New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Rebel Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Ram Kripal Yadav, who is keen to contest from the Patliputra Lok Sabha seat in Bihar against RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s daughter Misa Bharti, met BJP president Rajnath Singh here Tuesday. “I met Rajnath Singh at the airport. I will tell you the details of […]
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Advocate Ashok Agarwal, a member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national executive, Tuesday resigned from the post and the party. Agarwal who has been associated with the party since 2012, said he joined hands with the AAP because he though that it stood for “strong principles to benefit the last […]
Patna, March 11 (IANS) A day after Bihar’s Industry and Disaster Management Minister Renu Kumari Kushwaha resigned from the Nitish Kumar cabinet, her resignation was accepted by the chief minister Tuesday. Ruling Janata Dal (United) (JD-U) state president Vashsisht Narain Singh said Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has accepted her resignation. However, she has made it clear […]
Chandigarh, March 11 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had acquired a reputation as one of the most powerful Congress chief ministers who could get away with just about anything with the party high command. Now, however, the world around Hooda seems to be crumbling. The biggest setback to Hooda has come in the form […]
Agra, March 11 (IANS) The entry of Amar Singh and Jayaprada in the Choudhary Ajit Singh-led Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) has not only surprised political pundits but has upset calculations and poll strategies of major parties in the fray here for the Lok Sabha polls. Amar Singh is most likely to be fielded from Fatehpur Sikri […]
Purnea (Bihar), March 10 (IANS) BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Monday said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s ambition for the prime minister’s post led to the break up of the alliance between the JD-U and BJP. Addressing a rally here, Modi said that at that time the Bharatiya Janata Party was not sure why the […]
Jaipur, March 10 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Monday said his party runs a government for the poor and would work for their development if voted to power in the Lok Sabha elections. Addressing a rally in Rajasthan’s Devali town in Tonk district, around 100 km from here, he said the Congress-led UPA government got […]
Chennai, March 10 (IANS) DMK president M. Karunanidhi Monday released the names of the party’s candidates for 35 Lok Sabha constituencies, and said he and his party would like to see a secular government at the centre. “I and the DMK would like to have a secular government at the centre,” he told reporters. Stating that […]
Lucknow, March 9 (IANS) Soon after the general elections were announced, hundreds of billboards promoting Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and put up across the length and breadth of Uttar Pradesh were dismantled in a tearing hurry. All of them carried a beaming face of the 41-year-old chief minister — and details of all the good work […]
Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) Actress Juhi Chawla’s brother Bobby Chawla, who was in coma since 2010 at the Jaslok Hospital, died Sunday morning. “He passed away today morning,” said a source from the hospital. Bobby, whose condition was serious for a long time, died at 7 a.m. He was in coma since April 2010 after suffering […]