Panaji, March 6 (IANS) Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has made budgetary provisions for saffronisation of Goa by allowing Yoga guru Ramdev and the RSS to set up bases in the state, the Congress Thursday said. Addressing a press conference in Panaji, state Congress president John Fernandes Thursday said that the BJP government has laid the red […]
Bhubaneswar, March 5 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday lashed out at Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi, saying the leaders visited Uttarakhand after the floods but not his state following the devastation caused by Cyclone Phailin. Patnaik was addressing a women’s rally in Berhampur town in his home district of Ganjam, 180 km from here, […]
Panaji, March 5 (IANS) The Goa BJP is opposed only to offshore casinos and not onshore ones, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told the state assembly Wednesday. He also said no operational offshore casino would be allowed to function in the Mandovi river off Panaji by 2015. Parrikar was replying to a query during question hour during […]
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) The AAP Wednesday welcomed the Lok Sabha election announcement and said it was confident of taking on both the big players: the BJP and the Congress. “The goal of the AAP is to eradicate corruption, and this will be our plank in the general elections,” Aam Aadmi Party spokesman Nagendra Sharma […]
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Wednesday said the Lok Sabha election was a “historic opportunity” to lay the foundation for a “developed India”. “2014 polls are a historic opportunity to lay foundation of a developed India. I urge you all to ‘Vote for India’ and make the right choice,” Modi […]
Lucknow, March 5 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Wednesday went on a foundation laying spree to beat the Lok Sabha election announcement in New Delhi. Yadav announced several sops and laid foundation stones of many development projects — barely 30 minutes before the Election Commission came out with the election dates. The announcement brought […]
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Activist Sampat Pal Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court for blocking the release of forthcoming”Gulaab Gang”, which is reportedly based on her life. Sampat Pal formed Gulabi Gang, a group of pink sari clad women vigilantes from Uttar Pradesh. The film, starring Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla as leads, is set […]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Congress leader Jagdish Tytler will take on J.P. Agarwal, incumbent parliamentarian from Delhi’s North East constituency, in an internal election of the party to select the candidate for the Lok Sabha polls. “Tytler and former Delhi legislator Rajesh Lilothia filed nominations for the primaries Tuesday,” a party source told IANS. Tytler […]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) BJP leader Arun Jaitley Tuesday praised President Pranab Mukherjee for “scuttling” the government move to pass anti-graft ordinances, saying he has set a precedent for the future. In an article published Tuesday, the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha quoted media reports, and said it was Mukherjee’s reluctance which “scuttled” […]
‘Main Tera Hero’ starring Varun Dhawan, Ileana D’Cruz and Nargis Fakhri is grabbing the attention of the audiences with its trailer and songs. The film is helmed by David Dhawan, who is famous for his raunchy music since the 90s. And now in ‘Main Tera Hero’ also, he is all set to tickle everyone’s funny […]