Politics

Kolkata: Welcoming the Supreme Court verdict providing voters the right to reject all candidates in a poll, the BJP on Tuesday urged the Election Commission to take immediate cognizance of the matter and call an all-party meet.

The report says that the explanation that the administration was unable to prevent the mahapanchayat is unacceptable.

Amritsar: After the Union Home Minister asking Chief Ministers to ensure that no innocent Muslim youth was wrongfully detained in the name of terror, radical Sikh outfit Dal Khalsa on Monday urged Sushilkumar Shinde to take up cases of Sikh detainees also...

The BJP is ready to take Yeddyurappa back into the party fold without any commitments.

Representatives from 36 foreign missions are likely to attend BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's rally in New Delhi on Sunday, a party leader said.

"I am sure it will have a long lasting impact on our polity," said Narendra Modi.

Jairam Ramesh said that MNREGS had contributed to an increase in rural wages which has in turn contributed to decline in rural poverty levels.

New Delhi: Under attack from the opposition for bringing an ordinance to protect lawmakers from immediate disqualification, the government on Thursday hit back, accusing BJP of changing its stand on overturning a Supreme Court judgement on the issue.

The Prime Minister while condemning the terror attacks also reiterated that talks with Pakistan will go on.

"I will be very happy to meet him, and pick up the threads from where we left off," Sharif said.

The UN General Assembly will focus on the follow up to the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development held in Rio de Janeiro.

New Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said the prime ministerial candidate of opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, is staging a “fake encounter with facts" while claiming about 8.4 percent growth during At...

The CBI has also summoned former Gujarat minister Praful Patel and Advocate General Kamal Trivedi in connection with the case.

The SP government has not issued a warrant against its leader Rashid Siddiqui, who allegedly made a hate speech during the riots.

Delhi BJP is planning to install LED screens at 100 locations in Delhi to attract people for the rally slated on September 29.

A special CBI court fixed September 30 as the judgement day for 45 accused, including Lalu Prasad, after the RJD chief completed his arguments in a fodder case.