"I am not registered to vote and frankly I don't care," says 19-year-old Sahira Singh, in her 2nd year at George Washington University in Washington ...
05:59 PM, Sep 18, 2012
Mehsana: Ahead of the 2012 Gujarat Assembly elections, Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday started his election campaign with a strong message against the Centre. Criticising the Congress, Modi said the CBI is being used to target him. With Vikenanda Yuva Vikas Yatra, the Chief Minister hit the campaign trail early as the Assembly elections will be a key to determine the prospect of Modi both in Gujarat and in...
07:43 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Amethi: Undeterred by the poll debacle in Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday advised party workers to shun groupism and strengthen the organisation. "You all should shun groupism and work unitedly to strengthen the party. Some changes are in the offing to strengthen the organisation...I want to see the strong organisation at village level", Rahul told party workers while reviewing the party's performance in Amethi...
02:36 AM, May 02, 2012
Lucknow: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will visit his Parliamentary constituency Amethi from April 30 to May 2 for the first time since his party's drubbing in the recent Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. According to Gandhi's office in New Delhi, he will interact with party workers in his Parliamentary Constituency. This will be his first visit to Uttar Pradesh after his party's dismal show in the Assembly elections in...
03:26 PM, Apr 26, 2012
New Delhi: A blame-game over the Congress debacle in Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls is expected to begin on Thursday when Rahul Gandhi sets out on the task of analysing the outcome which has come as a rude shock to the party. Gandhi, who led the party in the crucial polls, will be meeting state party leaders in a move to set the house in order ahead of the Lok Sabha...
03:44 AM, Apr 05, 2012
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party Supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday said strict action could be initiated against ministers if any celebratory firing takes place during their felicitation. "The ministers involved in such an act creating inconvenience to people will not be tolerated. We will take strict action those ministers and they can even be removed (from the ministry)," he said. A young boy was killed during celebratory firing allegedly by Samajwadi...
04:55 PM, Mar 19, 2012
Samajwadi Party workers were on Sunday seen brandishing guns at MLA Mehboob Ali's victory rally on the Lucknow-Delhi road. ...
11:42 AM, Mar 19, 2012
Panaji: Still smarting under its recent debacle in Goa polls, Opposition Congress has failed to elect its leader for the Assembly leaving the decision to party president Sonia Gandhi. Senior party leaders Mukul Vasnik and Jagmit Singh Brar held discussions with individual legislators after the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) failed to arrive at a consensus over the leader at its meeting held on Saturday evening. Three CLP members Atanasio Monserratte,...
02:38 PM, Mar 18, 2012
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad Azam Khan on Sunday took oath as a Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister for the second time following the fiasco on the first occasion when he had not taken the pledge of secrecy and office as per the Constitutional procedures. Khan was administered oath by Governor BL Joshi at a function at Raj Bhawan in the presence of senior party leaders including Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister...
02:23 PM, Mar 18, 2012
New Delhi: Samjawadi Party leader Azam Khan will be sworn-in again on Sunday as a Uttar Pradesh cabinet member. That is because he did not fully read out his oath during the March 15 ceremony. A PIL brought this to notice after which the Governor's office looked into the recordings and found that he repeatedly ignored reading out full sentences despite being corrected by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav....
06:31 AM, Mar 18, 2012
New Delhi/Dehra Dun: With a solution to the crisis in Uttarkhand continuing to elude the party, Congress on Saturday said rebel leader and Union Minister Harish Rawat will be given "his due" but ruled out changing Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna. The name of Rawat's wife is being considered for Rajya Sabha nomination for the lone vacant seat from the hill state, AICC general secretary Chaudhary Birender Singh told reporters in...
01:39 AM, Mar 18, 2012
New Delhi: There seems to no end to worries for the Congress in Uttarakhand. New state Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna is in Delhi and sources say he is trying to reach out to the Harish Rawat camp. But the rebel leader is reluctant to meet him. Rawat sent three more MLAs to take oath on Friday, but is waiting for a concrete offer from the leadership to end the crisis....
10:25 AM, Mar 17, 2012
Lucknow: Haunted by the spectre of a repeat of hooliganism that marred the the 2004-2007 tenure of the Samajwadi Party government, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday issued fresh guidelines with regard to putting up of hoardings and use of party flags on vehicles and asked them to remain within the 'Lakshman rekha'. According to the diktat, the chief minister has put a blanket ban on putting up...
03:13 AM, Mar 17, 2012
New Delhi: Beleaguered Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Friday said he would make efforts to resolve differences with senior Congress leader Harish Rawat and hoped that the party would be able to prove majority and form government in the state. "Harish Rawat has been a senior Congressman and I am confident that we will sort out all the differences after sitting together and I will personally make a lot...
02:39 AM, Mar 17, 2012
Lucknow: It was high drama in Lucknow on Thursday as the Samajwadi Party workers created a ruckus after Akhilesh Yadav's oath-taking ceremony. Despite promises to restore law and order, several ministers with criminal records were sworn into the new Cabinet as well. Another surprising element of the oath-taking ceremony was that even the common friend of Mayawati and Mulayam, Ponty chadha's son, was also there. Later, over enthusiastic Samajwadi Party...
06:42 PM, Mar 15, 2012
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand Congress continued to remain in turmoil on Thursday as only 14 of the 32 party MLAs turned up to take oath as members of the House. The remaining 18 MLAs, who belong to the Harish Rawat faction, stayed away. This comes two days after Vijay Bahuguna was sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of the state on Tuesday, with Rawat boycotting the ceremony. Harish Rawat is peeved...
04:42 PM, Mar 15, 2012
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday took his oath to office in Lucknow to become the youngest Chief Minister of India's largest state, Uttar Pradesh. A total of 47 ministers have sworn in, including 19 Cabinet ministers and 28 MOS, along with Akhilesh Yadav. Akhilesh led his party to win 224 seats in the Assembly Elections. "Samajwadi Party will fulfill promises made in the manifesto. Law and...
11:48 AM, Mar 15, 2012
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav will take charge on Thursday as the youngest Chief Minister of India's largest state, Uttar Pradesh. Akhilesh will take his oath to office in Lucknow. Akhileshs father Mulayam Singh Yadav has indicated that the cabinet will be a small one, with his uncle Shivpal Yadav and Azam Khan the Samajwadi Party's Muslim face being given key portfolios. Both leaders will also be sworn-in...
06:16 AM, Mar 15, 2012
New Delhi: Veteran Congress leader Harish Rawat on Wednesday was meeting Congress MP Pradeep Tamta along with his supporter MLAs. The meeting comes even as the Congress is battling rumours that Rawat is set on joining the BJP, after the Congress made Vijay Bahuguna the chief minister of Uttarakhand. Rawat had sent in his resignation to Congress President Sonia Gandhi after it had been decided to make Bahuguna the chief...
12:06 PM, Mar 14, 2012
New Delhi: A week after election debacle of the party, the Congress split is wide open in Uttarakhand. In a dramatic turn of events, Congress MP Vijay Bhauguna was finally sworn in as the Chief Minister, but party strongman and Union Minister Harish Rawat and his supporters defied the party leadership and boycotted the ceremony. With a wafer thin majority in the state, the durability of the new government remains...
09:32 PM, Mar 13, 2012
