New Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev will on Monday meet BJP president Nitin Gadkari to seek his party's support for his campaign against black money. "Ramdev will tomorrow meet Gadkari during which he will present a letter to the BJP chief seeking his party's support to bring the black money stashed abroad and for enactment of a strong Lokpal legislation," a spokesman for the yoga guru said on Sunday night. Earlier,...
12:29 AM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: The West Bengal government has been quick to cash in on Kolkata Knight Riders' maiden IPL triumph organising a grand felicitation ceremony at the Eden Gardens on Tuesday. However, Kolkata Police, in their bid to enhance the image of 'Brand Kolkata', has conceived an innovative 'Road Safety' advertisement campaign. They have connected William Blake's famous poem "The Tyger" with KKR's IPL victory. Kolkata Traffic Police have put out...
04:40 PM, May 29, 2012
Hyderabad: With her son Jagan Mohan Reddy in jail, YS Vijaya will lead the campaign of YSR Congress in the June 12 by-elections to 17 assembly and one Lok Sabha seat in Andhra Pradesh. Vijaya, a housewife who entered politics after the death of her husband and former chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy in a chopper crash in 2009, was urged by the party's General Council today to take the...
01:18 AM, May 29, 2012
Yoga enthusiasts are campaign for its inclusion as a sport in the Olympic competitive forum. ...
09:05 AM, May 27, 2012
Will Ferrell plays a US Congressman in 'The Campaign' who is running for the fifth term. This political comedy by Warner Brothers will hit the theatres this August. ...
06:12 PM, May 16, 2012
Chennai: A year after she stormed to power in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa still enjoys wide support in the state. But the number of critics is rising too. Reactions on one year of AIADMK rule varied as Jayalalithaa began her second year in office on Wednesday. It was on this day in 2011 that the actress-turned-politician took the oath of office -- for the third time since 1991....
03:58 PM, May 16, 2012
Washington: US President Barack Obama's re-election campaign released a new ad on Tuesday accusing Republican Mitt Romney of outsourcing jobs and slamming him for keeping money in foreign bank accounts. The ad says Romney "shipped American jobs to places like Mexico and China" when he led the investment firm Bain Capital. And it says Romney "outsourced state jobs to a call center in India" when he was governor of Massachusetts....
09:47 AM, May 04, 2012
BANGALORE: In a move that could leave former chief minister B S Yeddyurapa red-faced, a group of BJP MLAs have started a signature campaign to press for the early expansion of Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowdas Cabinet.A few like-minded MLAs have grouped under the leadership of Chikmagalur MLA C T Ravi, a follower of state BJP president K S Eshwarappa, and started the signature campaign on Thursday to exert...
08:34 AM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court has rejected a plea against a trial court order, dropping Abhishek Manu Singhvi's name as a witnesses from a complaint for prosecution of social activist Anna Hazare and his mates for allegedly instigating public against government during their anti-graft campaign. Additional Sessions Judge Surinder S Rathi dismissed Haryana resident Satbir's plea against the magisterial court's order terming it as non maintainable. The ASJ held that...
06:18 PM, Apr 14, 2012
New Delhi: Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday said the government had learnt its lessons after Anna Hazare's protest last year but wondered if the anti-corruption movement too had done the same. "We have learnt and learnt a lot of lessons... (but) has the anti-corruption movement," asked Khurshid at the India Today conclave here on "Is Citizen Activism the Only Way to Cleanse India". Stating the need for...
02:54 AM, Mar 18, 2012
Bangalore: Scotching rumours that former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa will not campaign for the party candidate in Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha byelection, Housing Minister V Somanna said that they have received instructions from the former to work for the success of the BJP nominee. A confidant of the former chief minister, Somanna said that five days still remain for campaigning when Yeddyurappa will tour the Lok Sabha constituency. He added: "There...
08:17 AM, Mar 14, 2012
New Delhi: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, who had gone abroad for a "routine check up" on Februrary 27 following a surgery six months back, returned here on Monday. Gandhi returned a day before the counting of votes in the elections to five states including crucial Uttar Pradesh. She had extensively campaigned in UP, Punjab and Uttarakhand. "Congress President Sonia Gandhi has come back after her routine check up and she...
02:04 PM, Mar 05, 2012
New Delhi: Campaigning for the Assembly elections end on Thursday in Uttar Pradesh and Goa with just 48 hours to go before the final phase of polls in UP and the first and only phase of polls in Goa. In the last phase of polls in UP on Saturday, 18,227,281 voters will decide the fate of 962 candidates in the 60 seats. Out of the 962 candidates, 100 are women...
06:18 PM, Mar 01, 2012
New Delhi: Thursday is the last day of campaigning in Uttar Pradesh and Goa with just 48 hours to go before both states go to polls. This will be Goa's first and only phase, while it will be Uttar Pradesh's seventh and final phase of the assembly elections. But Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BSP supremo Mayawati won't be canvassing for support on Thursday. Mayawati addressed her last election meetings...
08:38 AM, Mar 01, 2012
New Delhi: Around 1.46 lakh smokers and vendors were fined in the past few years following 7.54 lakh raids in the city in connection with violation of laws related to tobacco. This was disclosed by Delhi Health Minister AK Walia on Tuesday while launching a Hindi website for anti-tobacco campaign. Addressing the gathering, Walia said Delhi was the pioneer to implement tobacco control legislation Delhi Prohibition of Smoking and Non...
08:59 PM, Feb 28, 2012
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