Bangalore: India will know on Wednesday if Karnataka scores a hat-trick of fractured mandates or gets a clear verdict as votes polled on Sunday in perhaps the most keenly watched assembly elections in the state are counted. Over 71 per cent of the 40.36 million eligible voters cast their ballots on Sunday and counting would start at 8 am on Wednesday in 36 centres across the state. Since electronic voting...
04:35 AM, May 08, 2013
Raipur: Attacking the BJP government in Chhattisgarh, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday said the time has come for people to vote out two-time Chief Minister Raman Singh accusing him of spending public money for his administration's publicity. "Under BJP rule, natural resources were being openly looted. Chhattisgarh government had also come under the scanner over coal and iron ore block allotments," he said. "Statewide corruption is being witnessed...
01:07 AM, May 08, 2013
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11:53 PM, May 07, 2013
Bangalore: Wednesday, May 8, will be the D-day in the big battle for Karnataka. The countdown has begun for the counting day, and with the high voter turnout (57 per cent in Bangalore and 70 per cent and above in the rest of Karnataka) being an indication of a strong anti-incumbency wave, a tussle on who will be Chief Minister has already begun in the Congress, even as other parties...
09:48 PM, May 07, 2013
The BJP has now claimed Theon Pharmaceuticals was involved in price fixing. Pawan Kumar Bansal's wife Madhu Bansal, sons Manish Bansal and Amit Bansal are directors in Theon Pharmaceuticals. ...
07:13 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday hugged Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj in the Central Hall of Parliament. The two exchanged pleasantries and spoke for a few minutes. The meeting between the two came days after Sushma had attacked Sonia for destroying spirit of democracy. Last Friday, Swaraj had accused Sonia of instigating her MPs to disrupt her speech in the Lok Sabha. Sonia, who has been under attack from...
06:58 PM, May 07, 2013
Bangalore: The results for the Karnataka Assembly elections, which recorded the second highest voter turnout in 35 years with a polling percentage of 71.29 in the May 5 voting, will be known on Wednesday. The results will decide the fate of 2,940 candidates in 223 Assembly segments. Although Karnataka Assembly has 224 seats, election in Periyapatna in Mysore district had been put off to May 28 following the death of...
04:01 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: The BJP has been protesting against Railway Minister and Chandigarh MP Pawan Kumar Bansal and demanding his resignation over the alleged Railway Board bribery and job-for-cash scam. BJP leaders and workers stopped trains in Kanpur during their protests against Bansal and also shouted slogans against him out the CBI office in Chandigarh. BJP leaders have made it clear that they won't let the UPA government pass any bill...
03:26 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appears to have made up its mind to expel Rajya Sabha MP Ram Jethmalani from the party, according to party sources. "Jethmalani's open defiance seems to have forced BJP leadership to take action against him," BJP sources said. This comes after Jethmalani asked the BJP's top leadership in Parliament to take a call on his suspension. He also accused the party brass of...
01:41 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Monday sought to blame the opposition for disruption in Parliament, saying they were "bursting debates" and "killing arguments" in the House as he backed the Food Security Bill in its present form. Sen, an eminent economist, said the essence of democracy is to have arguments and there is a need for skillful presentations of what the issues are. At a press conference along...
09:02 AM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath on Monday told the BJP not to "lecture" the Congress on corruption and said Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar would not resign. "There is no question of their resignation. Did Nitin Gadkari resign as president of the BJP? The BJP should not give us lectures on such matters. Our government knows what is to be done and if...
05:20 AM, May 07, 2013
Jaipur: Khadims (priests) at the dargah (shrine) of Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer have decided not to assist Pakistani pilgrims in offering prayers at the shrine. Several groups of khadims have decided to join the increasing protests against the killing of Sarabjit. About 640 pilgrims from Pakistan will be visiting Rajasthan's Ajmer town later this week. The pilgrims are expected to arrive in Ajmer May 12, 2013 to participate in...
04:32 AM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: A war of words broke out between the Congress and the opposition over the National Food Security Bill that the government tried its best to debate in the Lok Sabha and get passed on Monday. The opposition continued to disrupt the house over the coal blocks allocation issue as Food Minister KV Thomas moved the bill, saying it was a key UPA legislation that would give the right...
04:05 AM, May 07, 2013
Ahmedabad: A PIL has been filed in Gujarat High Court seeking investigation in connection with water theft in Porbandar. The petitioners Meldabhai Ranavaya and two others from Porbandar have claimed "people who are distant relatives and workers of state Agriculture Minister and BJP MLA from Porbandar Babu Bokhiria have resorted to illegal trading of water from the public water distribution pipelines and selling it at a higher price". The petitioner...
01:45 AM, May 07, 2013
Raipur: Senior BJP leader LK Advani on Monday flagged off Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh's state-wide 'Vikas Yatra' which will cover over 6,000 km and conclude on June 20. Advani flagged off the campaign this afternoon from Dantewada district in Bastar region after offering prayers at the famous Danteshwari temple, official sources said in Raipur. The CM's mass contact programme comes just six months ahead of the Assembly elections. Speaking...
01:25 AM, May 07, 2013
Bangalore: Karnataka recorded the second highest voter turnout in 35 years with a polling percentage of 71.29 in the May five Assembly polls, a top electoral officer said. The highest voter turnout of 71.90 per cent was registered in 1978. A recharged Congress sees the highly impressive polling percentage as clear sign of winds of change that would bring the party back to power after an eight-year long hiatus. But...
10:10 PM, May 06, 2013
Bangalore: Five more persons have been arrested in a joint operation by the city and Tamil Nadu police in connection with the April 17 blast near BJP office here that left 16 persons injured. With this, the number of suspects arrested in the case has risen to 11, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Pranab Mohanty told reporters. "The five suspects, Rehmathulla, Asgar Ali, Hakeem, Tenkasi Suleman and Suleman alias Man...
09:15 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath on Monday told the BJP not to "lecture" the Congress on corruption and said Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar would not resign. "There is no question of their resignation. Did Nitin Gadkari resign as president of the BJP? The BJP should not give us lectures on such matters. Our government knows what is to be done and if...
07:59 PM, May 06, 2013
Most pre-poll and post-poll surveys have predicted a comfortable victory for the Congress, while saying the BJP would lose much ground. CNN-IBN's consulting editor TM Veeraraghav joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the possible tie-ups and if there are indications that the Congress can form the government single-handedly. Q. In Karnataka democracy is being raped by these legislatures. Most of the contestants have done musical chairs by siting in...
06:52 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: As the Opposition stepped up pressure on Pawan Kumar Bansal seeking his resignation over the railway board bribery controversy, the Samajwadi Party (SP) also joined it in the demand saying the Railway Minister "cannot be protected for long". "When non-Congress officials are caught, they are quickly investigated. But Congress ministers accused of corruption are protected. This is a serious matter and Pawan Bansal cannot be protected for long....
03:34 PM, May 06, 2013
