Bangalore: In a jolt to the Congress in Karnataka, party opposition leader in the assembly Siddaramaiah on Friday announced his resignation from the post saying the High Command apparently lacked confidence in his leadership. "It looks that the High Command lacks faith in my leadership and since they have not taken me into confidence to nominate candidates to contest the Legislative Council election, I have tendered my resignation," he said....
02:16 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: The nation on Sunday remembered the country's first PM Jawaharlal Nehru on his 48th death anniversary, with President Pratibha Patil and Vice-President Hamid Ansari paying homage to him. Patil, Ansari and Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi paid floral tributes to Nehru at Shanti Van, his memorial on the banks of Yamuna here. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath were among prominent citizens who...
05:29 PM, May 27, 2012
New Delhi: Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will be visiting Guwahati on Saturday to attend the first anniversary celebration of the third consecutive term of the Congress government in the state. Meanwhile, ULFA hardliners have called for a 12-hour bandh in the state in protest against the visit. On Friday night, one person was killed in a bomb blast allegedly by anti-talk faction of ULFA in Tinsukia district....
08:29 AM, May 26, 2012
Guwahati: Barely a few hours ahead of the scheduled visit of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to Assam, a blast rocked the state's Tinsukia district late on Friday night, killing one person. Police said the blast took place at Philobari in Tinsukia district, over 500 km away from Guwahati. Police said that the bomb was planted in front of the house of a Congress leader and that it killed one person...
01:48 AM, May 26, 2012
Tinsukia: A day ahead of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's visit to Assam, one person was killed in a bomb blast by anti-talk faction of ULFA in Tinsukia district on Friday night, police said. The bomb was planted in a roadside at Selabari area. The deceased has been identified as A Agarwal, a local businessman, police said. Sonia is coming on a one-day visit to Guwahati on Saturday where she is...
11:14 PM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: Oil Minister Jaipal Reddy met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after returning from Turkmentistan. However, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) insisted that the meeting was not scheduled to discuss the petrol price hike. Reddy has also been summoned by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and he will meet her later on Friday to explain why the petrol price hike was necessary. Congress sources claimed that Sonia was unaware of the...
01:29 PM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: Oil Minister Jaipal Reddy is likely to meet UPA chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday. Reddy was not in the country when the petrol hike announcement was made on Wednesday. The meeting comes against the backdrop of Congress President's concern over the Rs 7.54 a litre increase and the party hinting at the possibility of at least a partial rollback of the decision. Reddy who came back from his...
09:53 AM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: Two days after the government announced the steepest petrol price hike ever, it may go for a partial roll back. However, Oil Minister S Jaipal Reddy on Thursday indicated that it may take a few days. Reddy cut short his Turkeministan visit and met Sonia Gandhi's political secretary Ahmed Patel to discuss the issue. AICC spokesperson Manish Tewari said the party was hopeful that some kind of a...
08:23 AM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has struck a deal with the Congress and agreed to back UPA-II's Presidential candidate, sources say. Even though the bonhomie between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party is growing there is no talk of the latter joining the government, at least till the Presidential polls are over, sources add. With the Samajwadi Party's support in the Presidential polls, the UPA's strength will...
11:09 AM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: NCP leader and former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma, in a bid to win over UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi apologised to her on the foreign origin issue of 1999. "I had apologised to Sonia Gandhi on the foreign origin issue," Sangma said. This came after Sonia snubbed him denying him an appointment. Sangma's dream of becoming the next President of India suffered a major blow on Tuesday as...
09:34 AM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav was the star of UPA-II's third anniversary dinner on Tuesday. While the key ally Trinamool Congress seems to be drifting away from the UPA, Mulayam was seen sharing the stage and then the high table with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi at the dinner, an honour reserved only for close allies. The big question that arises now is...
09:06 AM, May 23, 2012
Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee has said that she shares good relations with the PM and Sonia Gandhi and will not leave the UPA till she is asked to. ...
08:39 AM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: Battling perception of policy paralysis, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday acknowledged that the ruling alliance can earn another mandate only on the basis of its actions in coming two years and not promises. Speaking to allies at a dinner to mark the completion of three years of UPA-II, she accused the opposition of being aggressive and making irresponsible statements. "We are aware that only two years are...
02:49 AM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: The UPA has enumerated several projects it had sanctioned during 2011-12 through Jawahar Lal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and other schemes as the highlights of its endeavours in developing Urban India. "Twenty Seven projects have been approved during the year at an approved cost of Rs 2069.48 crore and Additional Central Assistance (ACA) commitment of Rs 955.31 crore under the Urban Infrastructure and Governance component of Jawahar...
01:30 AM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: On completion of three years in office on Tuesday, the UPA said it had taken several unique measures to empower women in the country. "National Mission for Empowerment of Women began a unique initiative in 2011 - a new model of 'convergence centres' for women called 'Poorna Shakti Kendras' dedicated to helping women access the benefits made available to them through various programmes in select districts of the...
01:11 AM, May 23, 2012
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