Gurgaon, April 6 (IANS) AAP’s Gurgaon candidate Yogendra Yadav has a Muslim name too. His family and close friends call him ‘Salim’, while one of his sisters, Neelam, is known as ‘Najma’. Yadav said he was named Salim by his father as a “secular response” to the murder of his grandfather Ram Singh in a communal […]
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) It was a warm Sunday morning in the national capital. The Met Office has forecast a partly cloudy sky, with spells of light rain in some areas. “The sky will become partly cloudy noon onwards. One or two spells of very light rain could occur in some areas. Mist was recorded […]
The final episode of Satyamev Jayate, the popular Sunday TV show hosted by actor Aamir Khan, on March 30 focussed on criminalization of politics. It presented data from the Lok Sabha elections of 2004 and 2009. What shocked many viewers was that the number of people elected to the Lok Sabha and who had criminal […]
Chandigarh, April 6 (IANS) She is not the conventional politician. Gul Panag, a Bollywood actor with a pronounced dimple, rides a Royal Enfield 350 cc bike, jogs at the Sukhna Lake to meet people, walks in parks and shares a quick bite of rajma-chawal with students at Panjab University’s popular haunt. Miss India, model, actor and […]
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) India Saturday saluted the people of Afghanistan and its security forces for the huge turnout in the presidential elections, terming it a “resounding rejection” by people “of the designs and ideology of terrorists and their supporters”. In a statement, the external affairs ministry spokesperson said that “India will continue to work […]
Patna, April 5 (IANS) Bihar’s ruling party JD-U Saturday promised reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs in the private sector and 50 percent reservation for women in panchayati raj institutions, among other things, in its election manifesto. The manifesto promised legislation for the safety and security of migrant workers in the country, a commission to study […]
New Delhi, April 5 BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s close aide Amit Shah has raked up a controversy with a remark on the Muzaffarnagar riots, with political parties attacking him Saturday and the Congress seeking his arrest. But the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) defended Shah, saying they see “nothing wrong in his remark”. Shah […]
Hyderabad, April 5 (IANS) Hectic talks were continuing between top leaders of the TDP and the BJP for a poll alliance in Andhra Pradesh here Saturday even as the BJP leaders from Telangana want the party to go alone. With just four days left for the deadline for filing of nominations in Telangana, leaders from the […]
Gandhinagar, April 5 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will become the next prime minister of India but cannot be compared to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, senior BJP leader L.K. Advani said Saturday. “Modi will become the PM of the country…I would not compare him (Modi) to Vajpayee ji,” the former deputy prime minister […]
Agartala/Guwahati, April 5 (IANS) The six are part of the 543 constituencies where polling will take place from April 7 to May 12. The result will be known May 16. The Congress is the major force in Assam which it rules while the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) is the dominant force in Tripura. But the […]