New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party's highest decision making body, will meet on Monday after a gap of one year in the middle of a worsening economic slowdown and grave corruption charges. Congress President Sonia Gandhi is expected to discuss the Antony Committee report on the recent poll debacle and also outline the road ahead for 2014 Assembly Election. The Committee is also likely to decide the...
06:39 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Pyari Mohan Mohapatra on Wednesday dismissed reports of any split within the party and said that Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik continues to be the party leader. BJD MP Jay Panda also said that there was no rebellion within the BJD. "We have had a lot of discussions earlier. There is no dissidence in the party. Grievances have increased because the party organisation is...
10:20 AM, May 30, 2012
Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is heading towards a split with Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's confidante and BJD MP Pyari Mohan Mohapatra has reportedly turned rebellious against him. CNN-IBN has now learnt that Patnaik is cutting short his first visit to London in ten years and rushing home. Reacting to the crisis he said, "I understand that in my absence an MP of my party is stirring trouble...
08:27 AM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa on Monday intensified his power struggle by claiming support of over half of the party MLAs and apparently demanded that the central leadership convene a legislature party meet within 48 hours. In a show of strength to party high command, Yeddyurappa, who claimed that 70 MLAs are supporting him, ferried 40 of his loyalists to a private resort, where...
07:24 AM, Mar 19, 2012
Islamabad: The Pakistan Army's top commanders have decided to throw their weight behind the Supreme Court in its standoff with the civilian government over the memo scandal and the revival of high-profile graft cases, according to a media report on Friday. The decision was made at a meeting of top commanders chaired by army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi yesterday, The Express Tribune quoted...
12:40 PM, Jan 13, 2012
Bangalore: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday ruled out allowing scam-hit Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa to pick his successor, even as it continued efforts to make him quit without conditions. "The new chief minister will be decided based on the opinion of all legislators," state Home Minister R Ashoka told reporters after a meeting of senior state party leaders. To help elect a new leader of the legislature...
11:48 AM, Jul 30, 2011
Sanaa, Yemen: At least 57 al-Qaeda militants escaped from prison on Wednesday in the latest sign that Yemen's political upheaval has emboldened them to challenge authorities in the country's nearly lawless south. In a carefully choreographed escape, the militants attacked their guards and seized their weapons just as bands of heavily armed attackers descended on the prison in Mukalla on the Arabian Sea. The escapees included militants convicted on terror...
03:26 PM, Jun 22, 2011
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10:40 PM, May 17, 2011
New Delhi: At the centre of the latest political drama in Karntaka are 16 MLAs once again - 11 from the BJP and five Independents who switch sides with alarming regularity, sometimes to topple the Karntaka government and sometimes to save it. The world is their home quite literally for the group of 16 MLAs. In the past six months, they have criss crossed Delhi and Bangalorue several times - ...
10:04 PM, May 17, 2011
New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa arrived in Delhi on Monday evening accompanied by 127 MLAs. He says he is ready to parade them before the President on Tuesday at around 5:30 PM to show that his government still enjoys a majority in the state assembly. Yeddyurappa is confident he can prove his majority. "The Governor Shri Bhardwaj has given us a grand reception. I thank all the BJP...
07:18 AM, May 17, 2011
Bangalore: To mount pressure on Governor HR Bhardwaj who has recommended imposition of President's Rule in Karnataka, the BJP Government in the state on Monday sent another Cabinet resolution requesting him to convene a session of both Houses of Legislatures from June 2. An emergent Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa decided to submit one more resolution seeking summoning of the Legislature session, a day after Bhardwaj recommended...
03:39 PM, May 16, 2011
Bangalore: Slamming the Karnataka Governor for recommending dismissal of his government, Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Monday said the action amounted to an "affront" to the pride of the people of the state and the mandate given to BJP. "The Congress bosses in Delhi are using the Governor to commit anti-constitutional acts. I will not allow the murder of democracy," he said. Yeddyurappa said, "The Governor's action amounts to an...
10:03 AM, May 16, 2011
New Delhi: The Home Ministry is examining the report of Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj recommending dismissal of the Yeddyurappa ministry and imposition of President's Rule in the wake of Supreme Court quashing the disqualification of 11 party rebel MLAs. The Ministry is looking into the details on what ground the Governor recommended imposition of President's rule and keep the Assembly under suspended animation, official sources said on Monday. A note ...
09:43 AM, May 16, 2011
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