The legendary actor and former Chief minister of Telugu Desum Party Dr NT Rama Rao's statue has been unveiled at the Parliament today. The event was a conglomeration of politicians, family members and celebrities from the Southern film industry who participated at the event. Meera Kumar, speaker of Lok Sabha unveiled the bronze statue. The statue stands 9 feet 3 inches tall. The event was prestigious as Prime minister Manmohan...
05:25 PM, May 07, 2013
Anger over the rape of a minor girl in Delhi kept rising in the national capital even as several protesters took to the streets demanding justice. BJP veteran LK Advani on Saturday called the incident shocking. ...
07:54 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Senior BP leader Yashwant Sinha on Monday vouched for party veteran LK Advani to be the prime ministerial candidate. BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi, however, said, "Yashwant Sinha does not represent the Parliamentary Board. Only BJP's Parliamentary Board can decide on the PM candidate". ...
07:45 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Bangalore: Karnataka's ruling BJP on Monday will formally launch its campaign for the May 5 assembly poll with a rally here, but contrary to announcements, senior party leader LK Advani and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi are giving it a miss. The Bharatiya Janata Party has not given a reason for the two not attending the rally, which the state leaders have been projecting as one that "will show the...
12:40 PM, Apr 07, 2013
Lucknow: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani on Wednesday asked the Uttar Pradesh unit to strengthen the party in the state and fight graft. Speaking at the inaugural session of the two-day state conclave at Chitrakoot, over 200 km from here, Advani said at one point Uttar Pradesh sent the maximum number of BJP MPs. Referring to the Ram Janma Bhoomi movement, he said it had helped the party...
11:30 AM, Apr 04, 2013
From calling BJP leader LK Advani honest to billing Congress leaders "cheats" and "conspirators", the Samajwadi Party (SP) is steadily upping the ante against the Congress. And on Holi, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's renewed attack appeared to hint that his party's love-hate relationship with the Congress could snap sooner than later. ...
03:00 PM, Mar 28, 2013
Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Varma has again taken jibe at Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav. Referring to Mulayam's recently made statement claiming that BJP senior leader LK Advani never lies, Beni said, "how can a leader, whose party never sticks to the truth, can never lie." ...
08:45 AM, Mar 26, 2013
Will a change of guard be able to salvage BJP's situation? CNN-IBN's National Bureau Chief Bhupendra Chaubey joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
06:03 PM, Jan 23, 2013
Is the BJP right in giving a second term to Nitin Gadkari as party president? CNN-IBN's National Bureau Chief Bhupendra Chaubey joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
05:45 PM, Jan 03, 2013
Sydney: Australian opener David Warner said he sensed desperation among the Indian visitors as they try to salvage something from their dismal Down Under tour. Warner, who helped Australia secure their place in the tri-series ODI finals following a massive...
12:39 PM, Dec 06, 2012
Lal Krishna Advani, the man who propelled the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from an also ran to power in Delhi in just over a decade, on Thursday celebrated his 85th birthday and finally announced that he was not in the race to become the Prime Minister of India. Forced to play second fiddle to BJP patriarch and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for a major part of his career,...
07:22 PM, Nov 08, 2012
New Delhi: BJP leader LK Advani, once a film critic, has lauded Dev Anand for his opposition to the Emergency rule imposed by prime minister Indira Gandhi. Speaking at the 89th birth anniversary celebrations of the late actor, director, writer and producer of Hindi movies, Advani recalled Dev Anand's political activism during the 1975-77 Emergency. "He led a group of film personalities and stood against the internal Emergency imposed by...
09:05 AM, Sep 26, 2012
Bangalore: BJP strongman BS Yeddyurappa on Tuesday hit back at former Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda for endorsing BJP leader LK Advani's comments on the state of affairs in Karnataka BJP unit. "Gowda is a former chief minister and I believe he will issue statements with a sense of responsibility. He should come out in the open and talk about corruption, if any, during my tenure as Chief Minister," Yeddyurappa...
01:50 PM, Aug 07, 2012
Guwahati: Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday said BJP leader LK Advani while commenting on the violence in Assam must have forgotten that he was the home minister and deputy prime minister when the Godhra riots took place. "He has been accusing us for delay in containing the violence. He forgot that when he was the home minister and the deputy prime minister, Godhra riots took place in Gujarat," Gogoi...
04:55 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Kokrajhar: Senior BJP leader LK Advani on Monday said the conflict in Kokrajhar and neighbouring districts in Assam was due to immigration from across the border. "It is not a conflict between Hindus and Muslims or between majority and minority communities. The problem has arisen due to large scale infiltration of illegal immigrants," said Advani, who is here on a two-day visit. "I am very unhappy at what I have...
06:43 PM, Jul 30, 2012
