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
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala, India's most literate state with the best socio-economic indicators, has ironically a history of political killings in which virtually every party is involved. A recent RTI inquiry revealed that 56 people fell victim to internecine violence in Kannur in the decade from January 1997 to March 2008. Not everyone who dies is a political activist. Often, innocent citizens die in turf wars in which they have no stake....
12:52 PM, Jun 01, 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
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Veteran CPM leader V S Achuthanadan on Sunday termed the Thodupuzha speech byIdukki district party secretary M M Mani as an awful attempt to brand the CPM as a party of murderers.Coming down heavily on Manis statement, Achuthanandan said at Chembazhanthy here that he could state this categorically as he was the partys state secretary during the period mentioned by Mani.The veteran CPM leader urged people not to believe...
09:36 AM, May 28, 2012
"Facts are important. The story is important. It's what happens to you that changes your life, not where or who with." One night before putting him to bed, Enaiaitollah's mother tells him three things-don't use drugs, don't use weapons and don't cheat or steal. The next day, he finds his mother gone and he is left all alone in Quetta with neither money in his hand or a home, nor...
05:52 PM, May 14, 2012
Baripada/Balasore: Seeking concrete steps to bring back Maoists into national mainstream, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said development of tribals and economic activities in Naxal-hit areas were essential, apart from security measures. "Security measures alone cannot put an end to Maoist activities. Development works for tribals, economic and political activities are equally important for tackling the menace," Ramesh said inaugurating a series of projects in Odisha's Mayurbhanj...
04:00 AM, May 07, 2012
Chennai: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said Dalits forming a separate party will not help them get political power. "In my opinion, there should not be a separate party for Dalits. They can join Congress or Communist parties or the state parties. But forming a separate party for Dalits will not help them get political power," he said speaking at the birthday anniversary of Baba Saheb BR Ambedkar....
11:31 PM, Apr 14, 2012
New Delhi: India's economy is exposed to an extended euro zone crisis and policy paralysis at home, while the coalition government is under tremendous strain from scandals and rebellious coalition partners. The risk of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's second term being cut short before a General Election due in 2014 is low, but cannot be ruled out. The failure of Congress party in state elections in early March, and a...
10:18 AM, Apr 03, 2012
Mexico City: The head of Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute, or IFE, said political parties that failed to abide by gender equality rules in selecting candidates for the July general elections would face legal consequences. The National Action Party, or PAN, Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, and the Mexican Green Party informed election officials over the past few days that they would be unable to comply with the gender quotas established...
11:51 AM, Mar 26, 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
CHENNAI: In a significant move, AIADMK leaders led by former minister C Ponnian took part in a CPI demonstration here on Tuesday, urging the Centre to back the resolutions passed against Sri Lanka. Ponnian said they were participating in the state-wide demo organised by CPI and like-minded mo-vements as per the orders from Amma (AIADMK Chief J Jayalalithaa).Ponnian went on to say that his party would support CPI general secretary...
10:31 AM, Mar 07, 2012
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court will monitor probe into the political killings in Burdwan, in which two CPI(M) leaders were allegedly murdered by Trinamool Congress supporters. Earlier on Friday, the court criticised the Mamata Banerjee government on delays in the probe into the Burdwan killings of last month. Chief justice Jay Narayan Patel slammed the government counsel for blaming 34 years of Left rule and 'consequent inefficiencies in the system' for...
03:59 PM, Mar 02, 2012
Burdwan: The cycle of political violence in West Bengal continues with the latest being the case of two CPI(M) leaders allegedly killed by Trinamool Congress workers. But Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called the killings an outcome of an internal feud. Chitralekha Tah is inconsolable. Her husband, former CPI(M) MLA Pradeep Tah, was bludgeoned to death at the bustling neighborhood of Dewandighi allegedly by Trinamool Congress workers in Burdwan. His...
09:05 AM, Feb 29, 2012
New Delhi: He grew up in a family that aligned its destiny with the turbulent politics of post-independence India and fell apart for it. London-based biographer-historian Zareer Masani, who courted controversy with a biography of Indira Gandhi, feels dynasty is deeply rooted in the Indian political tradition. But Masani, the son of free market political guru Minoo Masani and "an Indira Gandhi loyalist" Shakuntala, told IANS he has "not let...
08:20 PM, Feb 14, 2012
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