Assembly polls: PM Modi to campaign in Tamil Nadu next month
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will next month undertake election campaign in Tamil Nadu for the May 16 Assembly elections, BJP state unit President Tamilisai Sounderrajan said on Monday.
Apr 11, 2016, 14:57 PM IST
PM Modi is a victim of secular syndicate: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been the victim of "secular syndicate" and "intolerance" for the last 20 year but that will not affect the pace of development which he is carrying out in the country, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Monday.
Apr 11, 2016, 14:39 PM IST
Assam polls: No question of forming alliance with BJP, says AIUDF
The All India United Democratic Fund (AIUDF) has ruled out all possibilities of joining forces with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Assam, where Assembly Polls are currently underway.
Apr 11, 2016, 11:13 AM IST
Naqvi offers chadar at Ajmer Sharif on PM Modi's behalf, prays for Kerala temple fire victims
Spreading a message of peace and harmony, Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday offered chadar at the dargah of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer, on behalf on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Apr 10, 2016, 13:49 PM IST
Speeches by PM Modi, Mamata under EC scanner, TMC candidate Molla censured
Election Commission is examining speeches by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made this this week in poll rallies in Asansol for any model code of conduct violation even as it censured Trinamool candidate Abdur Razzak Molla for his remarks.
Apr 09, 2016, 20:41 PM IST
Assam polls: Only 8.6 pc women candidates in fray
They may have pipped men in the turnout for the first phase of the Assembly elections in Assam, but women make up an abysmal 8.6 per cent of the total candidates in the fray with all the major parties having given fewer tickets to them this time as compared to the 2011 polls.
Apr 09, 2016, 17:19 PM IST
Cong to deny tickets to Gujarat MLAs if they don't act as 'real opposition'
Upset over the 'feeble' protests on the Anar Patel issue, Congress high command has warned party MLAs in Gujarat that their renomination could be in jeopardy if they failed to act as "real opposition" to the Prime Minister in his home state.
Apr 03, 2016, 12:32 PM IST
Delhi CM Kejriwal writes to PM Modi, says stop privatisation of IDBI
Opposing Centre's move to privatise Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI), Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to proposed move.
Apr 03, 2016, 10:48 AM IST
Inconsistent Pakistan policy won't reduce terror activities: Mayawati
BSP supremo Maywati on Wednesday lashed out at the Centre accusing it of having an "inconsistent policy" towards Pakistan and claimed the process would not help bring down terror activities, either on the borders or within the country.
Mar 30, 2016, 17:34 PM IST
Meerut: 150 people booked for blackening Modi, Jaitley's posters
At least 150 people were booked for smearing posters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the city during a protest called by businessmen and traders.
Mar 28, 2016, 12:26 PM IST
AAP govt's action anti-democratic, people disappointed with Kejriwal: Arun Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government`s actions suggest it is anti-democratic and there is a great opportunity for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to regain its political space in the national capital.
Mar 26, 2016, 13:31 PM IST
We don't need to learn nationalism from Arun Jaitley: Sitaram Yechury
Equating Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's comments with former US President George Bush's 'either you are with us or with the terrorists' assertion, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury today said they would not take lessons in nationalism from the BJP.
Mar 21, 2016, 04:21 AM IST
JNU dean was not vigilant enough to prevent February 9 event: Probe panel
A high-level committee of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, inquiring into the February 9 event, has said that the dean of students was "not vigilant enough" in preventing it and that varsity students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya were among those who did not submit the booking form to the appropriate authorities.
Mar 16, 2016, 18:23 PM IST
JNU row: Criticism of govt is not sedition, say counsel of Umar, Anirban
A Delhi Court on Wednesday reserved its order on the bail plea of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya for March 18.
Mar 16, 2016, 14:39 PM IST
Vijay Mallya a Congress' baby; UPA forced bank to give him financial aid: BJP
Hitting back at Congress on the Vijay Mallya issue, BJP on Monday said the industrialist was a "Congress' baby" and accused the UPA dispensation of forcing a bank to provide a loan of Rs 3,100 crore despite his company's poor finances.
Mar 14, 2016, 19:40 PM IST
Sushma Swaraj, Sartaj Aziz likely to meet in Nepal during SAARC Summit
Indian External Minister Sushma Swaraj and Pakistan Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz are likely to meet on the sidelines of SAARC ministerial-level meeting in Nepal.
Mar 14, 2016, 14:57 PM IST
Behave like PM of India and not like Sangh's campaigner: RJD tells PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bihar visit today, his first since NDA faced a massive defeat in the state Assembly polls last year, seems to have caught the attention of many with Janata Dal (United) and Rashtriya Janata Dal parties reminding him of 'cooperative federalism'.
Mar 12, 2016, 10:00 AM IST
Unlikely to campaign for West Bengal, Kerala polls: Kanhaiya Kumar
JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who walked out of Tihar on bail last week where he was lodged in a sedition case, today indicated that he is unlikely to campaign in the upcoming West Bengal and Kerala Assembly polls.
Mar 09, 2016, 15:53 PM IST
Congress is like death, never gets blamed for anything: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday thanked the Opposition parties for letting Parliament function smoothly.
Mar 09, 2016, 14:45 PM IST
BJP mocks Rahul Gandhi, says 'pass GST and take credit for it too'
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday chided Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for taking credit for the rollback of Employees Provident Fund tax on EPF withdrawal.
Mar 09, 2016, 12:32 PM IST
