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
A signature campaign was on Monday launched by a group of students and teachers of Delhi University (DU) to oppose the "hasty" implementation of the four-year graduation programme. About 750 signatures were collected on the petition 'Save Delhi University Campaign' addressed to the Prime Minister opposing the decision of a new 4-year course taken by DU authorities "without wider debate and discussion". ...
10:08 PM, Apr 01, 2013
BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, a member of the JPC probing the 2G scam, on Monday wrote to the PM asking him to appear before the panel. Citing former Telecom Minister A Raja's communication to JPC, Sinha asked PM Manmohan Singh to appear before the committee to 'clear his name' following allegations levelled against him. ...
08:57 PM, Apr 01, 2013
A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party announced its new core team, it has attracted stinging criticism from former party ideologue KN Govindacharya. He said the party lacks direction and ideology because of so many prime ministerial candidates. ...
01:59 PM, Apr 01, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should project Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its leader in the next Lok Sabha elections and change its priorities if it wants to return to power, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev said on Sunday. He said that Congress can not return to power due to its anti-people policies but BJP can do it provided it changed its priorities. ...
01:51 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Amid growing clamour in BJP to name Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its Prime Ministerial candidate for 2014 Lok Sabha elections, veteran BJP leader LK Advani on Saturday said there was no competition in the party for the top post. ...
09:20 PM, Mar 30, 2013
An emotional Italian Defence Minister Giampaolo Di Paola has said that the two Italian marines who were sent back to India to face trial for the killing of Indian fishermen did so willingly. ...
04:47 PM, Mar 29, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who returned from the BRICS Summit on Thursday, has said that reforms are the top priority of the government, but admitted that it cannot be done without the goodwill of its allies. "Reforms certainly have to take into account the fact that we don't have majority in Parliament to approve some of our reforms. So we are certainly dependent on the goodwill of our allies," Manmohan...
07:48 AM, Mar 29, 2013
The Congress on Thursday hit back at SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for accusing it of being "cheat and clever" as it reminded him that he had shared the dais with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when the UPA's report was released in 2012. ...
05:06 AM, Mar 29, 2013
With outside ally Samjawadi Party breathing fire in the last few days, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday acknowledged the possibility of its withdrawal of support to the UPA, but ruled out any threat to his government or early elections. ...
11:07 PM, Mar 28, 2013
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has once again raised the pitch for a third front. Speaking at a rally in Etawah on Wednesday, Mulayam said that neither the BJP, nor the Congress can form a government in 2014. ...
05:33 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying no Sri Lankan player should play the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches in her state. Earlier in February, Jayalalithaa had cancelled the Asian Athletics meet saying Sri Lankan players would not be allowed in Tamil Nadu. ...
11:57 PM, Mar 26, 2013
Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa wrote to the Prime Minister demanding that no Sri Lankan player should play the IPL matches in her state. ...
11:19 PM, Mar 26, 2013
Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa wrote to the Prime Minister demanding that no Sri Lankan player should play the IPL matches in her state. ...
07:25 PM, Mar 26, 2013
The Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council on Tuesday decided against fielding Sri Lankan players in Chennai following security concerns after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa barred them from the State. However, sources said that the Sri Lankan players will be allowed to play in other states. ...
05:53 PM, Mar 26, 2013
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying no Sri Lankan player should play the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches in her state. Earlier in February, Jayalalithaa had cancelled the Asian Athletics meet saying Sri Lankan players would not be allowed in Tamil Nadu. ...
02:55 PM, Mar 26, 2013
The debate on whether Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is ready to be the UPA's Prime Ministerial candidate seems to be on. Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh has claimed the party Vice President never said no to being the Prime Minister and can be one if he wishes so. ...
12:53 PM, Mar 26, 2013
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has said that the model of having "two power centres" has not worked well and suggested that Rahul Gandhi should not opt to nominate a Prime Minister if the party gets a majority in the next Lok Sabha polls. The Congress General Secretary also said that party President Sonia Gandhi has really never interfered in the functioning of Manmohan Singh Government. ...
01:20 AM, Mar 26, 2013
Ditched by the DMK and kept guessing by SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, the Congress is looking further east, towards Bihar and West Bengal, to ensure that the UPA survives till the 2014 general elections. ...
10:42 PM, Mar 25, 2013
