New Delhi: In yet another uncomfortable development for the Narendra Modi government, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday summoned former Ahmedabad Commissioner of Police KR Kaushik as an accused in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case. The CBI said that Kaushik's name came up during questioning of suspended IPS officer DG Vanzara. Vanzara had been arrested from jail recently and questioned by the CBI in connection with the...
06:51 PM, Jun 12, 2013
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has begun consultations with senior JD(U) leaders over continuing of ties with BJP after the anointment of Narendra Modi as its poll panel chief with a senior state minister claiming that the 'days of ties' between the two NDA partners seem to be numbered. "Days of JD(U) ties with BJP are numbered," a senior JD(U) minister, who participated in the consultation, told PTI on...
03:30 AM, Jun 12, 2013
Bhubaneswar: BJP on Tuesday alleged that BJD's remarks against Narendra Modi was allegedly because of a deal with Congress to escape possible CBI action in the state in the coal scam. "Naveen Patnaik is reported to have stated that Modi is not acceptable at the national level...his statement is obviously because of a deal between BJD and Congress," BJP Odisha unit general secretary and spokesman Suresh Pujary alleged at a...
12:32 AM, Jun 12, 2013
New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday night met BJP patriarch LK Advani whose resignation from key posts had created a flutter in the party. The Chief Minister, who flew to Delhi late at night, held a brief meeting with the octogenarian leader at his residence in Delhi. Advani had on Monday resigned from three main forums of the BJP-- national executive, parliamentary board and election...
12:08 AM, Jun 12, 2013
Nawada: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi on Tuesday hailed Narendra Modi's anointment as the poll campaign chief of BJP and said that the decision will boost party's prospects in the Assembly polls in several states as well as in the next General Elections. "The BJP stands to gain immensely in the ensuing Assembly polls in Rajasthan, Chhatisgarh, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh, besides the next General Elections following the Gujarat...
05:25 PM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: Punching holes in the claims of state Chief Minister Narendra Modi, a Planning Commission working paper said that Gujarat has underperformed in health and education sectors. According to a Planning Commission's paper on 'Refining State Level Comparisons in India', "Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Assam, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra have each underperformed in two of the three sectors analysed." The working paper 2012 series has analysed the performance of...
02:32 AM, Jun 11, 2013
In a big boost to Narendra Modi's political career, BJP President Rajnath Singh appointed the Gujarat Chief Minister party's election campaign committee chief for 2014 polls. ...
11:59 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: He has been called the "Hindu Hriday Samrat", "Maut Ka Saudagar" (Merchant of Death), Great Dictator and a "Polarising Politician" and yet Narendra Modi's election victories continue to pile up. The latest sweep in Gujarat by-elections has also bolstered his image as the supreme vote catcher - he won in 2002, in 2007 and won again in 2012. And yet the Gujarat riots of 2002 shadow his footsteps...
06:58 PM, Jun 09, 2013
New Delhi: Narendra Modi's elevation as BJP's campaign chief for 2014 Lok Sabha elections on Sunday has strengthened his political legitimacy after struggling to shed the "communal" tag that has haunted the Gujarat Chief Minister since the 2002 riots. Often called the BJP's poster boy, Modi is seen as India's most divisive politician - loved and loathed in equal measure - but winning a record third term as Chief Minister...
06:50 PM, Jun 09, 2013
In a big boost to Narendra Modi's political career, BJP President Rajnath Singh appointed the Gujarat Chief Minister party's election campaign committee chief for 2014 polls. ...
05:00 PM, Jun 09, 2013
Panaji: BJP President Rajnath Singh on Sunday appointed Narendra Modi as the Chairman of central election committee for 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Rajnath said, "We have decided to make Narendra Modi as Chairman of Central Election Committee. The whole party has trust in him." Rajnath added that the upcoming 2014 elections are a challenge for the BJP. "We have decided Narendra Modi as chairman central campaign committee. This is an...
02:00 PM, Jun 09, 2013
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday took a dig at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, whose presence at the BJP national executive in Goa possibly contributed to the absence of senior party leaders, saying he was like a "virus". "It seems a strange virus called Namonitis has affected their senior leaders," Congress spokesperson Renuka Chowdhury told reporters when asked for the party's response on the absence of senior BJP leaders,...
03:55 AM, Jun 08, 2013
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11:34 PM, Jun 07, 2013
While many senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders have decided to give a miss to the National Executive in Goa, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has taken the centrestage at the meet. Speculations are rife that Modi could be named as the party's campaign committee chief for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and party sources have said a decision on the same is likely to be announced on Sunday. ...
11:33 PM, Jun 07, 2013
Goa: While many senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders have decided to give the National Executive in Goa a miss, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has taken the centrestage at the meet. Speculations are rife that Modi could be named as the party's campaign committee chief for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and party sources have said a decision on the same is likely to be announced on Sunday. Ahead of...
09:27 PM, Jun 07, 2013
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit criticised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's comment that the Gujarat by-poll reflected the country's sentiments. ...
02:31 PM, Jun 07, 2013
Ahmedabad: Even as Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has been claiming that he is responsible for the state's economic development, land acquisition for industries remains a thorny issue.Thirty-five villages of four districts have started a movementagainst the land acquisition being carried out under the Special Investment Region (SIR). The villagers says that only industrialists benefit from the land acquired for development. Several villages in Gujarat's Mehsana and Ahmedabad have warnings...
11:15 AM, Jun 07, 2013
While CM Narendra Modi emerged victorious in Gujarat, his rival within the Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar lost by-poll to the Maharajganj seat in the state. ...
10:05 PM, Jun 06, 2013
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday addressed more then 2.2 lakh teachers in the state through video conference and urged them to be teachers in real sense and inspire children. "A teacher who is only waiting for the bell to end the day can never shape minds. But a teacher who thinks about the pupil, the pupil's future, is the true teacher," Modi said in his address after...
08:24 PM, Jun 06, 2013
New Delhi: The clamour for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to be made Bharatiya Janata Party's campaign committee chief for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections has grown. With only a day to go for the national executive meet, sources tell CNN-IBN that BJP President Rajnath Singh is willing to concede to the popular demand. Even as Modi's role in the 2014 polls awaits a formal approval, senior BJP leader Arun...
08:36 AM, Jun 06, 2013
