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11:58 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) launched a scathing attack on the BJP and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi during his speech on the confidence motion in Bihar Assembly on Wednesday. During his speech Nitish said that Bihar and the country cannot be ruled by those who practised divisive politics while taking a dig at his erstwhile alliance partner the BJP and its leader Narendra Modi. Nitish said there...
02:59 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Patna: 2:35 PM: Nitish Kumar's JD(U) wins vote of confidence in Bihar Assembly by 126 votes. 2:30 PM: Voting on trust vote begins in Bihar Assembly. 2:22 PM: Nitish Kumar says, "There was no problem with (Narendra Modi) becoming the committee chief. But, the way it was presented, there was no more doubt what was expected next." 2:19 PM: Nitish Kumar says that he will never accept divisive politics in...
12:22 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Patna: Days after the BJP-JD(U) split, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar moved a trust motion in the state legislature on Wednesday. Nitish Kumar is confident of getting a majority with the Congress confirming that all four of its MLAs will vote for the JD(U). The BJP claims all 91 of its MLAs will vote against Nitish, but sources say there is infighting within the state unit for the post of...
11:20 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Patna: Adding more speculation to the growing Congress-JD(U) friendship, sources have indicated that the Congress is likely to vote in favour of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during the trust vote on Wednesday. Sources say the Congress is keeping its options in the Bihar Assembly open. It is a big day for Nitish Kumar as his party will move a trust vote in the state legislature in what is being...
10:20 AM, Jun 19, 2013
BJP President Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said there was no need for his party to bring a no-confidence motion against the UPA government, saying it will fall on its own. ...
11:48 PM, Mar 20, 2013
The Congress government in Andhra Pradesh on Friday won a no-confidence motion moved by TRS and supported by YSR Congress and other opposition parties. Capping a day-long acrimonious debate in the Assembly that went on till small hours of Saturday, the motion was defeated by 84 votes in a head count by division. ...
10:36 AM, Mar 16, 2013
New Delhi: In a setback to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's efforts to topple the government through a trust vote, the AIADMK has made it clear that while it will vote against FDI in Parliament, no one has so far sought its support for the no-confidence motion against the government. "There is no change in the AIADMK's stand. We will support motion against FDI in retail. No one has approached...
03:07 PM, Nov 20, 2012
Congress leader Jagdambika Pal has said that no party has openly given its support to TMC chief Mamata Banerjee who is seeking a no-confidence motion against the government over FDI in retail. ...
02:28 PM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that she would not hesitate from backing even arch-rival CPM if it introduced the no-confidence motion in Parliament. "We have no ego issues. Even if the CPI(M) moves a no-confidence motion, we will support it. This is why we are appealing all parties to think hard about whether they want UPA-II to continue. If Congress can speak to the...
01:26 PM, Nov 20, 2012
Janata Dal (United) spokesperson Shivanand Tiwari has said that the no-confidence motion would work only if the Opposition was unified. ...
11:45 AM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the AIADMK are expected to meet on Tuesday to decide on their strategy over the no-confidence motion being sought by Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee in Parliament against the government over price rise and FDI in multi-brand retail. The winter session of Parliament begins on Thursday. With just two days to go, battlelines are being drawn against the embattled Congress-led coalition...
07:21 AM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: As the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) marches on unleashing one economic reform measure after another, especially after key ally Trinamool Congress (TMC) decided to withdraw its support from the government over fuel price hikes and FDI in retail, the main Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems speechless. Left with absolutely no strategy to deal with this reinvigorated government, that till a few weeks ago had been floundering...
02:37 PM, Sep 21, 2012
New Delhi: After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's strong defence of coal blocks allocation in Parliament on Monday, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government has decided to take the Opposition, particularly the Bharatiya Janata Party, head on. Sources say the government is likely to bring a confidence motion in the Lok Sabha next week to show that it has the numbers on its side. Sources say that the UPA is united...
04:30 PM, Aug 27, 2012
New Delhi: Reacting to the arrests of Rajya Sabha MP and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and former BJP MPs Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahavir Singh Bhagora in the cash-for-votes scam, the then Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee said, "What happened on July 23 was bad and serious. It's a judicial process." But the former Lok Sabha speaker insisted that MP's should have gone to Delhi Police or informed...
05:09 PM, Sep 06, 2011
New Delhi: The "callous" approach of Delhi Police in probing the 2008 'cash-for-vote scam' came under severe criticism on Friday from the Supreme Court which asked it why no custodial interrogation has been conducted in the case so far. "We are not happy at all with probe done by the Delhi Police. This is not the way to prove the offence of such serious nature," a bench headed by Justice...
02:30 PM, Jul 15, 2011
![Yeddyurappa seeks to nix revolt with trust vote]( "Yeddyurappa seeks to nix revolt with trust vote")
Bangalore: In a politically smart move aimed at preempting the possible revolt against his leadership from any quarters should a situation arise in future, Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has decided to seek trust vote on the floor of the Assembly on Thursday. "We would like to demonstrate to the Opposition parties as well as to the people of Karnataka that all the BJP legislators are one and united under the...
10:23 AM, Jun 02, 2011
Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to a very special edition of the Last Word. The Hindu's WikiLeaks exposes have created a furore. The opposition claims this is proof of American arm-twisting and Congress corruption in politics. The government dismisses the cables as unverified and subjective. So today we ask where does the truth lie? That's with the Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu, N Ram; America's Ambassador to India at the time...
08:28 PM, Mar 18, 2011
Bangalore: The BJP government of Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa is safe for the moment after the state High Court remained split on the disqualification of 11 BJP MLAs by Speaker K G Bopaiah. The issue will now be heard by a third judge on October 20. On the issue of disqualification of five Independent MLAs, the two-member bench of the court referred the matter to a division bench...
08:18 AM, Oct 18, 2010
Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday accused the opposition Congress-JDS combine of attempting to destablise his government and said he had created "history of sorts" by winning the trust vote for a second time in a gap of three days. "I thank all those who supported my government. The government winning the trust vote today is a victory of democracy. In the history of the country, there...
04:49 PM, Oct 14, 2010
