Kochi: Private bus operators in Kerala would withdraw services from October 29 midnight demanding hike in bus fares. The All Kerala Bus Operators Co-ordination Committee, comprising eight organisations, which met in Kochi on Saturday, took a decision to this effect. Briefing reporters, T Gopinath, Coordination committee General Secretary, said there is need to urgently hike the bus fares in the light of increase in diesel price. The committee had on...
02:19 AM, Oct 14, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) protested against price rise and cap on LPG cylinders at Jantar Mantar in the capital on Friday. Senior BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley were at the rally as part of the party's 'Congress hatao, Desh bachao' (remove Congress, save the country) campaign targetting the UPA-2 government. "The UPA government came into power saying it would serve the common man. However, it...
02:24 PM, Oct 12, 2012
Lucknow: All eyes will be on Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati to see whether she will pledge her support to the UPA. Not just the Centre, but Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party, too, is awaiting the BSP Chief's decision. The decision is expected at the BSP national executive on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Mayawati did claim that her party was ready for early polls, but added that this would be a...
08:38 AM, Oct 10, 2012
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati will kick off her party's 2014 Lok Sabha election campaign on Tuesday with a grand rally in Lucknow. The rally coincides with sixth death anniversary of party founder Kanshiram. But clarity on the big question of supporting the UPA following the Trinamool Congress's exit is expected only when the BSP's national executive discusses it on Wednesday. The rally has been called to "ponder,...
09:35 AM, Oct 09, 2012
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati will kick off her party's 2014 Lok Sabha election campaign on Tuesday with a grand rally in Lucknow. The rally coincides with sixth death anniversary of party founder Kanshiram. Mayawati is expected to come down heavily on the UPA government on issues like allowing FDI in multi-brand retail and the diesel price hike. Mayawati will also be taking on the Akhilesh Yadav government...
07:43 AM, Oct 09, 2012
New Delhi: Using the twin issues of foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail and diesel price hike to target the Congress-led UPA Government, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday exhorted chief ministers of all the states to join her in her battle. Targeting the Centre over FDI and fuel price hike, the West Bengal Chief Minister warned of a new front to take on the Congress while blaming it...
05:39 PM, Oct 01, 2012
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee will lead a protest rally in New Delhi against FDI in retail. This will be her first rally in the capital since exiting the UPA-II. FDI was one of the reasons for Mamata parting ways with the Congress. All 19 TMC MPs are expected to be present at Jantar Mantar. "There is a protest rally on Monday. Only MPs are here, none from...
07:39 AM, Oct 01, 2012
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee arrived in Delhi on Sunday ahead of the rally she will hold at Jantar Mantar on Monday. The TMC is set for its agitation on Monday against the government for raising diesel prices and introducing FDI in multi-brand retail. Mamata had withdrawn support from the UPA after it refused to roll back the reforms meant to narrow down India's huge fiscal deficit...
11:26 AM, Sep 30, 2012
Kolkata/New Delhi: Taking a dig at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for saying that the government is doing what is "good for the country" and that the reform process should continue, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that the government is looting the country in the name of 'aam admi' and reforms. "Reforms are meant to usher development for the people. Now-a-days, the trend is whenever any anti-people decision is...
08:42 PM, Sep 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to announce a second term for its President Nitin Gadkari on Friday as its conclave in Surajkund, Haryana, ends. On Thursday, the BJP defended its stand on the ruling United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) reforms push, saying it was not anti-reforms but was opposed to foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail and fuel price hikes as they were anti-people. Releasing a...
10:19 AM, Sep 28, 2012
New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress and the Opposition are using the CNN-IBN poll to target the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government and its recent economic decision to claim that these are not in the interest of the country. The poll shows that a majority of urban India has slammed the recent hike in diesel prices, the subsidy cap on LPG and three out four urban Indians don't support FDI...
09:25 AM, Sep 28, 2012
It may well be a massive blow to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's new found reform push. An Opinion Poll conducted by CNN-IBN in association with GfK Mode across urban India has given a massive thumbs down to the diesel price hike and limit on LPG subsidy. The findings shockingly also suggest a lack of support for FDI in multi-brand retail, even as urban India remains most concerned about price rise ...
08:51 AM, Sep 28, 2012
A CNN-IBN survey conducted across six urban cities shows that 57 per cent feel UPA II has failed its battle against inflation. The other big let down is corruption with 32 per cent of the respondents claiming it's a matter of concern. ...
11:59 PM, Sep 27, 2012
Feeling the pinch of the fuel price hike, the urban middle class has dealt a severe blow to the Manmohan Singh Government, giving the Prime Minister's push for reforms a big thumbs down. The aam admi, Congress' target group, feels the government has not just lost credibility in the face of corruption charges, but also that its policies are burning a hole in their pockets. A CNN-IBN survey conducted across...
09:52 PM, Sep 27, 2012
New Delhi: There seems to be more ally trouble for the Congress after Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's exit. Sources say that the DMK asked for a diesel price hike rollback at the UPA coordination committee meeting on Thursday. Sources also say that the DMK wants the LPG cap to be increased. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar also wants the LPG cap to be increased, sources added. The...
02:17 PM, Sep 27, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh turns 80 on Wednesday. The past one year has perhaps been one of the most challenging ones in his political career. CNN-IBN takes a look back at the journey of the economist Prime Minister. From India's most celebrated Finance Minister to an underachieving Prime Minister, the journey of the last 20 years in politics has been a turbulent one for Dr Manmohan Singh....
08:56 AM, Sep 26, 2012
Hyderabad: Protests were held by opposition parties against the hike in APSRTC bus fares across the state on Monday. On Sunday, the state government had hiked the prices in APSRTC bus fares by 10 to 15 per cent citing increase in the price of diesel as the reason. The fare was increased by 5 paise per kilometer in ordinary buses, 10 paise per kilometer in express and 12 paise per...
12:39 PM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee on Tuesday endorsed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's big bang reforms including FDI in multi-brand retail with party President Sonia Gandhi coming out strongly in support of the measures and blaming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of playing negative politics on the issue. The meeting also backed the government's move to reduce fuel subsidy by hiking diesel prices and capping subsidised LPG cylinders. Sonia Gandhi...
11:44 AM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee will meet on Tuesday to take stock of the present political scenario, following the exit of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress from the UPA. While there will be a discussion on the road ahead for the Congress, the CWC chaired by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, will also look at solving the long-standing demand of the creation of separate state of Telangana. TRS chief K Chadrashekhar...
07:39 AM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday welcomed BJP leader Arun Shourie's remarks backing the hike in diesel prices and said his party should listen to his "good advice". "I hope Arun Shourie is being listened to by BJP. I think he is giving good advice to BJP and BJP should listen to him," Sibal told reporters here. Shourie, a former Union minister, has said he has hailed only...
06:17 PM, Sep 24, 2012
