Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday side-stepped questions on his Prime Ministerial ambitions, saying he is an "apolitical person". "I am not a politician," he said, when asked by a questioner at a programme about the desire of politicians to aim for the top political post and what was his attitude about it. ...
11:39 PM, Apr 09, 2013
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11:24 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher with the then External Affair Minister Pranab Mukherjee at South Block in New Delhi in 1995. Thatcher passed away on Monday following a stroke at the age of 87. PTI Photo. ...
03:59 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Kolkata: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday side-stepped questions on his Prime Ministerial ambitions, saying he is an "apolitical person". "I am not a politician," he said, when asked by a questioner at a programme about the desire of politicians to aim for the top political post and what was his attitude about it. "A politician may have (the desire to become Prime Minister) but I am not a...
02:49 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is an "extremely popular leader whose views are being heard with great attention and scrutiny by a very large section of Indians". ...
02:45 PM, Apr 09, 2013
World leaders are paying their tribute to the Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher, who passed away on Monday at the age of 87 and will have full military honours at her funeral. "There were people who said she couldn't make it, who stood in her way, who said that a woman couldn't lead. And she defied them all," said British Prime Minister David Cameron. ...
09:56 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Patna: BJP on Monday categorically ruled out any tussle among top leaders over the prime minister's post and said parliamentary board of the party will take a decision on it. "There is no no tussle within the BJP over the prime ministerial candidate and the party's top leadership stands united behind the president Rajnath Singh," the party general secretary Rajiv Pratap Rudy told reporters. He also sought to downplay speculation...
02:47 AM, Apr 09, 2013
New Delhi: A New Delhi court on Monday fixed April 29 to hear arguments on a plea by Delhi Police challenging an order of a magistrate who had refused to take cognisance of a chargesheet filed against an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member in an alleged rioting case. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Daya Prakash said that he would hear the arguments on April 29 on the revision petition filed by...
01:45 PM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will lead the party in the 2014 general elections but he is not running for any post, Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Sachin Pilot said on Saturday. "The Congress has not once said that Rahul Gandhi is the prime minister in waiting. He is not running for any particular post. Rahul Gandhi does not need to. He does not need any projection,"...
05:35 AM, Apr 07, 2013
Rampur: BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Manmohan Singh are both saying they are not in the prime minister's race as they know their party would not win in 2014. "Both Rahul Gandhi and Manmohan Singh are saying they are not in the race for prime minister's post because they know there party will not win. It is a case of sour grapes,"...
12:55 AM, Apr 07, 2013
Delhi BJP chief Vijay Goel on Saturday created a flutter with his remark that the next government at the Centre will be formed under LK Advani's leadership. The Congress, which itself has been speaking in different voices on its prime ministerial candidate, has targeted the BJP over the race for the top post. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari said that the public is aware of who can run, ...
06:46 PM, Apr 06, 2013
New Delhi: A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh admitted there were problems in the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has come out with a clarification saying the government is trying to resolve some issues. The scheme will be rolled out across the country by the end of the financial year 2013-14, Chidambaram further added. On Friday, the Prime Minister had said the exercise of the...
06:30 PM, Apr 06, 2013
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will present an First Information Report (FIR) against the marines to a special court in New Delhi's Patiala house on Friday. The marines are accused of killing two Indian fishermen off the coast of Kerala in 2012. Days after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) handed over the Italian marines case to the NIA, a case has finally been registered against them. The...
10:14 AM, Apr 05, 2013
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi pitched hard to India Inc at Confederation of Indian Industries in the national capital and unveiled his vision of inclusive development, seeking partnership with the corporate sector but made it abundantly clear that he was not in the race for the Prime Minister's post. ...
10:13 PM, Apr 04, 2013
New Delhi: Responding to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's rejection of BJP's demand that he appear before the JPC in 2G spectrum allocation case, the opposition on Wednesday said if he has nothing to hide and since he had offered to depose before the PAC, he should not shy away from the panel. "The Prime Minister had earlier written to Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairperson Murli Manohar Joshi that he is...
07:59 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Scoffing at Congress' assertion that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party president Sonia Gandhi shared a "unique" relationship, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday said though Singh was technically at the helm, the real power rests in the hands of Gandhi. ...
06:00 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has rejected Bharatiya Janata Party leader Yashwant Sinha's demand that he must appear before the Joint Parliamentary Committee in the 2G scam case. The Prime Minister has also rejected Yashwant Sinha's allegations against him in the case. ...
03:33 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Following is the text of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh's address at the CII National Conference and Annual General Meeting, in New Delhi on Wednesday. ...
01:02 PM, Apr 03, 2013
There seems to be a leadership divide in the Congress. Party general secretary Digvijaya Singh continues to back Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi even as the Congress backs Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for a possible third term for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. ...
12:39 PM, Apr 03, 2013
The Congress's pitch for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections seems to be not Rahul Gandhi vs Narendra Modi, but Manmohan Singh vs Narendra Modi. The Congress is backing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for a possible third term. ...
07:52 AM, Apr 03, 2013
