Chennai, March 15 (IANS) People should vote for BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi so that India becomes a superpower, actor-turned-politician A. Vijayakant said here Saturday. The DMDK chief also wondered why the AIADMK and the DMK are opposed to Lokayukta and anti-corruption courts. Addressing an election rally at Arcot, 115 km from here, Vijayakant said: […]
Shillong, March 15 (IANS) The Congress was not doing any good for the people and the populist schemes launched by the outgoing UPA government were meant to “fool the people”, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio said here Saturday. “The Congress adopted the right to education realising that people need to learn and write only after they […]
Kolkata, March 15 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress Saturday rubbished speculations that it was going soft on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi, asserting it was against communalism. “Our fight is against corruption of Congress and communalism of the BJP. Our chairperson (Mamata Banerjee) repeatedly has said we do not support the face of […]
Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu), March 15 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Saturday came down heavily on rival DMK’s manifesto, terming it a bundle of lies. The AIADMK chief also urged the people to oust the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre as people suffered under it. Addressing an election rally in the town, around […]
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) A court Saturday imposed a fine of Rs.2,500 each on former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his AAP colleague Manish Sisodia after they failed to appear in a defamation case filed against them by Communications Minister Kapil Sibal’s son Amit. Metropolitan Magistrate Sunil Kumar Sharma allowed the two Aam Aadmi […]
Bangalore, March 15 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal Saturday struck a chord with Bangaloreans during a day-long road show to campaign for his party’s candidates contesting in the general elections. “People of Karnataka, especially Bangaloreans, are fed up with the Congress and the BJP whom they voted to power in every alternate election […]
Ghaziabad, March 15 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician and Congress candidate from Ghaziabad parliamentary constituency Raj Babbar held a road show in the city Saturday. Babbar flagged off his road show from UP Gate at 11 a.m. He was accompanied by district Congress president Bijendra Yadav. After paying tribute to Bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekhar Azad and Subhas Chandra Bose […]
Ghaziabad, March 15 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Saturday announced that the party’s core committee member Shazia Ilmi will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Ghaziabad constituency. Ilmi, who lost the R.K. Puram assembly seat by a narrow margin, has agreed to contest from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, the party said. Bharatiya Janata Party president […]
Mumbai, March 15 (IANS) Actress Paridhi Sharma, who plays the titular role in popular show “Jodha Akbar” hopes people play safe on the festival of Holi and give priority to women’s safety. This year, Holi falls on Monday. “As a woman, I strongly feel that it is of utmost importance to ensure that on this day […]
Beirut, March 15 (IANS) Visiting UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said that the crisis in Syria has led to the displacement of nine million people, media reported. “Three years have passed on this horrible Syrian crisis and that means more displaced people to expect. Today we have around 2.6 million Syrians displaced to neighbouring […]