Claiming that all the political parties in the country are involved in corruption, Arvind Kejriwal asked why is Congress president Sonia Gandhi silent on the issue. He also demanded that Salman Khurshid be arrested in the alleged scam involving his NGO. ...
05:38 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Farrukhabad: 4.45 pm: Claiming that all the political parties in the country are involved in corruption, Arvind Kejriwal asked why is Congress president Sonia Gandhi silent on the issue. He also demanded that Salman Khurshid be arrested in the alleged scam involving his NGO. 4.25 pm: Targeting Sonia Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that it's shameful that Salman Khurshid will give his life for a woman. 4.18 pm: Arvind...
02:47 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Patna: The opposition on Monday slammed the ruling JD(U) after a jailed former MLA allegedly called up an engineering college director demanding Rs two crore, while Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said action would be taken. After meeting the director, RJD president Lalu Prasad said "this is the true face of the rule of the NDA" of which the JD(U) is the senior partner in Bihar. "Chief Minister Nitish Kumar time...
06:50 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Patna: An FIR was filed on Sunday against former Janata Dal United MLA Munna Shukla on extortion charges. Shukla allegedly demanded Rs 2 crore from a builder for the JDU's Adhikar rally. Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has slammed the ruling party JDU, saying it is using the rally as an 'adhikar' or 'right' to extort money. "This 'adhikar' rally has become a tool for extortion. The...
10:39 AM, Oct 29, 2012
Hyderabad: Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu suffered a minor injury to his back in a freak mishap, when the dais from which he was addressing a gathering, collapsed at Gadwal in Mahbubnagar district late on Friday night. The Leader of Opposition, who tried to continue his foot-march after the mishap, complained of back pain after walking about a kilometre. Local doctors, who examined him, noticed swelling on Chandrababu's...
08:29 AM, Oct 27, 2012
New Delhi: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday reviewed preparations for the November 4 rally in New Delhi to be addressed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi to counter the Opposition offensive on a range of issues including FDI in multi-brand retail. The rally at the historic Ramlila Grounds will also be addressed by Rahul Gandhi while Chief Ministers of all Congress-ruled states, PCC chiefs and...
12:36 AM, Oct 26, 2012
Panaji: With uncertainty prevailing over resumption of mining activity in Goa, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has said the government and not court can find a solution to it. Supreme Court recently halted the transportation and extraction of ore in the state pending inquiry report from the Centrally Empowered committee (CEC), which will probe into the illegalities pointed out by Justice MB Shah Commission. "I have strong objections to a ruling...
12:45 PM, Oct 25, 2012
Berlin: The World Rally Championship (WRC) will miss Ford next season after the American constructor announced it was quitting due to economic reasons. "It's better for the company and the Ford marque to pull out of the World Rally Championship," Ford Europe's vice president Roelant de Waard wrote on Facebook Monday, reports Xinhua. According to de Waard, the decision was made on economic reasons with Ford sales in Europe down...
12:33 PM, Oct 16, 2012
Ahmedabad: Thursday is the last day of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's Vivekananda Yatra. The month-long yatra will end in Pavagadh later this evening. BJP President Nitin Gadkari and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan are likely to be present at the rally later in the day. During this month-long yatra, Modi addressed meetings in 182 assembly constituencies in the run-up to the Gujarat assembly elections. Modi targeted Congress...
09:52 AM, Oct 11, 2012
Patna: To invite Narendra Modi or not? That seems to be the Hamletian dilemma for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), part of the ruling alliance in Bihar, with one leader saying yes and the other a firm no. BJP leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said on Wednesday quite firmly that the Gujarat chief minister should not be invited for the April 15 'hunkar' rally of the...
04:39 PM, Oct 10, 2012
New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday launched her campaign for the 2014 General Elections at a rally in Lucknow. Lashing out at the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP), she said that the two parties were anti-Dalit and that no anti-Dalit party will ever get her support. Welcoming her supporters, Mayawati asked them to not forget their leader Kanshi Ram, whose contribution to the Dalit community...
12:51 PM, Oct 09, 2012
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati will kick off her party's 2014 Lok Sabha election campaign on Tuesday with a grand rally in Lucknow. The rally coincides with sixth death anniversary of party founder Kanshiram. Mayawati is expected to come down heavily on the UPA government on issues like allowing FDI in multi-brand retail and the diesel price hike. Mayawati will also be taking on the Akhilesh Yadav government...
07:43 AM, Oct 09, 2012
Bhopal: Tens of thousands of landless labourers, peasants and tribals, who set off from Gwalior on October 3 for Delhi, crossed Dholpur in Rajasthan on Monday. The contingent is marching to the national capital to press for their demands of land and employment opportunities. This is the biggest march by landless poor in recent times. The contingent plans to cover the entire 350 km stretch from Gwalior to Delhi by...
09:46 AM, Oct 08, 2012
Islamabad: A huge anti-drone rally led by former cricketer Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party was on Sunday barred from entering South Waziristan, where it was to culminate in a large public meeting. They were stopped at Manzai, close to the tribal area by the local administration, as their cars did not have proper documents required to enter the region, Geo TV reported. The rally reached Manzai after removing freight...
12:10 AM, Oct 08, 2012
Patna: The rift between the Janata Dal (United) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), coalition partners in the Bihar government, has widened. The latter on Friday called for a Hunkaar rally in the state in April 2013, in response to the Adhikaar rally by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. More importantly, Gujarat CM Narendra Modi is expected to participate in the BJP's rally. Modi and Nitish do not see eye-to-eye and...
03:28 PM, Oct 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress rally on Monday was against the government's recent economic reforms and was aimed at giving voice to the 'aam aadmi', the party said as the government clarified that the decisions it had taken were necessary for growth. "It is not a dharna, it is a protest rally. All our MPs will protest, but I have not brought anyone from Bengal," Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool supremo and...
02:42 AM, Oct 02, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is trying to bluff people by her opposition to FDI in multi-brand retail, Left Front Chairman Biman Bose on Monday said and questioned the purpose of her meeting with the US Secretary of State and the US Ambassador to India. "A grave conspiracy is on. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Mamata Banerjee at Writers' Bulding on her way to New Delhi...
01:33 AM, Oct 02, 2012
Using the twin issues of foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail and diesel price hike to target the Congress-led UPA Government, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday exhorted chief ministers of all the states to join her in her battle. Talking about her future course of action, Mamata said she would hold a rally against the government across the country. ...
10:48 PM, Oct 01, 2012
New Delhi: Seeking to punch holes in the Bharatiya Janata Party's Opposition to allowing Foreign Direct Investment in multi-brand retail, Union Commerce Minister Anand Sharma on Monday said the NDA government had readied a Cabinet note favouring 100 per cent FDI in the sector. Addressing a gathering of Congress supporters in New Delhi, Sharma lambasted the BJP for trying to "mislead" the country on the issue and asserted that UPA...
05:33 PM, Oct 01, 2012
New Delhi:3:00 pm: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said she will invite Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav for her rally in Lucknow against FDI. She also said she will bring a no-confidence motion if Mulayam supports her. "I will go everywhere in India to protect the Indian business, the farmers, the labourers and the people of India," Mamata said. 2:43 pm: Mamata...
02:00 PM, Oct 01, 2012
