Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Two days after creating a flutter in the BJP by announcing his decision to contest the elections, former vice president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Thursday alleged corruption in the party and declared that he did not “bother” about party president Rajnath Singh.The veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader, who fuelled speculation about his being in the race for the prime ministerial candidature ... Full story

Dhaka, Jan 8 (IANS) The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led by former prime minister Khaleda Zia has decided to take oath and join the first session of the country’s ninth parliament for the “sake of democracy”. The decision to move on after the poll debacle of last week was taken late Wednesday. It may remain symbolic as the BNP MPs may attend only the first ... Full story

Ranchi, Jan 7 (IANS) Counting of the key Jharkhand assembly by-election in Tamar from where Chief Minister Shibu Soren is seeking entry to the state legislature will take place Thursday amid confusion regarding the exact polling percentage, officials said Wednesday. There has been a lot of confusion regarding the exact polling percentage in the by election for which polling took place Jan 5 amid tight ... Full story

New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) With elections looming ahead, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday gave its spokespersons tips on the tricky business of how to manage the media with party president Rajnath Singh recommending that no information should be hidden from journalists.Addressing over 60 spokespersons from various state units of the party at a daylong workshop, Rajnath Singh said that managing the media was ... Full story

Lucknow, Jan 7 (IANS) Seven people, including a ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) parliamentarian, have been accused of selling a plot of land in Uttar Pradesh using forged documents, the police said Wednesday. The police lodged the case Tuesday on the directions of a court nearly two weeks ago. The court Dec 24 asked the police to file the case after taking cognisance of a ... Full story

New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) law could be revisited in parliament, if the need arises, after several state chief ministers expressed reservations over it at the internal security conclave here.“I will be writing to them in the next few days about the functioning of the laws that were passed in parliament recently,” said ... Full story

Bhubaneswar, Jan 6 (IANS) The Congress party Tuesday demanded that Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik resign over the communal violence in Kandhamal district as the Supreme Court had held the central and state governments responsible for the security of minorities.A Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice Markandey Katju and Justice P. Sathasivam had Monday said that the central and state governments should ... Full story

Kathmandu, Jan 3 (IANS) Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, who heads the Samajwadi Party, and noted Indian industrialist Anil Ambani are arriving in Nepal Sunday on a private visit. Actress-activist Shabana Azmi is also headed for Kathmandu next week.Mulayam Singh will be accompanied by the general secretary of his party, Amar Singh. His visit comes at a time Nepal is seeing the rise ... Full story

New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) The eighth edition of Asia’s largest petroleum exhibition and conference, beginning Jan 11, may see a smaller delegation due to economic slowdown and fears over terror attacks, but ministers from 11 countries will attend the event, organisers said here.The five-day ‘Petrotech-2009′ will be inaugurated here Jan 12 by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee. Petroleum Minister Murli Deora will open the ... Full story

Lagos, Dec 2 (Xinhua) Voting began Friday in a remote farming region of Ghana in an election that will decide who will be the next president of the West African country despite attempts by the ruling party to stop the election from taking place, according to new reaching here from Accra. Voting will close at 5 p.m. in Tain district, the last of the country’s ... Full story