NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday urged the Election Commission to “deregister” political parties which were openly siding with “banned terrorist outfits” and those supporting “separatists” in Jammu and Kashmir.A party delegation submitted to the Commission a two-page memorandum, signed, among others, by Yashwant Sinha, Prakash Javadekar, Vijay Goel and Arun Shourie.BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi later told journalists that the delegation “verbally” told the Commission that it should...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
JMM Soren likely to meet Sonia Gandhi today
NEW DELHI: In a last ditch effort to persuade the UPA leaders here to help him gather the magic number to form his government in Jharkhand, JMM chief Shibu Soren accompanied by all 17 MLAs of the party is reaching here today evening. Highly placed sources in the party claimed that JMM has managed to secure support of all independents barring Chief Minister Madhu Koda and Deputy Chief Minister Stephen Marandi. "Besides party MLAs, some independents, too, might accompany Soren who will reach...
Biharis are not beggars, says Nitish Kumar
PATNA: A Goa minister's remark that there will be more beggars in the coastal state if trains linking it to Patna are introduced triggered an outrage in Bihar with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar demanding an apology.Denouncing as unwarranted the remarks made by Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik on Tuesday, Kumar said it had hurt the sentiments of the people of Bihar."Coming from a person occupying the responsible post of a minister in a state the remark is deplorable and should be condemned by all. The remark...
I will not leave 'first love' Pakistan: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD: Amid intense speculation about his future after stepping down, former President Pervez Musharraf has denied reports that he would leave his "first love" Pakistan and settle in another country, saying his resignation did not reflect a "defeat". "My resignation as President does not reflect my defeat as I resigned in the interest of Pakistan and its people," Musharraf was quoted by Geo News channel as saying to several delegations that met him on Tuesday.Musharraf, who quit on Monday to...
UPFA victory ensures country’s prosperity - Minister Gunawardane
Urban and Sacred Areas Development Minister Dinesh Gunawardane yesterday appealed to the voters in Kegalle, Ratnapura, Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa to vote for the UPFA so that the Mahinda Rajapaksa Government’s efforts to safeguard the Motherland and create a prosperous Sri Lanka could be ensured.“Within two years the Mahinda Rajapaksa Government could reverse the terrorists’ advance, as conceded by everybody.”The Minister in a statement yesterday said the East has been liberated and parts of the...
Uncertainty looms large as major parties oppose UZ polls before national one
DHAKA: The BNP has been terming this government move as unconstitutional. Country's political horizon has been clouded with uncertainty as government is determined to hold upazilla polls first and the major political parties are opposing the government move to hold upazilla elections before the national one.(The Bangladesh Today)In spite of growing demand from the major parties including AL and BNP to hold the general election at first, the caretaker government is still determine to hold the Upazilla...
RJD alleges rly irregularities under Nitish
PATNA: Railway minister Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Tuesday released what it said the first episode of its promised "25-episode serial" on alleged irregularities in the railways when Nitish Kumar was at the helm as it came out with a list of 231 appointments and sought an explanation for these.RJD leaders Shakeel Ahmad Khan and Shyam Rajak said all these grade D appointments were made without advertising the posts or holding interviews. "Most of the beneficiaries belong to Nalanda,...
Will Chiranjeevi's dream run continue?
Three decades after Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad pursued a dream and realised it too, he is now walking in an unusual territory only this time he is unsure if this too would be a chart buster he has become habitual of delivering.Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad, fondly and popularly known as Chiranjeevi has demonstrated that he is a meticulous planner, executing his plans gradually, but certainly, his eyes fixed on his goal.But just who is this man who has a mega fan club devoted to him, who...
BJP accuses Cong of partisan politics
NEW DELHI: BJP latched on to Congress's comparison of the Hurriyat and the Amarnath agitators as "two sides of the same coin" to criticise the ruling party for "partisan" politics that had encouraged growth of separatism in Kashmir while breeding resentment in Jammu.Speaking to the media, BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Tuesday that there was no case for equating the stir in Jammu, where people were turning out holding the Indian flag, and separatists in Kashmir who were denouncing...
Pak Parliament to set up panel for J&K
ISLAMABAD: Ignoring India's assertions that Islamabad should not interfere in its affairs, Pakistan's Parliament has decided to set up a panel to monitor human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir and mobilise world opinion in support of the "right of self-determination" for Kashmiris.Ruling Pakistan People's Party leader and Law Minister Farooq Naek moved a motion for setting up a special panel on Kashmir comprising parliamentarians in the National Assembly and it was passed unanimously by the...
Is Musharraf heading for London?
LONDON: Pervez Musharraf, who stepped down as Pakistan's president to avoid impeachment, could seek refuge in the British capital, a newspaper here reported on Tuesday.Citing an unnamed senior western diplomat in Islamabad, The Daily Telegraph reported that Musharraf could first head to Saudi Arabia on a pilgrimage, but that London could be his ultimate destination. Facing an imminent impeachment, 65-year-old Musharraf, who grabbed power in a bloodless army coup in 1999, resigned on Monday after...
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