The three-day conclave of BJP kicked off on Saturday with the spotlight on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, projected by some as the party's Prime ministerial face, amid voices in the party that his popularity has grown significantly to make a mark on the national polity. ...
12:30 AM, Mar 02, 2013
BJP president Rajnath Singh, on Tuesday, accused the UPA government of a lack of vision to revive the railways and said that the common man has been forced to pay for mounting losses in the carrier. ...
03:46 AM, Feb 27, 2013
BJP President Rajnath Singh has said his party will focus on improving its electoral prospects in the southern states and the North-East in the next general elections as part of the NDA's efforts to win more seats and wrest power from the Congress-led UPA coalition. ...
12:26 PM, Feb 24, 2013
A day after twin blasts killed at least 16 people and injured 117 others in Hyderabad, forensic samples suggest that ammonium nitrate, urea, petrol and shrapnel might have been used to assemble the improvised explosive devices used by terrorists in the attacks. ...
10:14 PM, Feb 22, 2013
BJP chief Rajnath Singh on Friday said that the nation must unite in its fight against terror. ...
02:06 PM, Feb 22, 2013
BJP President Rajnath Singh will visit Hyderabad on Friday to meet the injured and family members of those killed in the twin blasts in the city. Rajnath, accompanied by BJP MP and spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain and party secretary Murlidhar Rao, is likely to visit the Dilsukh Nagar area of Hyderabad where the two blasts took place on Thursday evening. ...
10:49 AM, Feb 22, 2013
The defamation case against Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde will be heard in Delhi's Saket court on Wednesday regarding his remarks on "Saffron terror" last month. The petition to the court had said that Shinde's remarks had given 'oxygen to anti-India elements'. ...
07:30 AM, Feb 13, 2013
Condoling the loss of lives in the stampede at Allahabad, BJP President Rajnath Singh on Monday said the incident could have been avoided if adequate precautions had been taken at the railway station teeming with thousands of Kumbh pilgrims. ...
12:15 PM, Feb 11, 2013
Senior BJP leader LK Advani on Thursday stressed the need to change the image of the average Indian politician in the minds of the public who perceive him to be the root cause of all problems. ...
08:27 AM, Feb 08, 2013
All eyes are on Vishwa Hindu Parishad's dharam sansad on Thursday and whether Narendra Modi will be hailed as the Prime Ministerial candidate. While VHP leader Ashok Singhal has openly endorsed Modi, many are looking at it as VHP's attempt to build bridges with Modi. ...
07:29 AM, Feb 07, 2013
The ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh has taken on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders over the their plan to visit the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad. Samajwadi Party leader Ram Kushwaha has threatened to bar BJP leaders from attending the festival for allegedly politicising the Kumbh Mela. "We advise the BJP not to play politics at Kumbh. If they do so, we will stop them," Kushwaha...
01:13 PM, Feb 06, 2013
Amidst the demand from allies to announce the Prime Ministerial candidate, Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh has asked all party members not to comment on the PM candidate. Warning the party leaders, Rajnath SIngh said, "I am appealing to all my leaders of BJP and workers not to speculate or give any statement on BJP's PM candidate." ...
01:24 PM, Feb 04, 2013
The battle within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) continues and this time, it's been triggered by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) making a pitch for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Modi is likely to visit the Maha Kumbh Mela on Thursday as the VHP holds its Dharam Sansad or the congregation of saints and religious leaders, with a section pushing for the endorsement of Modi as the party's PM candidate....
09:29 PM, Feb 03, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday virtually named Vasundhara Raje its Chief Ministerial candidate in Rajasthan. Following a meet in the capital, BJP president Rajnath Singh declared Vasundhara Raje as the state BJP chief and her rival within the party, Gulab Chand Kataria, as the Leader of Opposition. ...
06:50 PM, Feb 02, 2013
With the Bharatiya Janata Party being constantly targeted over Gujarat riots, party president Rajnath Singh on Saturday alleged it was being defamed and maligned continuously under a "planned conspiracy". He said the BJP did not believe in politics of divide and creating differences among people, and appealed the Muslim community to help removing the "widespread confusion". ...
05:53 PM, Feb 02, 2013
Congress on Friday night regretted BJP's plans to boycott all public programmes of Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde to protest against his Hindu terror remarks, saying the opposition party should not politicise the issue. ...
02:40 AM, Feb 02, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday said that it will boycott all meetings called by Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde from now. It added that it will show black flags to Shinde. ...
09:11 PM, Feb 01, 2013
The BJP core group will meet on Friday at 5.30 pm to decide on the National Council meeting which will ratify Rajnath Singh's election as party chief. This will be the first core group meet after Rajnath's election as party president. ...
09:16 AM, Feb 01, 2013
Top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) including newly elected party president Rajnath Singh are meeting meeting RSS leaders in the capital for the first time after the BJP presidential crisis, which led to Rajnath being made the party chief. ...
11:40 AM, Jan 31, 2013
Amid calls for Narendra Modi to be made the BJP's PM candidate, senior party leader Rajnath Singh has now asked BJP leaders to exercise restraint while making statements in public. ...
12:15 PM, Jan 30, 2013
