Bangalore: The BJP central leaders Arun Jaitley and Dharmendra Pradhan held discussions with senior party figures from Karnataka on Tuesday on former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa's demand to make him the State President or face the prospect of his exit from the party. Yeddyurappa left for his home town of Shikaripura in Shimoga district on Monday night to attend a "pre-arranged" function, making it clear he has no intention of...
07:35 PM, Oct 02, 2012
The judiciary has roundly criticised Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley's remark that pre-retirement judgements are influenced by the judges' post-retirement plans. Justice VN Khare joined the list of the judges to have come out guns blazing against the BJP leader. "It's absolutely wrong. It's an unfortunate statement," he said. "You appoint a judge because he's honest. Till he's a judge it's fine but when he retires he becomes ...
03:46 PM, Oct 01, 2012
New Delhi: Former Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde condemned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley's comments on the judiciary. "It's unfortunate that a senior leader and lawyer like Arun Jaitley has made such a statement," Hegde said. Arun Jaitley had alleged that judgements at times are influenced by post-retirement jobs. His comments did not go well with Law Minister Salman Khurshid who also hit back at him. "As a...
01:23 PM, Oct 01, 2012
Former Law Minister and member of India Against Corruption Shanti Bhushan has said there's a need for a National Judicial Commission in order to clean up the judiciary and punish corrupt judges. He backed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley saying, "Jaitley is basically right. Although we have many excellent judges in SC and HC who are competent and do not look for post retirement prospects, but there are ...
11:47 AM, Oct 01, 2012
New Delhi: Law Minister Salman Khurshid has hit back at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley for his comment on judges judgements being affected by their post-retirement plans. "As a Law Minister, it's my job to have good working relationship with judges. But this doesn't mean their integrity is being compromised. Arun Jaitley has been a law minister himself, so he knows the facts," Khurshid said. Arun Jaitley on...
08:07 AM, Oct 01, 2012
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and former law minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said "the clamour for post-retirement jobs among judges is affecting the impartiality of the judiciary". He also pitched for a two-year cooling off period before retired judges are appointed to tribunals and commissions. "...this clamour for post retirement jobs is adversely affecting impartiality of the judiciary of the country and time has come that...
08:22 PM, Sep 30, 2012
Rajya Sabha MPs - BJP's Arun Jaitley and JD(U)'s N K Singh - attended a conference at the Columbia University's School for International and Public Affairs. The prominent Opposition leaders comment on the UPA government's latest round of economic reforms. ...
01:41 PM, Sep 21, 2012
Chennai: BJP on Saturday said implementation of FDI in multi-brand retail will make India a nation of "sales boys and sales girls" and it hoped to see the end of the UPA government on the issue. Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, said the biggest danger of allowing FDI in Indian markets was not just the threat posed to retail and services sectors but the danger...
09:42 PM, Sep 15, 2012
The proposals were passed by more than three-fourth majority at a Special General Meeting here, virtually paving the way for some of the senior officials to occupy or retain key positions in the Board. ...
06:00 PM, Sep 15, 2012
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has reportedly decided to change its presidential charter. ...
09:54 AM, Sep 15, 2012
Mehsana: BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Tuesday warned the CBI saying that those involved in the "conspiracy" against Gujarat's politicians and top policemen would have to give answers in future. "Misuse of CBI is a part of conspiracy of the Central government against Gujarat's leadership and the Gujarat police force," the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha told a gathering here where Chief Minister Narendra Modi started his month-long election...
10:52 PM, Sep 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) says it has no problem if Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar campaigns against Narendra Modi in Gujarat. Speaking to CNN-IBN's Karan Thapar, BJP leader Arun Jaitley said that the national-level alliance with the JD(U) will not be affected by state-level decisions. "Allies express their opinions and they have the right to do so. The allies' expression will not affect our national alliance. If...
08:20 AM, Sep 11, 2012
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP leader Narendra Modi will kick off his election campaign for the upcoming Assembly Elections with a yatra on Tuesday. It's being called the Vivekanand Yuva Vikas Yatra to mark the day Swami Vivekananda made a historic speech in Chicago 150 years ago. The yatra will begin with a rally from from Becharaji in Mehsana district and will cover 182 assembly constituencies. Senior BJP...
08:09 AM, Sep 11, 2012
Sharad Yadav has made it clear that JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar will campaign against Narendra Modi in Gujarat. ...
06:05 PM, Sep 10, 2012
The BCCI is planning constitutional changes to enable the elevation of Jaitley. ...
06:53 PM, Sep 07, 2012
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley is in line to become the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2014, as the cricketing body is planning constitutional changes to enable the elevation of Jaitley. CNN-IBN has accessed the BCCI draft of the proposed amendments, which could enable the BJP leader to contest from the East Zone in 2014. Jaitley is currently the...
06:27 PM, Sep 07, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday defended itself after a complete washout of the Monsoon session. The party that has been demanding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over the CAG report on coal blocks allocation, blamed the Parliament deadlock on the government. "We did not want a straight discussion. We had three demands and we limited it to two demands and left the demand for discussion. But...
02:52 PM, Sep 07, 2012
New Delhi: Keeping up its attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the alleged faulty allocation of coal blocks, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said maintaining silence is a privilege not available to the head of government. "The government has not given any response to the series of allegations in the coal allocation. The prime minister has invoked his right to silence... A right to silence is available...
03:17 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: A day after hinting at softening of its stand on the Prime Minister on the issue of coal blocks allocation, the BJP is now hitting back at the UPA government. In his blog, senior BJP leader LK Advani has slammed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for blaming state governments for coal allotments, calling it an unconvincing explanation. Advani has, infact, dared the government to cancel the allocations and order...
11:45 AM, Sep 02, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP is now indicating a way to end the deadlock in Parliament over the issue of coal blocks allocation. It has clarified that the demand for the cancellation of allotments is a precondition for a debate in Parliament. And that once the allotments are cancelled, the BJP will still stick to its demand for the Prime Minister's resignation. But with the government expressing inability to cancel allocations,...
10:05 AM, Sep 02, 2012
