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Last Updated: 2008-04-16T18:41:48+05:30
The by-elections of all the five constituencies, two Lok Sabha and three Vidhan Sabha seats has been won by the BSP (Bahujan Samaj Party), which went to poll on April 12.
The Khaliababad Lok Sabha seat has been won by the BSP candidate Bhimshankar alias Kushal Tiwari by a huge margin of ... |
Last Updated: 2008-04-16T17:26:50+05:30
Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat and senior politburo member S. Ramachandran Pillai arrived at Thiruvananthapuram on April 16 (Wednesday) for a state committee meeting scheduled to take place on Thursday, which will choose a new secretariat for the Kerala ... |
Last Updated: 2008-04-16T11:14:07+05:30
Congress President, Sonia Gandhi has finally ended all speculations stating that Dr Manmohan Singh is doing an excellent job as the Prime Minister and is likely to be the Prime Ministerial candidate of the UPA government for the next general elections. Mrs. Sonia Gandhi strongly made her point ... |
Last Updated: 2008-04-15T18:18:07+05:30
Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and the PDP stalwart, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has said that there should be use of Pakistani currency in the state if it declares itself a free trade area. The statement has given rise to a new controversy.
Sayeed said during a public ... |
Last Updated: 2008-04-15T17:05:34+05:30
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has come up with his book "Jyotipunj", which highlights the lives of 16 leaders of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). In the book, Modi has written about the things he has learnt from these 16 leaders. The book was released on Monday by Mohan Bhagwat, ... |
Last Updated: 2008-04-15T15:34:05+05:30
That Priyanka Vadra recently met with Nalini Sriharan, one of the conspirators in Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, has created a flurry in the society and news circuit. Priyanka has accepted meeting Nalini saying that she nurtures no anger, hatred and violence and that she will not permit these ... |
Last Updated: 2008-04-14T16:37:13+05:30
HRD Minister Arjun Singh has recently stated that he sees no wrong in portraying Rahul Gandhi as the Prime Ministerial candidate in the next Lok Sabha elections. The minister remarked that the young leader has got all the qualities of his late dynamic father, Rajiv Gandhi. Arjun Singh replied this ... |
Last Updated: 2008-04-13T14:49:54+05:30
Though the UPA government is facing protests from its allies regarding the exclusion of creamy layer from the 27% OBC quota, HRD minister Arjun Singh made it clear that the government would implement the OBC quota. It is to be noted that the major allies of the UPA government DMK, PMK and LJP have ... |
Last Updated: 2008-04-11T11:09:44+05:30
Political parties across the country welcomed the Honorable Supreme Court’s verdict on 27 per cent reservation for OBC’s in higher educational Institutions. The Congress hailed the verdict as ‘landmark judgment’. The Congress party also remarked on Thursday that all the ... |
Last Updated: 2008-04-07T18:41:19+05:30
Ever since Lal Krishna Advani, the prime ministerial candidate of BJP, launched his autobiography “My Country My Life”, it has been running into controversies. Advani has written several things which are not correct and has annoyed people related to them. Finally, he has admitted his ... |
Last Updated: 2008-04-07T11:17:44+05:30
The Union Cabinet, which is the most powerful executive body in India comprising ministers headed by the Prime Minister, inducted new seven ministers on Sunday, 6thApril. The seven ministers of the Union Cabinet include M S Gill, V Narayanasami, Jitin Prasada, Raghunath Jha, Jyotiraditya Scindia, ... |
Last Updated: 2008-04-04T05:46:01+05:30
The Indian Government has requested the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, Dalai Lama not to engage in political activities as it would hurt the country’s ties with China. India, however, accentuated that it will continue to shower hospitality on the great spiritual leader Dalai Lama as well as ... |
Last Updated: 2008-04-04T05:52:23+05:30

Samajwadi Party MP, Jaya Bachchan has accused Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati of seeking cheap publicity by targeting her husband, actor Amitabh Bachchan. This stinging allegation on the UP CM came a day after the Barabanki district authorities levied a notice to Amitabh Bachchan. In this ... |