
Agra: Sudheendra Kulkarni, former aide of LK Advani, on Sunday supported the BJP leader Uma Bharti as party's chief ministerial candidate, days after party chief Nitin Gadkari had reportedly projected her as the leading candidate of the party. Recently, Gadkari's statement, in which he reportedly projected Bharti as the chief ministerial candidate in UP elections, had created a flutter within the party. "If BJP comes to power Uma Bharti's name...

12:11 AM, Feb 27, 2012

From free school dresses to girls to 24 hour free electricity for farmers, the political parties are not leaving any stone unturned in a bid to woo voters. ...

06:18 PM, Jan 31, 2012

Rudrapur: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani launched a scathing attack on Congress President and United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday, alleging that not many in the country know her views on vital issues. Advani, who is on a nation-wide anti-corruption yatra which will end on November 20, said in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, that people across the country have not heard Sonia Gandhi for a long time. ...

05:16 PM, Nov 19, 2011

New Delhi: The BJP is planning to formally felicitate Sudheendra Kulkarni and the other MPs after they got bail in the cash-for-votes case. The party spokesperson has said that the court's order shows they are whistleblowers in the case and therefore cannot be accused. IBN 18 Editor-in-Chief spoke to Sudheendra Kulkarni about the the cash-for-vote case. Here are the excerpts of the interview: Rajdeep Sardesai: After what you have gone...

09:56 PM, Nov 18, 2011

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has all along maintained that its MPs were whistleblowers, will now felicitate the accused MPs and Sudheendra Kulkarni in a ceremony. But 3 years after the scandal, with the accused now out on bail, the question is as to where does the case stand. A defiant Sudheendra Kulkarni, a day after he walked out of Tihar jail on bail in the cash-for-votes...

08:25 PM, Nov 18, 2011

New Delhi: Sudheendra Kulkarni, the key accused in the cash-for-votes case and former close aide of senior BJP leader LK Advani on Friday said BJP's stand on the case has been vindicated. "Stand of all the people who stood by exposing this shameful act has been vindicated," Kulkarni told CNN-IBN. Opposition MPs were allegedly bribed ahead of 2008 trust vote and three BJP MPs brandished the bribe money in Lok...

12:27 PM, Nov 18, 2011

New Delhi: All the accused in the cash-for-votes scam including former BJP MPs Fagan Singh Kulaste and Mahavir Singh Bhagora and LK Advani's former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni walked out of the Tihar jail on Thursday, after they got bail on Wednesday. After walking out of the jail, Mahaveer Bhagora said, "We never had any kind of problem in the jail. We will decide the future course of action later." The...

07:24 PM, Nov 17, 2011

Sudheendra Kulkarni and former BJP MPs Fagan Kulaste and Mahavir Bhagora will walk out of Tihar jail on Thursday. ...

10:53 PM, Nov 16, 2011

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court made it clear that there is no scientific proof of tampering with video or audio of the cash-for-votes scam while grating bail to six accused in the case on Wednesday. Justice ML Mehta also said that there is no prima facie evidence on record of demands and receipt of illegal gratification by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ashok Argal and its former MPs Fagan...

04:41 PM, Nov 16, 2011

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will be hearing the bail applications of Sanjeev Saxena, Sudheendra Kulkarni and former BJP MPs Faggan Singh Khulaste and Mahavir Bhagora on Monday. All of them are accused in 2008 Cash-for-votes case. On October 25, the Tees Hazari court had dismissed the bail plea of Kulkarni and two others in connection with the cash-for-votes scam. The court had also dismissed the bail applications of...

07:53 AM, Nov 14, 2011

New Delhi: BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Monday visited Tihar jail to meet two former party MPs Fuggan Singh Kulaste, Mahavir Singh Bhagora and LK Advani's former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni. Gadkari met them after the Delhi High Court on Monday sought response from the police on their bail pleas. Kulkarni, who is in jail since September 27, has challenged the trial court's order which had rejected his bail plea saying...

08:02 PM, Oct 31, 2011

New Delhi: BJP president Nitin Gadkari will meet two former BJP MPs Fuggan Singh Kulaste, Mahavir Singh Bhagora and LK Advani's former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni in Tihar Jail on Monday, sources said. He will meet them after the Delhi High Court on Monday sought response from the police on their bail pleas. Kulkarni, who is in jail since September 27, has challenged the trial court's order which had rejected his...

02:02 PM, Oct 31, 2011

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday sought response from the police on the bail pleas of four accused, including Sudheendra Kulkarni, a former aide of BJP leader LK Advani, and two ex-BJP MPs in the cash-for-vote scam. Issuing notice to Delhi Police, Justice ML Mehta sought its response by November 14 on the bail pleas of Kulkarni, former BJP MPs Faggan Singh Kulaste, Mahabir Singh Bhagora and alleged...

11:01 AM, Oct 31, 2011

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will on Monday hear the bail plea of BJP leader LK Advani's former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni in connection with the cash-for-votes scam. On October 25, the Tees Hazari court had dismissed the bail plea of Kulkarni and two others in connection with the cash-for-votes scam. The court had also dismissed the bail applications of two former BJP MPs Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahabir Singh...

09:33 AM, Oct 31, 2011

New Delhi: Sudheendra Kulkarni, former aide of BJP leader LK Advani and an accused in cash-for-vote case, on Saturday moved the Delhi High Court against refusal of bail to him by the trial court. Besides, Kulkarni, former BJP MPs Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahabir Singh Bhagora also approached High Court challenging the verdict of the trial court dismissing their bail pleas. Kulkarni, who is in jail since September 27, has...

05:33 PM, Oct 29, 2011