New Delhi: Congress on Sunday stepped up attack on BJP over Sushma Swaraj washing her hands off the induction of Bellary brothers as ministers saying, the "Neros of BJP" fiddle in Delhi while Karnataka burns. "Swaraj's assertions once again underscore the fundamental reality of BJP that money talks and Yeddyurappa and Reddy walk. While Karnataka burns with corruption, the Neros of BJP fiddle in Delhi. It does not require any...
02:27 PM, May 29, 2011
New Delhi: Congress on Saturday stepped up attack against Narendra Modi in the wake of allegations by a senior police official of his support to post-Godhra rioters, saying victims will not get justice as long as he is the Chief Minister of Gujarat. "As long as Narendra Modi is Chief Minister, the victims cannot get justice there," party general secretary Digvijay Singh told reporters replying to a volley of questions...
07:22 PM, Apr 23, 2011
New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare on Thursday said he was happy and satisfied with United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi's letter, assuring him that she does not support or encourage the politics of smear campaign. "Sonia Gandhi has written to me. I was happy to read her letter that she never supported nor will support those who are attacking me," Hazare told a news channel. Hazare in his...
12:56 PM, Apr 21, 2011
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has jumped onto the CD controversy involving the father-son lawyer duo of Shanti Bhushan and Prashant Bhushan on one side and former Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh on the other side. The controversy is threatening to become a political war. BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday alleged that the CD controversy was raked up by Amar Singh on the behest of...
03:17 PM, Apr 19, 2011
Ahemdabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has a knack to embarrass the Congress. This time he took a jibe at the Prime Minister on the Occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti for being absent from Assam on polling day. Narendra Modi said, "Ambedkar gave us our constitution and on his birth anniversary, I have to say this with great regret that PM Manmohan singh, who is a registered voter from Assam has...
08:17 AM, Apr 15, 2011
New Delhi: Congress on Tuesday termed the indefinite hunger strike by social activist Anna Hazare for a stronger Lokpal Bill as premature, saying the government had already constituted a panel headed by Defence Minister A K Antony to go into the issue. "The Prime Minister has already constitued a sub-committee headed by Antony. When the process was already on, then adopting such a path is perhaps not appropriate, probably unnecessary....
06:43 PM, Apr 05, 2011
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday on the twin issues of corruption and price rise. BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad flayed Singh for backing Central Vigilance Commissioner PJ Thomas and also targeted him for not disclosing names of the people who have black money in foreign accounts. "Prime Minister claims to be himself honest and a credible economist....
04:08 PM, Jan 18, 2011
New Delhi: Congress on Thursday refused to comment on the Supreme Court's remarks on the continuance of Central Vigilance Commissioner P J Thomas saying it would be inappropriate for the party to respond to the issue in a blow-by-blow manner when the matter is being heard by the SC. "There is a PIL in the Supreme Court. The SC is hearing the matter on a daily basis. It will be...
09:23 PM, Dec 02, 2010
New Delhi: The logjam in Parliament over various incidents of corruption has gone on for 11 days. Parliament has been repeated adjourned and no business has been conducted for the last 11 days resulting in a loss of Rs 25 crore of the taxpayers money. The ruckus continued on Friday too with both houses of Parliament being adjourned till Monday. The Congress on Friday tried to take a moral high...
02:09 PM, Nov 26, 2010
New Delhi: Hit by scams Congress has gone on the offensive, accusing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari of owning a flat in the controversial Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society in Mumbai. Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari on Wednesday alleged that Gadkari owned a flat by proxy in Adarsh society. Tewari claimed that a flat owned by the driver of BJP National Executive member Ajay Sancheti in fact belonged to Gadkari....
03:37 PM, Nov 10, 2010
Jaipur: Senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar has been chargesheeted in Ajmer blast case. Rajasthan Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) claims that along with Indresh Kumar several other leaders of RSS attended a secret meeting on October 31 2005 in Jaipur, where the blast conspiracy had been hatched. The ATS chargesheet says: · On October 31, 2005, Sunil Joshi along with Pragya Singh and others came to Jaipur. · They stayed at...
12:47 PM, Oct 23, 2010
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi has stepped in for damage control on the Maharashtra fund collection controversy. Sources say Maharashta PCC chief Manikrao Thakre could be replaced by Diwali after he was caught on tape discussing how to raise money for a Sonia rally at Sevagram in Wardha district on Friday. Senior state Congress leaders have been opposed to Manikrao in any case and his conversations with Satish Chaturvedi...
04:22 PM, Oct 16, 2010
New Delhi: And after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi too has snubbed Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi. Kalmadi has not been invited to her residence 10 Janpath where the Congress is felicitating the Commonwealth Games Gold medalists. Sports Minister M S Gill is also present. Kalmadi was not invited on Friday as well when the Prime Minister hosted a function to felicitate the Indian medalists. This is...
02:08 PM, Oct 16, 2010
Sonia Gandhi, 63, assumed office as Congress President in 1998. ...
08:36 PM, Sep 02, 2010
Despite all allegations of corruption and delay in preparations, Jaipal Reddy says India will host the best Games so far. ...
04:37 PM, Aug 09, 2010
Bus carrying 50 people blown up in forested area of Chhattisgarh in Dantewada district. ...
09:37 PM, May 17, 2010
Three years after the Ajmer Dargah blasts there's a new twist in the investigation. ...
09:47 PM, May 01, 2010
The bill a key step for operationalisation of Indo-US nuke deal. ...
06:17 PM, Mar 16, 2010
Cong only extended outside support to the Koda govt, said Manish Tewari. ...
10:30 PM, Nov 16, 2009
Lack of good leadership has kept India from becoming a world power. ...
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