Haveri: Sharpening his attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Karnataka, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused it of having created 'a world record' in corruption. Addressing a rally in Haveri in Karnataka on the second leg of his tour for the May 5 Assembly polls, he said the BJP talked about corruption at the Centre, but "corruption in the state did not come to their attention."...
03:25 PM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: The Congress core group met a short while back to discuss the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) affidavit on coal block allocation scam report with its allies and backed Law Minister Ashwani Kumar. Kumar told the core group his job was to look at the legal points in the draft and that he had done nothing wrong. Allies said the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would be the next...
02:25 PM, Apr 26, 2013
A CNN-IBN-The Week pre-poll survey has revealed that Janata Dal (Secular) president and former Chief Minsiter HD Kumaraswamy is the most preferred CM candidate. ...
11:43 PM, Apr 25, 2013
Dhar: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said factionalism was one of the main problems plaguing the party and assured that voice of ordinary workers would be heard at the time of ticket distribution. Factionalism was one of the three problems plaguing the Congress. The other two were neglect of party workers and sabotage during elections, he said. Rahul was addressing a meeting of Panchayat representatives and office-bearers of the...
02:55 AM, Apr 25, 2013
Jaipur: BJP Mahila Morcha on Wednesday demanded that President Pranab Mukherjee should sack Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde in the wake of rape cases and crime against women. A delegation of Mahila Morcha handed over a representation addressed to the President to the district collector in which they raised the demands and sought proper implementation of laws related with women's safety. A five-year-old was brutally raped in Gandhi Nagar area...
09:07 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: The police officials who reportedly offered a bribe to the Delhi rape survivor's family to hush up the matter have been identified, sources said on Wednesday. According to sources, the vigilance officials had identified the policemen at the Gandhi Nagar police station. Meanwhile, the Delhi Police has said that it is in the process of completing its probe into the matter and will submit a report by Thursday....
04:26 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Dhar: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday arrived in Mohankheda, about 40 km from Dhar, as part of his two-day visit to Madhya Pradesh. Rahul arrived in Mohankheda from Indore along with state Congress president Kantilal Bhuria, in a helicopter at around 10.30 am. Rahul went to a Jain temple immediately after his arrival and offered prayers for about 20 minutes. Later, he went to hold a meeting of...
12:33 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: Amid tight security and protests against his visit, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Kerala on Wednesday. Modi who will be on a day-long visit to the state, will address a public rally in Varkala. Modi had featured in recent debates in the state, after state Labour Minister Shibhu Baby John met him in Gujarat last week. Top Congress and Left leaders had condemned that meeting,...
10:56 AM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will begin his two-day visit to Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday. He will be visiting state capital Bhopal and Dhar district. Rahul will meet office bearers and block level party members in Mohankedha in Dhar district, and then proceed to Bhopal on Thursday, where he is likely to hold talks with members of the Congress Committee. In Bhopal, he will meet representatives of parliamentary...
10:17 AM, Apr 24, 2013
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has tabled its report on the Rural Employment Guarantee Act or NREGA, as it was utilised across India. CNN-IBN has accessed the report which says only 30 per cent of 129 lakh works worth over Rs 1.26 lakh crore approved in 14 states were completed. ...
11:49 PM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday sharpened its attack on the UPA government demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the 2G spectrum scam and coalgate. Even as the Opposition appeared divided over seeking PM's resignation, for the Congress these are worrying times. The passage of crucial bills in the Budget Session including the Finance Bill are at stake if the deadlock persists. The NDA is upping the...
09:40 PM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: Downplaying CAG's report on the Rural Employment Guarantee Act or NREGA, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said that it is a performance and not a financial audit. Ramesh said, "It is CAG's job to find shortcomings and if they don't show, it means they are not doing their job." Ramesh further said that the audit was conducted only after the government requested for it. The clarification comes after...
03:50 PM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has tabled its report on the Rural Employment Guarantee Act or NREGA, as it was utilised across India. CNN-IBN has accessed the report which says only 30 per cent of 129 lakh works worth over Rs 1.26 lakh crore approved in 14 states were completed. Barely 30 per cent of NREGA works completed, while Bihar, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh used only 20...
12:37 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Indore: In a fresh salvo ahead of Rahul Gandhi's visit to Madhya Pradesh, ruling BJP on Monday said the Congress Vice-President pales in comparison to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. "In comparison to Modi, Rahul is a big zero and the Congress leaders have a fear of Modi. They are afraid of him even in their dreams," BJP spokesman Vijay Sonkar Shastri told reporters in Indore. He was replying to...
02:30 AM, Apr 23, 2013
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11:49 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Protests over the rape of a 5-year-old girl in New Delhi intensified on the third consecutive day even as Aam Aadmi Party demanded resignations of Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar. ...
11:46 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: Protests against the rape of a 5-year-old girl in the national capital went on unabated on Monday despite the arrest of a second accused in the case. Anger against the city's police mounted, led by Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and voices demanding resignation of the force's chief Neeraj Kumar kept rising. On a day that saw Parliament being rocked by the issue, Delhi Police Commissioner defended...
09:08 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Protests over the rape of a 5-year-old girl in New Delhi intensified on the third consecutive day even as Aam Aadmi Party demanded resignations of Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar. ...
07:30 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Protests over the rape of a 5-year-old minor girl continued for a second day in the national capital even as the accused in the case was produced in a court and remanded to judicial custody till May 14. ...
11:24 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Protests over the rape of a 5-year-old minor girl continued for a second day in the national capital. Senior BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj criticized Congress President Sonia Gandhi for her lack of efforts to curb crimes against women. She said, "Sonia Gandhi says it's the time to act, and not just talk. I want to ask her, who will act? Saying its ...
09:57 PM, Apr 21, 2013
