Sushil Kumar

No direct evidence linking RSS with terror: Sources

Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde had recently sparked off a controversy by linking saffron groups like the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to terror. Was the Home Minister lying? A special investigation by CNN-IBN has attempted to unravel the status of the terror cases involving right wing groups. ...  

Terrorism has no colour, clarifies Shinde

Facing flak from the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Sangh Parivar over his controversial "Hindu terror" remarks, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Wednesday said he fully endorses Congress party's stand that there was no colour to terrorism. "There is no colour to any terrorism," he told reporters when asked to comment on his remarks during Congress party's Chintan Shivir in Jaipur in December. ...  

Shinde's 'Hindu terror' remarks not 'deliberate': Police

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is likely to get a reprieve from the Delhi Police on his remarks on "Hindu terror". In its status report at a Delhi court, the Delhi Police has said that no cognisable offence could be made out against Shinde. ...  

Nagaland elections: Sonia Gandhi to campaign on Feb 7

Congress President Sonia Gandhi will visit Nagaland on February 7 to campaign for the February 23 Assembly elections in the state. She will address two public meetings at Mokokchung and Dimapur districts respectively on February 7, Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) General Secretary (Admn) Medokul Sophie said. ...  

Shinde to bear consequences of Hindu terror remarks: BJP

Alleging that Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's Hindu terror remarks were a ploy to deflect attention from the failures of the government, BJP on Tuesday said Congress will have to "bear the consequences" of this "insult" inside and outside Parliament. ...  

VHP's PIL against Shinde's terror remark dismissed

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday rejected a PIL by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad against Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Shiva Kirti Singh and Justice Dilip Gupta dismissed in limine the PIL which had sought to make Shinde, the Cabinet Secretary and the Union Home Secretary respondents. ...  

Shinde in favour of Telangana Territorial Council set up

Andhra Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy has met the Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, even as speculation is rife that the UPA government is mulling setting up of Telangana Territorial Council along the lines of the Bodo Territorial Council pact to solve the Telangana statehood issue. ...  

AP CM meets Ghulam Nabi Azad over Telangana

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy met Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad in the capital on Monday to discuss the Telangana row. These talks come after the Centre went back on its promise last month to grant statehood to Telangana. ...  

BJP demands sedition charge against Shinde

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has hardened its stand against Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde for his Hindu terror remarks asking for a sedition charge to be brought against him. "What Shinde has done is inexcusable. He has acted more like Pakistan's agent and not as our Home Minister. A case of sedition should be filed against him. He should resign from office," BJP leader Balbir Punj said. ...  

BJP calls for a boycott of Sushil Kumar Shinde

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has promised to boycott all public meetings called by Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde. The party also plans to show black flags to Shinde following his comments on saffron terror. ...  

BJP decision to boycott Shinde 'unfortunate': Cong

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. ...  

We will boycott all meetings called by Shinde: BJP

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. ...  

Consultation process on Telangana still on: HM

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Wednesday refused to give any fresh deadline for making any announcement on Telangana, saying discussion on the issue was still on. ...  

Telangana: 7 Andhra Congress MPs to send resignations to Sonia today

The Telangana protests are set to get louder in the national capital on Wednesday as seven Congress MPs will be arriving in Delhi this morning and are expected to hand over their letters of resignation to Sonia Gandhi. ...  

Complaint filed against Shinde over terror remark

An advocate filed a complaint against Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Tuesday over his terror remark demanding that an FIR be registered against him. Advocate Vivek Garg was earlier the head of the RTI cell of the Delhi BJP. ...  

Telangana: 7 AP Cong MPs to send resignations to Sonia tomorrow

The Telangana crisis continues as seven Congress MPs from Andhra Pradesh have said that they will send their resignation letters to party President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday. The MPs, after being summoned by the party high command, will land in Delhi on Wednesday. ...  

Telangana: Congress's flip-flops in the past three years

A midnight statement three years ago on the formation of Telangana, by the then Home Minister P Chidambaram, that was aimed at ending TRS chief K Chandrashekhara Rao's fast unto death opened a pandora's box. But just a few days later the Centre went back on its word by appointing a committee headed by Justice BN Srikrishna to decide on a separate state of Telangana. ...  

Telangana turmoil: More protests likely today

The Telangana crisis intensified on Monday with Congress MPs from the region announcing that they would resign as parliamentarians and party members if Telangana state was not formed. While seven MPs wrote a letter to party president Sonia Gandhi saying that either Telangana state be formed at once or their resignations be accepted, nine ministers have said that they would "observe restraint" for the time being. ...  

India, Bangladesh sign new visa pact, extradition treaty

India and Bangladesh on Monday signed a liberalised visa agreement and a landmark extradition treaty that would pave the way for the deportation of jailed ULFA 'general secretary' Anup Chetia and other wanted "criminals". ...  

Telangana: Court orders police to file case against Shinde, PC

The Telangana stir has intensified on Monday with activists and police clashing at Indira Park in Hyderabad. The Ranga Reddy district court has now admitted a petition against former home minister P Chidambaram and Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde accusing them of cheating the people of Telangana with their statements. The court has directed the police to register a case. ...