New Delhi: It's a blow which the government was quick to recover from. Less than 24 hours after Andhra Pradesh High Court struck down the sub-quota for minorities, the government is adamant to pursue it. The government has proposed creation of a 4.5 per cent sub-quota for notified minority groups out of the 27 per cent reservation meant for OBCs - a move which the Opposition says smacks of votebank...
09:44 PM, May 29, 2012
Bangalore: Ruling Karnataka for the first time, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will complete four years in power on May 30 with little to cheer and much to worry about seeking another mandate in the assembly elections less than a year away. The state's first BJP chief minister, B S Yeddyurappa, is facing a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe, as directed by the Supreme Court on Friday, into corruption...
01:46 PM, May 12, 2012
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Sunday expressed confidence that Congress party would put up a good show in next month's by-polls to one Lok Sabha and 18 Assembly seats. "Our endeavour is to win the one Lok Sabha and the 18 Assembly segments," he told reporters in Visakhapatnam. He would be campaigning in Srikakulam, East and West Godavari districts for three days in support of...
10:02 PM, May 06, 2012
Amethi: Undeterred by the poll debacle in Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday advised party workers to shun groupism and strengthen the organisation. "You all should shun groupism and work unitedly to strengthen the party. Some changes are in the offing to strengthen the organisation...I want to see the strong organisation at village level", Rahul told party workers while reviewing the party's performance in Amethi...
02:36 AM, May 02, 2012
Ahmedabad: In a bid to woo youth ahead of Gujarat Assembly elections, the Congress on Tuesday held a rally marking the state's 52nd Foundation Day. "Youth of the state are in a flux due to policies of the ruling BJP government at it has failed them on every front. They are being made to pay very high fees for their higher education and once they pass out there is nobody...
01:23 AM, May 02, 2012
Bangalore: Karnataka capital Bangalore boasts of being home to over two million graduates and diploma holders, but still cuts a sorry figure as only a few thousand of them care to vote to elect a representative to advocate their interests in the state legislature. The Karnataka legislature consists of two houses - the 225-member assembly and 75-member council. The council is made up of 25 members elected by the assembly,...
01:03 PM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi visited the Tumkur region in Karnataka on Saturday apparently in a bid to woo the Lingayat community ahead of the 2013 bypolls in the state. Sonia attended the birthday celebrations of the highly respected Lingayat seer Shivakumara Swami at 'Siddaganga math', which is reportedly one of India's oldest. However, a woman protestor at the rally waved black flags at the leader and was immediately...
01:12 PM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: A day after Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi discussed the party's poll debacle with party leaders from Uttar Pradesh, the buzz now is how will he revamp the party organisation within the state. Party MLAs have blamed central leaders and their comments for the Congress' poll debacle. But will Rahul Gandhi now restructure the organisation to ensure a different result for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls? Two days...
08:59 AM, Apr 07, 2012
Chandigarh: Factional feud in Congress in Punjab in the wake of party's debacle in assembly poll came to the fore on Wednesday as some senior leaders walked out of a meeting presided over by PCC President Amarinder Singh. Seventy one candidates who lost the state Assembly elections held recently in Punjab had been called to the meeting held in Chandigarh to discuss the party's poll defeat. Former MLA Sukhpal Khaira,...
07:23 PM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: A host of leaders across party lines are expected to descend in Chandigarh on Wednesday to attend Parkash Singh Badal's swearing-in ceremony. But Mamata Banerjee will not be among them. The Trinamool Chief had initially accepted Badal's invitation but changed her mind on Tuesday. This will be 87-year-old Badal's fifth term as Chief Minister. His son Sukhbir will remain his deputy. Badal's 18-member cabinet will include 14 colleagues...
06:16 AM, Mar 14, 2012
Anna had made a solid dent in Rahul's image. New York Times wrote on 28 August 2011, 'For Mr Gandhi, the crisis interrupted what was widely assumed to be his own coming out as the new leader of the Congress . . . Instead, Mr Hazare upended the political landscape and Mr Gandhi disappeared for days before his speech in Parliament.' There can't be a bigger setback for Rahul Gandhi...
12:01 AM, Mar 12, 2012
New Delhi: More than one-third of candidates elected in the just concluded Assembly polls have criminal cases against them, with Uttar Pradesh topping the list. 35 per cent or 252 of the 690 MLAs elected to the five Assemblies - Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhan, Manipur and Goa - have criminal background, a rise of eight per cent since 2007. Also, 66 per cent or 457 of the newly elected MLAs...
08:10 PM, Mar 11, 2012
New Delhi: While the Congress is yet to recover from the shock it received in the Assembly polls 2012, the clamour for mid-term polls is getting louder. After the BJP and the Samajwadi Party made the demand on Tuesday that Congress must announce mid-term polls, ally Trinamool Congress has taken up the issue. TMC leader and Union Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi said on Thursday that if there is an anti-Congress...
10:52 AM, Mar 08, 2012
New Delhi: In the battle for Uttarakhand, both the Congress and the BJP are attempting to form the government after a photo finish on Tuesday. It's a classic cliff hanger that Uttarakhand has thrown up in which the Congress has an edge of just one seat over BJP. The party still believes it can form the next government with support from the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal, the BSP and independent candidates....
12:00 PM, Mar 07, 2012
Jhansi: The police on Wednesday filed an FIR against unknown people in the poll violence that led to death of seven-year-old Daan-e-alam. The FIR was registered by the police on the complaint made by mediapersons in Jhansi. The police said the Samjawadi Party workers went on a rampage after the supporters of one of the candidates raised doubts about the counting that was on. Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on...
10:06 AM, Mar 07, 2012
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