Kejriwal cancels Maharashtra rally, farmers disappointed

Kejriwal cancels Maharashtra rally, farmers disappointed

Nagpur (Maharashtra), March 13 (IANS) AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal Thursday cancelled a public meeting in Chandrapur Lok Sabha constituency due to ill health, leaving hundreds of enthusiastic farmers disappointed. “Kejriwal was unable to travel to Chandrapur as planned due to ill health. The meeting will be conducted under the leadership of Anjali Damania along with Raju […]

SC declines Sahara chief’s plea for release

SC declines Sahara chief’s plea for release

New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Sahara group chief Subrata Roy will stay in Tihar jail for some more time as the Supreme Court Thursday declined his plea for release on a personal bond with an assurance that he will not leave the country. The apex court bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice J.S. Khehar reiterated […]

Rahul to hold video conference with UP leaders

Rahul to hold video conference with UP leaders

Lucknow, March 13 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will interact with party leaders in Uttar Pradesh through video conferencing March 15, a Congress spokesman said Thursday. The Gandhi scion, hard pressed for time owing to his election campaigns elsewhere in the country, decided to take the electronic route for crucial interaction, sources said. Apart from […]

Maintain standards to multiply ICT business: Farooqui

Maintain standards to multiply ICT business: Farooqui

New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Telecom Secretary M.F. Farooqui Thursday said the information and communication technology (ICT) manufacturers should meet the standard norms of developing countries if they want their businesses to multiply manifold. He said the telecom industry has grown by leaps and bounds in the past three decades but the manufacturers should start reinventing […]

Leaders no more keen for Congress ticket, says BJP

Leaders no more keen for Congress ticket, says BJP

New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Prakash Javedkar Thursday said that the party is witnessing a “scene in contrast”. “Today we are witnessing a scene in contrast as leaders after leaders and ministers after ministers are refusing to fight on the Congress ticket”, Javedkar told media at the BJP national headquarters here. […]

Lalu Prasad turns to vaastu ahead of polls

Lalu Prasad turns to vaastu ahead of polls

Patna, March 13 (IANS) RJD chief Lalu Prasad has turned to vaastu shastra ahead of the Lok Sabha polls to rid himself and his family of misfortune and ill-luck and to ensure good electoral performance of his party. With over a dozen of his senior party leaders, including a Rajya Sabha member, half a dozen legislators […]

Aviation sector offers huge opportunity to foreign investors: Ajit Singh

Aviation sector offers huge opportunity to foreign investors: Ajit Singh

Hyderabad, March 12 (IANS) India, which is poised to become the third largest aviation market in the world by 2020, offers tremendous opportunities for foreign investors, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said here Wednesday. Inaugurating India Aviation 2014, the country’s largest civil aviation event here Wednesday, he underlined the need for increasing international collaboration in the […]

Media should correct aberrations: PM

Media should correct aberrations: PM

New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Some aberrations have crept into journalism in India and the media should itself find ways to remove them, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday. “Vibrant and fiercely independent media in our country is an asset for all of us. It has served us well in disseminating information, educating the public and […]

Anna skipped meeting as he is unwell: Mamata

Anna skipped meeting as he is unwell: Mamata

New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) An embarrassed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Wednesday that social activist Anna Hazare skipped her rally here because he was unwell. The much publicised joint rally of Hazare and the Trinamool chief ended with the former keeping away and organisers admitting that the crowd turnout was poor. “Anna is […]