The dual-power centre in the Congress now seems to be split wide open with differences emerging over the fate of the Law Minister and the Railway Minister. The PM is firmly backing Pawan Bansal and Ashwani Kumar, while many in the party, including Sonia Gandhi, believe their position has become untenable. ...
10:18 PM, May 07, 2013
Hyderabad: It came as a shocker to many, seeing the mighty Chennai Super Kings falling like a pack of cards against Mumbai Indians, but having qualified for the IPL 6 play-offs the men in yellow would like to go into the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium looking to erase the horrible memories from Sunday. Chennai have already qualified, but they would want to make things difficult for Sunrisers Hyderabad who are...
09:37 PM, May 07, 2013
Hyderabad: On the eve of their match against defenders Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad's chief coach Tom Moody says the track at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium here looked challenging but wasn't as bad as it looked statistically. "I am sure tomorrow (Wednesday) it is going to be on a new wicket again. I am sure it will be a good contest between bat and ball," Moody said. Sunrisers,...
09:06 PM, May 07, 2013
It's not just Law Minister Ashwani Kumar. Even Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi avoided the media on the Parliament logjam. ...
07:20 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
New Delhi: Differences have reportedly cropped up between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi with the latter wanting the Prime Minister to address media on all issues plaguing the government, sources say. But Manmohan Singh is not keen to talk to the media on any of the corruption allegations including 2G spectrum scam, Railway Board bribery and Railway Protection Force officers transfer and posting scandal and the...
06:32 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: With no headway in Parliament, sources now say that the government is holding backchannel talks with the Opposition to get the crucial food and land bills passed. CNN-IBN learnt from sources that the Congress and the BJP leaders met in Parliament, with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Opposition leader Sushma Swaraj even seen hugging each other. Sources added that the BJP had deputed Ananth Kumar to initiate backchannel...
05:14 PM, May 07, 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: Union Railway Minister Pawan Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar are not going to resign just as yet. The Congress Core Group, which met on Sunday evening, has decided to fight it out with the Opposition over the railway bribery and coal scam controversies. Sources say that the allies, too, are backing the Congress on both these issues. "I don't think it is in keeping with the canons...
07:53 AM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday backed both Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and said no decision will be taken till the investigations are complete in both Railway bribery and coal scam. After the Congress core group meeting on Sunday evening, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari said that there is no need to pre-judge and that Bansal is ready for a full probe and...
09:32 PM, May 05, 2013
New Delhi: Amid mounting demand for removal of Railway Minister PK Bansal from the Union Cabinet, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Sunday held consultations with Defence Minister AK Antony on the issue. Antony drove to 10, Janpath ahead of the Congress Core Group meeting. Bansal is in the eye of a storm in the wake of the arrest of his nephew by CBI on the charge of accepting bribe to...
07:33 PM, May 05, 2013
Bangalore: Five years after providing BJP its first opportunity to rule Karnataka, the state's electorate vote on Sunday to decide whether it deserves another chance or give the mandate to other contenders, including the Congress. Both the central leaders and the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party say they are confident of the party retaining power as, they claim, the organization is "now free of corrupt people", a reference...
06:16 AM, May 05, 2013
Bangalore: Capping an intense campaign that saw sparks fly, Karnataka goes to high-stake assembly polls on SUnday amid elaborate security arrangements. The main players - the ruling BJP, the Congress and JDS - were engaged in high pitched campaigning, as also Karnataka Janatha Party of former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, who has broken away from BJP. Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi led the Congress charge against the beleaguered...
09:42 PM, May 04, 2013
New Delhi: Amid demands for his resignation over his nephew's arrest on bribery charge, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Saturday presented his case before the top Congress leadership, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party chief Sonia Gandhi. Bansal was a special invitee on Saturday to the meeting of the Congress Core Group, hours after party general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi dismissed the Opposition's demand for the Railway Minister's resignation....
06:59 PM, May 04, 2013
New Delhi: Hockey India (HI) on Saturday recommended Sardar Singh for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. Sardar has been the captain of the men's team since Nov 2012 and under him, India reached the semifinals of Champions Trophy at Melbourne last year after 30 years. India also won the silver at the second Asian Champions Trophy, Doha last year. In February this year, India also won the FIH World League...
03:41 PM, May 04, 2013
From the moment Sarabjit Singh's body arrived in India, to it being transported to his village, the postmortem being conducted and finally the funeral rites itself - both the state and central governments ensured there were no hiccups. ...
10:04 PM, May 03, 2013
Bhikhiwind: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday paid rich tributes to Sarabjit Singh, who died at a Pakistani hospital following a brutal attack, in Bhikhiwind at his cremation in native village. Rahul stayed with the aggrieved family for about half an hour and offered condolences to Dalbir Kaur, sister of Sarabjit Singh, party sources said. The Congress leader assured full support to the family, they added. State Congress chief...
07:19 PM, May 03, 2013
Bhikhiwind: Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh was cremated on Friday with full state honours at his village in Bhikhiwind near Amritsar amidst heavy presence of politicians. Among those present at the funeral were Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi. The Punjab government had announced a financial assistance of Rs 1 crore for the family of Sarabjit and declared a...
02:38 PM, May 03, 2013
Mangalore: Senior BJP leader and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Thursday cautioned Karnataka's electorate against voting for the Congress in the state legislative assembly poll May 5, 2013, as it had failed on all fronts at the national level. "You have seen how the Congress-led UPA (United Progressive Alliance) government in Delhi has been faring during the last nine years, how it failed to control price rise, inflation and in...
05:33 AM, May 03, 2013
New Delhi: The special Air India plane carrying Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh's body landed in Amritsar on Thursday evening at 7.50 pm. Sarabjit's body was received by MoS External Affairs Preneet Kaur and Punjab government officials. A few hours after landing, his body was flown in a Indian Air Force helicopter to his ancestral village Bhikiwind and taken for autopsy. The body will be cremated with full state...
08:58 PM, May 02, 2013
