Ghaziabad, March 22 (IANS) Congress candidate Raj Babbar was rebuffed Saturday by an official here when he tried to bypass a queue to submit his nomination papers. Ghaziabad Assistant Returning Officer Keshav Kumar turned down the film star-turn-politician’s request to take up his papers before other applicants. Kumar said that he would first take up the […]
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh Saturday said he is confident that senior leader Arun Jaitley will win the Lok Sabha election from Punjab’s Amritsar constituency. “There should be no doubt that Arun Jaitley will win the election from his constituency”, Singh told the media here. The party president, however, did […]
Jaipur, March 22 (IANS) Former Indian cricket captain and Congress candidate from Rajasthan’s Tonk-Sawai Madhopur constituency Mohammad Azharuddin met Meena leader Kirorilal Meena at his residence here. Meena a member of National People’s Party is a MLA from Lalsot constituency and holds considerable sway among voters of the community and Tonk-Sawai Madhopur constituency has over three […]
Jaipur, March 22 (IANS) Annoyed at not being considered from Rajasthan’s Barmer seat, senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh is likely to contest the Lok Sabha elections as an independent candidate from the constituency, sources close to him said Saturday. He is slated to come to Barmer in a couple of days and seek feedback from local […]
Mumbai, March 22 (IANS) Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray Saturday cautioned ally BJP against virtually dumping a senior leader like L.K. Advani. “There is talk that a ‘Modi era’ has started in BJP, but the ‘Advani era’ has not yet ended in the country’s politics. He has achieved this pinnacle of success by his struggles and […]
Hyderabad, March 22 (IANS) Union minister and Congress leader K. Chiranjeevi has found fault with his brother Pawan Kalyan for meeting BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. Chiranjeevi told reporters in Visakhapatnam Saturday that Pawan should not have met Modi as he is facing allegations of involvement in post-Godhra massacre. “I believe my brother is secular […]
Lucknow, March 22 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will begin his party’s Lok Sabha campaign in Uttar Pradesh with a rally in Pratapgarh Saturday. Gandhi will be accompanied by party general secretary Madhusudan Mistry, Rajya Sabha member Pramod Tiwari and others senior leaders. Congress leaders said that the rally would be a show of strength […]
Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu), March 21 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Friday said the government has decided to set up an industrial park here for food processing, engineering and printing industries. She also questioned the DMK’s commitment to its promise of nationalisation and inter-linking of rivers as the party did not do anything towards that […]
Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Friday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to see that India does not budge under pressure from international agencies trying to get the two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen to escape without trial. Chandy’s letter comes at a time when media reports have surfaced that […]
Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) Peeved at the constant comparison of Gujarat with her state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday said chants of “Namo Namo” would have never been heard if the western state had to pay all its revenue for servicing debts. Hitting out at BJP prime ministerial nominee and Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi […]