Chennai, March 8 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has urged the Indian government to use diplomatic channels to secure the release by March 13 of the 177 Indian fishermen jailed in Sri Lanka. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released to the media Saturday, Jayalalithaa said the release must take place before […]
Patna, March 8 (IANS) LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan and his son Chirag Paswan figure in the first list of party candidates who will contest the Lok Sabha election in Bihar, it was announced Saturday. Ram Vilas Paswan will contest from Hajipur and his son from Jamui. The senior Paswan’s brother, Ramchander Paswan, will be fielded […]
Ranchi, March 8 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare and film star Mithun Chakraborty may campaign for the Trinamool Congress in Jharkhand for the Lok Sabha polls. The Trinamool had no standing in Jharkhand until recently. But it is now emerging as a key player. “Anna Hazare, Mithun Chakraborty, (West Bengal Chief Minister) Mamata Banerjee and others […]
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) A man Saturday smeared ink on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Yogendra Yadav’s face at a party rally here. As Yadav was speaking to the media, the unidentified man came up from behind and smeared his face with ink quickly and shouted “Bharat Mata ki Jai”. Furious AAP activists caught hold […]
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday said that legislation alone cannot emancipate women and stressed on the need for a fundamental re-setting of mental and moral make-up, civic sense and social conduct. “We must do all that we can to revive our tradition of according due honour and respect to our mothers and […]
New Delhi/Patna, March 8 (IANS) Senior RJD leader Ram Kirpal Yadav announced Saturday he was resigning from all party posts after being denied a ticket for the Lok Sabha polls. Yadav, however, told the media in New Delhi that he remained in the Rashtriya Janata Dal “as of now”. A furious Yadav flew to New Delhi […]
Agra, March 8 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party has expelled its Lok Sabha candidate here, Sarika Baghael, and her husband Devendra for calling party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav a “budda” (old). Party general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav said Maharaj Singh Dhangar would be the new candidate for the Agra City seat. Devendra Baghael had visited a traffic […]
Jammu, March 7 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir chief electoral officer (CEO) Umang Narula Friday asked political parties to abide by the model code of conduct during the five-phase Lok Sabha elections in the state. At a meeting of political parties convened here, Narula requested their representatives to cooperate with officials and adhere to the Election Commission […]
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Friday inaugurated the Annual Innovation Exhibition featuring innovative technologies at Rashtrapati Bhavan here, an official statement said. Since 2010, the exhibition is being organised every year at the sports ground of the president estate by the National Innovation Foundation (NIF). The exhibition features 41 innovative technologies, including seven […]
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday adjourned hearing of the Indian Premier League (IPL) betting and spot-fixing case, saying it was yet to go through the response filed by the Indian cricket board to Justice (retd) Mukul Mudgal’s probe report. The apex court bench headed by Justice A.K. Patnaik directed the hearing to […]