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11:55 PM, Jun 09, 2013

Narendra Modi has now taken centre stage in the national politics after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chose the Gujarat Chief Minister to be its poll panel chief, thrusting him on to a bigger role for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The party took the plunge on day-two of its crucial National Executive meet in Goa, ignoring reservations from senior leaders like LK Advani, who stayed away from the conclave. ...

11:50 PM, Jun 09, 2013

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh hinted that perhaps it was the end of LK Advani era as the BJP chose Narendra Modi as its poll panel chief for 2014 Lok Sabha elections. "The BJP will continue to receive guidance from LK Advani. Party is going through a new phase, it is re-assessing its campaign startegy. Inducting new people into poll planning will definately help the party in elections," he said. ...

11:41 PM, Jun 09, 2013

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who hosted the BJP National Executive meet, said, "Campaign chief is definitely the face of the party for elections." ...

11:08 PM, Jun 09, 2013

BJP leader Arun Jaitley said the decision to elevate Narendra Modi as party's poll panel chief was reached after taking party's consensus into account. ...

10:16 PM, Jun 09, 2013

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, while commenting on Narendra Modi's elevation to BJP's poll panel chief, said, "It is unfortunate for the nation that someone who is accused of massacring people is being pitched as the next prime minister. People are getting the message that the Congress is weak, the BJP is weak, so only a third front can deliver an able government." ...

10:02 PM, Jun 09, 2013

Narendra Modi has now taken centre stage in the national politics after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chose the Gujarat Chief Minister to be its poll panel chief, thrusting him on to a bigger role for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. ...

09:44 PM, Jun 09, 2013

Is the rise of Narendra Modi an end to the Advani-Vajpayee era? Senior BJP leader says "change is always a continous process." "Any party which has an ability to throw up a new leadership, not out of family but on ability, it is always a good sign for the party," he said. ...

09:38 PM, Jun 09, 2013

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi seems to have split the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) down the middle over his proposed role in the 2014 elections with his angry supporters coming out on the streets and protesting outside party stalwart LK Advani's house even as the main opposition's chief Rajnath Singh offered a compromise formula to bridge the divide by suggesting Modi's name as the Lok Sabha elections' poll campaign convenor. ...

11:18 PM, Jun 08, 2013

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11:12 PM, Jun 08, 2013

The rush for admissions at the prestigious Delhi University began on Monday. From this year an undergraduate honour degree at Delhi University will take four years to complete rather than three years. The campus is divided over the four-year programme. ...

09:10 PM, Jun 08, 2013

The LK Advani and the Narendra Modi camps within the Bharatiya Janata Party is creating a deep fissure within the party over a dominant, national role for the latter. ...

03:16 PM, Jun 08, 2013

Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has come out against Congress' plan to get an ordinance issued on Food Security. Pawar says he favours passing the bill in Parliament. ...

08:50 PM, Jun 07, 2013

IPL founder Lalit Modi has said that action must be taken against Chennai Super kings and Rajasthan Royals. ...

11:33 PM, Jun 06, 2013

The meeting called by the Centre on internal security on Wednesday into an all-out war between the Congress and the BJP. ...

10:14 PM, Jun 05, 2013

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11:51 PM, Jun 04, 2013

BJP leader Arun Jaitley is CNN-IBN's Newsmaker of the Day. ...

10:59 PM, Jun 04, 2013

BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi slammed the government's draft Food Bill saying food was a state subject and the proposed bill could end up infringing on the rights of the state in federal polity. ...

05:20 PM, Jun 04, 2013

A six-city opinion poll has shown that the overwhelming response from citizens to the BCCI and Indian cricket is one of disillusionment. ...

10:12 AM, Jun 04, 2013

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is in the eye of a fresh storm after a newspaper report claimed he held shares in a player management company. Despite a clarification, questions remain on whether Dhoni is in fact part-owner of a business that manages Indian cricketers and also looks after Chennai Super Kings' marketing - and how much of a conflict of interest would this be. ...

08:27 AM, Jun 04, 2013