New Delhi: The CBI's claim that Intelligence Bureau (IB) Special Director Rajinder Kumar was involved in his individual capacity in the 2004 encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others in Gujarat has been shot down by a former senior officer of the intelligence agency. Ashok Karnik, former Deputy Director of IB, says: "The claim that he masterminded the encounter is totally falicious because an IB officer cannot mastermind the entire...
11:10 AM, Jun 15, 2013
Patna: As the Bihar Chief Minister remains firm on breaking ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Bihar NDA convenor Nand Kishore Yadav and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi have reportedly refused to meet Nitish Kumar. The Bihar Chief Minister had called a meeting with the BJP leaders on Saturday to discuss the JD(U)-BJP ties. Meanwhile, sources on Saturday said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has asked BJP President...
10:44 AM, Jun 15, 2013
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is adamant on breaking ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party over Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's elevation. Sources close to the Janata Dal United told CNN-IBN that Nitish Kumar will not relent till the BJP declares that Modi will not be named NDA's PM candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The BJP, however, is trying hard to save its ties with the JD(U)....
07:49 AM, Jun 15, 2013
New Delhi: Meeting of Janata Dal (United) MLAs and MPs that was scheduled for Sunday may not take place, say sources. The meet, which was scheduled first for Saturday, was pushed to Sunday as JD(U) President and NDA convenor Sharad Yadav reaches Patna only on Saturday evening. The meet was probably being organised to construct a roadmap of the split from the the BJP and perhaps to formally announce it....
05:47 AM, Jun 15, 2013
Rajkot: Amidst mounting speculation over the fate of JD(U)-BJP alliance, a Bihar Minister and BJP leader on Friday said Narendra Modi was the most popular politician in the eastern state and fit to be Prime Minister. "Narendra Modi is more popular than any other local leader in Bihar and he is fit to become Prime Minister of the country," Giriraj Singh, who holds the Animal Husbandry and Fisheries portfolio in...
02:36 AM, Jun 15, 2013
Anand: Expressing concern over malnutrition in Gujarat, Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked the people to give attention to the health of their children to tackle the menace. Modi was speaking at a Shala Praveshotsav (school enrollment) function at Megalpur village in Sojitra taluka in the district in Anand. "This is the same district from where rivers of milk flows," Modi said apparently referring to Amul. "But I find...
12:06 AM, Jun 15, 2013
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11:55 PM, Jun 14, 2013
The BJP-JD(U) divorce over Narendra Modi's elevation is almost complete. JDU meets on Sunday to take a final call. Sources tell CNN-IBN that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has informed BJP about calling off the alliance. ...
10:54 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Top BJP sources said on Friday that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had conveyed his decision to their party president Rajnath Singh. ...
09:22 PM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: Nine years after a Mumbai girl Ishrat Jahan and three other youths were killed in cold blood by the Gujarat Police, the case has now come to haunt the country's premier intelligence agency - the Intelligence Bureau. And in the dock is the IB's Special Director Rajinder Kumar, who was posted in Gujarat in 2004 when the encounter took place. Kumar now faces a real danger of being...
09:02 PM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: Janata Dal (United) is set to meet on Sunday in Patna to make a decision on its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party. The meet, which was scheduled first for Saturday, was pushed to Sunday as JD(U) President and NDA convenor Sharad Yadav reaches Patna only on Saturday evening. The meet is probably being organised to construct a roadmap of the split from the the BJP and perhaps...
08:38 PM, Jun 14, 2013
The Congress distanced itself from Jairam Ramesh's remarks that Narendra Modi posed an ideological challenge to the party. Ramesh had compared Modi to self-destructive Hindu demon Bhasmasur - saying Modi had destroyed his mentor Advani. ...
07:47 PM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal (United) have decided to pull the plug on their 18-year long ties. Top BJP sources on Friday said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had conveyed to their party president Rajnath Singh that he had decided to end their alliance. The sources said that the BJP had tried its best to keep the alliance from falling apart. "We have done...
06:21 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Chattarpur: Congress leader Satyavrat Chatuvedi on Friday hit out at Union Minister Jairam Ramesh for his reference to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as a star campaigner. The minister said Jairam Ramesh can join Narendra Modi's party. "If he (Jairam Ramesh) has said this, he he must go and join Narendra Modi's party in Gujarat," said Chaturvedi. Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh had on Thursday called Gujarat Chief Minister "India's...
01:54 PM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party has hit out at Union Minister Jairam Ramesh after the minister called Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi 'Bhasmasur' who turns everything into ashes. The BJP said it's just a matter of time till the public votes the Congress out. "The people are taking note of the abuses the Congress is hurling at our leaders. They will respond appropriately. Given the charges of corruption the...
12:26 PM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi/Bangalore: After being criticised by Union Minister Jairam Ramesh, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has come under fire from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. Akhilesh said Modi's magic worked only on TV and in Gujarat. "Modi's elevation and his magic will not cast a spell in Uttar Pradesh as Modi is hardly acquainted with the nitty-gritty of UP politics and people of the state hardly know him. His...
10:25 AM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party-Janata Dal United divorce is becoming inevitable. The crucial decision is likely to be taken in the next 24 hours. Sources have told CNN-IBN that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will again be hinting at a JD(U)-BJP divide at his public rally in Katihar on Friday. Nitish Kumar has also called a meeting with his confidants in Patna on Friday where the crucial decision may...
07:45 AM, Jun 14, 2013
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday blamed the past Congress governments for ignoring primary education in the state. "Past governments (Congress) in the state have sinned by keeping society in the dark and ignoring the primary education in the state," Modi said at the time of inaugurating the eleventh edition of 'Shala Praveshotsav' (school admission festival). Addressing parents and students in Lihoda village of Dehgam near in Ahmedabad,...
01:54 AM, Jun 14, 2013
If elections were to be held in the social media, Narendra Modi would almost certainly be 'crowned' Prime Minister. Modi has more than 17 lakh ...
12:01 AM, Jun 14, 2013
At least three people were killed when a group of nearly 100 suspected Naxals attacked the Dhanbad-Patna Intercity Express near Kundhar halt in Jamui district of Bihar on Thursday afternoon. ...
09:32 PM, Jun 13, 2013
