Former Kerala chief minister K. Karunakaran has again written to state Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala to call a meeting of the party’s executive to discuss the possibility of re-admitting his son K. Muraleedharan.
But Chennithala, who was out of town when the 91-year-old veteran Congress leader wrote to him, is noncommittal.
‘At the moment, I am [...]
All seems to be well again in the Samajwadi Party camp. Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Monday termed the differences with Amar Singh, who resigned from all party posts last week, as a ‘family affair’, while Singh declared that all issues have been sorted out.
Terming the bickering between him and Amar Singh as a ‘Samajwadi [...]
The crisis in the Samajwadi Party (SP) appeared to have eased Monday with Amar Singh, who resigned from all party posts last week, saying that matters have been sorted out in the party.
Amar Singh and SP general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav, who had spoken against each other, said they had sorted out issues between them. [...]
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Saturday welcomed the government’s proposal to give voting rights to Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) by the next general election.
NCP spokesman D.P. Tripathi said that his party supported Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s statement Friday about giving voting rights to Indians living abroad.
‘We want that Indian citizens living abroad should be given [...]
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Friday did not rule out the possibility of Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh joining its ranks, but said it was not the occasion to talk politics.
‘We believe in keeping human relations above politics. Mr Amar Singh is unwell. Our party sends him best wishes to see him healthy, [...]
The Chhattisgarh High Court has issued a warrant against Amit Jogi, son of Congress leader and state’s first chief minister Ajit Jogi, in connection with the murder of a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader.
A two-member division bench of the High Court in Bilaspur issued the bailable warrant Thursday against 33-year-old Amit, currently practising as a [...]
A police commando was injured Wednesday in a grenade attack at the residence of former Manipur chief minister Radhabinod Koijam.
A police spokesperson said unidentified motorcycle-borne militants lobbed a grenade at Koijam’s official residence in the capital Imphal.
‘A police commando who was outside the house was injured in the attack,’ the official said.
Koijam, now [...]
Four young men attempted to climb a 150-foot tall communications tower in the heart of the city Tuesday evening, demanding a separate state of Vidarbha.
According to Deputy Commissioner of Police B. T. Patil, the young men belonged to a pro-Vidarbha group. They attempted to climb up the wireless communication tower of the BSNL.
‘They managed to [...]
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah arrived in the capital Monday, a day ahead of central government’s talks with eight recognised parties from the state on the issue of separate Telangana state.
The chief minister, who met Law Minister M. Veerapa Moily on his arrival, is expected to meet Prime Minister [...]
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 23 (IANS) Four-time Kerala chief minister K. Karunakaran said Wednesday it was time the Congress’ state executive immediately called a meeting to discuss the return of his son K. Muraleedharan to the party.
‘I will wait for some more time and if they don’t call a meeting, then I will demand a meeting to [...]
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has favoured setting up of a states reorganisation commission (SRC) to examine the growing demand for smaller states.
In the political resolution passed at the party convention here Sunday, the NCP said the the central government’s announcement on Telangana has led to more and more people [...]
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Sunday asked state governments to do more to control spiralling food prices, which led to protests in Parliament last week.
‘I appeal to all state governments that they should take the issue of price rise very seriously to protect the interest of consumers, otherwise it will be [...]
New Delhi, Dec 20 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar on Sunday said state governments should take steps to protect its citizens against prise rise.
Addressing the NCP party convention here, Pawar said, ” I would like to appeal to states government to take rising prices seriously.”
“We have taken steps and trying [...]
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) There were 38.17 lakh claimants for income tax refund as on April 1 this year, a minister said Friday.
The central government paid Rs.1,983 crore as income tax refund during financial year 2008-09, while it was Rs.1,308 crore in 2007-08 and Rs.1,922 crore in 2006-07, Minister of State for Finance S.S. [...]
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) The fifth phase of the Jharkhand assembly elections will be held Friday. Some facts:
Number of constituencies – 16
Total electors: 3,393,172 (male 1,783,149, female 1,610,023)
Total candidates: 290
Women candidates: 20
Constituency with maximum candidates: Bhawnathpur – 25
Constituency with least candidates: Chatra (Scheduled Castes) – 10
Constituency with more than one [...]
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) They are from opposition parties in the Arunachal Pradesh assembly but share the same dream — of seeing the northeast frontier state as one of the most developed in India — and are dismissive of Chinese claims on their region.
So when Tenzing Norbo Jhongdok of the Congress and Jomin Tayeng [...]
New Delhi/Hyderabad, Dec 15 (IANS) The war within the Congress party over the Telangana issue intensified Tuesday as unrest raged in Andhra Pradesh against the proposed division of the state. Under attack from its allies, the ruling party appealed for peace.
At a 90-minute meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA), the Congress came [...]
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) With the process of forming Telangana mired in controversy and demands from different parts of the country for new states, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which is part of India’s ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition, Saturday said the government should have set up States Reorganisation Commission to deal with [...]
Mumbai, Dec 12 (ANI): The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) organised a cycle race here to create awareness about the global warming among people on Saturday.
Film actor Shreyas Talpade flagged off the cycle race, which was also organised to celebrate party founder Sharad Pawar’s [...]
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The fourth phase of the Jharkhand assembly elections will be held Saturday. Some facts:
Number of constituencies – 14
Total electors: 24,62,850 (male 12,65,767, female 11,97,083)
Total candidates: 233
Women candidates: 20
Constituency with maximum candidates: Ichagarh – 27
Constituency with least candidates: Baharagora – 11
Constituency with more than one woman candidate: Bishunpur (Scheduled Tribe) – [...]
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) Two Muslim MPs made an impassioned plea in the Rajya Sabha Wednesday for sanity in resolving the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid row in Ayodhya.
‘Political parties have to play their role in running the country. It is not their job to build mosques and temples. That is for religious to do,’ Tariq Anwar [...]
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The third phase of the Jharkhand assembly elections will be held Tuesday. A factfile:
Number of constituencies – 11
Total electors: 25,41,042 (Male – 13,57,894, Female – 11,83,148)
Total candidates: 239
Women candidates: 16
Constituency with maximum candidates: Bokaro – 45
Constituency with least candidates: Dhanwar – 10
Constituency with more than one woman candidate: [...]
Mumbai, Dec 6 (IANS) Former Maharashtra opposition leader and ex-minister Madhukar Pichhad took over as the state Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief replacing R.R. Patil here Sunday, a party leader said.
Pichhad’s appointment comes in the wake of Patil taking over as state home minister last month.
According to a party office-bearer, Narendra Verma has been appointed [...]
Ranchi, Dec 2 (IANS) She is calm and she is contesting. Geeta Koda, in her 30s, has transformed from a housewife into a woman steering an election campaign even as her husband and former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda has been arrested in connection with a massive money laundering scam.
She is a candidate from the [...]
Mumbai, Dec 1 (ANI): The Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) today elected its second consecutive woman as mayor. Shraddha Jadhav of the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance won the battle for the coveted post.
Jadhav got 114 of the total 225 votes.
The Congress-NCP alliance [...]
Mumbai, Dec 1 (IANS) Shiv Sena’s Shraddha Jadhav was Tuesday elected Mumbai mayor.
Securing 114 votes, Jadhav trounced the opposition Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate Priscilla Kadam who got 96 votes, according to an official.
The Congress’ hopes of bagging the prestigious post were ruined after seven corporators of the Samajwadi Party (SP) boycotted the elections at [...]
Ranchi/New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who is at the centre of a Rs.2,500-crore money laundering scam, and a former state minister accused in the case were arrested Monday by the vigilance bureau. Koda has been sent to 14 days judicial remand, an official said.
‘Madhu Koda and Kamlesh Singh have [...]
Ranchi/New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who is at the centre of a Rs.2,500-crore money laundering scam, and a former state minister were arrested Monday by the vigilance bureau for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income, an official said.
‘Madhu Koda and Kamlesh Singh have been arrested [...]
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Sunday welcomed Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray’s daughter-in-law Smita’s move to join the Congress, saying such a move will ‘weaken communal forces’.
‘If she has a realisation that she was at a wrong place, if she comes to the secular framework, it should be welcomed,’ NCP [...]
New Delhi, Nov.25 (ANI): Triggering a fresh set of problems for Maharashtra’s Home Minister R. R. Patil, the State’s Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal has blamed the State Home Minister R. R. Patil of evading his call of duty during the Mumbai terror attack by staying indoors and refusing to visit the venue.
Speaking in [...]
