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
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will present his first budget in the state Assembly on Friday and some fireworks can be expected. The Chief Minister also handles the state's finance portfolio. The budget session of Uttar Pradesh started on a chaotic note last week with clashes between SP and BSP MLAs during the governor's speech. ...
08:24 AM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday described the Bharat bandh called by the NDA and Left parties to protest petrol price hike as a "total failure" in Delhi and "thanked" people of the city for not responding to it. The Chief Minister, speaking in the Delhi Assembly, came down heavily on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing it of forcibly blocking roads and making the traders shut their...
11:24 PM, May 31, 2012
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
New Delhi: Registration of marriages will soon become mandatory in Delhi and couples who fail to do so within 60 days of tying the knot will have to pay a fine of Rs 10,000. The provision has been made in the draft Delhi Registration of Marriages Bill 2012 which was cleared by a meeting of the Delhi Cabinet presided by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. The Bill, which will be introduced...
07:08 PM, May 21, 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
Ranchi: A Ranchi court on Wednesday sentenced Jharkhand assembly speaker C P Singh to one-month jail in a seven-year-old case related to a protest against the Central government's decision to dissolve the Goa Assembly in 2005. Finding Singh guilty, the court of Judicial Magistrate Varun Mishra awarded a one-month simple imprisonment to him. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was later granted bail at a surety of Rs 5,000. Singh,...
10:58 PM, May 16, 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
CHENNAI: The State Assembly on Tuesday witnessed heated arguments between members of the DMDK and ministers. When R Manoharan (Tiruchi East) of the AIADMK said that DMDK chief Vijayakanth had no regard for his party MLAs as he had been going around their constituencies and meeting people, it was strongly objected to by the DMDK members. Housing Minister R Vaithilingam wanted to know if the DMDK president would attend the...
10:30 AM, May 09, 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
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