Even though aerial surveys and rescue missions by the Indian Army, Indian Air Force and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and clearing skies provided some aid to the people in Uttarakhand, places that have been most affected by the nature's fury have remained inaccessible due damaged transport and road services. ...
11:54 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Rescue teams were finally able to evacuate some of the people stranded in higher reaches of Uttarakhand on Wednesday even though damaged roads and washed away bridges continued to hinder evacuation throughout the day. ...
10:53 PM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: Rescue teams were finally able to evacuate some of the people stranded in higher reaches of Uttarakhand on Wednesday even though damaged roads and washed away bridges continued to hinder evacuation throughout the day. The government, on its part, has pumped in immediate relief funds and rescue choppers to the battered north Indian state, which has been devastated due to torrential rains that have caused massive landslides and...
09:59 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Hardwar: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Wednesday reiterated that the administration was facing no shortage of funds or resources in carrying out relief and rescue operations in the flood and landslide ravaged areas of the state. Even as the death toll crossed 100, Bahuguna said that he was not in a situation to give the exact estimate of the people killed in the calamity. Speaking on the wide scale...
05:29 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has appealed for help saying there is not enough manpower to handle a calamity of this level. "I would call this natural disaster the Himalayan Tsunami. We are deploying as many choppers as we can, but their use is limited by the size of the valley," Bahuguna said. ...
11:59 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Raghogarh: Amid indications of growing bonhomie between Congress and JD(U), which has broken its alliance with the BJP-led NDA, AICC general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday said the decision on any tie-up between the two parties would be taken by the AK Antony Committee. "Any decision on a tie-up between the Congress and JD(U) would be taken by the Antony Committee," Digvijaya said in response to a query on likely...
01:58 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Chennai: A day after the main opposition party DMDK entered the fray for the June 27 biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu, the party approached the Congress seeking support for its candidate. "Five DMDK MLAs met me and gave me a letter, which requested Congress support for their candidate in the RS polls. I have forwarded the letter to Delhi... party high command will take a decision...
04:50 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh also said that the Third Front has never been successful. ...
08:47 PM, Jun 16, 2013
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday announced new working committee members, a day ahead of the proposed reshuffle-cum-expansion of the Union Council of Ministers. Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will look after frontal organisations. Meanwhile, Ajay Maken and CP Joshi, who resigned as ministers from the UPA government, have been made general secretaries of the party. CP Joshi will look after West Bengal, Assam and Andaman Nicobar islands, whereas Maken...
05:20 PM, Jun 16, 2013
Bengaluru: Maharashtra's Vijay Zol has been named captain of the India Under-19 team that will compete in a tri-series to be played in Australia in June-July. Sanju Samson, who played for Rajasthan Royals in IPL-6, was appointed as Zol's deputy in the 15-member squad for the tournament. Zol is the only member from this squad who was part of the Under-19 World Cup team that triumphed last year under Unmukt...
10:47 PM, Jun 15, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi BJP on Friday accused Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit of misleading the rural people on the issue of extension of Lal Dora areas and repealing of Section 81 of the Delhi Land Reforms Act. Congress had in its election manifestos of 2003 and 2008 had made these announcements, but till date nothing has been done, Delhi BJP president Vijay Goel told reporters. Various quarters have been demanding amendment...
01:46 AM, Jun 15, 2013
Former India wicketkeeper and Delhi coach Vijay Dahiya talks about Shikhar Dhawan's revival as international cricketer. ...
08:03 PM, Jun 12, 2013
New Delhi: Congress senior leader Digvijaya Singh has once again taken a dig at the BJP and LK Advani over his resignation which has plunged the party into a deep crisis. Digvijaya tweeted on Advani saying if he is the Bhisma Pitamah then who are the Dhritrashtra, Shakuni and Duryadhana of the BJP Mahabharata. Earlier, Digvijaya had targeted Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, saying that he had betrayed all those...
02:13 PM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: "LK Advani's resignation is one of the many repercussions of Narendra Modi's elevation," the Congress said on Monday as the veteran politician resigned from all positions of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Holding that Modi was made the campaign committee chief of the BJP in a very "unusual" manner, Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said, "This is the beginning of the complete degeneration of the BJP. It will have...
03:36 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Panaji: BJP on Sunday supported full statehood for Delhi in the political resolution accepted by the party at its two-day national executive meetig in Goa. Delhi BJP President Vijay Goel rued that the statehood demand has not been met till now. Accusing the Sheila Dikshit government of failing to make adequate efforts in this direction, he said, "Delhi's growth is restricted in absence of full statehood and Congress has done...
01:33 AM, Jun 10, 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
New Delhi: Congress on Sunday sounded dismissive of Narendra Modi's anointment as BJP's campaign committee chairman for 2014 Lok Sabha polls, and took potshots at the opposition party over the "apparent divide" within its top brass on the issue. "Modi's appeal is limited to Gujarat. We have seen the hollowness of his campaign in Karnataka elections. He is popular only among people, who like communal politics and communal personalities. But...
06:10 PM, Jun 09, 2013
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Sunday said his heart goes out to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran LK Advani, who skipped the ongoing BJP national executive meet in Goa citing ill health. "My heart goes out to Advani-ji. He brought the BJP from two to 182 in the Lok Sabha. But then the ungrateful BJP is a party with differences," tweeted Digvijaya. BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told...
12:29 PM, Jun 09, 2013
New Delhi: Opposition BJP on Saturday attacked Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for her "magic wand" comment on power tariff reduction and said they were ready to share the reduction formula with her but wondered was her government ready to implement it. "BJP is ready to share its power tariff reduction formula with you but is your government ready to implement it? Why the CM has never called an all-party...
12:54 AM, 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
