Patna: Bihar BJP ministers on Sunday skipped the Cabinet meeting called by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Senior BJP leader CP Thakur said that the ministers will resign if Nitish breaks away.
Meanwhile, the BJP ministers are holding a separate meeting at Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi's house.
BJP state president Mangal Pandey said that there was no meaning in attending the Cabinet meeting when JD(U) leaders were trying to lure other legislators in a bid to form their own government.
The JD(U) and BJP, who have been allies for 17 years, are at loggerheads over the BJP's decision to give a larger role to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who Nitish Kumar says is unacceptable to his party....
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11:59 AM, Jun 16, 2013
At the 32nd Infosys Annual General meeting, recently-appointed Executive Chairman NR Narayana Murthy said it will take the software major three years to get back on track. ...
08:16 PM, Jun 15, 2013
Bangalore: Recalled to ride out the bad times for Infosys, its Chairman NR Narayana Murthy today said the task of rebuilding a "desirable" Infosys would take at least 36 months and there would be some tough decisions resulting in "pain." "The challenge is daunting and the task is tough," said Murthy in a candid address to shareholders at the 32nd Annual General Meeting in Bangalore, two weeks after he was...
06:33 PM, Jun 15, 2013
New Delhi: The Cauvery Supervisory Committee on Wednesday will review the water position of the river. During the meeting in New Delhi, the position regarding storage and allocation will also be reviewed. The decision was made keeping in mind the poor storage and oncoming monsoons in Karnataka. The meeting will be attended by the Chief Secretaries of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Puducherry and Kerala. On June 7, Karnataka had decided to...
10:39 AM, Jun 12, 2013
New Delhi: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Delhi on Wednesday. The Chief Minister is expected to demand a special status for Goa and push for a financial package for those affected by closure of mining activity in the state. An all-party will be meeting Prime Minister today and the Congress is likely to be represented by MP Francisco Sardinha in Delhi. Goa's Leader...
09:52 AM, Jun 12, 2013
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday asked private lender Yes Bank to advance its board meeting and hold it before June 27 while asking plaintiff Madhu Kapur, wife of the bank's deceased co-founder Ashok Kapur, to name her nominee for a board position. Justice SJ Kathawala on Monday directed Madhu Kapur to make a formal representation to the bank, nominating her daughter Shagun Gogia as nominee-director, so that the...
08:30 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has become BJP's Central Election Committee chief despite opposition from senior party leader LK Advani but faces many big challenges and responsibility. Modi's elevation at the National Executive meet in Goa has not only given him a very important and responsible position but also made sure that his path ahead will be full of thorns. The biggest challenge that Modi faces is to...
01:49 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has convened an all-party meeting in Delhi on Monday to discuss ways to tackle Naxal menace in the backdrop of killing of Congress leaders in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh in May 2013. The meeting, also to be addressed by Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, is expected to work towards evolving a consensus on the strategy to deal with the challenge posed by Left...
01:17 AM, Jun 10, 2013
Panaji: Amid reports of a rift within the BJP, especially after LK Advani's decision to skip the National Executive Meeting, party president Rajnath Singh said the conclave would end on a positive note and everyone will go back "happy". In his inaugural address at the national executive meeting here, Rajnath Singh said everyone will go home "happy, energised and enthusiastic", Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told reporters. The...
06:00 PM, Jun 08, 2013
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday openly pushed for projecting Narendra Modi as the BJP's "face" for the next general elections, becoming the first senior leader to do so in the divided party. Parrikar, while showering praise on Modi for his "administrative capabilities" and "popularity", said the Gujarat Chief Minister's projection would give a tremendous boost to the electoral prospects of the party. Modi's projection should come at...
11:56 AM, Jun 08, 2013
The crucial extended Parliamentary Board meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party is underway in Goa. "We will analyse the political scenario of the country and how to defeat Congress and what are its shortcomings," said party leader Dharmendra Pradhan, who did not rule out discussion and constitution of Lok Sabha campaign committee under Narendra Modi's leadership. ...
06:34 PM, Jun 07, 2013
Panaji: 8:34 pm: Sources have told CNN-IBN that veteran BJP leader LK Advani's attendance in the National Executive is subject to doctor's advice. 8:10 pm: Expect an important decision soon, Meenakshi Lekhi tells CNN-IBN. 8:01 pm: BJP Parliamentary Board meet ends, no decision yet taken on Modi's elevation as party's campaign panel chief for 2014 Lok Sabha elections. 5:17 pm: There are no pro-Modi or pro-Advani camps in BJP as...
03:17 PM, Jun 07, 2013
Rome: Usain Bolt's defeat by Justin Gatlin in the 100 metres at the Rome Diamond League meeting on Thursday is unlikely to cause the Olympic champion too much concern ahead of August's world championships. American Gatlin, bronze medallist at the London Games after a four-year doping ban, ran 9.94 seconds to edge Bolt by 0.01 in a race that showed the Jamaican has yet to fully recover from the hamstring...
10:49 AM, Jun 07, 2013
Below is the text of the letter dated 3.6.2013 addressed by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on internal security. Full text of the letter: "I have received the invitation sent by the Union Home Minister to attend the Conference of Chief Ministers on Internal Security on 5th June, 2013, which you would be presiding over. The Conference of Chief Ministers on Internal Security...
01:37 PM, Jun 04, 2013
New Delhi: The government is divided over bringing an ordinance on the Food Security Bill, say sources. Meanwhile, the Law Ministry has approved an ordinance note but has questioned how beneficiaries will be determined. The Law Minister has sent a note to the Cabinet Secretary approving the ordinance. Some ministers like Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and Food Minister KV Thomas want the Bill to be discussed in Parliament. While some...
12:36 PM, Jun 04, 2013
New Delhi: The government is likely to bring in an ordinance on the Food Security Bill in the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Sources say the government has spoken to all the allies on the proposal and that it prefers an ordinance instead of bringing a bill in Parliament as it can reduce the rollout time for the scheme. The government was earlier reportedly divided on whether to hold a special...
09:47 AM, Jun 04, 2013
New Delhi: The Food Security Bill was not discussed at the UPA Coordination Committee meeting on Monday, clarified Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath. The meeting was held to discuss the deadly Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh that claimed lives of top state Congress leaders, including Mahendra Karma and Nand Kumar Patel among others. "It was not a mere Naxal attack. It was an attack on the whole political system," said Nath....
08:41 PM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: Chief ministers of Naxal-affected states will meet in New Delhi on June 5 to formulate strategy on how to check unabated violence by Maoists and tackle the menace. The special session of nine chief ministers will be held on the sideline of the Chief Ministers conference on internal security convened by the Home Ministry next week. Chief ministers of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,...
06:14 PM, May 31, 2013
New Delhi: Congress will hold a prayer meeting on Monday at the party headquarters in Delhi for its leaders and workers killed in the Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh. The meeting would be attended by party president Sonia Gandhi, Vice-President Rahul Gandhi along with all senior leaders and union ministers. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not be able to attend the meeting as he will be leaving for Japan. Party General...
02:18 AM, May 27, 2013
London: For the first time in 40 years, Queen Elizabeth II will skip the Commonwealth summit to be held in Sri Lanka in November, deciding to send her son Prince Charles instead for the biennial event. 87-year-old Queen will miss the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) for the first time since 1973, Buckingham Palace announced on Tuesday. "I can confirm that the Queen will be represented by the Prince...
04:15 PM, May 07, 2013
