The two-day Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national executive opened here Saturday morning with party chief Nitin Gadkari, senior leader L.K. Advani and other leaders in attendance. The meeting was formally inaugurated at 11.30 a.m. The other leaders present are Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The meet is being held at [...]
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Two-day BJP national executive meet begins
January 8th, 2011 |
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Karnataka CM Yeddyurappa ignores Delhi, seeks divine solace at Puttaparthi
November 22nd, 2010 |
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Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has ignored summons to reach Delhi on Monday morning as directed by his party top brass and left for Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh to “seek the blessings” of Sri Satya Sai Baba. “I didn”t have to go to Delhi, our leaders have gone to speak to the party High Command. [...]
Karnataka CM Yeddyurappaâ€s fate in Gadkariâ€s hands, final decision today
November 22nd, 2010 |
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Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa will meet Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Nitin Gadkari here today to plead against his removal over allegations of land scams. Gadkari has been authorised by the party”s senior leaders to take the final decision on whether to allow Yeddyurappa to remain in office or ask him to quit in [...]
Manmohan Singh says dialogue only way forward to resolve Kashmir situation
September 15th, 2010 |
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The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Wednesday said that dialogue is the only way route to lasting peace in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing an all party meeting here, Dr Singh said: “The only path for lasting peace and prosperity in Jammu and Kashmir is that of dialogue and discussion. “But it is also true [...]
Prabhakaran’s mother deported: DMK seeks clarification
April 19th, 2010 |
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The DMK Monday criticised the United Progressive Alliance for keeping the Tamil Nadu government in the dark on the issue of slain Tamil Tiger leader V. Prabhakaran’s mother being deported Saturday night.
“Why the state government was kept in dark on this issue?” T.R. Baalu, Monday asked during the Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha.
Baalu, however, [...]
Advani ‘euphoric’ on Dec 6, 1992, says eyewitness cop
March 26th, 2010 |
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani “looked euphoric” when he declared in Ayodhya on Dec 6, 1992, shortly before the demolition of the Babri Masjid, that a Ram temple would be built on the site, police officer Anju Gupta testified before a court here Friday.
Gupta, who was then posted as assistant superintendent of police [...]
BJP office bearers’ meet postponed to April 8
March 25th, 2010 |
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari will meet the new party office bearers April 8 to chalk out the strategy for the campaign against rising prices, an official said Thursday.
The meeting was earlier scheduled April 2 but was postponed as the date coincided with the Maharashtra BJP council meeting to elect its new president, [...]
Advani blogs against Kashmir’s autonomy
March 22nd, 2010 |
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Opposing autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir and restoration of the pre-1953 status to the troubled state, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani has said the party won’t allow the constitutional clock to be turned back and vowed to get Article 370 completely abrogated.
“All that the country wants is to move forward to the [...]
Milk prices set to increase in north India: Pawar
January 20th, 2010 |
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Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Wednesday indicated that the price of milk would increase in north India on account of a dip in milk production.
“There is a gap of 18 lakh tonnes between demand and the current milk supply,” the minister said here even while maintaining that the government was looking into the issue of price [...]
Sheikh Hasina, Sonia Gandhi pay tributes to Basu
January 19th, 2010 |
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former president H.M. Ershad and many political leaders from that country and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi were among the dignitaries who paid their last respects to Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu on his last journey here Tuesday.
Escorted by West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Hasina came along with [...]
Sheikh Hasina, Sonia Gandhi to attend Basu’s last journey
January 18th, 2010 |
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi will be among a host of dignitaries scheduled to arrive here Tuesday to pay their last respects to Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu.
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will represent the central government, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) West Bengal state secretary Biman Bose [...]
Liberhan report discussion begins today
December 7th, 2009 |
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New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh and the deputy leader in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj will present the party’s view on the Liberhan Commission report and the Action Taken Report (ATR) as the house debates it on Monday and Tuesday.
Several leaders of the BJP, including former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and [...]
Uma Bharti defends names of BJP leaders in Babri Masjid demolition case
November 24th, 2009 |
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Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and chief of Bhartiya Janshakti Party, Uma Bharti, on Monday defended leaders of the BJP whose names have featured in a leaked report of the judicial commission that probed demolition of the Babri Masjid in December 1992.
A section of the media on Monday reported that the Justice Liberhan Commission [...]
Ex-Liberhan counsel rejects Vajpayee role in Babri demolition
November 23rd, 2009 |
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Former Liberhan Commission counsel Anupam Gupta said here on Monday that dragging the name of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in connection with the Babri Masjid demolition was an attempt to shift the focus from the role played by L.K Advani.
“I think that naming Vajpayee along with Advani may be an attempt to shift [...]