New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday on the twin issues of corruption and price rise. BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad flayed Singh for backing Central Vigilance Commissioner PJ Thomas and also targeted him for not disclosing names of the people who have black money in foreign accounts. "Prime Minister claims to be himself honest and a credible economist....
04:08 PM, Jan 18, 2011
New Delhi: The Opposition on Thursday rejected Finace Minister Pranab Mukherjee's offer for a special parliament session on the 2G scam. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday made a dramatic offer to the Opposition for a special Parliament session to debate on the demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) in the 2G spectrum scam.At the CNN IBN Indian of the year award function on Wednesday, Mukherjee said, "The Government...
08:20 AM, Dec 23, 2010
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh has created another political storm with yet another controversial statement. Singh on Saturday claimed that he received a call from the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad chief Hemant Karkare just two hours before the 26/11 terror attack. According to Singh, Karkare reportedly told him that he (Karkare) faced threat from those opposed to the Malegaon blast investigations which had unearthed Hindu terror links. Karkare allegedly...
08:32 PM, Dec 11, 2010
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi has stepped in for damage control on the Maharashtra fund collection controversy. Sources say Maharashta PCC chief Manikrao Thakre could be replaced by Diwali after he was caught on tape discussing how to raise money for a Sonia rally at Sevagram in Wardha district on Friday. Senior state Congress leaders have been opposed to Manikrao in any case and his conversations with Satish Chaturvedi...
04:22 PM, Oct 16, 2010
New Delhi: And after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi too has snubbed Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi. Kalmadi has not been invited to her residence 10 Janpath where the Congress is felicitating the Commonwealth Games Gold medalists. Sports Minister M S Gill is also present. Kalmadi was not invited on Friday as well when the Prime Minister hosted a function to felicitate the Indian medalists. This is...
02:08 PM, Oct 16, 2010
Sonia Gandhi, 63, assumed office as Congress President in 1998. ...
08:36 PM, Sep 02, 2010
Patna: Bihar government hopes to secure the release of all the four police officials kidnapped by Maoists by Thursday evening. Bihar government sources told CNN-IBN that local level discussions have been initiated with the Maoists and the deadline for the safe release of the four policemen has been extended. The sources also claimed that all the abducted policemen were safe. The state government has reportedly stopped all movement of the...
02:01 PM, Sep 02, 2010
New Delhi: Government is standing firmly behind the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi despite pressure from the Opposition to act on the corruption allegations. Sources have told CNN-IBN that Government feels there is no need to form a committee of bureaucrats to look into the controversy surrounding the alleged mismanagement in the organisation of the CWG as well as the conduct of Kalmadi. However, the Government stand is...
05:04 PM, Aug 12, 2010
It also slammed S M Krishna for not defending Home Secretary G K Pillai from Pakistan Foreign Minister's verbal attack. ...
05:27 PM, Jul 16, 2010
The party alleges that Governor H R Bharadwaj is trying to destabilise its government in the state. ...
05:10 PM, Jul 13, 2010
With Bengal elections not too far away even a tragedy like the Gyaneshwari Express derailment is fast acquiring political colour. ...
12:36 AM, May 29, 2010
Manohar Parrikar likened Advani to an ageing, rancid pickle. ...
08:27 PM, Sep 22, 2009
BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad spoke to CNN-IBN. ...
03:00 AM, Aug 29, 2009
The MPs have called the show vulgar and obscene. ...
12:40 AM, Jul 28, 2009
BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad called UPA a topsy-turvy alliance. ...
04:44 PM, May 11, 2009
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Devil's Advocate, Prasad speaks about the saffron party's return to power. ...
03:00 AM, Mar 16, 2009
BJP fears Congress will get political mileage out of the Pak rhetoric. ...
05:48 PM, Feb 06, 2009
BJP Spokesperson R S Prasad said real N-deal picture yet to emerge. ...
08:34 PM, Sep 28, 2008
New Delhi: In an unblemished career, it was the infamous Mike Denness affair in the 2001 series in South Africa that shocked and shattered batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar when he was charged with ball tampering, a new book says. Tendulkar, along with five Indian cricketers, were handed a Test-match ban by match referee Denness on charges ranging from ball tampering to excessive appealing during the second Test against South Africa...
10:32 PM, Dec 09, 2007
Karachi: The International Cricket Council has no plans to ban Pakistan from world cricket neither does ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat have any problems with PCB chairman Ijaz Butt. I don't subscribe to this view of banning Pakistan . We have to separate a few individuals from a team and nation, Lorgat said on Wednesday during a telephonic press conference with Pakistani journalists. If these individuals are proven guilty I...
01:53 AM, Oct 20, 2007
