Lucknow, March 14 (IANS) BJP general secretary Varun Gandhi has ruled out campaigning against his estranged cousin and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi constituency. The 34-year-old leader, likely to contest on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket from Sultanpur, told media late Thursday that he believed in political decorum and never harboured […]
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Rahul Gandhi’s new-found combativeness in taking on Narendra Modi on his home turf has raised the pitch of the Congress campaign for the Lok Sabha elections with some political observers saying the ruling party needs to be more assertive against its rivals to keep alive diminishing hopes in the electoral contest […]
Ahmedabad, March 13 (IANS) Narendra Modi will be contesting the Lok Sabha election from at least one seat in his own state, BJP leaders said Thursday. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, however, did not make it clear if the Gujarat chief minister will also fight from a constituency in Uttar Pradesh. “I can definitely say that […]
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Google’s Chief Business Officer and senior vice president Nikesh Arora has resigned as independent director from the board of telecom service provider Bharti Airtel and he was replaced by Dinesh Kumar Mittal, a former bureaucrat, a company statement said here Thursday. Mittal retired as secretary, department of financial services, in 2013. […]
Erode (Tamil Nadu), March 13 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Thursday criticised the DMK’s decision to field 2G scam tainted ministers A. Raja and Dayanidhi Maran in the general elections. Addressing a rally here, around 400 km from Chennai, the AIADMK general secretary said that at a time when the general view is that […]
Erode (Tamil Nadu), March 13 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Thursday said the “anti-farmer” Congress party should be voted out of power and added that her government’s policy is to see that the farmers are not affected by any project. Addressing an election rally here, around 400 km from Chennai, the AIADMK general secretary, […]
Nagpur (Maharashtra), March 13 (IANS) AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal Thursday cancelled a public meeting in Chandrapur Lok Sabha constituency due to ill health, leaving hundreds of enthusiastic farmers disappointed. “Kejriwal was unable to travel to Chandrapur as planned due to ill health. The meeting will be conducted under the leadership of Anjali Damania along with Raju […]
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Sahara group chief Subrata Roy will stay in Tihar jail for some more time as the Supreme Court Thursday declined his plea for release on a personal bond with an assurance that he will not leave the country. The apex court bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice J.S. Khehar reiterated […]
Lucknow, March 13 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will interact with party leaders in Uttar Pradesh through video conferencing March 15, a Congress spokesman said Thursday. The Gandhi scion, hard pressed for time owing to his election campaigns elsewhere in the country, decided to take the electronic route for crucial interaction, sources said. Apart from […]
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Telecom Secretary M.F. Farooqui Thursday said the information and communication technology (ICT) manufacturers should meet the standard norms of developing countries if they want their businesses to multiply manifold. He said the telecom industry has grown by leaps and bounds in the past three decades but the manufacturers should start reinventing […]