A recent video footage in which actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi interacts with youngsters has hinted that the neo-politician hopes for the Chief Minister's post."People say I joined politics with some vested interest. I may say no, but everybody has some hope inside. However, I am unable to gauge what that hope is," Chiranjeevi seen saying in the latest 9-minute-20-second video footage of suspected "sting operation".At that point, the video showed his audience pitching in with the suggestion...
Friday, October 31, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Will Cong take LS poll call before assembly results?
NEW DELHI: Amid indications that the Centre was mulling Lok Sabha polls in February, the moot question is whether Congress would announce itsintentions before the assembly results on December 8 if it indeed decides in favour of advancing the grand battle.For UPA to hit the hustings in February, it is learnt that the Centre would have to announce it in the first half of December. While Parliament is to meet again, December 8 is when the results of polls in MP, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Mizoram...
Saturday, October 25, 2008
EC transfers officials ahead of Chhattisgarh election
RAIPUR: The Election Commission has ordered the transfer of three officials, including two collectors, ahead of the Assembly elections inChhattisgarh.The election commission ordered the transfer of Divisional Commissioner(DC) of Bastar district, Ganesh Shankar Mishra, Collectors, Sonmani Bora(Raipur) and R Pisda (Kanker), official sources said here.The secretary of state health department, RS Vishwakarma will take over as the DC whereas the secretary agricultural department, Vikas Sheel and Woman...
‘Gandhigiri’ by Chhatra JD(U)
While Raj Thackeray and his Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers, in attacking Bihari students and examinees in Mumbai, have shown littlerespect for the rule of law and court, a group of Chhatra JD(U) workers resorted to symbolic act of Gandhigiri to bring sanity and order.Since names matter in all symbolic acts, they, led by their state president Arvind Kumar Nishad, entered the premises of Maharashtra Bank in Patna on Exhibition Road, and for tokenism, recalled the non-violent path pursued...
Friday, October 24, 2008
Cong chief, Modi fight over MNS issue
PATNA: The state Congress chief Anil Kumar Sharma has crossed swords with Bihar deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi for the latter’s claim with respect tothe attacks on Bihari and north Indian students in Mumbai that Congress was responsible for it.On the other hand, CPI, expressing concern over the happenings in Mumbai and its fallout in Bihar reflected in the arson caused and committed by students returning from Mumbai, said that Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray had taken to fascist...
Chiru T-yatra set to begin from Sircilla
HYDERABAD: Though it is not known whether he would announce his stand on the separate state more clearly than what has already been said in Tirupati in August, Prajarajyam president Chiranjeevi is expected to reveal his action plan to help the weavers in the state during his second visit to Sircilla town on October 30.According to party sources, this is the reason for him to choose Sircilla as the starting point of his nine-day tour of Telangana. Chiranjeevi is scheduled to visit the weavers’ town...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Nobody is above the law: Maharashtra CM
MUMBAI: Rejecting that charge that Maharashtra government acted under pressure to arrest MNS chief Raj Thackeray, chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukhtoday said nobody was above the law and warned that anyone indulging in violence will be dealt with sternly."There has been no pressure on the government to arrest Raj Thackeray. No one is above the law. Do you want the government to be a spectator?" he asked.Noting that many MNS activists have been arrested from across Maharashtra, Deshmukh said, "Once...
DMK's human chain protest on Tamils' plight today
CHENNAI: The ruling DMK wants its human chain agitation on Tuesday to highlight the plight of Tamil civilians in war-torn Sri Lanka to be a massive event and is mobilising members of all its wings as well as various sections of society.DMK president and chief minister M Karunanidhi has been issuing appeals to cadres through the party organ, 'Murasoli', for the last two days to participate in large numbers, and wrote again for the Tuesday edition.In his missives, he has been highlighting the party's...
17 BJP MLAs rebel against Uttarakhand CM Khanduri
NEW DELHI: Just when it prepares for a crucial round of assembly polls, dissidence has once again wracked BJP in Uttarakhand with 17 party MLAs rebelling against chief minister Major General (retd) B C Khanduri.Trivendra Singh Ravat, a minister in the Khanduri government, submitted the resignations to party chief Rajnath Singh here on Monday. Though the party chief, it is learnt, urged the MLAs not to precipitate matters ahead of the crucial assembly elections, the rebels were not ready to relent.The...
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Pranab Mukherjee likely to visit Sri Lanka
NEW DELHI: As Tamil parties continue to build pressure on the government over the Sri Lankan issue, external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee islikely to travel to the island nation to assess the situation and discuss the matter with the country's leadership.Official sources here on Sunday said the visit is being considered in view of the prevailing situation in Sri Lanka.Mukherjee is expected to meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa and foreign minister Rohitha Bogollagama.However, no date has been...
Raj Thackeray a mental case, ban MNS: Lalu
NEW DELHI: Condemning the attack on railway board examination centres in suburban Mumbai by MNS activists, railway minister Lalu Prasad on Sundaydemanded a ban on the outfit, saying its chief Raj Thackeray was a "mental case"."I strongly condemn the incident. There should be an inquiry into the attack. There should be strong action against that party...MNS should be banned," the minister told reporters here.His comments came as a response to the attack on 13 railway board examination centres in...
Mayawati promises quota for upper caste poor
LUCKNOW: With the next Lok Sabha elections round the corner, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Sunday promised to provide reservation to the poor among the upper castes if her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) came to power at the national level."The reservation on the basis of economic and other parameters will enable the upper caste community members to address their problems, especially those related to poverty and unemployment," she said."I have already written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan...
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Mamata joins Amar in fuelling Jamia doubts
NEW DELHI: The competition to tap into Muslim unease over the Batla House encounter intensified considerably on Friday when SP general secretary Amar Singh, along with his new-found ally Mamata Banerjeej, stepped up his attack on the police, calling the two terror suspects killed in the shootout `martyrs'.Singh, who claimed that one of the Delhi blasts suspects killed in the encounter was a `gold medalist', said a probe was needed to establish whether the decorated inspector, Mohan Chand Sharma,...
Gloomy picture for Cong in NE seats
NEW DELHI: The Congress may view "regularisation'' of unauthorised colonies as a potent poll weapon, but going by an internal survey this is not helping it overcome traditional incumbency factors like infighting and non-performance of sitting MLAs in the 10 assembly segments in the north-east parliamentary constituency.The party's survey on these assembly seats about 500 of the 1,600 colonies to be regularised are in this area indicates that Congress has a fight on its hands and that the regularisation...
BJP will 'review' liquor licensing policy
NEW DELHI: It may be election rhetoric but for those fond of their evening tipple, the BJP chief ministerial prospect's claim that the party wouldreview the Congress government's licensing policy for wine shops could come as a shock.V K Malhotra, who was speaking out against the opening of a wine shop in a locality in Mount Kailash area, added that the present government's policy of issuing licences would need to be reviewed and corrective action taken once the BJP came to power. The statement came...
Friday, October 17, 2008
SAD to seek seats in Delhi, Rajasthan from BJP: Badal
PATIALA: NDA alley Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will hold seat-sharing talks with BJP to get its share of seats in the assembly elections in New Delhi and Rajasthan, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said on Friday."The SAD will seek its share of seats in Delhi and Rajasthan and will hold discussions with BJP," Badal told at Khanuri in Sangrur district.Party President Sukhbir Singh Badal and Secretary General Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa will hold consultations with BJP high command in this regard,...
Congress denies rift in Goa coalition, Naik skips meeting
PANAJI: Goa's ruling Congress has denied any rift in the ranks, but tensions were evident with its home minister conspicuous by his absence at a meeting to resolve differences following a minister's son being charged with the rape of a German teenager.On Thursday night, home minister Ravi Naik stayed away from a meeting of legislators also attended by All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary in-charge of Goa B Hariprasad who denied that the party's central leadership had sent him to...
Saturday, October 11, 2008
All parties hail TDP’s pro-Telangana stand
HYDERABAD: All the political parties, including the ruling Congress, today welcomed the Opposition Telugu Desam Party’s (TDP) pro-Telangana stand.Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief D Srinivas described the TDP’s decision as good augury. He, however, was skeptical of the TDP taking a decision just before elections. The TDP had taken the decision now, only for the sake of elections, the PCC chief said and added that the TDP could have taken the decision three years back.TRS chief K Chandrasekhara...
Chiranjeevi sets the poll wheel rolling
Elections in Andhra Pradesh are six months away. And the new political entrant Chiranjeevi has decided to show his strength to his political rivals.He will set the rath rolling for his maiden political yatra from the north coastal Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh on Friday. The star politician's first public meeting at Tirupati in August was a huge hit with over 7 lakh people attending it and he hopes he could weave magic during his yatra too."I want to know the pulse of the people of Andhra...
Friday, October 10, 2008
Let's divide AP, Telangana a historic necessity: Naidu
Hyderabad, October 9: In a major shift from its policy, the Telugu Desam Party on Thursday for the first time took a pro-Telangana stand and said it was in favour of bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh."In deference to the sentiments of the people of the region, the Telugu Desam supports the demand for a separate statehood to Telangana," the party Politburo said in its one-page resolution.Announcing the decision at the party headquarters in Hyderabad, TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu said Telangana was...
Divided UPA can't decide on Bajrang Dal ban
Sources have informed NDTV that no decision as yet been taken by the Union Government to ban Bajrang Dal.They say that Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Wednesday presented a report to the Cabinet on the role of Bajrang Dal, while a discussion on the recent violence in Orissa was underway.Differences within UPA on imposing article 356 in Orissa emerged even as feasibility and practicality of imposing a ban on Bajrang Dal was questioned.The Home Ministry now will provide further input on Bajrang Dal...
Modi slams Jamia VC for aiding terror suspects
The politics over the Delhi encounter in Jamia Nagar is intensifying. In an exclusive interview to NDTV India, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has attacked HRD Minister Arjun Singh and Jamia University Vice Chancellor Mushirul Hassan for giving legal aid to two terror suspects from the university.Modi says the vice chancellor's decision shows he is working against his own government. The Gujarat Chief Minister's comments came on the Vice Chancellor's recent statement on legal aid for the two...
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
SP may withdraw from UPA if Jamia students innocent
PANAJI: Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh on Tuesday indicated that his party could withdraw support to the UPA government if the two students ofJamia Millia Islamia arrested in connection with the Delhi serial blasts were proved to be innocent."Shoot them if they are terrorists. But if they are innocent, then they should be given justice," Singh said addressing reporters here, and added, "If a judicial probe says they are innocent, then we can think of withdrawing support to the UPA government."Singh...
Bajrang Dal is a terror group, ban likely: Union Minister of State for Home
PATNA: The Bajrang Dal is a terrorist outfit and the central government will not hesitate to ban it like it outlawed the Students Islamic Movementof India (SIMI), says Union Minister of State for Home Shakeel Ahmad."There is little doubt that the Bajrang Dal is a terrorist outfit involved in creating terror. The central government may ban it as it has banned SIMI," Ahmad said over telephone from his Bihar constituency Madhubani."The centre will ban Bajrang Dal if four to five state governments send...
Monday, October 6, 2008
BJP for anti-conversion laws in Orissa, Karnataka
NEW DELHI: In the wake of continuing attacks on Christians, the BJP on Monday called for passing of an anti-conversion law in states like Karnataka and Orissa to check the communal violence there.Stating the communal violence in the two states had its roots in socio-political and economic reasons, the saffron party accused the Congress-led UPA government of "selective condemnation".Senior BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu also demanded a comprehensive debate on the issue, while invoking Mahatma Gandhi's...
Sunday, October 5, 2008
'India is no longer enemy no. 1 for Pakistan'
ISLAMABAD: How much should India fear Pakistan, considering a recent BBC 23-nation survey found that Pakistan and Egypt were the only countries totake a relatively positive view of al-Qaida. The poll said that only 19% of Pakistani respondents had a negative view of Osama bin Laden’s terrorist network.Should this be reason enough for India to worry about the stability and intentions of its next-door neighbour? Pakistani experts don’t think so. They say the survey actually shows Pakistanis as desperately...
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Bhujbal withdraws defamation case against Bal Thackeray
MUMBAI: NCP leader and Maharashtra Public Works Department minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Friday withdrew the defamation case he filed against his former mentor Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray. After withdrawing the case at the suburban Bandra metropolitan magistrate court, Bhujbal, along with Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray, left for Bal Thackeray's residence 'Matoshree'.Bhujbal had filed the case in 1997, prompted by a news report in Sena mouthpiece Saamna.A former Shiv Sena man, Bhujbal...
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
BJP threatens to move court over GU polls
PANAJI: BJP students' cell has asked the Goa University to reinstate the panel that were earlier declared winners of the elections of the studentscouncil. The students' cell warned that failing which it would keep all options open in order to get their demands met.Addressing a press conference , BJP students' cell convenor Atmaram Bharve said they would not hesitate to seek legal recourse and approach the courts. "The director of social welfare has been given all powers to conduct the elections,...
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