New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Yashwant Sinha has vouched for senior party leader LK Advani to be the Prime Ministerial candidate. He said if Advani is available to be the PM candidate, it will end the debate on NDA's PM nominee. "Advaniji is the senior-most, most respected leader and if he is available to lead the party and government, then that should end all discussion. Everyone should fall in...
01:42 PM, Apr 15, 2013
New Delhi: Are the ties between the Janata Dal United and the Bharatiya Janata Party reaching breaking point over Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the Prime Ministerial candidate? Senior leaders from Bihar will meet party chief Rajnath Singh on April 18 in Delhi. The Bihar BJP leaders say Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's veiled threat over Narendra Modi is not acceptable. "The Chief Minister's attack on Narendra Modi is against...
11:22 AM, Apr 15, 2013
New Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) drama played out on Sunday with the Janata Dal United (JDU) giving the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a year-end deadline to declare its Prime Ministerial candidate. By Sunday evening, the BJP hit back saying that the key NDA ally should rather focus on targeting the UPA than its own allies. Hoping to gain some advantage of this BJP-JD(U) squabble, the Bihar Congress tried...
07:52 AM, Apr 15, 2013
London: Margaret Thatcher's funeral this week may be the costliest political advert in history, if critics are to be believed - but her death is reminding Conservatives that their current prime minister pales against her ideological conviction and power. Pollsters say David Cameron may get a small lift in the polls from public nostalgia for such a historic figure, even as figures on the right of his party pine openly...
06:25 AM, Apr 15, 2013
The Janata Dal (United) has set the terms for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), giving out a stern message on the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) prime ministerial nominee. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar did not name the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, but made it very clear he is not acceptable as a PM candidate. ...
11:25 PM, Apr 14, 2013
The Janata Dal (United) has set the terms for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), giving out a stern message on the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) prime ministerial nominee. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar did not name the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, but made it very clear he is not acceptable as a PM candidate. ...
10:35 PM, Apr 14, 2013
New Delhi: After a stern warning from the Janata Dal (United) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) prime ministerial candidate, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hit out at its biggest ally saying it should refrain from targeting its allies and instead focus on removing the "corrupt" United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. Nitish had, in a veiled threat to the BJP, made it clear that...
07:15 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Brinda Karat on Sunday reacted sharply to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's demand for a secular prime ministerial candidate saying, "You can't claim to be secular by just protesting against one individual. We are opposed to BJP's communal policies". ...
06:42 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Congress leader from Bihar Shakeel Ahmed mocked JD(U)'s demand for a secular prime ministerial candidate of the NDA saying, "I don't understand how LK Advani is secular? Also, there are five RSS people in Nitish's cabinet, then how can Nitish Kumar be secular?" ...
05:56 PM, Apr 14, 2013
New Delhi: The Janata Dal (United) has set the terms for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), giving out a stern message on the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) prime ministerial nominee. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar did not name the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, but made it very clear he is not acceptable as a PM candidate. The JD(U) has set a deadline till the end of the year to...
05:39 PM, Apr 14, 2013
A report in 'The Indian Express' says the CBI probe status report in the coal scam was "vetted" by the law minister and PMO officials. While the BJP is now demanding an impartial SIT probe, the Congress is playing down the issue. ...
07:23 PM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: A new poster of upcoming Punjabi film 'Rangeelay' was launched on the occasion of Baisakhi. The poster showcases its lead actors - Jimmy Shergill and Neha Dhupia, wishing everyone 'Happy Baisakhi' in Punjabi. The poster is very colourful, very much in accordance with the movie's title. Directed by Navaniat Singh, the movie is produced by Jimmy in association with Eros International. It marks the debut of Neha Dhupia...
03:10 PM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: A media report that showed the UPA government had "vetted" the coal scam probe status report before its submission in the Supreme Court was a "very serious matter", said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj on Saturday. Swaraj alleged that the vetting was part of an attempt to save Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. "This is a very serious matter. This is evidence of the government's pressure on...
01:34 PM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party has demanded a probe by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the coal scam alleging that the government is influencing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley has accused the Law Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office of diluting the CBI's status report on the scam. "The autonomous status that CBI has tried to maintained...
01:17 PM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: A compromise between the Janata Dal United and the Bharatiya Janata Party seems to be in the offing, according to sources. The JD(U) may not insist on the BJP immediately announcing its Prime Ministerial candidate, sources say. The JD(U) may give the BJP six to eight months to decide on a PM candidate. The JD(U) resolution on the NDA's PM candidate that was to come up in the...
11:54 AM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: There seems to be a potential embarrassment for the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). A report in national daily The Indian Express has said the Central Burea of Investigation (CBI) status report in the coal scam was "vetted" by the Law Minister and officials of the Prime Minister's Office. The report says the CBI Director and others involved in preparing the coal scam report had been summoned by the...
11:20 AM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Janata Dal United national executive meet is set to be held in the national capital on Saturday. JD(U) office bearers met party chief Sharad Yadav on Saturday morning ahead of the meeting. The JD(U) has already raised pitch on the Bharatiya Janata Party's Prime Ministerial candidate. It has clearly said that it wants the name to be announced at the earliest. JD(U) leader Shivanand Tiwari though said...
10:31 AM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) ally Janata Dal United JD(U) is set to raise the pitch over the Prime Ministerial candidate issue at its national executive meet that starts on Saturday. It is likely to demand that the BJP names its Prime Ministerial candidate within a specific time frame, insisting that the nominee should have secular credentials. With Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's rising graph and some BJP...
07:50 AM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: The rift within the National Democratic Alliance over Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi seems to be growing. After the Janata Dal (United), now the Shiv Sena has hinted that it wants the Bharatiya Janata Party to decide on its Prime Ministerial candidate. "Narendra Modi was not in the PM race when Sushma Swaraj met Bal Thackeray. Let the BJP decide on the PM candidate first, we will decide...
01:59 PM, Apr 11, 2013
The JD(U) is likely to adopt a political resolution at its national executive asking the NDA to name its PM candidate before polls. ...
12:52 PM, Apr 11, 2013
