Agra, March 11 (IANS) The entry of Amar Singh and Jayaprada in the Choudhary Ajit Singh-led Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) has not only surprised political pundits but has upset calculations and poll strategies of major parties in the fray here for the Lok Sabha polls. Amar Singh is most likely to be fielded from Fatehpur Sikri […]
Purnea (Bihar), March 10 (IANS) BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Monday said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s ambition for the prime minister’s post led to the break up of the alliance between the JD-U and BJP. Addressing a rally here, Modi said that at that time the Bharatiya Janata Party was not sure why the […]
Jaipur, March 10 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Monday said his party runs a government for the poor and would work for their development if voted to power in the Lok Sabha elections. Addressing a rally in Rajasthan’s Devali town in Tonk district, around 100 km from here, he said the Congress-led UPA government got […]
Chennai, March 10 (IANS) DMK president M. Karunanidhi Monday released the names of the party’s candidates for 35 Lok Sabha constituencies, and said he and his party would like to see a secular government at the centre. “I and the DMK would like to have a secular government at the centre,” he told reporters. Stating that […]
Lucknow, March 9 (IANS) Soon after the general elections were announced, hundreds of billboards promoting Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and put up across the length and breadth of Uttar Pradesh were dismantled in a tearing hurry. All of them carried a beaming face of the 41-year-old chief minister — and details of all the good work […]
Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) Actress Juhi Chawla’s brother Bobby Chawla, who was in coma since 2010 at the Jaslok Hospital, died Sunday morning. “He passed away today morning,” said a source from the hospital. Bobby, whose condition was serious for a long time, died at 7 a.m. He was in coma since April 2010 after suffering […]
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) It was a warm, sunny Sunday in the national capital. The maximum temperature is likely to be around 28 degrees Celsius, the Met Office said. “The sky will remain clear through the day and the afternoon will be warm,” an official of the India Meteorological Department said. Sunday’s minimum temperature was […]
Lucknow, March 8 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government’s ambitious ‘Samajwadi Pension’ scheme has run into rough weather. The scheme, aimed at benefitting 40 lakh poor families with a monthly dole of Rs.500-750, has been stalled, with the model code of conduct for the Lok Sabha polls in place. Officials told IANS that the selection process to […]
Kolkata, March 8 (IANS) Accusing both Congress and BJP of pursuing “pro-rich policies”, Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Saturday asserted only the Left parties had the right alternative policies. “There is no difference between policies of Congress and BJP, their sole aim is making richer the rich and robbing the poor. “They can dole […]
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi (Rae Bareli) and vice president Rahul Gandhi (Amethi) figure in the first list of party candidates for the Lok Sabha elections released here Saturday. Apart from the two Gandhis, the list has 192 more names including Unique Identification Authority of India chairman and Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, […]