Raipur: Former BJP ideologue and RSS thinker KN Govindacharya said in raipur on Tuesday that politics has become a tool to make politicians wealthier and increase their social stature.
On the last leg of his three-day visit to Chhattisgarh, Govindacharya said: "To give new dimension to politics, Rashtriya Swabhiman Andolan is trying to bring nearly 350 organisations, including some splinter political groups, together to forge a consensus on common issues affecting society."
"Instead of floating a new political outfit, the Andolan will play a catalytic role in ensuring change in the existing political system," he said.
On the BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh, Govindacharya said: "A state is created to protect those who cannot protect themselves. But in Chhattisgarh, instead of becoming a tool of change in the hands of poor, the government in the name of industrialisation is defending those who are well off."...
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03:30 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Former BJP ideologue KN Govindacharya on Monday said the reshuffle of the party's Parliamentary Board and inclusion of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi showed that the party had no direction and such moves were unlikely to take the BJP forward. Modi was in the Parliamentary Board six years ago and bringing him back was no big deal or strategy, said Govindacharya. ...
03:09 PM, Apr 01, 2013
New Delhi: A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party announced its new core team, it has attracted stinging criticism from former party ideologue KN Govindacharya. He said the party lacks direction and ideology because of so many prime ministerial candidates. "The BJP will either win 180 seats or will win just 90. However, in the coming days the clamour is going to increase. Many more PM candidates will be announced...
01:59 PM, Apr 01, 2013
Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notices to state Medical Education Minister Anoop Mishra, Gwalior Mayor Sameeksha Gupta and others in connection with a programme eulogising dacoits recently. The division bench of Justices SK Gangele and GD Saxena issued the notices on Wednesday on a contempt petition filed by an advocate Awdhesh Singh Bhadouria. ...
11:10 AM, Jan 11, 2013
Ranchi: Former BJP leader KN Govindacharya on Sunday said Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi did not have any "concept for development" and the state had benefited from its geographical advantage. "Narendra Modi has no development conception at all. Development means it should reach the last person of the society," Govindacharya said, indicating Gujarat still lagged behind in all-round development. "Besides, Gujarat has also geographical and natural advantage and coastal belt,"...
05:34 AM, Dec 17, 2012
Dholpur: In a rather strange case in Dholpur the daughter of police head constable Roop Singh, who is posted in Delhi, married a dreaded dacoit of the Chambal ravines. The girl Mona married Shiv Dutt, a dacoit who carried a huge reward on his head. Shivdutt, accused in 15 cases, was brought for the marriage on parole for a day. He and Mona got married at Rajakheda village of Dholpur...
11:33 AM, Dec 04, 2012
According to reports, most Indians suffer from chronic pain due to migraine, nausea or any other ailment. ...
01:46 PM, Nov 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council is set to meet on Monday where a decision is expected on replacing the military's ageing Cheetah and Chetak helicopters of the Indian Air Force. The meet comes amidst allegations of bribery which threaten to torpedo the VVIP helicopter deal. Italian defence major Finmeccanica stands to lose thousands of crores in Indian orders if it is proved that its subsidiary AgustaWestland did give bribe...
10:10 AM, Oct 29, 2012
Lucknow: Former thinktank of the BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) idealogue KN Govindacharya on Tuesday said NDA convenor Sharad Yadav was better than Narendra Modi for the post of prime minister. Though there are many aspirants, both in the UPA and National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Janata Dal-United president Yadav would be a good option for the top post, Govindacharya said. He said Yadav was better as he has held...
02:34 AM, Sep 12, 2012
Patna: Former BJP ideologue and Rashtriya Swabhiman Andolan founder and patron KN Govindacharya has said Congress leader Digvijaya Singh would prove to be a better Prime Minister than Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi, though the issue remained an internal matter of the Congress. "Digvijaya Singh will be far better as PM than Rahul Gandhi," he told reporters in Patna on Sunday. "....Digvijaya Singh has been minister in the union government and...
05:14 PM, Jul 23, 2012
New Delhi: Would an Amul boy have outwitted the cute girl in polka dotted dress and with a blue hair bun? Never, say her creators. "The Amul girl is far cuter than an Amul boy. She has far greater appeal," says Rahul DaCunha, Managing Director and Creative Head, DaCunha Communications, the advertising agency behind the popular hoardings. "We are 50 years young!!," that's what the hoarding for the Amul girl...
03:58 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Pollachi: A farmer landed in the police net on Monday when he attempted to cook up a dacoity drama after killing his wife. The 33-year-old farmer, K Sivakumar of Rangasamuthiram, reportedly confessed to his crime after police grilled him. He had laid out a perfect story stating that four robbers barged into his house and assaulted them with pipe wrenches before escaping with jewellery. According to police sources, Sivakumar killed...
11:33 AM, Jul 03, 2012
Srinagar: Three weeks after CNN-IBN showed how hotels were coming up in Srinagar's green zone, another environment violation has come to light. This time, it is a bureaucrat's bungalow that is located right next to a protected sanctuary. A farmhouse belonging to Farooq Renzu, a senior bureaucrat close to the Omar Abdullah government, is right next to the Dachigam National Park. It is yet another example of how the Lakes...
10:13 AM, May 14, 2012
Srinagar: A forest fire broke out in parts of Dachigam National Park in Jammu and Kashmir, home of endangered Kashmir Stag (Hangul), at Harwan in the outskirts of Srinagar on Friday. Fire tenders have rushed to the forest area to douse the blaze, a police spokesman said, adding further details were awaited. The endangered Kashmir Stags have diminished from thousands in early 20th century to just 218 now. ...
03:23 PM, Mar 23, 2012
Kanpur: A huge coloured photograph of Phoolan Devi, the bandit queen-turned-MP who was shot dead 11 years ago in New Delhi, adorns the wall of the first floor office of a shoe showroom. "She was my 'Behenji' (sister). I will always remember and respect her," said Mohammed Asim, 44, owner of the showroom in Harjinder Nagar locality, who is also an independent candidate from Maharajpur constituency of Kanpur district in...
11:08 AM, Feb 23, 2012
Dacia, Renault's Romanian affordable vehicle brand, has revealed its new MPV, the Lodgy " the name signifies the space inside the car. The car is 4.5m long and is based on a stretched Duster platform. This car is likely to come to India as a seven-seater with the same 1.5 dCI engine that powers all the Renault diesels assembled or made in India. However, Renault intends to consolidate its Indian...
05:35 PM, Feb 22, 2012
Kanpur A huge coloured photograph of Phoolan Devi, the bandit queen turned MP who was shot dead 11 years ago in New Delhi, adorns the wall of the first floor office of a shoe showroom. "She was my 'Behenji' (sister). I will always remember and respect her," said Mohammed Asim, 44, owner of the showroom in Harjinder Nagar locality, who is also an independent candidate from Maharajpur constituency of Kanpur...
12:48 PM, Feb 22, 2012
Thrissur: A Thrissur fast track court awarded capital punishment to the Soumya rape and murder case accused Govindachami. On Monday, it had found the accused Govindachami guilty. Soumya was raped in a compartment of Kochi-Shornur passenger train and was pushed out of the moving train in February this year. Special Prosecutor A Suresan had pleaded for the maximum punishment of death. According to the prosecution, Govindachami hailing from Virudhachalam in...
11:13 AM, Nov 11, 2011
Shakuntala Devi was once a dreaded dacoit in Bihar, but now she is the star of a Bhojpuri movie on Bandit Queen. ...
09:57 AM, Oct 03, 2011
