New Delhi: The experiment by Baba Ramdev and Team Anna to join hands against corruption failed to elicit huge response with very few people turning up at the fast venue at Parliament Street in New Delhi on Sunday. Ramdev's prediction that thousands of supporters will gather in other cities hasn't also quiet materialised. Some support was, however, witnessed in cities like Lucknow, Patna and Bangalore. There also seems to be...
07:00 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Congress leader Harish Rawat on Sunday said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader LK Advani is talking about the country's electoral system just to divert media's attention from his party's internal fighting issue. Noting that the present selection process is vulnerable to "manipulation and partisanship," Advani had earlier in the day asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to introduce a broad-based collegium system to appoint Election Commissioners and...
06:10 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Notwithstanding strong demands by the BJP and a section of the ruling Congress, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has made it clear that there will be no rollback of five per cent VAT on the CNG, which fuels public transport on Delhi roads. "We will not withdraw the VAT on CNG. We have levied only five per cent VAT on the fuel and that is justifiable," Sheila told...
04:39 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: The experiment to join hands and fight corruption between Baba Ramdev and Team Anna seems to have failed, with Arvind Kejriwal storming out of the agitation venue a short while earlier. Baba Ramdev has taken objection to Kejriwal taking names of MPs in his speech. Ramdev said the fight against graft was not against individuals. "Arvind Kejriwal should not have taken names. It could create controversy. Please don't...
02:41 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Kolkata: Several party workers of the Trinamool Congress and the CPI(M) clashed on Sunday as five municipalities across the state went to polls. The police had to resort to a mild lathicharge to control the situation. The Trinamool Congress and the Congress are contesting separately in these polls. The civic polls are a testing ground for both parties for the larger panchayat elections next year. The virtual split in the...
01:35 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Noting that the present selection process is vulnerable to "manipulation and partisanship," BJP leader LK Advani has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to introduce a broad-based collegium system to appoint Election Commissioners and Comptroller and Auditor General. In a letter to the Prime Minister, the Chairman of the BJP Parliamentary Party said the present system where members to the Election Commission are appointed by the President, "solely on...
11:32 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Kolkata: Six municipalities across West Bengal are going to polls on Sunday. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Congress are contesting separately in these polls. The civic polls are a testing ground for both parties for the larger panchayat elections next year. The virtual split in the alliance was attributed to bitter relations between Congress and Trinamool Congress which jointly fought the 2011 Assembly polls. Congress alleged that its candidates...
11:22 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Terming Prime Minister Manmohan Singh an "honest person", yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday asked him to make his Cabinet "corruption free." He threatened the government with a "fight to the finish" by August for bringing back black money stashed away abroad as also against corruption. "The Prime Minister was forced to give statement on illegal mining. We all know that Manmohan Singh is an honest person and we...
11:13 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Hyderabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday took YSR Congress Chief Jagan Mohan Reddy for interrogation in the disproportionate assets case after the Andhra Pradesh High Court granted a 5-day custody of him to the agency on Saturday. The questions, however, are many and the answers none so far. Will Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy provide answers to all the queries of the CBI? As Jagan and...
10:59 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare and yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday began their day-long fast at Jantar Mantar against corruption and blackmoney stashed abroad. "Manmohan Singh was forced to give statement on Illegal mining. We all know that the prime minister is a honest person and we all respect him. But people expect him to make his Cabinet corruption free," Ramdev said. Earlier, Anna and Ramdev visited the memorial...
09:59 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev and social activist Anna Hazare will on Sunday sit in the capital on a day-long fast against corruption and black money stashed abroad. Sunday's protest at Jantar Mantar is also likely to see Ramdev announcing his strategy with regard to the 2014 General Elections. "The people are with us. They will leave their homes and face the hot weather to support us. The agitation...
07:30 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Hyderabad: While Congress chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's hopes of campaigning in June 12 bypolls in the state were dashed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court which gave his 5-day custody to CBI in disproportionate asset case, the setback could turn into an advantage for his party. Jagan has been in the Chanchalguda prison since Monday following his arrest by CBI in the disproportionate assets case. However, his mother-MLA YS...
02:26 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Petrol in the city could cost Rs 70.24 after implementation of Delhi Government's decision to cut VAT on the increased component of the fuel. Following the reduction of petrol prices by Rs 2.02 from Rs 73.18, the fuel would cost Rs 71.16 per litre from midnight on Sunday night which could further go down by 92 paisa when cut in VAT comes into effect. Presenting the budget on...
02:01 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday expressed hope that the cut of Rs 2.02 per litre in petrol price will provide relief to common man even as UPA ally Trinamool Congress and Opposition BJP rejected the partial rollback of the steep hike in fuel price. However, speaking on the condition of anonymity, the Congress leaders indicated continued sense of unease in sections of the party over the petrol price hike....
12:52 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Mumbai: Union Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar once again targeted the Congress on Saturday for what he termed as a collapse in the "decision-making process" in Maharashtra. Pawar, without naming Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, said that on account of the dilly-dallying in taking major decisions, the state was losing out on big investments and mega industrial projects. The NCP is an ally of the Congress...
11:10 PM, Jun 02, 2012
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