Tanda (Himachal Pradesh), March 20 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Thursday said issues related to defence personnel should be taken from the heart, referring to their demand of “one rank, one pension”. “You came to me and I promised that I will try my best and we took the decision,” Gandhi said while addressing ex-servicemen […]
Lucknow, March 20 (IANS) Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s name evokes a lot of respect here and the contest for Lucknow, from where BJP president and former state chief minister Rajnath Singh is contesting this time, will be largely be fought on Vajpayee’s legacy. Lucknow, which thrice elected Vajpayee to the Lok Sabha, goes to […]
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Internationally renowned author and journalist Khushwant Singh died here Thursday, his family said. He was 99. A Padma Vibhushan recipient, Khushwant Singh authored “Train to Pakistan” and “Delhi” among a dozen-odd books. Born in Hadali, now in Pakistan, he had, among others, served as the editor of The Illustrated Weekly of […]
Mumbai, March 20 (IANS) Anupam Kher says neither he and nor his wife Kirron Kher were disturbed when she was greeted with eggs and black flags on her arrival in Chandigarh as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. Kirron landed in Chandigarh on Tuesday. She was reportedly greeted with slogans […]
Jaipur, March 20 (IANS) Former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin, the Congress candidate from Rajasthan’s Tonk-Sawai Madhopur constituency, is facing opposition from party workers who are holding demonstrations and demanding the ticket be given to a local party worker. Some of the party workers burnt posters in Tonk and held demonstrations at Patel Circle on Wednesday. […]
Chandigarh, March 20 (IANS) This week marked the virtual end of cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu’s innings on Punjab’s political wicket. The high-profile star campaigner of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been yanked off the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat and replaced by senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley. Sidhu, the only BJP Lok Sabha MP from Punjab, […]
Fatehpur Sikri, March 20 (IANS) Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) candidate Amar Singh, who is contesting for the Fatehpur Sikri seat in Uttar Pradesh, has offered to campaign for Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav in Azamgarh, the latter’s hometown. Amar Singh told mediapersons Wednesday evening he did not want the Bharatiya Janata Party to win from […]
Wangjing (Manipur), March 19 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday questioned the BJP’s plan to impose the Gujarat model of development on all states. He asserted the best model for each state was one that reflected people’s aspirations. “The opposition talks about the Gujarat model everywhere. What has it got to do with Manipur or […]
Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) Accusing the Congress and the BJP of appeasing some religious communities during electoral battles, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Wednesday claimed her party would play an important role in the formation of the central government. Addressing a party workers’ meeting in Itahar in North Dinajpur district, Banerjee said the Congress, Bharatiya Janata […]
Patna, March 19 (IANS) Filmmaker Prakash Jha said Wednesday that he was contesting the Lok Sabha polls from West Champaran in Bihar at the request of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. He said it was because of Nitish Kumar that he changed his earlier decision to give up politics. “I was determined to retire from politics. But […]