New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) The AAP Wednesday welcomed the Lok Sabha election announcement and said it was confident of taking on both the big players: the BJP and the Congress. “The goal of the AAP is to eradicate corruption, and this will be our plank in the general elections,” Aam Aadmi Party spokesman Nagendra Sharma […]
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Wednesday said the Lok Sabha election was a “historic opportunity” to lay the foundation for a “developed India”. “2014 polls are a historic opportunity to lay foundation of a developed India. I urge you all to ‘Vote for India’ and make the right choice,” Modi […]
Lucknow, March 5 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Wednesday went on a foundation laying spree to beat the Lok Sabha election announcement in New Delhi. Yadav announced several sops and laid foundation stones of many development projects — barely 30 minutes before the Election Commission came out with the election dates. The announcement brought […]
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Activist Sampat Pal Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court for blocking the release of forthcoming”Gulaab Gang”, which is reportedly based on her life. Sampat Pal formed Gulabi Gang, a group of pink sari clad women vigilantes from Uttar Pradesh. The film, starring Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla as leads, is set […]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Congress leader Jagdish Tytler will take on J.P. Agarwal, incumbent parliamentarian from Delhi’s North East constituency, in an internal election of the party to select the candidate for the Lok Sabha polls. “Tytler and former Delhi legislator Rajesh Lilothia filed nominations for the primaries Tuesday,” a party source told IANS. Tytler […]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) BJP leader Arun Jaitley Tuesday praised President Pranab Mukherjee for “scuttling” the government move to pass anti-graft ordinances, saying he has set a precedent for the future. In an article published Tuesday, the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha quoted media reports, and said it was Mukherjee’s reluctance which “scuttled” […]
‘Main Tera Hero’ starring Varun Dhawan, Ileana D’Cruz and Nargis Fakhri is grabbing the attention of the audiences with its trailer and songs. The film is helmed by David Dhawan, who is famous for his raunchy music since the 90s. And now in ‘Main Tera Hero’ also, he is all set to tickle everyone’s funny […]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court was Tuesday unimpressed by Sahara chief Subrata Roy’s repeated attempts to persuade it that his firm would pay to SEBI the balance of the money that its two companies had collected through optionally fully convertible debentures. At the outset of the hearing, Roy tendered unconditional apology to the […]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The Mughal Gardens at Rashtrapati Bhavan received over two and a half lakh visitors in the first two weeks after being opened to the public, an official statement said Tuesday. “The Mughal Gardens and other Rashtrapati Bhavan gardens have received 2,86,942 visitors till March 2,” the statement said. The Mughal Gardens […]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The US is putting up excessive trade barriers and making it hard for Indian professionals to get visa, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said Tuesday. Accusing the world’s largest economy of indulging in protectionism, Sharma said India would not accept such protectionist steps in the name of tougher intellectual property […]