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December 3rd, 2008 - 1:16 am ICT by IANS
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Srinagar, Dec 2 (IANS) Separatist militants gunned down the election campaign manager of an independent candidate and wounded another of his supporters in Sopore town of Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday evening, police ...
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December 2nd, 2008 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
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Singur (West Bengal), Dec 2 (IANS) West Bengal's principal opposition party Trinamool Congress Tuesday decided to extend support to the Congress for the upcoming byelection from the Sujapur assembly constituency in Malda ...
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December 2nd, 2008 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
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Aizawl, Dec 2 (IANS) The ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) and the main opposition Congress in Mizoram exuded confidence of forming the next government in the state as polling to the state ...
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December 1st, 2008 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
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Jammu, Dec 1 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is now harping on the terror attacks in Mumbai to seek votes in the Hindu-dominated Jammu region, pushing all local issues to the ...
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November 30th, 2008 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
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Mumbai, Nov 30 (ANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and his deputy are not resigning, a senior Congress leader Sunday.Kripa Shankar Singh, president of the Mumbai Congress unit, dismissed as "speculation and ...
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November 30th, 2008 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has been given additional charge of the home ministry following the resignation of Shivraj Patil in the wake of the Mumbai terror attack, ...
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November 30th, 2008 - 9:55 am ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Nov.30 (ANI): A day after reviewing the overall security situation in terror-hit Mumbai and the rest of the country with key civil, defence and intelligence officials, the Prime Minister, ...
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November 29th, 2008 - 12:37 pm ICT by ANI
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Udhampur (Jammu), Nov.29 (ANI): Asserting that the nation will defeat terrorism and at the same time will try to overcome the poverty, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that ...
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November 27th, 2008 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
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Bhopal, Nov 27 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Sunil Nayak, a former Madhya Pradesh minister, was shot dead Thursday near a polling booth allegedly by a Congress leader's brother at Tikamgarh ...
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November 25th, 2008 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
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Bhopal, Nov 25 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday expressed concern for the survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy and said his family was pained by the world's worst industrial disaster ...
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November 24th, 2008 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
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Hyderabad, Nov 24 (IANS) Former union minister P. Upendra, who resigned from Congress last week, Monday joined the Prajya Rajyam party floated recently by Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi.Chiranjeevi said the party would benefit ...
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November 23rd, 2008 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Oscar Fernandes has said the only way to ensure effective representation of women in state assemblies and parliament is reservation by law."There should be ...
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November 23rd, 2008 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
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Jaipur, Nov 23 (IANS) Anti-incumbency, the Gujjar issue, corruption and development are set to hog the campaign in the Dec 4 Rajasthan assembly elections.The state assembly has 200 seats, with the ruling ...
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November 22nd, 2008 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) The Congress Saturday accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani of politicising the probe into the Sep 29 Malegaon terror blast and the way India is ...
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November 21st, 2008 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Nov 21 (IANS) Refusing to buy Pawan Kumar Ruia-owned Dunlop Tyres' claim that the global meltdown had affected its business, West Bengal's mainstream political parties are up in arms against the ...
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November 21st, 2008 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
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Aizawl, Nov 21 (IANS) Congress party general secretary Rahul Gandhi Friday accused the Mizo National Front (MNF) government of siphoning off central projects funds in Mizoram."The MNF-led Mizoram government misutilised millions of ...
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November 21st, 2008 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday halted ongoing criminal proceedings in a Punjab court against senior Congress leader Jagdish Tytler for allegedly making defamatory remarks against a prominent advocate ...
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November 21st, 2008 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
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Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 21 (IANS) The Kerala assembly session starting Monday is likely to see some sparks fly as the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) is ready to take on the government on ...
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November 20th, 2008 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
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Raipur, Nov 20 (IANS) After a violent start last week, the two-phased Chhattisgarh elections ended Thursday on a peaceful but cantankerous note with the Congress and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ...
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November 20th, 2008 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
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Raipur, Nov 20 (IANS) Former Chhattisgarh chief minister and Congress leader Ajit Jogi was unhurt Thursday when some people threw stones at his convoy in Bilaspur district on the second and final ...
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November 20th, 2008 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
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Raipur, Nov 20 (IANS) Over 40 percent of those eligible to vote Thursday in the second phase of the Chhattisgarh assembly poll had exercised their franchise by noon, officials said here. Polling ...
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November 20th, 2008 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
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Raipur, Nov 20 (IANS) Former Chhattisgarh chief minister and Congress leader Ajit Jogi was unhurt Thursday when some people stoned his convoy in Bilaspur district where he is contesting assembly elections.Police said ...
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November 20th, 2008 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
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Bhopal, Nov 20 (IANS) The Chambal ravines in Madhya Pradesh, where criminals and politicians appear to share a symbiotic relationship, will see an assembly poll bereft of gun power since the area ...
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November 20th, 2008 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
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Raipur, Nov 20 (IANS) The final phase of assembly elections in 51 constituencies of the Chhattisgarh assembly saw a large turnout of voters in urban areas Thursday, in contrast to the largely-tribal ...
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November 20th, 2008 - 10:12 am ICT by IANS
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Raipur, Nov 20 (IANS) Polling for the final phase of the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh's 51 constituencies began Thursday morning with enthusiastic voters queuing up at polling stations in large numbers. Voting ...
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November 19th, 2008 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
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Amritsar, Nov 19 (IANS) The radical Sikh organization Dal Khalsa Wednesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for adopting "double standards" on terrorism.Seeking an apology for the attacks on Muslims in recent ...
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November 19th, 2008 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) A city court Wednesday awarded life term to three for killing a Congress leader in the national capital five years ago.Additional Sessions Judge S.K. Sarvaria sentenced Sushil ...
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November 18th, 2008 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
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Raipur, Nov 18 (IANS) He has been confined to a wheelchair since a road accident in April 2004 that almost killed him. Yet, Congress leader and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi ...
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November 17th, 2008 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
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Raipur, Nov 17 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Monday appealed to people of Chhattisgarh to vote out the "corrupt" Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government to ensure the development of the state."The ...
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November 17th, 2008 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
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Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh), Nov 17 (IANS) Despite two repeated defeats, a top aide of Congress leader Ajit Jogi is contesting the assembly elections from Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh, in a desperate attempt to prevent ...
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