Washington: Bharatiya Janata Party would make public the names of 800 Indian account holders in Swiss Banks if it comes into power in the 2014 general elections, senior party leader Yashwant Sinha has said. "Of course, we will do. Of course, we will do," Sinha told a small audience at an event organised by a recently formed Washington-based Indian American think-tank Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS). "Will...
05:53 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday invoked an oft-quoted line of Jesus Christ to dismiss the Bharatiya Janata Party's allegation that he or his son had financially benefited from a telecom deal in 2006 when he was finance minister. "'Father forgive them for they know not what they do' I pray the god forgive their sins," Chidambaram said in the Lok Sabha, recalling a lesson a missionary teacher...
04:09 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday clarified in Parliament that his son had no role to play in the Aircel-Maxis deal. Chidambaram read his son's statement in Lok Sabha amidst slogan shouting by the Opposition MPs. In an attempt to distance himself and his son from the Aircel-Maxis deal Chidambaram read out his son Karti Chidambaram's statement in the Lok Sabha but was unable to do so without...
02:40 PM, May 10, 2012
Chennai: Karti Chidambaram, son of Home Minister P Chidambaram, on Thursday dismissed allegations by BJP MP Yashwant Sinha that he owns five per cent stake in a telecom company which was benefited from the 2G spectrum allocation. In a statement, Karti said it was "deeply regretted" that the privileged forum of Parliament is misused to make "wild and reckless" allegations against a private citizen. His remarks came as Sinha raised...
02:24 PM, May 10, 2012
Congress leader Ambika Soni said that the Opposition is not co-operating on allowing any discussion. ...
05:39 PM, Apr 20, 2012
The PM's Economic Advisor, Kaushik Basu, said on Friday that economic reforms were unlikely in India before the 2014 polls. ...
12:07 PM, Apr 20, 2012
Economist Gurcharan Das commended Kaushik Basu, the PM's Economic Advisor, for openly suggesting that economic reforms were unlikely before 2014. ...
10:32 AM, Apr 20, 2012
An FIR has been filed against Vectra, the company providing parts to BEML. Its Chief Ravi Rishi has been called for questioning. ...
11:26 PM, Mar 30, 2012
New Delhi: Bowing to protests by jewelers and demands in Parliament, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee hinted at a roll back of the excise duty on unbranded jewellery but ruled out going back on the hike in import duty on gold and platinum. He also promised to reconsider the proposal to make it mandatory the use of PAN card for purchase of jewellery of over Rs 2 lakh. "I understand the...
07:37 PM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: Facing strong protests from within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), its Rajya Sabha candidate from Jharkhand, Anshuman Mishra, has said that he will withdraw his nomination on Thursday. The decision came hours after BJP MLAs from Jharkhand decided to dump Mishra and abstain from voting in the Rajya Sabha elections following his attack on veteran leaders L K Advani and Yashwant Sinha. BJP leader Ananth Kumar said that...
07:49 PM, Mar 21, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs in Jharkhand have decided to abstain from voting in the Rajya Sabha elections. The MLAs wont vote for Anshuman Mishra. According to BJP leader Ananth Kumar, no MLA from the party will participate in the voting as "there is rampant horse trading". Earlier on Wednesday, Mishra dismissed reports of him giving up his nomination for Rajya Sabha following objection by senior BJP...
05:03 PM, Mar 21, 2012
New Delhi: The controversy within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over Rajya Sabha nominations continues to simmer with the party-backed independent candidate Anshuman Mishra hitting out at LK Advani. Without naming Advani, he said that it's time for those who admire Paksitan's founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah to plan their retirement. "BJP leaders who are 85 years old and are admirers of Jinnah should think of their retirement now," said Mishra. ...
02:21 PM, Mar 21, 2012
New Delhi: Anshuman Mishra, the Independent candidate backed by the BJP for Rajya Sabha from Jharkhand did a U-turn on Wednesday saying he will contest the elections. "I have changed my mind, I am staying firm on my decision to contest the Rajya Sabha polls. People of Jharkhand want me to go to Rajya Sabha," Mishra told CNN-IBN. Mishra on Tuesday said that he was ready to withdraw his nomination...
11:18 AM, Mar 21, 2012
New Delhi: Anshuman Mishra, the Independent candidate for Rajya Sabha from Jharkhand has withdrawn his nomination after senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha lashed out over his name being backed. Mishra won the backing of a section of BJP for his Rajya Sabha candidature but the party did not renominate its Deputy Leader in the Upper House SS Ahluwalia, apparently to accommodate him. Senior leaders have asked parliamentary party chief LK...
06:43 AM, Mar 21, 2012
Anshuman Mishra has decided to withdraw his Rajya Sabha nomination after senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha lashed out over the issue. ...
11:56 PM, Mar 20, 2012
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