Wednesday, September 12, 2012

LK Advani hits out at Congress for arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi

LK Advani hits out at Congress for arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi


LK Advani hits out at Congress for arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 03:01 AM PDT

Senior BJP leader L K Advani today hit out at Congress over the arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi while drawing parallels with Emergency and alleged that the "draconian mindset" of the present rulers...


US Congressman campaigns to invite Narendra Modi

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 02:01 AM PDT

A US Congressman who has mounted a campaign to revoke the ban on an American visa for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi says in the "trying economic times" the US "could learn a great deal from him...


Check government's attack on the national auditor: BJP tells President

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 01:52 AM PDT

A delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders met President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday and asked him to intervene and check the government's repeated attacks on the Comptroller and Auditor G...

Mulayam & Co target Rahul, slam Congress for coal-gate and graft

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 01:21 AM PDT

A day after he unnerved the Congress by describing his Samajwadi Party as the opposition, Mulayam Singh Yadav went further today, slamming the Congress for financial scams, especially the coal swindle...


Indian-origin woman arrested for posing as Columbia student

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 01:12 AM PDT

An Indian-origin woman was arrested on charges of trespassing on Columbia University's campus in New York, after she allegedly posed as a student for nearly nine months and attended classes and orient...


Coal scandal: Congress counter-attacks BJP

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:52 AM PDT

The Congress counter-attacked the BJP on the coal allocation scam by accusing of undermining the government's achievements, saying that the "unprecedented development" during UPA's rule has rattle the...


Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi released from Mumbai jail

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:48 AM PDT

Desperate Uttar Pradesh village offers cash for visit by MLA or MP

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:24 AM PDT

In a unique form of protest, the villagers of Bagholwa in Allahabad district have announced a reward of Rs 10,000 if their MLA and MP visit them. The reason: The villagers are fed up with the poor sta...


Mulayam Singh Yadav's unflinching attack on Congress over corruption, coal scam

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:55 PM PDT

A day after he unnerved the Congress by describing his Samajwadi Party as the opposition, Mulayam Singh Yadav went further today, slamming the Congress for financial scams, especially the coal swindle...


Air Force clarifies why it turned down Rahul Gandhi's request

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:48 PM PDT

Air Force stands by pilot who turned down Rahul Gandhi's request

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:45 PM PDT

Six more die of encephalitis; toll mounts to 281

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 09:48 PM PDT

Six more children succumbed to encephalitis at the BRD Medical College Hospital here, taking the toll in the viral disease in eastern Pradesh to 281 this year. The dead include three children from ...


After Mulayam says he is in opposition, his brother hits out at Coal Minister

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 09:33 PM PDT

Just in case the Congress thought Mulayam Singh Yadav was being his inconsistent self by placing his party firmly in the opposition yesterday, his lieutenant and brother Ram Gopal Yadav has followed t...


Kudankulam protests: Arvind Kejriwal claims meeting activist Udhayakumar in secret

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 09:02 PM PDT

In a volte-face, anti-nuclear movement leader SP Udhayakumar decided not to surrender, a day after he made a dramatic appearance and announced he would turn up before police. Amid continuing protests ...


India's Jeet Thayil makes it to Booker Prize shortlist

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 08:53 PM PDT

Former winner Hilary Mantel and radical contemporary author Will Self have both made the shortlist for Britain's prestigious Booker Prize for Fiction, it was announced on Tuesday. The six-person li...

Harda jal satyagraha: Protesters defy police, enter water again

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 08:00 PM PDT

The villagers in Madhya Pradesh's Harda district, who were pulled out of the water by the police this morning to end their protest, have defied the prohibitory orders of the district administration an...


Imran Khan on why he would like to borrow Nitish Kumar's political mantra: NDTV Exclusive

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 07:58 PM PDT

What do Imran Khan and Bihar Chief Minister have in common? Perhaps not much on the face of it. But the cricketer-turned-politician, who believes he will be Pakistan's next Prime Minister, says he has...


Coal-gate: Did companies hire bureaucrats who helped them get coal fields?

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:38 PM PDT

The investigation into the coal scam has the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) looking at whether bureaucrats colluded with private companies to get coal blocks despite being ineligible. What is c...


Raj Thackeray supports cartoonist; asks government to withdraw case

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:15 AM PDT

Mamata Banerjee takes up US child custody case with Foreign Ministry

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 09:56 AM PDT

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the External Affairs Ministry has assured her of assistance to help the US-based Indian couple in the custody row over their one-year-old boy...


Harda's jal satyagraha: Prohibitory orders imposed, protesters may be arrested

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 09:40 AM PDT

A day after the victory of those sitting on a jal satyagraha in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district, the focus today shifted to Harda where a similar protest is going on for the last 13 days. More than ...


Three injured in grenade blast in Assam

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 09:20 AM PDT

Air Force turns down Rahul Gandhi's request

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 08:54 AM PDT

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was today forced to change his travel plans as the Indian Air Force (IAF) did not oblige to his request for flying him from Kokrajhar to Guwahati, citing bad weather.


Congress not in favour of a petrol price hike soon: Sources

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 07:42 AM PDT

Mulayam Singh Yadav's strong remarks against government, praise for Mamata

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 07:38 AM PDT

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