Shillong, March 18 (IANS) The opposition is dividing the people of India on communal lines, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said here Tuesday while launching his election campaign in Meghalaya. “The opposition believes in centralisation of power and politics of anger. But the Congress believes in uniting people, giving power to people, to youth, to women […]
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday vowed to defeat BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha election in Varanasi. “I was reading in some newspapers that it will be a symbolic fight (in Varanasi) and it is Modi who will win,” Kejriwal told a meting of Muslims from across […]
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) Dubbing the model code of conduct for elections as “bizarre”, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Tuesday suggested simultaneous holding of Lok Sabha, assembly and local body polls so as to allow more time to the state governments to carry out development. “The model code of conduct is bizarre. Whenever elections are held […]
Bhubaneswar, March 18 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Niranjan Patnaik Tuesday accused the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) of “rank opportunism” and of turning Odisha politics into a “theatre of the absurd”. Niranjan who is a former president of the state unit of the Congress said the ruling party, led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, is looking […]
Lucknow, March 18 (IANS) Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav will be contesting from two constituencies in the Lok Sabha polls – Mainpuri and Azamgarh. Announcing Mulayam Singh’s candidature from Azamgarh, party general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav said this was done on “popular demand”. Party insiders, however, admitted that the rethink was forced by the candidature […]
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) Dismissing ny possibility of the BJP coming to power and Narendra Modi taking over as the prime minister, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said the battle “would not be that easy” for the party as it lacked a base in many states. “Some are saying Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is coming […]
Chandigarh, March 18 (IANS) Former railways minister Pawan Kumar Bansal Tuesday filed his nomination as the Congress candidate for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat ending speculation over his being fielded by the party. The four-time MP from Chandigarh, Bansal, was forced to quit from the ministry May last year after his nephew was arrested by the […]
Jaipur, March 18 (IANS) Notorious wildlife poacher Sansar Chand died of cancer at a hospital here Tuesday, a doctor said. Sansar Chand, who was undergoing trial on charges of killing several tigers in Rajasthan’s Sariska Tiger Reserve, was admitted to the Sawai Man Singh Hospital here few days ago, a doctor told IANS. Resident of New […]
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will lead the Indian delegation at the third Nuclear Security Summit to be held at The Hague March 24-25, official sources said here Tuesday. The sources said India is expected to focus on speeding up work on reducing gaps in the international architecture concerning nuclear security. […]
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The AAP Tuesday withdrew the candidature of Mahendra Singh from the North West Delhi constituency for his alleged involvement in criminal cases. Former Delhi minister Rakhi Birla will be fielded from the seat, a party official said. Singh, a social activist, had a number of criminal cases against him, an Aam […]