New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) BJP leader Arun Jaitley Friday slammed AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for attack on “democratic institutions”. “Arvind Kejriwal started as a populist. He has evolved into a demagogue. He can make allegations against anyone and everyone without any supporting evidence. He has little concern for the truth. He believes in repeating the […]
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare Friday said that he skipped the Trinamool Congress rally at Ramlila Maidan as he was mislead by the organizers. He also said that he does not support any political party. Hazare told media here that he individually like Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee as she is the best […]
Panaji, March 14 (IANS) Narendra Modi does not have a magic-wand and will take time to correct the ills triggered by “ten years of misrule” by the UPA government, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said Friday. The chief minister was speaking at a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) students convention here. “Modi does not have a magic […]
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung Friday urged students to become the voice of the poorest of the poor. “You are the generation which will take us forward. You have to give voice to the souls of the poor,” Jung said at the 91st annual convocation of Delhi University. He also asked […]
Bangalore, March 14 (IANS) AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal will hold road shows across Bangalore Saturday and address a rally Sunday in the city centre while campaigning for the party’s Lok Sabha candidates in Karnataka where polling will take place April 17, party leaders said Friday. “Kejriwal will also hold a road show and address the public […]
Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission’s vice president Swami Gitananda died at a private hospital here Friday following old age complications, a spokesman of the religious order said. He was 90. Gitananda breathed his last at 9.10 a.m. Friday at the Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan. He was hospitalised Feb 8 following chest congestion […]
Panaji, March 14 (IANS) Former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal’s bail plea in a case of sexual assault was Friday rejected by the Bombay High Court bench here which said it apprehended that the senior scribe would flee from justice and tamper evidence. Justice Utkarsh Bakre also said that calling business associates and friends over mobile phone […]
Patna, March 14 (IANS) There is no dispute with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over selection of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, said JD-U chief Sharad Yadav Friday and added that the party will release the names of its candidates in New Delhi March 15. “There are no differences or dispute with Nitish Kumar and […]
Bhubaneswar, March 14 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi said Friday the Congress party does not care for the poor and tribals and always betrays the people. “The Congress party is in a habit of making false promises. At the time of each election…the Congress comes up with a lie,” Modi said […]
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) DMK leader A. Raja said Friday he is innocent and there is no evidence against him in the alleged irregularities in allocating 2G spectrum, adding the government did not defend the accusations well enough. “Two things are very clear… there is no exchequer loss and there is no illegal wealth with […]