Mumbai: Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha, one of the best known Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders from Bihar, has reportedly thrown his weight behind BJP patriarch LK Advani, who relinquished all party posts after Narendra Modi was named the lead campaigner for the 2014 general elections. It's an open war in the BJP's ranks with prominent party members sharply divided in their loyalty towards Advani and Gujarat Chief Minister Modi, respectively. According...
02:09 PM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: It's been a long and eventful journey for the Loh Purush (Iron Man). Lal Krishna Advani has held just about every position in the government and was responsible for building the party up from the grassroots. Today, as the Rath Yaatri of Indian politics resigned from all positions he held in a party which he created, the wheels seem to have come a full circle for him. A...
11:55 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Information Commission has directed the Health Ministry to make public expenses incurred on the treatment of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee within 15 days. While hearing a petition of an RTI applicant who sought details of funds spent on treatment of the 88-year-old ailing BJP leader, Chief Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra said the cost incurred on the medical treatment of the former Prime Minister should...
09:40 PM, Jun 09, 2013
Panaji: Often pitted to counter Narendra Modi, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said the decision to hand over the reins of the BJP poll campaign to the Gujarat Chief Minister would benefit not only the party but the entire country. "I am confident that not only the party but the entire country would benefit by the decision taken by the BJP President under the guidance of...
04:50 PM, Jun 09, 2013
Goa: There seems to be a huge divide within the BJP on whether to make Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi the campaign committee chief for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls or not. Many leaders are skipping the national executive meet in Goa this weekend where the big decision on Modi is expected. Sources say a few senior leaders including LK Advani and Sushma Swaraj want more time before a decision...
01:56 PM, Jun 07, 2013
While CM Narendra Modi emerged victorious in Gujarat, his rival within the Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar lost by-poll to the Maharajganj seat in the state. ...
10:05 PM, Jun 06, 2013
Leaders of the two parties exchanged words today over the issue of Narendra Modi campaigning in Bihar. Listen in to both, the attack, and the counter-attack. ...
07:23 PM, Jun 06, 2013
Reacting to the Janata Dal United's loss in the Maharajganj by-poll in Bihar, party chief Sharad Yadav said, "It was RJD's seat but we will introspect because the margin of loss has increased," Sharad Yadav said. ...
02:17 PM, Jun 06, 2013
Patna: A day after the Janata Dal United suffered a big blow in the Maharajgang by-polls, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said that Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad is celebrating too early. RJD's Prabhunath Singh trounced JD(U) candidate and state Education Minister PK Shahi in the Maharajganj Lok Sabha by-poll by a huge margin of over 1,37,000 votes. "The by-polls loss in Maharajganj is no defeat for the...
11:11 AM, Jun 06, 2013
Patna: A day after his election win by a huge margin in the Maharajganj by-poll, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Prabhunath Singh is now facing arrest. Prabunath has been charged for misbehaving with a trainee IAS officer and a senior district official on poll duty during the by-poll. His anticipatory bail runs out on Thursday and he may be arrested. Prabhunath Singh had reportedly misbehaved with officials accusing them of allowing...
09:35 AM, Jun 06, 2013
New Delhi: Amid reports that the health of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had deteriorated, BJP on Wednesday issued a statement saying he was fine and such reports are 'misleading'. "Vajpayee is fine and all rumours about him being critically ill and hospitalised are untrue," BJP said in a statement. There were reports in a section of the media that 88-year-old Vajpayee, who is bed-ridden due to age-related ailments,...
06:08 AM, Jun 06, 2013
Lalu Prasad's RJD emerged victorious in the Bihar by-polls on Wednesday. ...
11:04 PM, Jun 05, 2013
While speaking to CNN-IBN, Lalu Prasad said he was trying for an alliance with the Congress and the LJP in Bihar. ...
04:56 PM, Jun 05, 2013
Maharajganj: Lalu Prasad-led RJD showed on Wednesday that the party was very much a force to reckon with in Bihar when its candidate Prabhunath Singh dealt a massive blow to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar by trouncing JD(U) candidate and state Education Minister PK Shahi in the Maharajganj Lok Sabha bypoll by a huge margin of over 1,37,000 votes. Prabhunath Singh polled over 3.81 lakh votes, PK Shahi got over 2.44...
03:35 PM, Jun 05, 2013
The Rashtriya Janata Dal's Prabhunath Singh was leading in Maharajganj by a big margin. This could be a big blow for the Nitish Kumar government and herald the return of Lalu Prasad as a key player. ...
02:37 PM, Jun 05, 2013
New Delhi: Congress on Tuesday took potshots at the BJP leadership on the controversy after LK Advani's praise for Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, saying it seems that the leaders in the opposition party are forcing Advani to retire from politics. "The way they (BJP leaders) are treating Advani, it seems they are forcing him to take retirement," Congress spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed told reporters. He said BJP is...
12:59 PM, Jun 05, 2013
Maharganj: RJD's Prabhunath Singh has swept the Maharajganj by-poll with a massive 1.36 lakh vote margin. The win is a big blow for the Nitish Kumar government as it heralds the return of Lalu Prasad as a key player. The main candidates were JD(U) leader and Bihar Education Minister PK Shahi, RJD's Prabhunath Singh and Congress candidate Jitendra Swami, the son of former RJD MP Umashankar Singh whose death necessitated...
10:50 AM, Jun 05, 2013
New Delhi: For effective governance and providing affordable access to communication, the Union Cabinet Tuesday decided to install mobile towers in nine Maoist-hit states, including Chhattisgarh where the rebels killed several Congress leaders May 25. The approval to the project was given by the Union Cabinet in a meeting held here. Mobile towers would be installed at 2,199 locations in nine states - Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya...
10:21 PM, Jun 04, 2013
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday took a dig at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and his son Akhilesh Yadav over the state's poor law and order. Mulayam claimed that if had been in the chair instead of Akhilesh Yadav, he would have improved the state's law and order within 15 days. Mulayam also appreciated Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for improving the law and order situation of...
03:47 PM, Jun 04, 2013
New Delhi: The Congress party on Sunday said a civil war was on in the BJP, a day after the party's senior leader LK Advani took a jibe at Narendra Modi by comparing his performance with that of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. "BJP story by Advani ji. Chauhan ji verus Modi versus Rajnath ji versus Sushma ji versus Jaitley ji versus Gadkari ji. RSS versus BJP ji-Civil...
05:02 AM, Jun 03, 2013
