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11:50 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Patna: A day after walking out of NDA, JD(U) President Sharad Yadav on Monday said his party could consider coming back to the alliance if veteran BJP leader LK Advani returns at the helm of the party. "We will consider rejoining NDA if LK Advani returns to helm of the party. We had fought 2009 elections projecting Advani as our Prime Ministerial candidate," the JD(U) chief said. The statement comes...
10:15 PM, Jun 17, 2013
New Delhi: Within 24 hours of the Bharatiya Janata Party-Janata Dal United split, the two parties are taking potshots at each other. The BJP has hit back at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for accusing that the BJP does not respect its elders. Addressing a press conference in Patna, BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi said that people of Bihar will get to see the 'real' face of Nitish Kumar very...
07:30 PM, Jun 17, 2013
New Delhi: A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party-Janata Dal United split, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday reached out to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, calling him a secular leader. Taking a potshot at the Gujarat Chief Minister, the Prime Minister also said that Narendra Modi is not a threat to the Congress in the next Lok Sabha elections, as the people know what he stands for. On the...
07:14 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Chennai: Senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday criticised former NDA ally Janata Dal United for questioning the elevation of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the party and advised the Sharad Yadav-led outfit not to "poke its nose into other parties". "It is our right to decide who should preside, who should be the chairman of the campaign committee. If anyone says who should be the JD(U) President,...
03:45 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Patna: Within 24 hours of the Bharatiya Janata Party-Janata Dal United split, the two parties are taking potshots at each other. The BJP has hit back at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for accusing that the BJP does not respect its elders. Bihar BJP leader Giriraj Singh said Nitish Kumar has a double face and was frustrated. "Nitish ji has a double face, he is speaking because of his frustration."...
02:22 PM, Jun 17, 2013
New Delhi: Demanding Manmohan Singh's resignation for allegedly shielding former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and former Railways Minister PK Bansal, the BJP on Sunday said that the Prime Minister has become 'a great burden on the country'. BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu said, "His (Prime Minister) approach is see nothing, hear nothing, do nothing. We want this government to go." On Karnataka Assembly polls defeat, the BJP leader said, "Central...
07:16 PM, May 12, 2013
Pawan Kumar Bansal on Friday resigned as Railway Minister. ...
09:44 PM, May 10, 2013
Bangalore: The BJP on Saturday described the attack on Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in a Pakistani jail as the "most unfortunate episode" and slammed the alleged "weak and meek" response of the government on this and other issues, including Chinese incursion. "It is a spineless government. Not just this episode. Even when two Indian soldiers were beheaded (by Pakistan), the government did not utter a single word," BJP senior leader...
04:53 PM, Apr 27, 2013
New Delhi: Rejecting the possibility of a third front coming to power after the next Lok Sabha polls, BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said the very idea is a "tried and failed experiment" which will never become a reality. He said regional parties cannot claim themselves as an alternative. "There is no possibility of a third front in the country. The idea of a third front is a tried...
03:05 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Bangalore/Ranebennur: Top BJP leaders LK Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Rajnath Singh on Sunday held public rallies across Karnataka seeking to give a big thrust to the party which is seeking a renewed mandate in May Assembly polls. Advani addressed meetings at Ranebennur and Davangere, Rajnath Singh in Chikkodi and M Venkaiah Naidu at Sindhanoor and Gangavathi in north Karnataka, from where the party draws much of its strength. Swaraj addressed...
11:42 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Hyderabad: In an indirect reference to JD(U) raising objections on announcing Narendra Modi as the Prime Ministerial candidate of BJP, senior saffron party leader M Venkaiah Naidu said it is not appropriate for the ally to comment on the Gujarat Chief Minister now. "BJP has not discussed about Prime Ministerial candidate. The alliance partners have got every right to have their own view. They can also suggest (on the Prime...
05:35 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Visakhapatnam: Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said his party would bring an anti-conversion law if it comes to power at the Centre. Addressing a gathering in Visakhapatnam, he said BJP is totally opposed to conversions and the country would only be safe when Hindus are in a majority. Claiming that BJP is the only national party in the country to protect the welfare of...
11:25 PM, Apr 08, 2013
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till noon on Thursday as AIADMK members sought an immediate reply from the government on the alleged harassment of Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy. ...
12:30 PM, Mar 14, 2013
Former BJP president Venkaiah Naidu on Friday attacked Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde over Hyderabad blasts. ...
08:34 PM, Feb 22, 2013
The BJP and Shiv Sena have slammed the government on the Hyderabad twin blasts, calling it a failure of the Centre. Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut blamed the government for serial blasts in Hyderabad on Thursday evening in which at least 16 people have been killed and 117 injured. ...
04:07 PM, Feb 22, 2013
At least 12 people are feared to have been killed in a series of explosions on Thursday evening which took place in Dilsukh Nagar bus stand area of Hyderabad. ...
10:17 PM, Feb 21, 2013
Senior BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu clarified here on January 31 that he was not in the race for the Prime Ministerial post. "Yesterday I was in Panjim where at a press conference I said that there were many leaders in the BJP who were capable of becoming Prime Minister," Naidu told PTI. ...
02:48 PM, Jan 31, 2013
Senior BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said that the Congress would be decimated in 2014 Lok Sabha elections owing to its failure on all fronts notwithstanding the emphasis that party is laying on projecting gen next leaders. ...
01:50 PM, Jan 30, 2013
MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi's brother Akbaruddin Owaisi, who is an MLA in the AP Assembly, is in legal trouble as the police have filed an FIR against him for allegedly making a hate speech. ...
11:20 PM, Jan 03, 2013
