Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Friday ruled out the prospect of the state facing early assembly elections and asserted that the BJP government would complete its full term. Reports suggesting that the state might face assembly elections ahead of its schedule were "incorrect", he said. Gowda's remarks contradicted a claim by his predecessor BS Yeddyrappa who had said on May 30 that the state was likely to...
02:54 AM, Jun 02, 2012
Dumka: Jharkhand Deputy Chief Minister Hemant Soren was on Monday granted bail after he surrendered before a local court in connection with a model code of conduct case. Soren surrendered before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Balmukund Rai and moved for bail, which was granted immediately. The case pertained to a model code of conduct case slapped against him under the Representation of People's Act during the 2009 Assembly...
03:02 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: After their campaign in recent assembly polls in five states, Team Anna on Sunday announced that the Delhi assembly polls due next year will be their fresh target and asked supporters to start preparations for the "crucial election" in the national capital. "The assembly polls will be held in Delhi next year. We have to get ready for the important fight in the country's national capital," key Team...
08:06 PM, Mar 25, 2012
New Delhi: In India, two months after being forced to skip Jaipur Literary Festival, controversial author Salman Rushdie on Saturday hit out at Congress, suggesting that his presence there was blocked because of "useless electoral calculations" and told Rahul Gandhi that "it did not work". The renowned author, who has been castigated by fundamentalist Muslim groups for his book 'The Satanic Verses', said blocking his presence in Jaipur "led the...
10:38 PM, Mar 17, 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: It's been nearly a week since the Assembly Elections results were declared, but Uttarakhand is still without a Chief Minister. The Congress staked a claim to form the government but fierce infighting has delayed the decision of who will head the government in the state. The Congress MLAs are likely to choose a Chief Minister on Monday. On Sunday, State Congress Chief Yashpal Arya, who has emerged as...
06:33 AM, Mar 12, 2012
New Delhi: The RSS has slammed the BJP leadership for its poor performance in the recently concluded Assembly Elections. In its mouthpiece the Organiser, the Sangh said lack of leadership was the cause of the BJP's defeat in Uttar Pradesh. It said that the BJP could have doubled its tally if it had projected a leader of good standing in Uttar Pradesh. The RSS endorsed Narendra Modi by saying the...
06:17 AM, Mar 12, 2012
Kolkata: Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee, who had first remarked on the potential he evinced in Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav's son Akhilesh Yadav, on Saturday expressed happiness at the young leader being all set to take over as Uttar Pradesh chief minister. With a virtual euphoria sweeping Uttar Pradesh following the election of the 38-year-old political heir of Mulayam Singh as legislative party leader, Chatterjee said Indian...
12:02 AM, Mar 11, 2012
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party has formally named Akhilesh Yadav as its Chief Minister for Uttar Pradesh. Akhilesh met Uttar Pradesh Governor BL Joshi and formally staked claim to form the government. Cometh the hour and cometh the man, Akhilesh 38 years of age has become the youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, elected unanimously by 225 Samajwadi Party MLAs as the leader of the legislature party. It all went according...
07:20 PM, Mar 10, 2012
Lucknow: Akhilesh Yadav, who scripted the Samajwadi Party's spectacular victory in the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, is seen as its modern face who gave it an image makeover. Samajwadi Party led by Mulayam Singh Yadav was always seen as a party of the old mindset in a state whose politics is dominated by caste and religious issues. With his father said to be not in the best of health,...
01:54 PM, Mar 10, 2012
New Delhi: In fresh clashes between Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party workers in Hardoi one person died and five were injured on Saturday. Several instances of violence have been reported till now in Uttar Pradesh after Mulayam Singh Yadav's party swept the Assembly polls last week. Eight people were later arrested including a former gram pradhan. The former Gram Pradhan is said to be affiliated with the Samajwadi...
10:43 AM, Mar 10, 2012
New Delhi: Amidst talks of mid-term elections, an attempt seems underway to regroup the Third Front. Both SAD chief Parkash Singh Badal and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav have invited West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the swearing-in ceremonies in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, respectively. However, there has been no confirmation from Banerjee yet on whether she will be attending the events. The Congress will be watching the...
10:12 AM, Mar 10, 2012
New Delhi: Congress on Saturday condemned incidents of violence in Uttar Pradesh in the wake of Samajwadi Party's electoral victory and hoped that the new government would bring the "political vendetta to a halt". Party spokesman Manish Tewari told reporters that the incidents involving attacks on Dalit houses allegedly by SP supporters were reprehensible and reminded the party that vendetta had no place in a democracy. In Lucknow, the SP,...
07:14 AM, Mar 10, 2012
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi is expected to meet Party President Sonia Gandhi on Friday. Joshi reportedly alleged sabotage to the party from local Congress leaders, after MP Sanjay Singh complained that he was not given a chance to campaign during the Assembly elections. Reports suggest that Sonia is likely to reshuffle the party leadership in UP. ...
07:59 AM, Mar 09, 2012
New Delhi: The possibility of mid-term polls looms large on the UPA Government at the Centre as allies like the Trinamool Congress (TMC) speak openly about policy paralysis. TMC leader and Union Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Thursday openly said that "policy paralysis will be more acute", thanks to the 2012 assembly election results. He added, "There is a fear that big ticket reforms will be difficult. The parties have...
07:06 AM, Mar 09, 2012
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