Patna/New Delhi: Two days after snapping ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar seem to be warming up to the Congress. Hours after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called Nitish a secular leader, the Bihar Chief Minister thanked him saying, "What the PM has said is right. I thank him for that. There is no hidden message in that."
Manmohan Singh reached out to the Janata Dal United leader on Monday saying he is a secular leader. The PM also said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is not a threat to the Congress in the next Lok Sabha election.
On the possibility of Congress-JD(U) alliance, Manmohan Singh said, "In politics there are no permanent friends or enemies; we will decide as situation evolves. We have always sought the support from right thinking parties."
He also asserted confidence that the UPA will come back to power after the Lok Sabha elections in 2014. "We will have a third go as UPA and the people will again repose their faith in us," the Prime Minister said. ...
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11:31 AM, Jun 18, 2013
The Bihar Bandh called by the Bharatiya Janata Party two days after the Janata Dal United walked out of the National Democratic Alliance has been partially successful in some parts of Patna. ...
11:01 AM, Jun 18, 2013
Mallika Sherawat, who has been seen doing bold roles on screen, will now be seen in a desi avatar in her upcoming film 'Dirty Politics'. She recently tweeted a pictures of her from the sets of the film where she is seen making cow dung cakes. ...
11:01 AM, Jun 18, 2013
Patna: 11:49 am: Rudy also claimed that the bandh called by the BJP has been successful. He said it was the "beginning of an end of Nitish era". 11:35 am: The BJP blames the JD(U) for the violence in Patna. "Nitish Kumar claimed he would do all he can to stop this bandh. Now you can see that men and women of the BJP are being attacked. JD(U) is responsible...
10:20 AM, Jun 18, 2013
Carlos Tevez continues to remain under the shadows of uncertainty. The Argentine striker is in a precarious state as to which club his future lies in. "I really don't know anything about my future," the striker told Radio Cooperativa in Argentina. I have to wait for news. I am on vacation and for the moment I haven't been told anything.", he added. After Liverpool showed their interest in Tevez earlier...
09:27 AM, Jun 18, 2013
Former Formula One commentator Murray Walker has been diagnosed with cancer. Walker has told the BBC he has been diagnosed with a form of lymphatic system cancer, but says the condition is treatable. Walker, who lives in Hampshire, was the voice of Formula 1 for more than 30 years, first with the BBC and then with ITV. Walker became famous for his enthusiastic commentary style. One classic example is: "Unless...
09:24 AM, Jun 18, 2013
McLaren driver Jenson Button believes that his former team-mate Lewis Hamilton will soon gain the pace with Mercedes and will come strong in the upcoming races. Hamilton left McLaren to join Mercedes this season. However, Hamilton's performances has not been that impressive this season. With a number of impressive qualifying displays, the British couldn't clinch good points for Mercedes. But, Button believes that his former team-mate will recover and will...
09:16 AM, Jun 18, 2013
Patna: The Bharatiya Janata Party has called a Bihar Bandh on Tuesday to protest the "betrayal of the people" by the Janata Dal United, which walked out of the National Democratic Alliance on Sunday. A day after the JD(U) and the BJP broke their alliance, the two political parties were busy taking potshots at each other on Monday. While Nitish claimed the BJP never made an effort to address the...
08:39 AM, Jun 18, 2013
Japan are favourites to beat Italy in the Confederations Cup on Wednesday because of their Italian manager and the fact they have had more rest, according to Azzurri coach Cesare Prandelli. He believes Japan's Italian coach Alberto Zaccheroni's familiarity with his compatriots might cause Italy problems. "Japan will have the slight edge, I think, because they have an extra day of rest," said Prandelli. "Plus, Alberto knows us very well,...
08:26 AM, Jun 18, 2013
New Delhi: North India is bracing for yet another major power crisis following the sudden heavy onset of monsoon. The country's biggest hydropower plant, the Nathpa Jhakri power project, in Himachal Pradesh was forced to shut down following torrential rains and heavy silting in the Sutlej river. The power plant generated the highest amount of electricity this season and supplies electricity to most of North India, including Delhi, Punjab and...
08:20 AM, Jun 18, 2013
Enniskillen (Northern Ireland): Russian President Vladimir Putin faced further isolation on the second day of a G8 summit on Tuesday as world leaders lined up to pressure him into toning down his support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Following an icy encounter between the Kremlin chief and US President Barack Obama late on Monday, the G8 leaders will seek to find resolution to a war that has prompted powers across...
07:34 AM, Jun 18, 2013
Belo Horizonte: Nigeria rolled to a 6-1 victory at Confederations Cup on Monday over Tahiti, who were making their debut at a major FIFA tournament. Nnamdi Oduamadi scored a hat-trick for the African champions, while Elderson Echiejile added two more. Tahiti avoided humiliation Monday in their debut at a global football tournament by scoring a goal in their loss to Nigeria. Jonathan Tehau headed in a goal early in the...
03:11 AM, Jun 18, 2013
Over the last few months, Nitish Kumar had given enough hints that elevation of Gujarat CM Narendra Modi was not acceptable to him. ...
11:58 PM, Jun 17, 2013
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11:50 PM, Jun 17, 2013
After their dramatic split, what does the future hold for the JD(U) as well as the NDA? CNN-IBN's Karan Thapar discusses the issue with a panel of experts. ...
10:37 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Patna: A day after walking out of NDA, JD(U) President Sharad Yadav on Monday said his party could consider coming back to the alliance if veteran BJP leader LK Advani returns at the helm of the party. "We will consider rejoining NDA if LK Advani returns to helm of the party. We had fought 2009 elections projecting Advani as our Prime Ministerial candidate," the JD(U) chief said. The statement comes...
10:15 PM, Jun 17, 2013
New Delhi: The Maldives Anti-Corruption Commission has found that no misdeed was involved in awarding the Male International airport to Indian company GMR, according to media reports. The $500 million contract with GMR had been terminated by President Waheed in 2012 following the Maldivian coup. The deal had been signed by former President Nasheed in 2010. The Maldives government had cancelled GMR's airport project claiming that it was financially unviable....
09:25 PM, Jun 17, 2013
London: A 29-year-old Indian-origin journalist was on Monday named the editor of The Independent, becoming the first non-white editorial head of a UK national paper. Amol Rajan will replace Chris Blackhurst, becoming Fleet Street's first non-white newspaper editor. He was previously the paper's comment editor. Rajan was born in Kolkata before moving to London as a three-year-old. He grew up in Tooting, south London, and went on to read English...
08:46 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Agartala: Two eminent scientists associated with CERN, the prestigious European laboratory for particle physics, would be conferred honorary Doctor of Science (DSC) degree by National Institute of Technology (NIT) Agartala. CERN Director General Rolf-Dieter Heuer and eminent scientist Bikash Sinha of Kolkata, who is also associated with CERN, would be conferred DSC at the fifth convocation ceremony to be held on Friday, NIT registrar Sumanta Chakrabarti told reporters on Monday....
07:58 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Just 24 hours after the JD(U)-BJP split, both the parties are washing their dirty linen in public. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar accused the BJP of showing disrespect towards its elders. ...
07:37 PM, Jun 17, 2013
