BJP makes Karnataka turf for scandals and self-goals
February 10th, 2012 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 10 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be turning Karnataka from its 'gateway to the south' into its playground for scandals and self-goals. As of ... Read more...
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BJP’s troubles mount: Karnataka advocate general quits (Lead)
February 9th, 2012 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 9 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka, already battling debilitating scandals, is now caught in a new controversy. State advocate general B.V. Acharya has ... Read more...
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Porngate unfortunate, say BJP leaders (Second Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Allahabad/New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership Wednesday termed as "unfortunate" the three party ministers being caught watching porn in the Karnataka assembly and ... Read more...
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BJP’s moral halo is fading rapidly (News Analysis)
February 8th, 2012 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) must be ruing coming to power in Karnataka and holding up the state as a gateway to rule south India. ... Read more...
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Porn incident unfortunate: BJP leaders (Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
Allahabad/New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Three Karnataka ministers caught watching porn has not gone down well with the top leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who have termed ... Read more...
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Row over Jesus a conspiracy: Karat (Lead)
February 7th, 2012 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 7 (IANS) There is a "conspiracy" behind the controversy surrounding Jesus Christ and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), general secretary Prakash Karat said here Tuesday."There is ... Read more...
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Controversy over Jesus Christ needless: Karat
February 7th, 2012 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 7 (IANS) Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat Tuesday termed the present controversy surrounding his party and Jesus Christ as a needless one and ... Read more...
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BJP demands Chidambaram’s immediate resignation (Second Lead)
February 2nd, 2012 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday demanded the immediate resignation of Home Minister P. Chidambaram after the Supreme Court in a verdict cancelled ... Read more...
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BJP steps up demand for Chidambaram’s resignation (Lead)
February 2nd, 2012 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday demanded the immediate resignation of Home Minister P. Chidambaram after the Supreme Court left the decision of a ... Read more...
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Himachal BJP leaders quit to protest graft
February 1st, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Feb 1 (IANS) With assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh due this year, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) got a jolt Wednesday with some senior leaders resigning from ... Read more...
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Shoe hurled at Rahul in Uttarakhand, Congress demands probe (Lead)
January 24th, 2012 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
Dehradun/New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) A shoe was hurled at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi while he was addressing an election rally near Uttarakhand capital Dehradun Monday. The shoe fell ... Read more...
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Shoe hurled at Rahul in Uttarakhand rally; Congress demands probe
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Dehradun/New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) A shoe was hurled at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by a man while he was addressing an election rally near the Uttarakhand state capital ... Read more...
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Goa Congress likens illegal mining to ‘murder on the street’
January 23rd, 2012 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 23 (IANS) The Congress in Goa Monday compared the mega illegal mining scam to "a murder on the street", but claimed the Congress-led coalition government was not directly ... Read more...
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Three UP BJP leaders resign after elevation of Rajnath’s son
January 23rd, 2012 - 1:26 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 22 (IANS) The infighting within Bhartiya Janata Party's (BJP) Uttar Pradesh again came to the fore here Sunday, when three functionaries resigned from their positions to protest against ... Read more...
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Goa Congress denies illegal mining charges
January 17th, 2012 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 17 (IANS) The ruling Congress in Goa Tuesday shrugged off allegations of proximity to the multi-crore illegal mining lobby, even as it welcomed a politician arrested a ... Read more...
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Ayodhya case: Advani, others oppose CBI plea (Lead)
January 16th, 2012 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani and his colleagues accused in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case have told the Supreme Court that ... Read more...
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No decision on Modi campaigning for Maharashtra civic polls
January 14th, 2012 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 14 (IANS) It is yet uncertain whether Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi would campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiv Sena-Republican Party of India (RPI) alliance for ... Read more...
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In Chennai Saturday, Advani and Modi may meet Jayalalithaa
January 13th, 2012 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 13 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and BJP senior leader L.K. Advani are to arrive in Chennai Saturday to attend a function, and political circles are ... Read more...
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Put my membership on hold: Kushwaha tells Gadkari
January 7th, 2012 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Tainted former Bahujan Samaj Party leader Babu Singh Kushwaha, who was recently inducted in the Bharatiya Janata Party, has urged party president Nitin Gadkari ... Read more...
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BSP, BJP fooling people, says Congress
January 6th, 2012 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The Congress Friday again slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for inducting a tainted former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader in its fold and ... Read more...
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Congress to track assets of BJP leaders in Madhya Pradesh
January 5th, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 5 (IANS) Congress activists in Madhya Pradesh have been given a new task -- to find out evidence of corruption against leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata ... Read more...
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BJP defensive over Kushwaha’s inclusion, Congress strikes
January 5th, 2012 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) remained defensive on the induction of tainted former minister in Uttar Pradesh Babu Singh Kushwaha, the Congress Thursday ... Read more...
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Reconvene parliament for Lokpal bill, BJP tells Patil (Fourth Lead)
January 5th, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday asked President Pratibha Patil to reconvene the winter session of parliament for a vote on the anti-graft Lokpal ... Read more...
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BJP tells Patil to reconvene parliament for Lokpal bill (Third Lead)
January 5th, 2012 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday asked President Pratibha Patil to reconvene the winter session of parliament for a vote on the Lokpal bill ... Read more...
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BJP leaders meet president on ‘parliament subversion’ (Second Lead)
January 5th, 2012 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including president Nitin Gadkari and veteran L.K. Advani, met President Pratibha Patil to complain about what ... Read more...
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JD-U to go solo in Uttar Pradesh
January 5th, 2012 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The Janata Dal-United (JD-U), a key BJP ally, Wednesday announced it was going solo in the Feb 4-28 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls after seat-sharing ... Read more...
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Embarrassed over Kushwaha, BJP targets Congress, BSP (Lead)
January 4th, 2012 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Embarrassed over the allegations of corruption against former Uttar Pradesh minister Babu Singh Kushwaha, now a BJP leader, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday ... Read more...
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BJP in Congress line of fire over Kushwaha as CBI raids premises (Third Lead)
January 4th, 2012 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow/New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) A day after inducting a tainted former Uttar Pradesh minister into its fold, the BJP was Wednesday at the receiving end on the issue ... Read more...
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After BSP, Rahul Gandhi targets BJP
December 29th, 2011 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
Pilibhit, Dec 29 (IANS) After a sustained attack on the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh over the past three days, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Thursday ... Read more...
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PM, BJP leaders greet Vajpayee on his 87th birthday
December 25th, 2011 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and other well-wishers gave their best wishes to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, ... Read more...
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Lokpal bill has many infirmities, says BJP
December 24th, 2011 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday said that the Lokpal bill introduced in the Lok Sabha was full of "infirmities" and indicated the party ... Read more...
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Two Himachal BJP leaders resign from party posts
December 23rd, 2011 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Dec 23 (IANS) Factionalism within Himachal Pradesh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to the fore Friday when two senior leaders resigned from their party posts.Maheshwar Singh, a ... Read more...
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Mamata objects to pension bill
December 22nd, 2011 - 1:44 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is learnt to have written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh raising certain objections against the Pension Fund Regulatory ... Read more...
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BJP leaders gift Gita to Russian envoy (Lead)
December 21st, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Wednesday gifted copies of the Bhagavad Gita to Russia's Deputy Ambassador Denis Alipov here to protest the likely ban ... Read more...
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No comment on Lokpal bill for now: BJP
December 21st, 2011 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said it will not comment on the Lokpal bill until the final version of the proposed legislation is ... Read more...
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