged that its candidates...
11:22 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: A crucial by-election to the Kerala Assembly from Neyyattinkara segment in the district will be held on Saturday after a tumultous month-long campaign by the ruling Congress-led UDF and opposition LDF and BJP. A total of 1.6 lakh voters are eligible to cast their ballots in the polls. Though the main battle in Neyyatinkara, situated in the southernmost part of the state, is between R Selvaraj (Congress) and F...
03:31 AM, Jun 02, 2012
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who presented his maiden budget in the state Assembly o Friday, said efforts have been made to fulfil promises made to the people during the state election. "An effort has been made to fulfill all the poll promises," he said after presenting the annual budget for the current financial year. Yadav said no new tax has been proposed in the budget and efforts...
03:10 AM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: Faced with a tough situation in the Andhra Pradesh by-elections, Congress on Friday made it clear that it does not see the bypolls as a "referendum". "This is no referendum. These are by-elections and not general election.... We give them due importance a by election deserves," party spokesperson Renuka Chowdhary said. She was replying to questions on whether the Congress believes that the results in Andhra Pradesh by-elections...
01:58 AM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: A special court in Hyderabad will on Friday decide on the bail plea filed by YSR Congress leader Jagan Mohan Reddy. The YSR Congress Chief has been in prison since May 26 in an alleged disproportionate assets case. The court has on Thursday reserved its orders till Friday on the bail plea. The Court of Principal Special Judge for CBI cases had posted the matter to Friday after...
06:41 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh High Court is expected to hear YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy's bail petition on Thursday in the disproportionate assets case. The Kadapa MP is in judicial custody for 14-days. Jagan says this is a move by the CBI and the Congress to ensure he is not be able to campaign for the crucial bypolls in Andhra Pradesh. Jagan's mother YS Vijaya Lakshmi hit the campaign...
08:09 AM, May 31, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and state unit Congress president Manikrao Thakre on Wednesday targetted NCP for the party's debacle in recently held legislative council elections, almost putting the Sharad Pawar-led party on notice. "We decided to forget the past and fight the six legislative council polls from the local bodies constituencies with NCP. However our friends are not ready to give up their old habits. If this continues,...
01:16 AM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday sent letters rogatory against YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy's companies to London, Mauritius, Cyprus, Cayman Island, British Virgin Island and Isle of Man to get more information over investments made and received abroad. Meanwhile, Jagan's mother YS Vjayamma began YSR Congress's bypoll campaign from Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday. Vijayamma met Jagan in Chanchalguda jail cell on...
10:35 AM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: It's a blow which the government was quick to recover from. Less than 24 hours after Andhra Pradesh High Court struck down the sub-quota for minorities, the government is adamant to pursue it. The government has proposed creation of a 4.5 per cent sub-quota for notified minority groups out of the 27 per cent reservation meant for OBCs - a move which the Opposition says smacks of votebank...
09:44 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Election Commission is likely to issue its notification for the Presidential election by mid-June, setting in motion the process of election to the country's top post. President Pratibha Patil's term ends on July 24 and the EC notification in this regard will be issued sometime in mid-June. "The notification for the last Presidential election was issued on June 13. The EC will be issuing a notification around...
03:22 PM, May 29, 2012
Hyderabad: After spending the night at Hyderabad's Chanchalguda jail, YSR Congress chief and Kadapa MP Jagan Mohan Reddy moved the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court for bail on Tuesday in the disproportionate assets case. The bail has been posted for May 31 for hearing. Jagan met his family members including his wife Bharathi and mother YS Vijaya inside the jail on Tuesday morning before applying for bail. Jagan was...
12:29 PM, May 29, 2012
Hyderabad: YSR Congress chief and Kadapa MP Jagan Mohan Reddy is in more trouble in the alleged disproportionate assets case with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which was denied his custody, likely to move a higher court while the Enforcement Directorate, too, may question him. Jagan spent his first night in Hyderabad's Chanchalguda jail on Monday after a court sent him to 14-day judicial custody, which means he won't...
07:36 AM, May 29, 2012
Rajahmundry: YSR Congress leader and former Andhra Pradesh Minister Pilli Subash Chandra Bose on Monday said his party will bag the maximum number of seats in the June 12 by-elections in the state. Alleging the hand of Congress in the arrest of YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy, he said the ruling party was frightened by the prospect of losing the bypolls to 18 Assembly segments and one Lok Sabha...
04:51 AM, May 29, 2012
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