Ranchi: BJP President Rajnath Singh on Monday demanded immediate dissolution of Jharkhand Assembly to give the people an opportunity for a fresh mandate. Raising the party's demand again for dissolution of the House, Singh told reporters that the people should get a chance to elect their representatives instead of living under President's rule.
Jharkhand Assembly is under suspended animation from January 18, 2013 when President's Rule was imposed following the fall of the BJP-led government on January 8.
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02:14 AM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: The government on Monday told the Supreme Court that there were no guidelines or rules to regulate the working of private security agencies and an offence by a private security guard would be individual in nature and no liability could be attributed to their agency. "There is no concept of vicarious liability under IPC (Indian Penal Code) and for the use of firearm resulting in the commission of...
04:21 AM, Apr 30, 2013
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Government on Wednesday decided to change the rule which makes those getting married before attaining the required age ineligible for government job. The decision was taken by the state cabinet at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Bhopal. "Child-marriage is arranged by the parents because of the prevailing customs; the children (who get married) have no role in the decision and they unnecessarily...
01:55 AM, Apr 25, 2013
Hazaribagh: Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Thursday appealed to the people of Jharkhand not to vote for regional parties if they wished to have a stable government in the state, now under President's rule. "Give majority votes to a single party and it should be a national party and not Jharkhand regional parties, if they (people) like to see development and stability," he told a party meeting at Barkatha...
02:27 AM, Apr 12, 2013
Panaji: Nine legislators who violated traffic rules last week and rode to the State Legislative Assembly complex in Panaji without wearing helmet, will be issued challans, a senior official said on Monday. Transport Director Arun Desai said the Enforcement wing of the transport department has already procured the documents of the bikes which were rode by the legislators. On Friday, the erring legislators arrived at the Assembly session, riding five...
12:24 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Dubai: The International Cricket Council has introduced a new playing condition for Tests, One-Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals that requires the umpires to call 'no ball' whenever a bowler breaks the non-striker's wicket during a delivery. This playing condition will come into effect on April 30, and the first international match to be played under the new regulation will be the first ODI between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh in Bulawayo on...
08:39 PM, Apr 04, 2013
The Defence Acquisition Council is expected to approve changes to procurement rules on Tuesday and sources said the new rules will give domestic industry, both public and private, the right of "first refusal" before the import option is exercised. ...
01:48 PM, Apr 02, 2013
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Thursday made two major announcements after its executive board meeting in Lausanne, bringing in a time-limit rule on penalty corners and scrapping extra time for all tied classification games in an FIH event. ...
05:49 PM, Mar 22, 2013
Government has notified the new Copyright Rules 2013 to provide statutory licence for cover versions and broadcasting of literary and musical works and sound recording among others. The rules, which were notified on March 14, say the fee for registration of copyright for various works has been increased from Rs 50 per work to Rs 500 per work and the maximum fee has been increased from Rs 600 per work...
11:25 PM, Mar 18, 2013
The former Pakistan captain is without a wicket in the first three games in South Africa who lead the five-match series 2-1 going into the fourth contest in Durban on Thursday. ...
09:20 PM, Mar 18, 2013
The new UPSC exam rules will close down linguistic concessions offered to all vernacular languages and will take into account the score of the English language paper in the final selection for top jobs. IAS Officer Srivatsa Krishna shared his perspective on the pros and cons of such steps. ...
05:23 PM, Mar 12, 2013
Rahul Akerkar has a Masters in Biochemical Engineering from the US but is better known as a celebrity chef and owner of Mumbai's fine dining restaurant, Indigo; Manohar Parikkar went to the prestigious IIT, Bombay but makes headlines as the honorable Chief Minister of Goa; Harsha Bhogle is an alum of IIM Ahmedabad but is a world renowned cricket commentator and Rashmi Uday Singh was once the Deputy Commissioner of...
07:49 PM, Mar 07, 2013
Parliament on Tuesday was adjourned till noon over the killing of Uttar Pradesh's Deputy Superintendent of Police Zia-ul-Haq, with BSP chief Mayawati seeking suspension of the question hour. The former UP chief minister also demanded that the Governor should send a report for President's rule in the state. ...
11:45 AM, Mar 05, 2013
The film is set against a political backdrop and is to be released around the general elections in 2014. ...
10:15 AM, Mar 05, 2013
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Monday demanded President's rule in Uttar Pradesh after a police officer was killed in clashes in Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya's constituency Kunda. Villagers went on a rampage on Sunday after a gram pradhan was murdered as a result of land dispute with Raja Bhaiya's driver. ...
10:33 AM, Mar 04, 2013
Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh on Sunday said, "No one is attacking the Congress, I was merely speaking the truth when I said that the Congress engages in dynastic rule". He stressed on his point by saying that the dynastic rule is a fact in the Congress, and made it crystal clear to the Congress that he is not attacking them with his statement. ...
09:48 PM, Mar 03, 2013
Modified version of controversial General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR) provisions will come into effect from April 2016, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Thursday. A number of representations were received against GAAR provisions introduced in the last Budget. Following which the government had set up an expert committee under Parathasarthi Shome to give recommendations on the anti-avoidance tax proposals. ...
05:52 PM, Feb 28, 2013
Rajya Sabha on Tuesday approved the proclamation of President's Rule in Jharkhand where former Chief Minister Arjun Munda had resigned after his government was reduced to a minority in January. ...
03:26 AM, Feb 27, 2013
The CBI has registered a case against Bharti Airtel and Tata Communications Ltd for allegedly violating norms set down by the telecom department. The CBI claims it found that the companies had an arrangement with Singapore Telecom for international call facilities. ...
11:32 PM, Feb 24, 2013
The NDA government in Bihar has established rule of law with great difficulty with the help of police and judiciary and it would make all efforts to maintain an environment of peace prevailing in the state, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Saturday. ...
01:39 AM, Feb 24, 2013
