Washington: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi are among 16 Indians who have found a place in the prestigious Foreign Policy magazine's list of the 500 most powerful people on the planet. Apart from them, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Defence Minister AK Antony and External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid are also in the list. Indian spiritual leaders Baba Ramdev and Sri Sri Ravishankar are also in the...
04:45 PM, May 01, 2013
Mandya: Stepping up his offensive against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused it of having "mortgaged" people's future to "mafia" and "sold" the state to mining barons Reddy brothers. Attacking the BJP in the third lap of his campaign for the May 5 Assembly elections, Gandhi charged it with having "built" the Reddy brothers -- G Janardhana and G Karunakara --...
04:38 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: Many people from the Sikh community came together in New Delhi on Wednesday to protest against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in one of the cases of 1984 anti-Sikh riots. While many stormed a metro station in west Delhi in the afternoon disrupting services for sometime, the others marched to a police station blocking traffic in the area. The protesters entered Subhash Nagar Metro Station at...
03:49 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: The Congress has hit back at Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj for her comments against Congress President Sonia Gandhi. Referring to Sushma Swaraj's comments, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said the Congress does not expect Sushma to apologise since the realisation needs to come from within. "We don't expect Sushma to apologise because we can't expect anything from a party that doesn't believe in Parliamentary...
03:40 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's sister Dalbir Kaur, who returned to India from Pakistan on Wednesday, demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation and said she will not eat till her brother returns home. "When my brother returns home, I will eat only then. I want to apologise to his kids that I wasn't able to bring Sarabjit back," Dalbir Kaur said. Lashing out at the Indian government for not...
01:12 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: There seems to be a spat between the top two women in the Indian political establishment. Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj's all out attack against Congress President Sonia Gandhi has drawn severe criticism from the Congress and even the Samajwadi Party. Congress leaders say Sonia is upset after Sushma Swaraj accused her of subverting democratic institutions. Criticising Sushma for her comments on Sonia,...
11:20 AM, May 01, 2013
Lucknow: Holding the Samajwadi Party government responsible for the alleged dismal condition of farmers in Uttar Pradesh, the state unit of BJP on Tuesday said it will organise a 'Swabhimaan' rally in Bareilly district on Wednesday to be addressed by party president Rajnath Singh. "The rally will be addressed by senior party leaders, including national president Rajnath Singh, general secretary Varun Gandhi and state president Laxmi Kant Bajpai," BJP's chief...
10:43 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was on Tuesday acquitted in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case by a Delhi court which held five others guilty for murdering five Sikhs and rioting after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The case against Sajjan Kumar was opened on the recommendation of the Nanavati Commission. Sajjan Kumar had maintained a stoic silence on his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. In...
05:33 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sushma Swaraj took on Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and Congress President Sonia Gandhi for the pandemonium in Parliament and accused the duo of going all out to disrupt her speech. In a scathing attack on Meira Kumar and Sonia Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said that her party will boycott all meetings called by the Speaker and the...
04:42 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Nearly three decades after 2,500 Sikhs were killed in the 1984 riots, a Delhi court will on Tuesday pronounce its verdict on the role of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and five others in the killing of Sikhs. The case against Sajjan Kumar was opened on the recommendation of the Nanavati Commission. Sajjan Kumar has maintained a stoic silence on his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. In the...
08:24 AM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar to submit an affidavit on the Delhi rape case with details of the date on which an FIR was lodged. The court also asked for details of the probe being carried out. The matter was highlighted by an NGO during a hearing on its petition on missing children. The Delhi Police had come under criticism after details...
06:29 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Bangalore: BJP's star campaigner and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made a virulent attack on the Congress, especially on its vice president Rahul Gandhi, who he termed "a child born with a golden spoon", asking people never to vote for the party. "Even by mistake don't vote for the Congress as it will ruin Karnataka and the country. Say goodbye to the Congress by voting for our party's...
04:41 AM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: A vigilance inquiry by Delhi Police has found fault with the SHO of Gandhinagar police station in Delhi for alleged lapses in investigation into the rape of a five-year-old girl. Sources said the SHO has been found prima facie guilty of dereliction of duty. The report has been submitted to Commissioner Neeraj Kumar. The family had alleged that police did not pursue the complaint vigorously after the girl's...
01:45 AM, Apr 29, 2013
Bangalore: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP's frontrunner for the PM post, on Sunday left no stone unturned in wooing the voters in Bangalore and riling the opposition Congress with his remarks. Modi, in his trademark flamboyant oratory, asked Congress why it had failed to declare its CM candidate for the state so far. "All BJP leaders are asking Congress to announce their CM candidate in Karnataka. A 'hand'...
07:56 PM, Apr 28, 2013
Bhopal: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday said Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was not an issue for his party, which believes in fighting ideological battles in which personalities do not matter much. He dismissed the BJP stalwart as a creation of 'media hype' and challenged his claim of having ushered a new era of growth in Gujarat, where BJP is in power since mid 1990s. "Modi is a...
06:41 PM, Apr 28, 2013
New Delhi: The father of the Delhi minor rape survivor was offered a bribe of Rs 2000 by the Station House Officer (SHO) of Gandhinagar Police Station, source said on Sunday. The Joint Commissioner of Police (Vigilance) submitted report on the allegations of bribe by the police in the case. Sources added the victim's family has identified the SHO of the police station. The family had alleged they were offered...
12:31 PM, Apr 28, 2013
Hubli: The asset value of Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has increased four times than that of his wife Shilpa Shettar, but he is literally indebted to her and brother Pradip Shettar, going by the affidavit filed by him along with his nomination papers in Hubli. Shettar, seeking a fifth win from a constituency in Hubli in the May 5 Assembly polls, has a loan of Rs 18.97 lakh, the...
08:40 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Gulbarga: A "flying squad" of the Election Commission on Saturday subjected Mayawati to checking for a second time in quick succession, following which an angry BSP supremo hit out at the poll watchdog, playing the Dalit card. As soon as Mayawati, who is in Gulbarga for campaigning for the May 5 assembly poll, landed by helicopter at a helipad on the outskirts of the taluk headquarters town of Jewargi in...
07:59 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Chikmagalur: Charging the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka with betraying the people's mandate, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday made a strong pitch for "change" in the state as it was passing through "some of the darkest days". "I remind the young generation that these are some of the darkest days...People want change. The need for change is now, and now", she said in her first campaign rally...
04:02 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Sachidananda Murthy, resident editor, Malayala Manorama and The Week, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the Karnataka Assembly polls 2013. Q. The freebies announcements have started. How many more are to come? Asked by: sundar1950in A. Karnataka has the precedence of political parties announcing supplementary manifestos. In 1985 the Janata party benefited a great deal by announcing cheap food grains for poor, and school textbooks and uniforms for students....
05:09 PM, Apr 26, 2013
