NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh government moved the Supreme Court challenging the nixing of National Security Act (NSA) against BJP's Varun Gandhi by a state advisory board under the Allahabad High Court. The state government moved the apex court contending that the state advisory board scrapped invocation of NSA against Gandhi ignoring "cogent evidence" of the state government for invoking the NSA against him.Blogs: Varun's clean chit does not prove BJP rightThe filing of the petition in the apex...
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Amar Singh accused of provoking Jayaprada to commit suicide
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary Amar Singh has been accused of provoking actress-turned politician and party's Rampur Lok Sabha candidate Jayaprada to commit suicide, the police said Tuesday.The complaint against the SP general secretary was made by the supporters of the party's senior leader Azam Khan, the officials added."We have accepted the complaint against Amar Singh, but a case against him would be registered after the completion of the inquiry that is underway," district...
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Efforts to bring back Somnath into CPM: Buddhadeb
KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has said he has been making efforts in his "own way" to bring leaders like Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee back into the CPM fold."I miss him. For us, losing a personality like Somnath and a leader like him ... on the part of the party and also on a personal level is a bit painful," Bhattacharjee said in an interview to a local television channel.The chief minister was asked if it would be possible to set aside personal feelings and...
Hanging Afzal does not suit UPA: Modi
LUDHIANA: Attacking the UPA on alleged delay in executing Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the government was indulging in "votebank politics " and "hanging Guru does not suit its interests"."The Congress-led UPA is indulging in votebank politics and hanging Guru does not suit its interests," Modi said, a day after Rahul Gandhi defended his party saying Afzal will be hanged when his turn comes."Out of 29 persons who are on death row, cases...
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Moily removed as AICC media head
NEW DELHI: M Veerappa Moily, who launched a surprise attack on JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar, has been abruptly removed as chairman of the Congress media department.He has been replaced by AICC General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi, who had been holding the charge earlier, party sources said on Saturday.The removal of Moily is believed to be due to the displeasure of the party high command over his remarks against the Bihar Chief Minister, who was sought to be wooed by party leader Rahul Gandhi.Moily had...
Friday, May 8, 2009
RJD, LJP insulted Congress: Moily
NEW DELHI: The spat between the Congress and its partners in the government, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), went up a notch Friday, with the Congress spokesperson accusing them of "insulting" it over seat-sharing in Bihar."We should be more angry. We never wronged them... It's only Paswan (Ram Vilas Paswan of LJP) and Laluji (Lalu Prasad of RJD) for reasons best known to them, they left us only two seats," Moily told reporters here.The RJD and LJP chiefs, key members of...
NSA against Varun invalid: UP advisory board
NEW DELHI: The UP advisory board said on Friday that the use of the National Security Act against BJP leader Varun Gandhi, invoked for his alleged communal remark, was not valid."NSA invoked against the BJP leader Varun Gandhi has been held invalid by the board," UP home secretary Javed Ahmad said, PTI reported.Varun had appeared in person before the advisory board on April 28 and explained that the CD on the basis of which an FIR was lodged against him was doctored.29-year-old Varun, who is on...
Amar threatens to quit SP over Azam Khan issue
RAMPUR (UP): In an ultimatum to Mulayam Singh Yadav over the Azam Khan issue, SPleader Amar Singh has threatened to quit the party after the Lok Sabha polls, accusing the Muslim leader of making "intolerable utterances" against him.Singh said he would decide over continuing in the party after the end of the final phase of polls, referring to Yadav's statement that 'party mein rehna hai to Azam Khan ko khush rakhna hai' (If you want to remain in the party, you will have to keep Azam Khan happy)."Azam...
Thursday, May 7, 2009
We'll support any alliance that dismisses Maya govt: Mulayam
MAINPURI (UP): Virtually setting a pre-condition for post-poll alliance, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday said his party would extend support to any grouping that will "dismiss" the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh. "The youth, farmers and traders, all are disheartened with the UP government. We will support whoever dismisses the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh," Yadav told reporters here.The SP chief also said that "the trend after three phases of polling shows that...
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
If Manmohan can become PM through back door, why can't I, asks Maya
LUCKNOW: Launching a scathing attack on Congress president Sonia Gandhi for her comment `Aaj kal to har koi pradhan mantri banana chahta hai'(Everybody wants to become the PM these days), BSP supremo Mayawati on Tuesday said if Sonia could bring someone like Manmohan Singh through the ``back door'' to Parliament and make him PM, ``why can't a well-educated `Dalit ki beti' like me, who has won several elections and is CM of country's biggest state, become Prime Minister?''Sonia in her recent election...
Polls head for photo-finish as BJP plays catch-up
The race for emerging as the single largest party and the largest pre-poll alliance in the Lok Sabha election has become really tight. Polling isyet to be held in 171 seats, although campaigning is over in all but 86 seats. And as parties go into the final stretch of the race, it looks like it will be a photo-finish.It also seems quite clear now that whichever party or formation emerges as the biggest bloc, it will still have to rope in many more partners after the election in order to form a stable...
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