Bangalore, March 16 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal Sunday cautioned voters of Karnataka against electing former BJP ministers B.S. Yeddyurappa and B. Sriramulu in the Lok Sabha elections. “If you elect Yeddyurappa and Sriramulu in this election, and if (Narendra) Modi becomes prime minister, he will make them telecom and mining ministers in […]
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday wished the nation on the eve of Holi, saying it symbolises India’s “spirit of unity”. In a message to the nation, the prime minister said the festival heralding the onset of spring celebrates “the different hues of the country’s cultural mosaic and is an occasion to […]
Kallakurichi (Tamil Nadu), March 16 (IANS) Coming down heavily on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre, AIADMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Sunday said the nation has not seen such a worst government. Addressing an election rally in Kallakurichi, about 250 km from the state capital Chennai, Jayalalithaa […]
Bangalore, March 16 (IANS) AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said Sunday he was ready to contest against BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Varanasi but will take a final decision a week later.
Bangalore, March 16 (IANS) Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal Sunday said his AAP will be voted back in power in Delhi. Speaking at a rally here, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader said people are tired of all other political parties. “People are tired of Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh, they are tired […]
Chikkaballapur (Karnataka), March 16 (IANS) AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal Sunday urged the electorate here to defeat Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M. Veerappa Moily of the Congress in the Lok Sabha election. “Corrupt ministers like Moily should not be elected again as he had colluded (with a corporate house) to increase gas prices that will […]
Patna, March 16 (IANS) RJD chief Lalu Prasad Sunday predicted that BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will be defeated in Varanasi in the Lok Sabha election. “Varanasi is a secular place and its people will defeat the communal Modi,” he told the media here. Lalu Prasad said his party was working with a singular mission […]
Agra, March 16 (IANS) After much dilly-dallying, the BJP has finally re-nominated outgoing MP Ram Shankar Katheria for the Agra Lok Sabha seat. Katheria faces tough competition from a dozen rivals including a former lady mayor. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BSP) candidate will take on the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party. In 2009, […]
New Delhi/Patna, March 16 (IANS) Filmmaker Prakash Jha, industrialist Anil Kumar Sharma and party president Sharad Yadav figure in the second list of the Janata Dal-United candidates for the Lok Sabha polls in Bihar that was released in Delhi Sunday. A day after the JD-U announced the first list of six candidates, Sharad Yadav named the […]
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung Sunday extended his greetings to the citizens of Delhi on the occasion of Holi and appealed to Delhiites to celebrate the festival in its “true spirit”. “The festival of Holi marks the arrival of spring and ushers in joy and happiness for all. I extend warm greetings […]